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The Syracuse City Planning Commission met on November 4, 2026, to conduct a regular meeting. The agenda included public hearings on a minor subdivision, a zoning amendment, and a conditional use permit for a home-based preschool. All items were approved or recommended for approval by the commission.
Okay. All right, we're gonna go ahead and bring the uh Syracuse City Planning Commission meeting for November 3rd, 2026 to order. Uh, invocation or thought by Commissioner Thomas, followed by the College of Allegiance led by myself. Thank you. I just wanted to share a quick story. Um I recently had the privilege of being sworn into the Utah Bar, and at my swearing-in ceremony, um, one of the justices who spoke focused a lot of his of his speech on treating others with kindness and respect, specifically those who are our adversaries. Um he said the biggest mistake that an attorney can make is equating the terms adversary and enemy, because they are very different and should be treated as such. Um I think this is a especially important during this, you know, during election cycles, and it's very easy to get um heated over over decisions over things with those who disagree with us, but um that kindness and respect can go a long way. Um he shared an example that is a pretty extreme example, but I think it paints a picture nonetheless. He was in Bogota, Colombia, um, training the legal officials there as Columbia is um reforming their legal processes. And he met with a man named Hairo, and Hairo was a legal official down there who was tasked with meeting with cartels who had taken over gold mining towns in the country, and they had become so influential that they actually have meetings with the actual elected officials and government officials. Um he had met with this specific group of cartel members who were over this town several occasions, and he knew them quite well. Um, and he'd always been very kind and very respectful to them, even though they posed a great threat to his country that he served. Um, and he had that reputation of always being kind and respectful. Um night before a meeting with them, he got a phone call from an anonymous number, and a voice on the other line simply said, do not go to the meeting tomorrow. And he very wisely listened to that advice, and he did not go. And he later learned that he was set to be assassinated at that meeting. But because of his kindness, one of those cartel members risked their life to warn him and to tell him not to come. And again, this is a very extreme example that I'm sure many of us will never experience, but it just paints that picture of just how important it is to show kind and kindness and respect to those who might disagree with us on any issue, and I think that would go a long way. Thank you. Thank you. Please rise. Uh, we have a motion, do we have a second? Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay. Moving on to the meeting minutes. These are for the regular meeting and work session minutes from October 6th, 2026. Uh, as long as barring any notes or updates that need to be done, we will take a motion to adopt those minutes. I move we adopt the minutes from the previous meeting. We have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? All right. Moving on to the item number three, the public comment section. This is an opportunity for the public to address the planning commission regarding items that are not scheduled for a public hearing on this agenda. Um, if you have uh items that are concerns that need to be brought up to the commission, this is your opportunity to do so. Seeing none, we'll go ahead and close public comment. Move on to item number four, the public hearing for a minor subdivision. Request by Mabel Murray Moss for a minor subdivision containing two lots.