The North Kingstown Planning Commission met on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 6:30 PM in Town Hall. The meeting addressed three main items: cost estimates for the Wickford Junction Apartments (private development), a cost estimate reduction for Sanctuary Estates, and a public hearing for the Duck Cove Farm Conservation Development (a 3-lot minor subdivision). The public hearing included testimony from residents and detailed discussion on zoning variances and design waivers. The meeting concluded with approval of minutes and administrative actions.
2466C notice of the meeting has been posted on the Secretary of State's website. Item 3, General Business 3A, a cost estimate of Wickford Junction Apartments. Yep, so this one is a little bit unique because it's a private development. We're not we're doing them a little bit different than we have been based on state law and only being able to do the estimates for a public improvements. It's all private infrastructure. And so the way we met with the applicant and and the town engineer, and she prepared a two two phases for this one. So phase one is the first three apartment buildings and all the infrastructure that will be included with that. And then on the back of that page is phase two, um, which will be the lot that has the apartments. So the first three buildings are going to be actually condos, and then the um second phase is a I think it's 50 or 60, I can't remember units, um, and that will be the last remaining lot. So we'll um do this in two phases, and it's really just buttoning up and making sure the site is safe if the um developer walked away from the project. And obviously Allie's good with it. She did it. Yep, applicants okay. So there's two different ones, so just you know, front and back. Yep. You need a motion for us to accept both. Yep. All right. So I would entertain a motion to accept uh phase one of three hundred and two thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars and eighty-two cents. I'm sorry, where do you get that? Were you getting that number? The grant oh on phase one back. Yep, yep, yep. On the other side, right? I was on the other side. Yep. And phase two of 150,754.24 cents. Yep. Okay. I'll make that motion. I have a second. I'll second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, moving on to three B, a cost estimate reduction for sanctuary estates on Sanctuary Lane. Yep. So again, it's pretty standard. This is more traditional cost estimate reduction. They haven't set the bond yet, so once they they're down to pretty much the last 10% at this point, most of the work has been completed. So this should be the last reduction, and then they can set, you know, give us the bond. And this is just a recommendation to we are reducing to 544,462. It's re it's reduced down to well, it depends on how you want to phrase it, but yes, they're reducing it by the 544 to 6495. 260,495 and 82 cents. Yep. Which represents what the 10, the 10 percent. Last yep, the last 10 percent. All right, so I would entertain a motion to accept or to recommend to the town council uh to reduce the cost estimate down to $60,494 and 82 cents. Actually, and this is just the cost estimate, actually, it's not the bond reduction. So it's just the cost estimate. Yep.