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Minutes · Feb 7, 2024

February 7, 2024 Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes

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e Mr. Alan Graham at 31 Old Indian Road asked will there be music coming from the facility, if so, will there be any noise mitigation strategies. Mr. Del Mauro said that there will be no music. e Ms. Alexandria Byun at 37 Old Indian Road asked if the intention was to create a safe cover especially for women does alcohol need to be served. Mr. Del Mauro said that they provide that as a service to the paying members of the club, given that it's a private club have that benefit already it's in a mobile cart and they are just trying to bring those benefits into this safe facility. e Ms. Byun asked what other places have they looked that may be a further away from some of the property that is surrounding the proposed location. Mr. Del Mauro said that they looked at multiple locations and they are all in line-of-sight people getting hit with golf balls and putting them in danger. e Ms. Micaela Bennet at 35 Old Indian Road asked how will food be served from your halfway house. Mr. Del Mauro said that it will sell from a window. e Ms. Bennet asked if the beverages will be served in glasses or plastic cups. Mr. Del Mauro said that there will be no glass around the golf course. e Ms. Bennet asked how will the trash be handled. Mr. Del Mauro said that they have multiple garbage cans around the golf course. e Ms. Bennet asked if there is parking or cart path. Mr. Del Mauro said that there's no cart path there, there will be grass and the intention is to have the carts sit on the fairway walk over, get your drink if you're in a cart get in the cart and move on. ¢ Ms. Bennet asked how will an emergency be handled in the building. Mr. Del Mauro said they have members all over the golf course during the season, so we would handle it in the appropriate manner that would handle it any in any other case. e Ms. Bennet asked how do they intend to staff the building. Mr. Del Mauro said that they will have one employee at the building and that person will get dropped off and picked up whenever their shift begins and concludes. e Mr. Sahib Bennet at 35 Old Indian Road asked what existing fines do you have for littering and what plans do you have for any additional trash that will eventually exist. Mr. Del Mauro said that they do not fine members. e Mr. Lou Picciano at 29 Old Indian Road asked would you reasonably assert that parking of a bunch of golf carts around that

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t will eventually exist. Mr. Del Mauro said that they do not fine members. e Mr. Lou Picciano at 29 Old Indian Road asked would you reasonably assert that parking of a bunch of golf carts around that building doesn't expose those golfers to the risk of golf balls coming off. Mr. Del Mauro said no. e Mr. Picciano asked if it is true that players sometimes hang out on a hole to have a drink. Mr. Del Mauro said not at their club. e Mr. William Lindsey at 41 Old Indian Road asked are there any additional plans to increase the level of care and attention by the groundskeeping staff. Mr. Del Mauro said they do everything we can to keep the golf courses clean and dispose of all trash. ¢ Mr. Lindsey asked if the golf course ever considered potentially increasing the amount of attention that's given so that inadvertent trash or anything that may or may not be intentional or unintentional doesn't end up on neighboring properties. Mr. Del Mauro said they will do everything they can to try to mitigate any trash in any of the yards. e Ms. Donna Graham at 31 Old Indian Road asked what recourse will you provide to residents who have complaints about extra noise disturbance, light disturbance or litter on their yards. Mr. Del Mauro said that there will be no extra activity. © Mr. Alan Graham asked how often will you anticipate pest control coming by the facility. Mr. Del Mauro said that they haven't called one for the golf course. PRESENTATION

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