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Wayne Diaz, development services staff, said the proposed lessee has experience distributing hydroponic home kits and working on community food projects; the city previously committed $250,000 for urban agriculture initiatives by council resolution. Owen Deutsch, a planning staff member, told the committee that the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission had approved a special permit for the urban farm at a recent meeting, and that an administrative approval remains to be completed.

Diaz described the proposal as an outdoor hydroponic system on vacant land that formerly hosted apartment buildings and said the nonprofit requested the release of $250,000 for materials, moveable containers and related setup costs. The presentation included plans for modular, movable hydroponic systems and a reverter clause in the lease to allow the city to reclaim the parcel if a future long-term redevelopment opportunity arises.

Committee members said they would not act before the public-hearing process is complete: the planning-related public hearing is scheduled for June 16. Chair John Gale said the committee would keep the item on the agenda with no recommendation and, if public comment does not change members’ positions, discharge it to the full council so it could be considered at the June 23 council meeting. No vote was taken on the lease or the release of funds at this meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Hartford PEDH Committee Meeting June 4th, 2025, Live","oneSentenceSummary","Committee took no action on a proposed lease of 280 Enfield Street for an urban farm and a requested $250,000 release after staff said the Planning & Zoning Commission had approved the special permit and members opted to wait for the public hearing scheduled June 16 before discharging to council.","taxTitle","Hartford City, Hartford County, Connecticut","taxId",5895,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6526993,"Committee postpones review of bike-lanes resolution after planning commission objects",188,2169000,2357000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3662022-d17341611167bafde93994d5da654ffd&start=2169&end=2357","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3662022-d17341611167bafde93994d5da654ffd/thumbnail_2169000.jpg","/articles/6526993/Hartford-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/Committee-postpones-review-of-bike-lanes-resolution-after-planning-commission-objects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6526993-05b0fd42fb58320f707021bed61b4a93/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155863&Signature=NH-1UUV~e5Ln~UKmOUXrAiMRyOVXJNmOJ3K12mbT1~L~2ek0eAR-DjMZcPil5mCWGYi682n23SxRtI~fcp1AJhQO90UMVK6iahkbpP5UeTYbC2tha~psOR1YWUwA9MOv5aoaS2ohCW4mQ-OuQxu~RqshdNIvsnAAQ-7S2dntxep6lG06LvCA5K6EolhJgigYk-f1QRE8QdoUSwZOpIbyMucX3VUiIGUbXCEobzgZKrT71YhaIheGHUan35-7OzZd2RakDm2Tq~vdiNsBjc-3jp61fwcfZZo6Q8flfCgKoT61WUwbwfJEnFgdBMffnsOaCEDxhDAIyN0qtpnf6XLs1A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee postponed consideration of a council resolution that would direct the Department of Public Works to reevaluate and potentially reconfigure existing bike lanes citywide after the committee received a formal letter of opposition from the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission.

Council President read a letter from Josie Utic, chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission, which said the resolution (R-2025-19) risks undermining the city’s Complete Streets ordinance, Bicycle Master Plan and Plan of Conservation and Development. The letter urged the council to rely on technical analysis and established performance metrics—such as safety statistics and mode-share data—rather than giving short-term preference to parking or business access.

The Planning and Zoning Commission letter recommended design refinements and enforcement to address business-access concerns and said the resolution’s 180-day timeline would not allow adequate data collection or a robust public process. “Concerns regarding parking and business impacts should be addressed through design refinements and enforcement, not through the rollback of infrastructure aligned with long term policy goals,” the letter said.

Councilwoman Molly Rosado moved to postpone the resolution in committee; the motion carried. Committee members did not take up the substance of alternate configurations at this meeting, saying further study and stakeholder engagement were appropriate.

The Planning and Zoning Commission offered to collaborate with the council and departments to reconcile business access with multimodal safety and long-term planning goals. The resolution will return to committee at a later date.","A council resolution calling for the Department of Public Works to evaluate and potentially reconfigure bike lanes was postponed after the Planning and Zoning Commission submitted a letter urging the council not to roll back bicycle infrastructure and recommending further study and design refinements instead of removal.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6526997,"Committee delays decision to use surplus funds for three Homestead Corridor parcels",764,1232000,1996000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3662022-d17341611167bafde93994d5da654ffd&start=1232&end=1996","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3662022-d17341611167bafde93994d5da654ffd/thumbnail_1232000.jpg","/articles/6526997/Hartford-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/Committee-delays-decision-to-use-surplus-funds-for-three-Homestead-Corridor-parcels","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6526997-6d76dedf89a213d123d06ddb05f84987/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155863&Signature=lsd4yzKoE5nawRz-j~50SWkccQ8LVH0iXtZYFBWfsjAUTYxiMY41BqEAQQAUHiGuMCC0BcUxndRtRqERjdoC-UPnmBqxaqvvYUWcEMJS1VMmzaU-Tw9yaaLihaY5PJbF9JBZbUM2GjgPIx8SiSCwZtrgn3kozuKOV6yC-sZMUCvzPCQtkAOUrevenL4Sjh6-4eN8nM2BpIE3Jxuj43lIESEN9uB9kBN9xbGarOm1n6UNDKSWSPwsLIv7Z1Adk3wFw4BbKw4g5vVNL2kDi0nNEyDIjrd5XqVieO2w0lMlMH5Q2L~D-qjEItt5vlwGhR2wZ9pfpO7Vuz5HS7uO52IPgw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee on Monday postponed action on a resolution that would let the mayor use surplus city funds to acquire three parcels — 255 Garden Street and 51 and 101 Homestead Avenue — pending further information about the timing and treatment of a $1.6 million state grant.

Wayne Diaz, development services staff, said the state awarded $1.6 million through the Department of Community Development (DECD) for acquisition of the parcels to support a Homestead Corridor redevelopment plan. Diaz told the committee the city had entered a nonbinding letter of intent in November 2024 and submitted an application for the DECD grant in December 2024. “We will be drafting a resolution to officially ask the city council to receive the grant funding from DECD,” Diaz said, and the plan was to use surplus funds up front and reimburse the city with the DECD award after closing.

Council members expressed concern that using surplus would reduce funds available for the Board of Education. Councilman Josh Mickham asked whether the city could wait to buy the parcels until surplus levels were confirmed. Attorney Richard Fasalo told the committee he could not answer whether reimbursed grant proceeds would count as available surplus for school funding purposes and advised follow-up with budget staff.

Committee members discussed making the authorization contingent on receipt of the DECD grant or using DECD funds directly when they become available. Chair John Gale and members agreed to postpone so staff could provide more detailed timing and accounting information to the committee. A motion to postpone carried.

Diaz said sellers had expressed eagerness to move the sale, but staff and council members said a short delay would likely not jeopardize the transaction. Council members asked staff to work with management and budget to confirm how reimbursed funds would be treated for surplus calculations and to prepare amended resolution language if appropriate.","Committee postponed a resolution authorizing use of city surplus funds to purchase 255 Garden Street and 51 and 101 Homestead Avenue after members sought clarity on reimbursement timing and surplus accounting for Board of Education funding.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6526999,"Committee postpones vote on sale of 17–21 Wells Street, seeks term sheet on tax-fixing deal",959,228000,1187000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3662022-d17341611167bafde93994d5da654ffd&start=228&end=1187","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3662022-d17341611167bafde93994d5da654ffd/thumbnail_228000.jpg","/articles/6526999/Hartford-City/Hartford-County/Connecticut/Committee-postpones-vote-on-sale-of-1721-Wells-Street-seeks-term-sheet-on-tax-fixing-deal","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6526999-1ecd7be0fa13225d571c679c21448643/orig.mp4?Expires=1771155863&Signature=FAJxad3vAzet-5SL-QPOa~TChWXfuWw9~1c4sxPW2cYwCBRlJFpEEm3viWrsu54NxGRFEY-KpCVL0v7eL6rGkJMGIdhH5NxrqqVJkq3uu7~H2NKgetKrG6PGXZimmrPjP6qeAFpyrtK-NiHbeFQeHYerqBgzrG6w-2~d4xMEPf~gqzrn0hS3Fyqo-xg-JYKc12o3e56blUVV364hLNlODQE7w3pg8tAgfN1hlncyOwAFELzX18UOluXO~x~27GDkSyA901ct8Q2mwvRZqbFOx9muxLx3-td2nrdDwhU5haiohOCDoofXoX9R9r5dlWN10mV8IffG8y9p7ztoowwQJQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Hartford Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee on Monday postponed action on a mayoral resolution to authorize the sale of city-owned parcels at 17 and 21 Wells Street, described by staff as phase 2 of the 525 Main Street redevelopment.

The committee paused the measure after members said they did not have the tax-fixing term sheet or detailed community-benefit language that usually accompanies deals of this type. Wayne Diaz, a city development services staff member, told the committee the developer proposes 84 residential units, 58 on-site parking spaces and a roughly $20.8 million project budget funded by CRDA, a senior loan and a requested 20-year tax-fixing agreement under statute 12.65b. Diaz said the developer plans 20% workforce housing at 80–120% of area median income.

“We're proposing a 20-year tax fixing agreement,” Diaz said, explaining the deal would hold taxes flat the first three years and step up in later years. Joseph Kleinberg, representing the development team, said financing and investors are in place and that the group did not want to lose momentum: “We have all investors lined up to move forward.”

Committee members said they need to compare the term sheet for this phase with the earlier term sheet used when the city approved the original 525 Main Street transaction. “I would really like to have an opportunity to review the term sheet,” Councilman Josh Mickham said. Chair John Gale and other members agreed they could not responsibly approve the tax-fixing arrangement without the multi-page term sheet that typically spells out community benefits, timing and other conditions.

Councilwoman Molly Rosato moved to postpone the resolution to the committee’s next meeting; the motion carried. The committee did not vote on a purchase-and-sales agreement or the tax-fixing agreement at this meeting.

The proposal as described in committee documents and presentation calls for a connected building that ties into the previously approved 525 Main Street structure and reduces the original plan from six floors to four to improve financial feasibility. Diaz said the project team was seeking authorization to enter into a purchase-and-sales agreement and then finalize a tax-fixing agreement prior to closing.

Because members asked to compare the new term sheet to earlier approvals and requested the complete term sheet be included in the materials, staff said they would circulate the term sheet and attempt an expedited review; no final timetable was set by the committee.

The item will return to committee for further review once the term sheet and related materials are provided.","The Planning, Economic Development and Housing Committee postponed consideration of a resolution to authorize sale of city-owned parcels at 17 and 21 Wells Street (phase 2 of the 525 Main Street project) after members said the proposed 20-year tax-fixing agreement and related term sheet were not included in the packet.","actionData","errors"]

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