evening. We will call this can you hear me? Yeah. Is that Yeah. Okay.
Good evening. We will call this meeting of the Providence City Planning Commission to order. It's a regular meeting for Tuesday, October 15. It is now 04:55PM. Let's, do a roll call.
Noel Sanchez. Will Sherry. Charlotte Lipchick.
Megan DeSanto. Megan DeSanto, council. Megan DeSanto, council.
Bobby is our staff, and I am Michael Guest, echo chair. Choya Magica Magicaar is also here. He just ran up to print something out. We will roll right into the approval of minutes from the 09/17/2024 meeting. You all should have received them and had a chance to review them, hopefully.
There are any edits or, if no edits, look for a vote or a a motion to approve. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second. Alright. We'll just do a voice vote.
All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed. Any abstentions? The minutes passed.
for a director's report. Yeah. Just a quick report on the comprehensive plan process. Tomorrow night is going to be another session of public hearing for the city council. On the comp plan.
There were a number of amendments that were introduced over the past couple of hearings. Couple of those have been voted on, and, there's, several others that came in last week. And, we've been having some discussions about, how those might be perhaps changed a little bit. We're hoping that tomorrow night will be the last session that the committee will will act on the plan and send it to the full council. So, we're getting close.
No guarantees yet, but but hoping that, we'll get to advance it tomorrow. K.
Thank you, Bob. Down to the wire, as usual. We will roll right into our regular agenda and start with a request for extension. It's our first agenda item, case number 23Dash050 UDR, 45ParadeStreet.
Sure. Thanks, mister chair. And this is a request for a one year extension for a project at 45 Parade Street. And we had approved this some time ago, and the applicant's here, and they're asking for a one year extension, and they'll explain as to why that's the case.
Thank you, members of the city planning commission. Thank you, department planning staff. I'm Seth Zarin. 31 Harrison Street in Providence and a partner at 45 or 45 Parade Street, LLC, but also Stepping Stone Partners LLC. So we sought approvals last year for this project.
We've been working through construction feasibility, getting very close, but not ready to pull the trigger this fall. Hoping to do so next year. So we're asking for another year extension, and, hopefully, that will be sufficient to get us out
Okay. Commissioners, any questions for the applicant? There's no report for this.
Right? No. It's just a request for extension.
No. Alright. So, commissioners, this is just a request for extension. We don't need public comment for this. I see no reason not to grant it.
We're still interested. Nothing's changed other than the difficulty in executing, construction projects in this day and age. Guess we'd entertain a motion to approve. I'll make
a motion to approve. Alright.
Second. Alright. We'll go around and do a voice vote. Noel? Aye.
Will? Aye. Charlotte? Aye. And I vote aye.
Best of luck. Thank you, guys. Going right into the second agenda item. It's a city council referral. It's referral number 3588 abandonment of a portion of Ernst Street.
Thanks, mister chair. And while the petitioners make their way up to the desk, this is a request for abandonment of a portion of Ernest Street. It runs between the Service Road and Shipyard Street. And as the applicant will tell you, they are looking to abandon this portion of the street that that abuts their property on both sides. And, also, the air the part of the street leading up to it is has also been condemned and is an abut's property that's owned by the petitioners.
they can tell you more about it. Good evening.
Good evening. My name is Anthony Jabucci, June. I represent the Narrow Ganza Bay Commission. Jennifer Harrington is the general counsel.
Get a little closer to your mouth than my other one.
Jennifer Harrington with me is also general counsel of the Narragansett Bay Commission. We're seeking the abandonment of a portion of Ernest Street because we own Service Road, which is now which has been a private street. We acquired that in 2008. And last year, we acquired Moss Scaffolding, which is the lot above the inner street over there. You can see Lot 345.
We acquired right there. We acquired that last year. So now we own both sides of the street, and the street is not useful to anyone but the Narragansett Bay Commission. That street right now, that portion of the street only serves the Narragansett Bay Commission, our plant, and our corporate office building. There'll be no negative impacts because, as I said, the street only does serve Narragansett Bay Commission.
So no negative impact on the health, safety, welfare of the of the community community. There's no physical or legal issues surrounding, that will be denied because, again, there already is no food traffic, on Marina Street. It dead ends at the end of Service Road, which you can't see on that plan, and there are alternate roads to give access to and the other businesses in the back end of the park. In terms of the existing or future services, Narragansett Bay Commission agrees to, grant easements to all the utility companies that have utilities on the street. And our proposed use is the same with our current use, so it's just become part of Narragansett Bay Commission's campus.
K. So what is the intent for the the new parcel?
As I said, it's just so we own what used to be my scalpel being Right. A corporate, office building is on the sub South Side of Verona Street. And so this is just to consolidate our campus. Yeah.
I know. I'm very aware of the campus and what you currently have. I'm just wondering what the expansion plans are for for this area and what what you plan to actually do with the new Mars scaffolding and and this road. Well, our plan was we
were still in the design stages, but we were planning on putting up a maintenance building, but we're not sure if we're still gonna site it on a Mars scaffolding property or move it to one of the other parcels we have.
K. And you acquired that parcel last year?
Acquired it in January 2023. Okay.
I wasn't aware of that. Commissioners, do you have any questions for the applicant?
Is the Service Road still open to the public? No.
That's been a Fragrance Road since 2008.
But you could still use a portion of it.
It's blocked off at the top. We believe prop board blocked it off at the end of At the end. Right? End of Service Road. Like, you
can get in and out of your customer service area from that Service Road. Yeah. Yes. Because I parked in your parking lot. Yeah.
Going in and out. Oh, yeah. No.
