July 19, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes

Delaney believes that there will be a screen wall proposed in this courtyard that will help provide some noise attenuation coming out of the courtyard to the property to the north. He said that he believes the landscape architect will talk about additional landscaping that's going to be added along this northern property line. e Mr. Rosen asked if any improvements will be done to the county drainage pipe. Mr. Delaney said that they are not touching that existing county line; they are going to leave the existing line as is and inspect it during construction to make sure it's still adequate, but they are not going to be increasing the size of it. e Mr. Dannemiller at 10 Greenwood Avenue asked if there is a direct pedestrian access between Jersey Mike’s corner and where the bus stop is. Mr. Delaney said that the pedestrians have the option to cross twice, but they can come down to the site where the sidewalk ends and cross the drive aisle and enter into Jersey Mike’s at the southeast comer. e Mr. Dannemiller asked what the radius is at southbound off of Prospect and eastbound off of Eagle Rock Avenue and what kind of design speed are they trying to achieve on the entrance to the parking lot. Mr. Delaney said that the radius is a 50-foot radius, which tries to slow down the movements into the site and that is why they didn't want to put in a tight radius there. e Arden Fusman at 77 Terrace Avenue asked how it's going to affect the environment, the trees, and the wildlife. Mr. Delaney said that as far as wildlife goes and anything like that, all the proposed improvements, except for the small loading dock expansion behind Target, is wholly contained within the actively disturbed areas of the site. He said that they are not going into any of the wooded areas or any of the wetlands in the rear of the site, so no wildlife should be impacted. The landscape architect can certainly talk in more detail about the trees, but they are providing a significant increase in landscape islands throughout the site to provide for over 100 more trees on the property. ¢ Kevin Malanga at Ridge Road asked if the engineer was responsible for designing the island placement on the parking lot. Mr. Delaney said that he designed it in conjunction with the landscape architect. ¢ Mr. Kevin Malanga asked if there is a fast-food restaurant proposed in the plans. Mr. Delaney said that no

ing lot. Mr. Delaney said that he designed it in conjunction with the landscape architect. ¢ Mr. Kevin Malanga asked if there is a fast-food restaurant proposed in the plans. Mr. Delaney said that no fast-food restaurants are proposed. ¢ Mr. Malanga asked how long does cool pavement last. Mr. Delaney said that based on their research the cool pavement last approximately 10-15 years. ¢ Mr. Malanga asked how long does standard asphalt last. Mr. Delaney said that it lasts approximately 25 years or longer. e Mr. Andy asked if there has been a noise study done and what the refuse policy is. Mr. Delaney said that they’Il have regular refuse pickup once twice a week, to help mitigate any kind of issues with that He said as far as the noise study goes, there has not been a noise study conducted for these proposed improvements, but of course any improvements that we're doing here on the site they'll have to comply with the townships noise ordinance. NO PUBLIC COMMENT* PRESENTATION ¢ Target representative Alison Mathern entered on the record. Target will be taking three spaces; The former Kmart, the Staples and the Dollar Tree. There will be major internal renovation to accommodate a typical target store approximately 100,000 square feet. There 12

will be a CVS pharmacy, an optical center, a Starbucks with no seating just the counter, but a full-service Starbucks, there will be an Ulta beauty store in store, as well as about 10,000 square feet of grocery in addition to our usual retail merchandise. The lower level of the store will accommodate all the stocks for the existing first level store and then there is a portion of the lower level for which they are seeking approval to use as a delivery center. It is a newer concept for target; it basically brings merchandise from other stores pre-sorted for delivery to local customers and residents. She said that there's no storage of product in that portion of the facility it really is just shifting presorted boxes from larger vehicles to smaller local delivery drivers. There will be 224 customer drive up parking stalls in the parking lot. They will be using LED bulbs, reclaimed wood on the interior finishes and occupancy sensors on most of our different rooms and restrooms. They will be also using a trans critical CO2 system for their refrigeration which is much more environmentally friendly. Additionally, they are replacing all the mechanicals for the existing building, which will all be newer and obviously much more energy efficient than what is there today. There will be low flow water fixture, plumbing fixtures and hand dryers in the restroom; no paper towel dispensers. ¢ Customer will have no access to the rear of the store or in the back by the loading docks. BOARD QUESTIONS ¢ Mr. Cardoza asked what store and delivery hours are. Ms. Mathern said that typically it’s from 8:00am to 11:00pm and seven days a week. ¢ Mr. Guarino asked if there will be any adjustments in the traffic flow around holiday season. Ms. Mathern said she is not sure about the answer. ¢ Councilwoman Williams asked if there will be optical services, salon services and automotive services. Ms. Mathern said that there will be optical services but no other services. ¢ Mr. Guarino asked if there will be stock replenishment during closed hours. Ms. Mathern answer in the affirmative. PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS ¢ Ms. Leheny asked what type of vehicles are the ones that pick-up. Ms. Mathern said that they are passenger vehicles. ¢ Ms. Leheny asked how many times a day does the delivery trucks come in. Ms. Mathern said that according to the report 2-4 a day. PUBLIC QUESTION Mr. Rosen

n said that they are passenger vehicles. ¢ Ms. Leheny asked how many times a day does the delivery trucks come in. Ms. Mathern said that according to the report 2-4 a day. PUBLIC QUESTION Mr. Rosen asked if there will be on site security in the form of a private security car with flashing lights. Ms. Mathern said no. NO PUBLIC COM PRESENTATION ¢ Mr. Jim Welsh, Landscape architect, entered on the record and was sworn under oath and his credential were accepted by the board.

Mr. Welsh described the existing landscape stating that there is a little bit of lawn and some trees along Prospect Ave. to the east side and along Eagle Rock Ave to the South side. There are about 20 trees interior to the parking lot, they worked with the owner to plant some trees along the edge of Prospect Ave last fall, in which they planted about 15 new shade trees along the edge there and they were planted with the thought of moving forward. In the large open parking lot there are 20 trees, a total of 28 trees along the perimeter that includes the newly planted one’s last fall as well as some along the corner of Eagle Rock Ave and Prospect Ave and some existing going down the side of Eagle Rock Ave as well. Part of our planting plan last fall they did add some grasses and shrubs at the corner. They are going to remove trees from the parking lot to work with the new parking layout. All the trees along the perimeter are going to be protected and each will have barriers to protect them during construction. The engineer suggested to possibly remove the trees located in the corner because they were considered invasive, but the architect thought they were in decent shape, decent health and they checked with the Township forester Walter Kipp and they have an e-mail from him suggesting that he thinks they should be saved as well. The overall landscape will have shade trees along the perimeter and throughout the parking lot. The trees will provide shade to the parking lot, which will help cool the urban heat island effect. The trees are also there to visually direct people where to go; there will be a line of trees in front of buildings A&B to make a nice driving experience and also direct the cars to move along there as well. In all they are planting 151 shade trees; the shade trees that will be planted are currently calling for about 2 1/2-inch caliper planting size and they'll grow to be much larger trees over time. 27 Evergreen trees, 11 ornamental trees which would be smaller trees something that might flower like a red bud service berry, and then there's a couple of river birches in there as well. They will plant trees along Prospect Ave. to finish that tree line they started. The trees that they are going to be planting are four different main types of shade trees; zelkova, honey locusts, hackberry and lindens. There will be lawn along the

sh that tree line they started. The trees that they are going to be planting are four different main types of shade trees; zelkova, honey locusts, hackberry and lindens. There will be lawn along the streetscape along Prospect Ave. The understory planting will be both deciduous and evergreen, so that there's something there in all different seasons. There's also going to be some herbaceous plantings; those are going to be seasonal highlight planting areas, so whether it's mum beds in the fall or begonias and marigolds in the spring, all different flowers that could happen in those small spaces to really highlight the entry spaces along the Prospect Ave. as well as along the Eagle Rock Ave. entry. The paving throughout the front of buildings A, B, C and D are going to be a nicer paving. They are going to do a travertine paver in a couple of different ways in front of the building and in between some of the buildings and some of the areas where you might want to pause and sit for a little bit longer. In front of the building there's going to be two types of paving in there; it's going to be a herring bone pattern for the most part in the pedestrian areas with a square travertine paver. It is just a little bit darker around the edges; it will signify that is the pedestrian zone and, just to break it up a little, there's going to be some of those square edge pavers showing where the different lines are within the building where the different stores are. When you get into more of the area between building A and B, it's a place where people are going to linger a little bit longer. When restaurants open up there will be a courtyard and they will use an ashlar paving 14

which is basically just a different shape of the stone, a different pattern of the stone, but still the same tone so that it mirrors nicely. The pavers are going to be set on a concrete base and mortared in so the pavers don’t lift. BOARD QUESTIONS Chairman Bagoff asked if the trees can be beefed up on the residential side. Mr. Welsh said that there are trees that can grow up to 15-20 feet high, which will become their green wall that will separate the back with the residential side, but they will add a few more trees. Chairman Bagoff asked if it is possible to screen the refuse area without compromising traffic flow or parking. Mr. Welsh said it’s kind of tough, but will talk with the engineer to see what can be done. Chairman Bagoff asked how will the plants and trees be maintained. Mr. Welsh said that they are still working out whether or not they want to irrigate a lot of the different islands and planting throughout. Even if they choose not to irrigate, we usually put a guarantee on whoever installs them so that they have to maintain and water. The contractor has to maintain and water the trees for at least the first year whether they're bringing a watering truck there to do that or they may install and irrigation system. NO PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS PUBLIC QUESTION Kevin Malanga at Ridge Road asked is there a reason why the landscape architect chose nonnative trees over a native tree and would it not be preferable to have native trees. Mr. Welsh said the chosen trees have proven themselves to be very hearty in the parking lot, along streets and in drive areas in New Jersey. Mr. Rosen asked if the proposed trees will improve water runoff. Mr. Welsh said that the leaves will capture some of the rain as it comes down and the roots may absorb a little bit of the water, but most of it's going into the ground so he doesn’t think it's going to change the hydrology all that much in planting those trees. Mr. Rosen asked how does a planting site get prepped. Mr. Welsh said that there will be clean up and mulch bed underneath. Mr. Rosen asked how high the trees will be when fully grown. Mr. Welsh said they will grow up to 15 feet tall and the trees will block a lot of the light spillage. Ms. Joyce Rudin asked if the landscape architect can consider planting native trees. Mr. Welsh said that they will consider that possibility. Ms. Sally Malanga asked

ock a lot of the light spillage. Ms. Joyce Rudin asked if the landscape architect can consider planting native trees. Mr. Welsh said that they will consider that possibility. Ms. Sally Malanga asked how wide are the islands. Mr. Welsh said that the width varies; some are 9 feet wide and some will be narrow, around 6 feet wide, which will have only one tree so the roots can have more room to spread. NO PUBLIC COMMENT* lication carried to the August 2, 2023 Planning Board Regular Meeting* Meeting adjourned at 11:34PM. simone ley VAr Ege Jarhilet Ba Acting Planning Board Secretary