The Syracuse Planning Commission met on June 8, 2026, at approximately 5:55 PM to consider several land use applications, including time extensions, special use permits for existing businesses, and a major mixed-use development. The meeting began with the approval of the May 18, 2026 meeting minutes with corrections and the swearing-in of new Commissioner Christopher Montgomery. Public hearings were held on two special use permits for neighborhood markets and a commissary kitchen, along with a time extension and a major affordable housing project. The commission also noted two postponed items.
Meeting of the Circuit's Planning Commission. We are going to do something tonight we have not done in a very long time. Christopher Montgomery joins us for the first meeting as a member of the planning commission. So welcome, Christopher. So thank you and welcome aboard. Before we begin our series of public hearings for this evening, we will take care of some housekeeping business, namely the action on the minutes of our previous meeting that was held on May 18th. Those minutes have been distributed to the commission members in advance of tonight's meeting for review. And now would be I will ask if there's a motion for action on the May 18th minutes as distributed. Yes, uh I I have uh suggestions for corrections that are essentially all sort of scribner corrections. There are eight scribner collections, uh corrections related to the language that's used in the uh assertion of the negative seeker declaration. There is one scribner change related to a misplaced seeker uh term, and then I have three additional uh scribner changes. Uh the changes I just mentioned, everybody has a copy of those that you've seen them over uh the weekend. The additional changes are uh threefold on page seven of the uh document. There is a problem in the discussion of MASPR 2026-14. In the second paragraph of that discussion on page seven, there is a uh description of the block in which the uh the project occurs that that states uh Fayette Street, Pine Street, Shaw Street, and Washington Street. Uh Shaw Street should be Walnut Avenue. Uh the other changes are on page 16 in the uh the discussion of MASPR 2026-10. The two instances in which uh the chair uh commissioner Kulik had recused himself because of his affiliation with Lemoine College, and there are two instances on page 16 where it's referred to Commissioner Kulik, that should be Commissioner Baller who uhler, who was uh the vice chair who was sitting in as a presider for the meeting. And at the bottom of that page is another instance in which Commissioner Kulick should be referred to as Commissioner Ballard. So those are the uh scribner changes the eight plus one plus the three final ones. So I make a motion that the uh minutes be approved with the recommended scribbler changes. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. Thank you. Discussion on the motion before us for the minutes. If not, all those in favor of the motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Those opposed, please say nay. Any abstentions? One abstention. One abstention noted. Thank you. Uh we proceed now to our uh public hearings for this evening. First starting with uh old business item. Uh just as a note to those who might be here for the first time and unfamiliar with our process as each application is announced by a member of the staff. We ask that the applicant come forward to the podium in the center of the room, provide your name and address for the record, and then a brief summary of the application involved. Following any questions from the commission members, we will open up an opportunity for members of the public who wish to speak in favor of that application, and then similarly an opportunity for those who wish to speak in opposition to the application. Where comments are made in opposition, the applicant will be encouraged to return to address the comments made in opposition, and we ask that all speakers uh hold their comments to two to three minutes so that um when there are many interested parties in a given application, they can be heard. So with that, um may we begin with our first application this evening. Uh before that, just a couple one more announcement. Uh we do have two applicant postponed items that were advertised and that do appear on the agenda. Um so we do apologize, but anybody here for new business item uh MASPR-2026-19. It's a major site plan review at 726 university AV. Uh the applicant has postponed that. And uh also new business item uh applicant postponed resubdivision R-2026-40 at 303-307 Amerson. So anybody here for those two items, they will not be heard tonight. We expect them on a future meeting agenda, and we will make sure that we uh advertise notifications. Great. Uh so first up, uh, we do have uh three old business items.