The Cranston Planning Commission met on October 7, 2025, starting at 6:32 PM. The meeting included approvals of previous minutes, a withdrawal of the Von Lane project, a pre-application discussion for a subdivision, continuances for two projects, positive recommendations for two zoning matters, a bond release, and an update on the comprehensive plan amendments.
It's uh looks like it's 6 32. Mr. Lima, are we ready to proceed on your end? I can't hear you guys speaking to the microphone. So yes, we were online. Thank you. All right. Um let's see, called me to order, approval of the minutes. So the first minutes on the agenda is the minutes of August 26, 2025. Just seeing if anybody has any edits or corrections. Otherwise, the motion to approve would be in order. Motion to approve. Motion to approve made by Director Carrero. Is there a second? Second by Commissioner Exter. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. Ayes have it. Next one is the September 2nd, 2025 regular meeting minutes. Are there any edits to these minutes? Seeing none, a motion to approve would be in order. Made by Commissioner Mancini. Seconded by uh Director Carrero. Any discussion? Seeing none. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. The ayes have it. This brings us to the Von Lane project. It's my understanding that we have a uh letter um requesting a withdrawal by the applicant. Would the applicant like to be heard on this matter? Yes, good evening, Tanessa Azar, on behalf of the applicant. Um, like you said, you have a letter from our office. Essentially, we received um the title information we were waiting for on this matter, and as to Winnie Street, it proved essentially inconclusive. Um, so based on that, the plan is to withdraw this application and return to you with an amended and redesigned project. So tonight we asked that I guess you accept our withdrawal and then we'd come back with um a new project. I know the procedure of it is a little we want to clarify whatever you need to clarify essentially, but um that's the the basis of it. Okay, thank you. Um are there any questions for the applicant on the uh request for a withdrawal? Okay. Um I will now open it up to anyone from the public that would like to speak on their request for withdrawal. Stephen Slidepole on behalf of uh some of the uh neighbors. Uh I'm I'm really here because we received this letter and it wasn't there was enough ambiguity that that my clients wanted me to be here and clarify this. And so I spoke to uh attorney Azar beforehand, and uh it is our understanding that this application is now over, and whatever comes next will be a new application, that this is not a continuance. I didn't I wanted to make sure the record was clear, there was no ambiguity, and that whatever comes next is a new application. Uh because we we did see language in here about amended application, but that's not what this is. As long as we're all on the same page that this is a whatever comes next is a new application, that we have no objection to the withdrawal.