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Minutes · Apr 7, 2021

April 7, 2021 Adopted Planning Board Minutes

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well. Mr. Savage confirmed that this will take place off the electrical room but having it be “electric vehicle ready”. Meaning the tenant requires the space/supplier to be available and installed. - Mr. Sullivan then brought up lighting and landscape (Exhibit A4) Landscape Plan (Sheet 8 of 15) where they are planting trees where they can on the side and in the front closer to the building. There are also a number of shrubs (of evergreen variety) to block headlights. In regards to the buffer, instead of five (5) feet in the variance, this design shows/requires them to use four (4) feet. The absence of that one foot does not change the effectiveness of the screen as the parking spaces intended will be sideways instead of longways. - Mr. Savage then entered Exhibit AS (Sheet 9 of 15) in regards to the Lighting Plan. Where different methods of the lighting are shown in the design of wattage and how they are displayed (ie: pole mounted, wall mounted, and in the different designs and patterns.) basically just a little shield that comes down behind that that light fixture to just even further direct that light back onto the site so the light spilled would be negligible to nonexistent here you know those ever those plantings here that will start growing obviously and so the lighting and then there's a number of existing lights out here along those streets that show isolated patterns just to kind of show that you know these frontages are also live by these existing public lights and then it'll be some other lights that we don't show in our plans and would refer to architectural lighting near the entrances and things like that that will provide more light for the entrances. Mr. Savage brought updirectional in terms of light versus metal lights but then in addition these lights are going to have house shields which basically cut off the flight data that would shine back behind that that light fixture to just even further direct that light back onto the site so the lights village here we would think it be negligible to nonexistent here and then there's also plantings that will start growing obviously and there's a number of existing lights along those streets that that we just kind of show those isolates patterns just to kind of show that you know these frontages are also live by these existing public lights and then they'll be some other lights that don't share

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hat we just kind of show those isolates patterns just to kind of show that you know these frontages are also live by these existing public lights and then they'll be some other lights that don't share plans and referred to Architectural lighting near the entrances and things like that that will provide more light for the entrances locations. -Mr. Parisi mentioned the deviation to the landscape and Mr. Savage followed up his prompt by expanding 20% non-buildable area for site we have 14.3% before that and so given this site currently has the one of the buildings along lot 32 that is still existing. Then there was the larger building that took up a lot of Lot 36 which has a lot of pavement -Mr. Sullivan explained to the Board in regard to Mr. Hess’ letter beginning on Page 3 where the comments begin item at item 20 where they were not aware of any deed restrictions or covenants 21 is related to the parking that we were just talking about this is the subject of the development agreement by the Township we understand that there's going to be some kind of agreement between us in the challenger whether it's a lease or easement or something for the area that is going to be stage in restaurant we have not yet completed that agreement or figured out exactly what term is going to be but they’re working with Mr. Trenk’s office that in item 52 compliance with the coordinates is certainly you could make that a conditional approval will compare those item number 2 sustainability checklist with an indirect reference to the project of Tompkins St which is going to come before you that is a big project of 17 affordable apartments that is the same application but related and connected and checklist for this application and wasn't aware until it got to that. Chairman Bagoff asked Mr. McPherson to make note of all this. Mr. Savage continued his list Number #3 in discussing the traffic circulation plan where there are no freestanding signs and the architect is going to address the wall sign issue. -When went to the Site Plan Review Advisory Board, no one at that point said Traffic Study was needed. Mr. Savage continued his list number 10 we just discussed turning templates 11 to 12 related to flood hazard which we discussed 13 comply.

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