Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Don't have this. If you need to put in a speaker slip over there, we have the speaker slip to sign in, and then you get your three minutes. Other than that, we'll go right into roll call.

Commissioner Burdingham? Here. Commissioner Ancisel? He advised earlier that he would be

He's not gonna be here. We'll excuse him.

Okay. Commissioner Keith?

Here.

Vice Chair Newcomb?

Here.

And Chair Barron?

Here. And let us know that we have staff here, Kelly Lucia, our senior planner. We also have Celine Sevilla hiding in the back there as our assistant attorney. Catherine Reeves is attorney and secretary Yaesav Benson. Get that right? Yeah. Okay. We stand for our pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin. Pledge allegiance to the flag, United States Of America, to the republic for which it stands, a nation under god, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Alright. Do we have any online comments from the public?

I have received done by 05:30 today.

No? Okay. Thank you. And with that, we'll go to our action minutes. Approval of our action minutes from 04/13/2026 at the regular planning commission. Any changes or corrections, or can I get a motion to approve?

Motion to approve. I'll second.

And second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. There we go. All right. Extension of time.

Thank you, Chairman. Our Senior Planner Celine Sevilla will be handling this item tonight.

Great, thank you.

Good evening chair and members of the commission. Thank you for being here this evening. So item number two is a business item for an extension of time. That's 26Dash02 for tentative track map thirty eight thousand nine hundred commonly known as the project for the Enclaves. Okay, so starting with the project location, this project is located West Of 4th Street, East Of 5th Street, South Of West Avenue L, and North Of Myrtlewood Drive.

Many of you may recall this project. This map was originally approved by the Planning Commission on 07/22/2024, and includes approximately 8.1 acres proposed for subdivision into townhome development project with condominium ownership, and it would be developed into 120 residential units. The approval is currently set to expire July 2026. Prior to that expiration date, the applicant did submit a timely request for a one year extension consistent with Kalamazoo Municipal Code. The extension is requested due to increased construction costs and ongoing efforts to secure a qualified developer for the site.

Additional time is also needed to finalize design plans and continue coordination with prospective contractors. Staff has reviewed the request and determined that there have been no changes to the general plan, municipal code, or physical conditions of the site since its original approval. With that, staff is making the recommendation that the Planning Commission adopt PC Resolution twenty twenty six-six, approving a twelve month extension through 07/22/2027 for Tentive Track Map 3900. That concludes my presentation and I'm available for any questions. The rep for the owner is also here as well.

Great, thank you.

Have nothing.

Nothing, all right. Mr. Brigham.

I have nothing. Wish you luck with the contractors and everything else.

Cost of materials right now, yeah.

I have nothing.

Nothing? Same here, it's a good project and I agree with you, the cost of materials with plywood jumping up $5 a sheet. It's a lot. So yeah, that's just plywood. Okay, with that, I'll be happy to make the recommendation that the Planning Commission adopt PC resolution twenty twenty six-six approving extension of time for twenty six-two for tentative track map number 30 8 Thousand 900 for one year or until 07/22/2027. I have a second. I'll second. All in favor? Aye. Awesome. That, commissioner's reports and comments.

I

have nothing. Again, my apologies for missing the last meeting. We had an emergency with a horse and the emergency was over, but I was so distracted by it. I mean it was over prior to the meeting, but I was so distracted by it that I totally forgot about the meeting. Again, my apologies to staff and the commission. It won't happen again.

No worries. We all have those times. Mike.

I have nothing but thank you anyways. Just wanna thank staff as usual for doing a good job.

All right, thank you. I've got nothing else either other than say thank you again staff for all the work that we do. Thank you very much. And we'll go to Ms. Kelly for our.

Thank you, Chairman. I don't have much, but I did wanna share with the commission and public. We currently have an environmental document out for public review. It's a negative declaration for our annexation project, and that does close May 18. So a week from today. If the commission or any members of the public that are listening have any comments on that environmental document, please get them in to me by next Monday. Thank you. It's my report. Thank you.

And that's it? Cool. Alright. Well, with that then we will go to adjournment to our next meeting, our planning commission meeting of Monday, June 8. Uh-oh. 2026 at 6PM in here. Thank you very much. June 8. Why is that?

Mister chairman, is that a record?

That was