Welcome everyone to the February 4th, 2026 meeting of the Danbury Planning Commission.

I will open with a roll call.

Uh Mr.

Kyocchio.

Here.

Ms.

Hofstetter.

Here.

Mr.

Nazario.

Here.

Chairman Finaldi is here.

So we do have a quorum and we do not have to seat.

We do not have any alternates to seat.

Um, I did ask Joanne, you know, we were supposed to get another new member.

Forgive me, Alaya Novas, I believe that's the pronunciation, but apparently apparently up to this point, we're not really sure what her status is.

Um not really sure what the status of that new member is, and uh we'll just put that one aside for now.

I will follow up on it, Arnie, and let you know.

Thank you.

And before I get to the uh agenda, and I will have a more formal you know announcement when we get deeper in.

Um, there were two items uh under continuation of public hearings.

Uh the number one was BRT Sconset, and the number two was Danbury Mill Plain Realty LLC.

Uh, just in case anyone had tuned in uh for either one of those applications, uh, we have received uh requests from both applicants to continue uh both matters until our next meeting.

So if anyone was tuning in to hear testimony or give testimony on either one of those, um we will not be doing that this evening.

And like I said, I'll make the formal announcement when we get there.

Um uh commission members, uh, the minutes of the January 21st, 2026 meeting were previously distributed.

Unless there's any corrections or discussion, I'll entertain a motion to accept those minutes.

Mr.

Chairman, motion to accept those minutes.

Second.

Second, Helen, any discussion?

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

The minutes are accepted.

Our next meeting is scheduled for February 18th, 2026.

And um, before we get to the capital improvement plan, I will just read the standard Zoom intro.

This meeting of the Damer Planning Commission is being held on Zoom as a virtual meeting, even though this meeting is a virtual meeting.

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We'll move right to the first item on our agenda for discussion of possible action.

Uh the proposed capital budget plan, financial year 2627, um to 3132.

I mentioned briefly to Waleed, particularly for the benefit of our newest member, uh Sydney.

Wally, if you would just give us a fly over what the capital improvement plan is, um, why it's important, and uh why this is a matter that comes before the planning commission.

So I'll turn it over to you.

Good evening, everyone.

Good evening, Mr.

Chairman.

So my intent is not actually to have a very long presentation.

Uh I would like to keep it more like uh big picture, so to allow you to ask me questions after.

But for the sake of the discussion, I will just talk about what the CIP is.

It's a requirement by the state law legislation to have a general idea of how the C city is gonna spend money on big projects over five years, but we do it here six years, and the idea is each cycle of budget, which is annual, should be guided by the capital improvement plan.