Members of the Syracuse Redevelopment Commission look at the screen as member David Rosenberry attempts to zoom into the meeting Tuesday night. Clockwise from left are Nathan Scherer, Virginia Cazier, David Wilkinson, Cory Mast, Jim Layne and Jeff Goralczyk. Photo by Lauren Zeugner.

By Lauren Zeugner
InkFreeNews

SYRACUSE — During its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, April 16, the Syracuse Redevelopment Commission approved spending up to $100,000 from the Syracuse Tax Increment Finance District for repairing and paving the Pearl Street parking lot.

Town Manager David Wilkinson told the commission he expects to spend around $60,000 in TIF funds, but would like a cushion in case expenses are higher.

The commission also approved spending an additional $30,000 from the Syracuse TIF to supplement this year’s paving budget. The $30,000 will be used to pave roads continuous to the TIF district.

Members of the commission were given a copy of the Gateway report which lists all the TIF districts in town for an annual review.

Wilkinson reported a company has shown some interest in lot no. 7 in the Syracuse Technology Park. This is the last available lot in the tech park.

The lot has several utilities running underneath it, severely limiting what can be built on it.

Wilkinson noted one of the utilities is a pipeline owned by a Canadian company. He has called three times seeking information about the pipeline but has not heard back from company representatives.