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Minutes · Jul 19, 2018

July 19, 2018

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Mr. Petry referred to Exhibit A-1 and detailed the location of the canopies in the parking areas of the site. Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Petry how many parking spaces will become smaller; he said ten (10) will be reduced in size and will be made into compact car parking spaces. Mr. Petry stated that there are three hundred and seventy eight (378) existing parking spaces. Mr. Petry stated that they will be removing seven (7) trees and that they filed a tree removal application and showed the Township Forester where they will be planting the replacement trees Ms. Weiss asked Mr. Petry if the solar panels are going to be blue; he said yes. Mr. Petry detailed how the solar power is transferred to the building; he said that the storage of the power is located inside of the building. Mr. Petry stated that he will address all of the comments in Mr. Keller’s technical review dated 7/2/18. 1. Revised plans will be submitted that show where the construction staging will take place. 2. Mr. Petry stated that the footings for the canopy system will remain three foot in diameter. 3. Applicant will comply with Township Foresters recommendations in his memo dated 6/13/18. 4. Presented photos that were marked as Exhibit A-2 for identification showing the visual impacts to the residences on Kenz and Ronald Terraces. 5. Parking stalls that will be affected with the installation of the canopies will become compact car parking spaces. 6. Panels are spaced apart to allow the snow and rain to runoff between them; this allows them to drain naturally without gutters. 7. Will submit darker revised plans, prepared by kpff, showing the background information. 8. Provided testimony regarding how the panels will be maintained. Mr. Petry stated that there is sufficient rain that cleans them. 9. Agreed to a condition that they will stay below what is required for their annual power consumption. 10. Presented the Proposed Canopy & Lighting Layout Plan prepared by RAB Lighting dated 5/16/18 that was marked as Exhibit A-3 for identification and detailed how the panels will impact the existing parking lot light fixtures. 11. The compact parking stalls will be noted and properly signed. 11

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