By Ashley M. Casey

Associate Editor

The Bragman Companies are looking to build 120 homes on the former Horner Farmstead property in Cicero.

Real estate developer Michael Bragman Sr. and surveyors Hal Romans and Tim Coyer of Ianuzi & Romans Land Surveying appeared virtually at the Cicero Town Board’s Dec. 9 meeting to describe the project.

Bragman said the Horner family has owned the 64.47-acre property, located on Lakeshore Road between Mud Mill and Whiting roads, since about 1920. He said he got to know the Horners around the time he was elected to the Cicero Town Board in 1965.

Town Supervisor Bill Meyer said the Horner family has talked about developing the property since the 1980s.

The yet-unnamed development would consist of 120 lots zoned R-12 (12,000 square feet). Home prices would start at $300,000.

“This would be the type of project that would allow people to come in and have various types of homes,” Bragman said. “It’s something that we think is very important.”

Bragman added that the Horner family has requested that the development “preserve the historic integrity of this property.” He said the development or streets within it could be named after the Horners.

According to the Onondaga County Office for Real Property Services, the property is assessed at $119,500. Carl Horner purchased the parcel from Robert Horner in 2016 for $150,000.

The Bragman Companies’ portfolio includes several developments in the town of Cicero as well as housing developments in North Syracuse, Brewerton, Clay, Liverpool and Onondaga.

Cicero PD to partner with Liberty Resources

In addition to hearing about the Bragman proposal, the Cicero Town Board approved a memorandum of understanding between the Cicero Police Department and Liberty Resources “to facilitate access to mobile crisis services for individuals identified in need of intervention.”

Liberty Resources Inc. is a mental health provider serving the counties of Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga, Cortland and Madison. Its mobile crisis team (MCT) is trained in suicide prevention and helps individuals and families in crisis connect with mental health resources.

“A two-person response team will assist in determining the most appropriate level of crisis response, evaluate the clinical needs of the individual/family, implement crisis de-escalation techniques, identify alternative needs to assist with stabilization and make linkages/referrals where needed. LRI MCT will assist CPD in identifying individuals that can safety be diverted from unnecessary hospitalizations, readmissions and/or arrests,” reads the memorandum of understanding.