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Minutes · Mar 7, 2019

March 7, 2019

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center; he said the current spaces are very large and they are proposing to make some of the spaces smaller for smaller businesses. Mr. Malanga stated his understanding that a Town Center has public meeting spaces and asked Mr. Kohler where the public meeting space will be; he said that they are not proposing a public meeting space. Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler to define what types of services a town center offers to the public; he said some types of businesses offered are restaurants, beauty salons, daycare services; home goods stores, eyeglass stores, grocery stores, pet stores and book stores among others. Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler if they are seeking a book store as a tenant; he said a book store would be a good business to have but he is not responsible for marketing to tenants. Mr. Malanga referred to a board Mr. Kohler presented during his testimony showing a rendering of Building G and the parking lot filled with automobiles. Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler if one of the cars in the rendering was a Tesla; he replied yes. Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler where the charging station for the electric cars will be located on the site; he said they are currently not proposing one. Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler how many pylon signs are being proposed on the site; he said two (2). Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler how many monument signs will be on the site; he said four (4). Mr. Malanga asked Mr. Kohler what the height of the pylon signs will be; he said twenty five (25) feet. Joyce Rudin approached the podium and stated that the lives at 38 Woodland Avenue. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler if there will be any bicycle pads on the site; he said that they are proposing to add bicycle parking spaces. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler why he has not read the Township’s Master Plan; he said because it did not seem relevant to the proposal because they did not change the use of the site. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler why they are not proposing a public meeting space; he said because they want to fill it with retail space. Mr. Kohler said that there will be more space on the site for the residents to congregate and meet but there will not be an indoor space. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler if the active public spaces include benches; he said yes. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler if there will be trees near the benches; he said yes. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler to explain why a

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sked Mr. Kohler if the active public spaces include benches; he said yes. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler if there will be trees near the benches; he said yes. Ms. Rudin asked Mr. Kohler to explain why a drive-thru will be beneficial to the site; he said

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