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A committee member said that public notices for planning and zoning include council-district labels but that members’ offices often do not receive direct notice. “The biggest request that we all have is just that we're notified at the same time that the public is notified,” the member said on the record.
Crystal Middleton, Director of Planning and Zoning, said the office makes draft agendas and information available when they receive public notice. She told the committee that zoning-board-of-appeals and planning-board materials are typically available about 10 days before meetings, “give or take,” depending on whether zoning map amendments or special use permits must be forwarded from this legislative committee. Middleton said the department would forward agendas to council offices and specify which council districts are affected.
The committee opened the item for brief discussion, heard from Middleton and John Phil, principal planner, and then voted to table the item. The record shows a motion to close discussion and a subsequent motion to table the matter; the transcript excerpt does not include a formal roll-call tally.
The committee’s tabling leaves in place the planning office’s stated commitment to forward agendas and district information; the committee did not adopt additional formal notice rules at this meeting.
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A council member described the proposal as a set of “common sense, updates” to the living-wage law first adopted in February 2002 and said staff and members had met with stakeholders during drafting. The speaker said, “I believe Sam McGavin, throughout the course of the last couple years, has met with members and the administration...to discuss some of these specific updates, all common sense and, minor.” The speaker did not read text of the ordinance or list wage levels or employer thresholds during the committee discussion on the record.
The committee opened the item for brief discussion, closed discussion on a motion, and then approved the ordinance amendment; the motion to approve was seconded by Council Member Galambique. Later on the agenda a related item listed as “amending and strengthening Buffalo’s Living Wage Ordinance” was recorded as “motion received and filed,” seconded by Council Member Rivera.
The committee record as provided does not include the ordinance’s detailed provisions, any fiscal analysis, or a vote tally in the transcript excerpt. Committee discussion on the record emphasized that the living-wage law dates to February 2002, that staff had engaged stakeholders, and that the draft ordinance came from the law department. The committee approved the amendment at this meeting; the transcript did not show the specific ordinance language on the committee floor.
Next steps: the approved amendment will proceed per the council’s legislative process; the committee transcript did not specify a calendar date for final council consideration or include detailed provisions in the public comment excerpt.
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The zoning amendment would change the parcel's current N3R (urban neighborhood residential) designation to N3E to create a transitional zone toward the N1S urban core zoning east of the site, proponents said. The parcel is a 1.2-acre city-owned lot at the corner of Pataruski and Memorial Drive that contains a three-story former American Legion building.
Crystal Middleton, director of planning and zoning, did not present this item; the project was described on the record by Shantina Moore, Senior Architect, City of Buffalo Division of Buildings, and Bruce Przyzlick, project manager for an engineering firm working on the project. Moore described the site as a “1.2 acre parcel” with “a 3 story blonde brick structure” a former American Legion post containing a kitchen, gymnasium, lounge, offices and storage spaces. Moore said the proposed N3E zoning “will provide a better transition to the N1S zoning immediately to the east and southeast” and would support further development of the lot by the city.
Supporters and neighbors offered different perspectives. Chris Harley, who identified himself as representing the Central Terminal Neighborhood Association, read a prepared statement saying the association “expresses its support for a zoning map amendment to help facilitate the proposed police training facility at 379 Pataruski Drive” and thanked Police Commissioner Wright and Deputy Commissioner Oberdorf for meeting with residents.
But several residents raised procedural and legal concerns. Matthew Austin, who identified himself as a Fillmore District resident, questioned whether the planning board and council followed the Green Code’s procedures and said the building — which he referred to as the historic Plovatsky Post — is an important neighborhood anchor. Nathan Vice, a city resident, urged the council to disapprove, saying the application lacked written findings required by the Unified Development Ordinance, and that an environmental assessment under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) was not included. Vice said a community benefits agreement should be part of the record.
After public comment, the committee closed the public hearing and voted to forward the zoning map amendment to the Common Council “without recommendation.” The committee’s motion to send the item was seconded by Council Member Gallenbeck; the committee record shows no roll-call tally included in the hearing record.
The committee action sends the matter to the full Common Council for final consideration. The record presented at the committee included a site plan shown at the planning board and public comments both supporting the project and raising procedural, environmental-review and historic-preservation concerns. The application on the committee record did not include, on the transcript, a full set of written planning-board findings or a SEQR determination; residents on the record asked the council to require those items before approval.
Next steps: the Common Council will consider the zoning map amendment at a later meeting; no date was provided on the committee record.
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