11-13-2026 Project Review Committee

The City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board Project Review Committee met on November 13, 2026, to review three development proposals and prepare for full-board consideration. For W’s Edge, the applicant described updated site plans, including removable bollards and a two-foot widening of a drive lane to 22 feet; the committee requested follow-up on retail-space use, lighting, parking assumptions, and impervious-surface calculations. Final site plan approval was scheduled for November 24. The Building 21 renovation discussion focused on site access and traffic—particularly the proposed connections involving Turner Place, Aurora Street, and Cayuga Street—and the committee asked for additional traffic and GEIS analysis, circulation and landscaping details, and other supporting plans before its November 24 review. No contract awards, purchasing decisions, funding allocations, or procurement actions were identified.

For the Baker House improvements, the applicant reported removing a second driveway connection due to grading constraints and relocating bike racks. Committee members requested building elevations, clearer plans for pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle circulation, rain-garden planting details, and clarification of the parking layout; preliminary site plan approval was listed as a possibility for November 24. The committee also discussed a future orientation on the Planned Unit Development process and SEQR. No votes or spending-related motions were reported.