lot took a while to empty today.
always all the way around. I'm
Okay. We're gonna get started in about two minutes. Yeah. That was a good point. I honestly
thinking that when Harry brought
that up because I if I get
here before 04:30, I have to wait.
Okay. We're gonna call the meeting of the Providence City Plan Commission to order. This is Tuesday, December 14 at 04:46PM. First, we'll have a roll call starting to my left. Choyan Manjourkar, DPD staff.
Manuel Cordero. Michael Gasdaco. Christian Potter. Harry Villadeau.
Kelly Morris, Salvatore Counsel.
Christine West, chair. First up, we have the approval of minutes from the November 16 meeting. Hopefully, you've all received them, read them. Any comments, corrections, or a motion to approve?
And I make a motion, Madam Chair, to approve another excellent minutes by Troy Yawn.
Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Alright.
Any abstentions? The meeting minutes from November 16 are passed. Next up, we have the twenty twenty two annual meeting calendar in front of us that has all the meeting dates and things. Any questions, comments?
So Mondays, Tuesdays didn't work. Was Tuesdays. Yeah. After all
of that, it turns out that that Tuesdays look like they're probably gonna be the best. I did talk with miss Verdi about it, and and she agrees that that would be the best. I know I know she had previously indicated that that Mondays would be preferable, but it it looks like that doesn't need to be the case for her.
Alright. Make a motion to approve the proposed schedule for 2022 CPC calendar. Second. Okay.
Any more discussion? All in favor, aye.
opposed, nay. Any abstentions? Alright. We have a calendar. Hey.
And next up, director's report.
I think we'll dispense with that for this month.
Alright. Agenda item number one is 35 Hemlock Street. The owner and applicant is the Providence Redevelopment Agency. It is case number 21Dash40UDR. This is a unified development review and minor subdivision with a special use permit.
Alright. And commissioners, a quick introduction before we jump in. This is a lot that measures about 3.8 acres. It's zoned m one, and it's occupied by several buildings but largely vacant. And the applicant is looking to subdivide it into three lots of about 60,700, 88,400, and about 20,000 square feet.
And to the lot of proposed lot of 20,000 square feet known as Parcel 3 is proposed for use as a principal use parking lot, which requires a special use permit, which they are seeking through unified development review. And the the intention of the applicant, the PRA, is to sell that lot to Paul Coffey School, which is located across from Hemlock Street for use as a parking lot by that school. So I believe we have the applicants joining us, and they can tell us more about the project.
And can we just, state for the record that miss Verdi is here?
Thank you. Thank you, madam chair and fellow commissioners. My name is Samuel Budway, and I serve as general counsel to the Providence Regional Agency applicant for this evening's item. I'm I wanna start with a brief, brief history of the project and what the agency sees as active ongoing redevelopment activity site. The project comes by way of the Providence Redevelopment Agency.
A few years ago, the Narragansett Bay Commission had this parcel of land in ownership. They had acquired the property more than ten years ago in an effort to install Narragansett Bay Commission infrastructure. After the that infrastructure had been installed, Narragansett Bay Commission then sought to exercise its rights to transfer the property either first under state law, they're required to offer it to the city. The city of Providence did not want to acquire the property, then put the property up to public auction. As a result of conversations with both the municipality as well as the Narragansett Bay Commission, the agency acquired Citi's rights in in the right, to purchase the property from the Narragansett Bay Commission and exercise those rights, in the last twelve months.
After that acquisition, and in light of that acquisition process, the agency determined that the best reuse for the property would be to further business interests in the area. The end result of the request before you tonight is that there will be three parcels where one used to exist. That those three parcels serve Al Jacobon's food and produce, which has been an existing use and will be a continued use on the site on the portion which is being referred to as Parcel 1. Parcel 2 will be used for in connection with Capco steel storage of steel in manufacturing goods associated with their business operations. And Parcel 3 will be the site, which is also seeking the special use permit, will be parking ancillary and stopping the headquarters in Lower School on Promenade Street.
The agency intends that if this approval is given this evening, the agency will move to sale of the property with Coffee School for Parcel 3 within the next sixty to ninety days. And in addition to that, we were also looking to sell the parcel that is currently being leased by Al Jacobo and Sprout and Produce to Al Jacobo and Sprout and Produce for, their continued use of the site as, it is currently being used. I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have. With us tonight is also the agency's secretary of the board, Amanda Grace, who also serves as municipality's director of real estate.
Madam madam chair, just a couple of items. I just wanna note for the record that, mister Cordero is recused from this item. And the other the other thing is that you'll see in the staff report that we've laid out our findings, and Choyan will will recite them momentarily, that this is an as of right subdivision, but the principal use parking lot for use by the Cuffey School is a special use permit, and we've also laid out the standards for that as well.
Okay. Thanks. One clarification. Could you point out for everybody, exactly where the Paul Puffy School is, relative to the plans in front of us?
I can, I'll share my screen.
