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Jordan Landing LLC & Jordan Landing Housing Development Fund Corporation Public Hearing January 30, 2026 The Public Hearing of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, held on this day, Friday, January 30, 2026, at Village of Jordan Municipal Hall. 7 Mechanic Street. Jordan, New York 13080 was called to order at 2:08 PM by Public Hearing Officer Alexis Rodriguez. Agency Attendees: Alexis Rodriguez, Public Hearing Officer Attendees: Nancy Lowery, Office of Economic Development William Flynn, Public Ken Bush III, Town of Elbridge Supervisor Tim Stapleton, Village of Jordan Trustee Sara Aaserud. Jordan Elbridge Central School District Board Elizabeth Flynn, Resident Matthew McCabe, Village of Jordan Planning. Zoning. and Appeals Board Gail Hall. Resident Jeff Poor, Jordan Elbridge Central School District Board Jim Froio, Jordan Elbridge Central School District Superintendent Chris Peters, Village of Jordan Planning. Zoning, and Appeals Board Jodi May, Jordan Elbridge Central School District Board Rusty Cooper, Guest Molly Godfrey, Jordan Elbridge Central School District Board Casey Brim, Village of Jordan Mayor Wendy Ryan, Guest Ken Bush, Onondaga County Legislature Patricia Miles, Guest The Public Hearing was conducted regarding the application and project described as follows: Project: Jordan Landing LLC Location: Jordan, NY Tax Map #: 006.1-01-03.1, 006.1-01-04.1, 006.1-01-05
Jordan Landing LLC, a to be formed New York limited liability company on behalf of itself and/or entities formed or to be formed on its behalf (the “Company”), has submitted an application (the “Application” to the Agency, a copy of which Application is on file at the office of the Agency, which Application requests that the Agency consider undertaking a project (the “Project”) for the benefit of the Company and Jordan Landing Housing Development Fund Corporation, the to be formed housing development fund corporation on behalf of itself and/or entities formed or to be formed on its behalf (the “HDFC”), said Project consisting of the following: (A)(1) the acquisition of an interest in all or a portion of approximately 8.22 acres of land located at 577 Peru Road (tax map nos. 006.1-01-03.1, 006.1-01-04.1 and 006.1-01-05) in the Village of Jordan, Town of Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York (collectively, the “Land”); (2) the construction on the Land of nine (9)
two-story buildings totaling approximately 74.203 square feet of space and consisting of sixty-five (65) units of rental housing. including (i) approximately thirty-five (35) units of mixed income affordable rental housing, together with a shared community room. fitness area, service offices and laundry facilities. courtyard and parking areas. playground. landscaping and related amenities and improvements (the “Mixed-Income Project Facility”) and (ii) approximately thirty (30) units of supportive housing for homeless veterans and individuals with serious mental illness. operated by Eagle Star Housing who will provide direct services on-site, including mental health support. case management, transportation and resident programming. together with a shared community room, fitness area, service offices and laundry facilities. courtyard and parking areas. playground. landscaping and related amenities and improvements (the “Community Resource Project Facility” and collectively with the Mixed Income Project Facility, the “Facility”): and (3) the acquisition and installation therein and thereon of related fixtures, machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property (collectively. the “Equipment”) (the Land, the Facility and the Equipment being collectively referred to as the “Project Facility”): (B) the granting of certain “financial assistance” (within the meaning of Section 854(14) of the New York General Municipal Law) with respect to the foregoing. including potential exemptions from certain real property taxes and real estate transfer taxes (the “Financial Assistance’); and (C) the lease (with an obligation to purchase) or sale of the Project Facility to the Company and the HDFC or such other person as may be designated by the Company and the HDFC and agreed upon by the Agency.
The Company, the HDFC and/or Eagle Star Housing will be the initial owner and/or operator of the Project Facility. The Agency has not made a decision with respect to the undertaking of the Project or the granting of the financial assistance. A copy of the Application including a cost/benefit analysis is available at the Agency’s office and on the Agency’s website for review. Alexis Rodriguez asked if there was anyone who would like to speak in favor of the proposed project. No comments were made. A. Rodriguez asked if there was anyone who would like to speak in opposition of the proposed project. The following comments were made: Jim Froio, Jordan Elbridge Central School District Superintendent
“T want to start by saying that the school district and the board of education, all the board members here, are very supportive of our veterans in particular our local veterans, and appreciate that they are going to have a facility with a roof over their head. And we’re certainly excited about the prospect of gaining more children in the school district, and I wanted to make that clear. Where we had issues is on anumber of fronts. The first is the whole transparency of the whole Jordan Landing facility. The school district was not notified until we got notice from your office on Friday at 3 o’clock that this was something even proposed, let alone already licensed and ready to go. That took us by surprise. And something of this nature really can’t take a school district by surprise. We hope that the communication moving forward is going to be vastly improved. And I’ve reached out to the developer, Mr. Rock, we had a really good conversation yesterday, and | appreciate the conversation we had. So, some of our concerns, one was safety. I did not know what severe mental illness meant, and I’ve since looked it up, and I was happy, really to learn that it doesn’t mean somebody’s dangerous. So that was comforting for us. But | still think it’s very important for the school district that the housing development is well managed. And, so, Mr. Rock was gracious enough to, we're going to meet in person next week. He's going to take me to one of the Eagle Star facilities so we
can see how it’s run firsthand and I’m appreciative of that. In regards to the fiscal arrangement. we have a lot of concerns with that. We're not in favor of exemptions, and I don’t think that people fully understand the financial impact for a school district. One of the things that Mr. Rock helped me with was student projections, so the maximum capacity, as he stated to me, would be 88 students. But he said that’s the maximum because you usually get about 33% of that. So that’s going to be about 35 students. So depending on what the needs of those kids are. you know, we’re probably going to have to budget conservatively, half a million dollars to be able to support those kids in the way that we're supposed to support them. And that money comes unaided. you don’t receive any aid from the State when those students arrive. and your aid doesn’t start to flow until the following year. so that initial half a million dollars has to be borne by the community and the school district. either through reserves or whatever it is. Now I’ve done my homework, I’ve talked to a lot of superintendents, and all of us have mixed housing developments in our districts. and one of the common denominators is that they generally don’t pay their fair share towards a community tax base. I would hope that this would be an exception, and that the school district is involved in any conversations moving forward. whether they be PILOTS or a straight tax arrangement because we want to serve the children of this housing development to the best of our ability. We're excited about the process of doing that, and we feel like any other member of the community, and this Jordan Landing will be a member of our community, should pitch in just like everybody else. Thank you.”
Casey Brim, Village of Jordan Mayor “I’m Casey Brim, I’m the Mayor of the Village of Jordan. First off, I’d like to say that the Village is in support of the project itself. When Patrick Rock came to us several months ago and he pitched this to us, you know, he had talked about the vets and the mixed-use, mixed-income housing. and currently has four building right now in the Village that he maintains very well. And in the grand scheme of things, there’s not a lot of problems, per se. You know, you get your average ambulance calls, your everyday now and then police calls, and very seldom do you get fire calls. But we received the same notice that the school district did, and as the Town did in regards to the PILOT. This was never talked to us before, and you know, I talked with Patrick, and he did say that he apologized that we weren’t notified sooner. I’m not sure if that’s up to the County to notify us, or if it’s up to the developer. The one thing that’s concerning about that is, you know, in the Village of Jordan, you know most of our, a lot of our services are in the general village tax. Well, with the 100% exemption, per se, fire protection-wise, | mean, village residence fire protection tax is in the general village budget, so you got 100% exemption, and with a big building going up, we know there’s going to be issues, potential issues, when they’re building, you know, fire calls, you know, fire alarm activations, sprinkler activations, what have you, or God forbid, a fire. Granted, in these several years they’ve been there, | do know that the fire department hasn’t been there a lot, which is good. But you know, for instance, so if the fire department goes there, | mean, they’ re going for free. You know, they’re not getting, the village isn’t getting compensated for that. That’s just one example. The ambulance service is a special district. and that’s through the Town. I understand they’re not exempt from special districts, correct? So, but like, I just wanted to, you know, touch on that. But you know, Patrick Rock has a great relationship with the Village of Jordan. I mean, I think his first building was built in, I think *86, something like that, with his father. So we’ve always had a long-standing, good relationship. So, when we knew he was coming in to do the project, you know, we felt pretty comfortable that, you know, he’s going to do a good job, and I foresee that happening. Thank you.”
Matthew McCabe, Village of Jordan Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board “I’m the Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Village of Jordan Planning and Zoning Board, and I apologize to Mr. Poor that he didn’t receive notice when we had the public hearing, nobody showed up. When this was presented to us. sounds good. but there was no mention of a PILOT. And basically, a PILOT messes up all the calculations. | mean, even down to the State Environmental Quality Review Act form, then it has a maximum impact on the community in that we're not getting the tax revenues to help support this. So I can understand some sort of agreement. but if you're talking about a full PILOT for a number of years where they don’t pay any property taxes, which I don’t know what the details of the proposed PILOT are, that’s a real hit to the Village, and one that was not presented to us as something that would happen. and it definitely would have been something that we would have had to consider as to whether to approve or disapprove of the project. That’s all. Thank you.” Gail Hall, Resident
“My concern is the severe mental health. the mental illness. You know, a few years ago, we had a couple of drug houses in this town. which I know, that’s not what these people are, but mental illness. And several of them had mental illness problems. and it affected this village greatly — tons of car break-ins. Even I, myself, had to call the police at 2 o’clock in the morning. There was some woman in my backyard screaming her brains out. And that concerns me. It concerns me for those of us that are coming home at night. You know. I have great concern about the severe mental healthness part. not the rest of it.” Chris Peters, Village of Jordan Planning, Zoning, and Appeals Board “I’m on the Zoning Board and Appeals Board with Matt, and I’d like to second what he said, that none of this tax stuff was included in the proposal. We’ve had a good relationship with Pat, I know Pat from being on the Board, and also from working with him as a developer on the energy side of stuff, so that’s a long, complicated story, but his tenants know him. He knows his tenants, not just in Jordan, but also in Camillus and Minetto. And I’m not opposed to the project, I’m opposed to the tax problem with the PILOT, and that’s just not enough tax base income for the Village to take on the added responsibility of more buildings, and more people, and more students for the school.” Ken Bush III, Town of Elbridge Supervisor
“JT just would like to kind of reiterate what the Superintendent and Mayor have said about the project. It’s not speaking out against the project itself, it’s really speaking out against the PILOT and the use of these tax funds. Historically speaking, IDAs do not typically fund or give PILOTs to residential projects. Recently, there’s been two prior that the County has done, in much larger areas, much larger tax base that can handle this. And even further. IDA use of a PILOT in this may even be against the uniform tax exemption policy that is set up in it. I don’t know 100%, but it certainly looks like it’s trending that way with the PILOT. You know, it impacts the school district tax basis. Truly, the Village is the one that takes a great hit with it, and of course the Town. We all want affordable housing, we want affordable housing for our residents that are here. We want people to be able to stay in their homes. We want them to be able to afford the taxes that are already laid upon them. By now putting in a project of this nature, not letting them pay their fair share makes the burden, tax burden, spread across more, and the people that are already struggling to try to make ends meet have even greater ramifications of that. The PILOT as it is, 15 years, I know it reduces every so many years, it’s not suitable for a community of this tax base, the way it’s written. Thank you.” A woman in attendance asked A. Rodriguez if she could ask a question.
A. Rodriguez informed a member in attendance that questions will not be answered during this public hearing, as it’s just for public comments to be made. A. Rodriguez asked if there was anyone who would like to make general comments about the proposed project. The following comment was made: Jeff Poor, Jordan Elbridge Central School District Board “I’m the President of the school board. Jim’s a lot more polished than [ am. so I support everything that he was saying, but as I sit in the back of the room, you've got all the leaders of this community, of Jordan, planning boards. Nobody knew anything about this. That’s an issue. And it’s unfair to expect this community that already has a pretty high tax burden, you know, lack of business and everything else around here. Everything that we're trying to provide for the kids, services, police. fire, everything else that we do. And then to have an apartment complex of this size come in, you know, I don’t know the numbers off the top of my head of how many village residents you have versus how many are going to go in there, that’s a fairly large percentage of your community. And you're just not going to have the services here to support it. | guess that’s the general comment. It’s just reiterating what everybody else said about the taxes, lack of transparency across the board. | mean. it made me fairly sick to see that comment on Syracuse.com saying. | guess we're just different. you know, everybody wants this. Everybody I talk to. nobody knew about it. It’s just hard.”
A. Rodriguez noted for the record that the Agency has not yet received any written comments on the project. Jim Froio stated that he sent a letter to the Agency on Tuesday, January 27". A. Rodriguez responded that she would check with her office to see if they received the letter. A. Rodriguez closed the public hearing at 2:28 PM. Dated: February 5, 2026 ONONDAGA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY By: