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Min. Planning Bd.-February 21, 2012

March 23, 2012 by Clerk

Minutes for the Planning Board on February 21, 2012

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012 WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM IN THE LINDENWOLD BOROUGH HALL.

SUNSHINE ANNOUNCEMENT

FLAG SALUTE

SWEAR IN MEMBER:

CRAIG WELLS

PRESENT: DAVID A. CAPOZZI, ESQ. – BOARD SOLICITOR
JEFF HANSON, P.E., C.M.E. – BOARD ENGINEER

ROLL CALL – MEMBERS PRESENT:

COUNCILMAN KENNETH BALMER
MAYOR RICHARD ROACH
MS. PATRICIA STRIPPOLI
MR. DAVE MCCLOSKEY
MS. ANN MARKS
MR. CRAIG WELLS
MR. JIM SCHWARZWALDER
MR. NATE JEFFERSON
MR. TONY PERNO

MR. PERNO ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 17, 2012 MEETING. COUNCILMAN BALMER MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY MS. STRIPPOLI. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. MCCLOSKEY, MS. MARKS, MR. WELLS AND MR. JEFFERSON WHO ABSTAINED. MOTION CARRIED.

NEW BUSINESS

APPLICATION P-12-1
WAWA
421 WHITE HORSE PIKE
BLOCK 151, LOT 2.02
AMENDING MAJOR SITE PLAN

DUNCAN PRIME, ESQ. – ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT

RON KLAUSS – ENGINEER FOR APPLICANT
KRISTIN RITZ – WAWA
JEFF HANSON – BOARD ENGINEER
SWORN IN

MR. PRIME GIVING OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION
TO CONVERT TWO PUMPS TO DIESEL

MR. PRIME STATING ITEM #4 OF THE REVIEW LETTER WHICH IS SELF-SERVICE FUELING IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER NEW JERSEY LAW. ACTUALLY AND THIS IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE, THE SALE OF DIESEL FUEL CAN BE SELF-SERVED IN NEW JERSEY. IT IS SEPARATE THAN REGULAR GAS SALES. SO DIESEL CAN BE OPERATED AS A SELF-SERVE. I HAVE A STATUE HERE, IT IS THE NEW JERSEY ADMINISTRATOR CODE SECTION 12-196, 1.1, IT SPECIFICALLY CARVES OUT DIESEL SALES AS AN EXCEPTION. MR. PRIME GIVING COPY TO BOARD SOLICITOR AND BOARD ENGINEER.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE A SELF-SERVE DIESEL?
MR. PRIME STATING YES WE ARE, IT IS PART OF THE APPLICATION THAT MR. KLAUSS WILL TESTIFY TO, THE KIOSK WILL BE REMOVED ON THE SECTION WHERE THE PUMPS ARE, WHICH WOULD HAVE HOUSED THE WORKERS. IT IS A SELF-SERVICE OPERATION.

MR. PRIME STATING THE ANTICIPATED TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, I HAVE KRISTIN RITZ HERE FROM WAWA WHO CAN TESTIFY. THEY ARE NOT SURE, ASSUMING WE CAN GET THE PERMIT QUICKLY IF WE ARE APPROVED TONIGHT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO START IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

MR. KLAUSS STATING THE SITE IMPROVEMENTS ARE RELATIVELY MINOR ON THIS APPLICATION. AS PART OF THE DIESEL OPERATION, WE ARE GOING TO INSTALL ONE DIESEL ONLY UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK. IT WILL BE A 15,000 GALLON STORAGE TANK. IT WILL BE PLACED IN THE GENERAL AREA NEXT TO WHERE THE EXISTING (3) UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS ARE LOCATED. IN ADDITION (2) OF THE MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSER AND THEY ARE ON THE WESTERN END OF THE CANOPY, THOSE (2) MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSER WILL BE REMOVED. THOSE MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSERS WILL THEN BE REPLACED, THEY ARE NOT GASOLINE, THEY WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE DIESEL ONLY MUTI-PRODUCT DISPENSERS. THEY WILL BE SIMILAR IN NATURE, THAT THERE WILL BE FUELING POSITIONS ON BOTH SIDES.

MR. KLAUSS STATING FROM THE SIGNAGE STANDPOINT, SOME MINOR SIGNAGE MODIFICATIONS, IN ORDER TO FURTHER DETRACT TRACTOR TRAILERS FROM WANTING TO FUEL AT THIS LOCATION. WE PROVIDE NO TRACTOR TRAILER FUELING SIGNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CANOPY COLUMNS. COMMENT #5, REQUEST THAT SAME SIGN BE POSTED IN THE AREA OF THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE SPACES WHICH IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CANOPY. WAWA WILL HAVE NO PROBLEM POSTING AN ADDITIONAL SIGN THERE.

MR. KLAUSS STATING WHAT WE WILL DO WITH THE (2) DIESEL PUMPS, THEY WILL INDICATE THE DIESEL FUELING OPERATION. FROM A SIGNAGE STANDPOINT THERE IS AN EXISTING FREE STANDING SIGN UP ALONG THE WHITE HORSE PIKE, WE WOULD REFACE, SO THE TOP PORTION THAT INDICATES WAWA WOULD REMAIN, THE PRICING PANEL WOULD BE REMOVED AND INSTEAD OF SAYING REGULAR, PLUS AND PREMIUM. WE WOULD NOW HAVE REGULAR AND DIESEL PRICING WITHIN THAT AREA. THE SIZE OF THE SIGN WILL NOT CHANGE AT ALL.

MR. KLAUSS STATING TO THE COMMENTS THAT ARE ON PAGE (2) OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTIONS 2/1/12 LETTER. ITEM #4, THAT IS ABOUT THE SELF-SERVICE OPERATION OF THE DIESEL. ITEM #5, I’VE TALKED ABOUT AND WE WILL POST AN ADDITIONAL NO TRACTOR TRAILER FUELING SIGN. ITEM #6, AS FAR AS IMPACT TO PARKING LOT CIRCULATION, SHOWING ON PLAN, THE TANK LOCATION, WAWA WILL FENCE OFF THE AREA OF CONSTRUCTION. THIS AREA LOCATED WHERE THE PROPOSED 15,000 GALLON TANK IS AND A LITTLE TO THE SIDE OF IT, THAT WOULD BE FENCED OFF SO THEY CAN PERFORM THE EXCAVATION OPERATION, PLACEMENT OF THE TANK, BACK FILL, PUT THE CONCRETE PAD ON TOP OF THE TANK AND THEN REPAIR THE ASPHALT AROUND IT. IN ADDITION THEY WILL FENCE OFF THE AREA TO THE WESTERN END OF THE CANOPY, WHERE THOSE MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSERS WILL BE LOCATED SO THEY CAN THEN REMOVE THE MULTI-PRODUCE DISPENSERS, REPLACE WITH THE DIESEL DISPENSERS, REMOVE THE KIOSK AND THE LAST PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE THE PIPING OPERATION WHICH WE WILL NEED TO RUN ADDITIONAL PIPING FROM THE PROPOSED TANK LOCATION TO THOSE NEW MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSERS AND ALSO RUN SOME VENTING BACK TO THE VENT STACK PAD WHICH IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE THAT. AN OVERALL TIMING STANDPOINT, CONSTRUCTION WISE, IT TAKES GENERALLY AROUND (2) WEEKS. FROM A SITE CIRCULATION STANDPOINT BECAUSE THE AREA OF THE TANK AND THE AREA AROUND THE MULTI-PRODUCT DISPENSERS WILL BE FENCED OFF SEPARATELY, IT WILL STILL ALLOW FOR VEHICULAR CIRCULATION BETWEEN THOSE AREAS. THE ONLY TIME THAT WOULD NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN WOULD BE SO WE COULD BRING THAT PIPE FROM THE TANK ACROSS TO THE MULTI-PRODUCE DISPENSERS, THAT MAY BE ONE DAY WHERE WE WILL NEED TO PUT A CLOSURE AREA IN THERE TO RUN THE PIPE, BACKFILL AND PLACE THE ASPHALT ON TOP. IN REGARDS TO ITEM #7, ANTICIPATED DATES AND TIMES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. IT WILL DEPEND ON A LOT OF ISSUES, MAINLY WHEN WE GET APPROVAL WHEN THIS APPROVAL FALLS IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER APPROVALS AND WHEN THEY CAN SLOT THAT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING THE APPLICANT ANSWERED MY COMMENTS SUFFICIENTLY. I’LL NOTE THAT ALL WAIVERS AND VARIANCES WERE GRANTED AS PART OF THE PRIOR APPLICATION AREN’T AFFECTED BY THIS AMENDED APPLICATION.

COUNCILMAN BALMER STATING DO ANY OF YOU KNOW THE FLASH POINT OF DIESEL FUEL. CAN IT BE IGNITED WITH A MATCH?
MR. KLAUSS STATING NO, IF YOU READ THE HANDOUT, IT ACTUALLY GOES INTO THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE EXPLANATIONS OF WHY DIESEL CAN BE SELF-SERVICE.

MR. WELLS STATING AREN’T THERE NEW VEHICLES COMING OUT WITH AN ADDITIONAL FUEL THAT HAS TO BE MIXED WITH DIESEL?
MR. KLAUSS STATING I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. WAWA HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE DIESEL ASPECT OF THESE NEWER AND CLEANER VEHICLES, WHICH IS WHY ON THIS STORE AND A LOT OF OTHER STORES, NOT ONLY IN NEW JERSEY BUT THROUGHOUT THE OTHER STATES THEY HAVE STORES. THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO THESE DIESEL UPGRADES OR CONVERSIONS BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER TYPE OF DIESEL MIXTURE FOR NEWER VEHICLES.

MR. SCHWARZWALDER STATING IF A PERSON IS GOING TO SELF-SERVE, IF THEY HAVE A CREDIT CARD, I ASSUME THAT THE PUMP WILL ACCEPT IT.
MR. KLAUSS STATING YES.
MR. SCHWARZWALDER STATING IF THEY ARE GOING TO PAY WITH CASH, DOES THAT MEAN THEY WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR CAR, GO INSIDE THE STORE, GET IN LINE AND PAY CASH.
MR. KLAUSS STATING YES THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.

MR. SCHWARZWALDER STATING DO YOU INTEND TO REDUCE THE STAFF AT THE STORE AS A RESULT OF THIS?
MS. RITZ STATING WE WILL BE REMOVING THE KIOSK THAT IS LOCATED AT THE (2) DIESEL PUMPS. HOWEVER, THE TYPICAL AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE WILL REMAIN.

MR. SCHWARZWALDER STATING I READ THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND IT DISCUSSED THE BAN ON TRACTOR TRAILERS BUT YOU DID NOT PRECLUDE BUSES IN THE WRITE UP. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE NOZZLE THAT GOES INTO THE BUS WHETHER THAT HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE TRACTOR TRAILER DOES OR NOT.
MS. RITZ STATING BUSES TYPICALLY HAVE FUEL STATIONS AT THEIR DEPOT, THEY WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO FILL UP AT OUR LOCATIONS, IT WOULDN’T BE EFFICIENT FOR THEM AND THEY COULDN’T USE THEIR CORPORATE CARDS TO KEEP TRACK OF THE FUEL THEY’VE GONE THROUGH. IT WOULD BE FROWNED UPON WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION TO FUEL UP AT A PLACE LIKE A WAWA OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN DEPOT.

MR. SCHWARZWALDER STATING I KNOW YOUR FACILITY IS RELATIVELY NEW, YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING EXCAVATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE EXISTING FUEL TANKS, IS THE CONTRACTOR REQUESTED TO TEST THE SOIL THAT THEY ARE REMOVING? WE ALL ARE ASSUMING THAT NONE OF THOSE TANKS LEAKED BUT WHEN THEY OPEN UP THE HOLE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO FIND.
MS. RITZ STATING YES, THEY DO ALL THE TYPICAL ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING THAT ANYONE WOULD DO IF YOU ARE OPENING UP A HOLE TO SET IN A NEW TANK. THIS HOLE IS 10 FEET AWAY FROM THE EXISTING HOLES AND THEY USE THE BARRIERS, THEY TEST THE SOIL, THEY TEST EVERYTHING.

BOARD ENIGEER STATING ADDITIONALLY MOST OF THE NEWER MODEL TANKS THESE DAYS HAVE A WALL WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING WHERE AS OLDER TANKS DIDN’T HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY.
MR. KLAUSS STATING WAWA NOT ONLY HAS DOUBLE WALL TANKS BUT ALSO THE PIPING IS DOUBLED WALLED. IT IS ALL MONITORED AT THE STORE AND AT WAWA CORPORATE. IF THERE WERE A LEAK, WAWA WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY AND WOULD BE ADDRESSING IT.

BOARD MEMBERS HAD NO FURTHER QUESTIONS

MR. PERNO OPENED THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD.

MR. PERNO ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE APPLICATION; MS. STRIPPOLI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY MS. MARKS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED.

APPLICATION P-12-2
DANIEL AKEME
MEGA BUSINESS CENTER, LLC
581 BLACKWOOD-CLEMENTON ROAD
BLOCK 240, LOT 58.05
CHANGE IN USE
MINOR SITE PLAN

BOARD ENGINEER STATING THIS IS A CHANGE IN USE, IT PREVIOUSLY WAS A PHARMACY USE AND IT’S GOING TO A RETAIL BUSINESS SERVICE STORE. THIS IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE B2 DISTRICT. COMPLETENESS REVIEW AND WE HAVE SEVERAL SITE PLAN WAIVERS, #4, #7, AND #8. NONE OF THESE ARE BEING MODIFIED FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING. WE WERE PREVIOUSLY OUT THERE FOR LIGHTING AND WE FIND IT TO BE SUFFICIENT. THERE ARE (3) COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT TO TESTIFY ON.

JACK KARF, ESQ. – ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT

DANIEL AKEME – APPLICANT SWORN IN

MR. KARF STATING MR. AKEME YOU SAW THE CERTAIN GENERAL COMMENTS, WOULD YOU TELL THE BOARD BASICALLY WHAT YOUR PLANNED OPERATION OF HOURS ARE AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU WILL HAVE.
MR. AKEME STATING HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 9:00AM TO 7:00PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING WILL IT BE OPEN ON SUNDAYS?
MR. AKEME STATING NO

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING THIS IS GOING TO BE A WIRELESS STORE, CELL PHONES?
MR. AKEME STATING YES AND PACK AND SHIP CENTER FOR MAIL SERVICES.
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING?
MR. AKEME STATING RIGHT NOW JUST ME AND MY WIFE.
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING IT WILL BE JUST THE (2) OF YOU?
MR. AKEME STATING THAT’S CORRECT.

MR. KARF STATING AS FAR AS THE INQUIRY ABOUT THE TRASH COLLECTIONS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO THE BOARD?
MR. AKEME STATING I HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BRING A DUMPSTER FOR THE BACK.
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING DO YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY WILL BE COLLECTING THE TRASH?
MR. AKEME STATING EVERY (2) WEEKS.

BOARD ENGINEER STATING I AM SATISFIED WITH THE TESTIMONY THE APPLICANT HAS GIVEN.

MR. PERNO STATING YOU LOOKED IT OVER?
BOARD ENGINEER STATING YES, I INSPECTED THE SITE, THE ONLY CONCERN WAS THE POTHOLE AND THAT’S BEEN ADDRESSED.

BOARD MEMBERS HAD NO QUESTIONS

MR. PERNO OPENED THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD.

MR. PERNO ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION. COUNCILMAN BALMER MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY MR. MCCLOSKEY. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED.

APPLICATION P-12-3
ANDRES LADINO
HERBAL LIFE
246 GIBBSBORO ROAD
BLOCK 143, LOT 13
CHANGE IN USE
MINOR SITE PLAN

BOARD ENGINEER STATING THIS IS A MINOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION; THEY ARE PROPOSING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS OF THE EXISTING 915 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
BOARD ENGINEER GOING THROUGH APPLICATION IN DETAIL

MR. RODRIQUEZ – TRANSLATOR FOR APPLICANT
SWORN IN AS TRANSLATOR

MR. LADINO – APPLICANT
MR. EL DONALDO VID - ARCHITECT
SWORN IN

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING TO MR. VID CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING TO DO ON THE SITE AND ALSO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION CONCERNING OUR ENGINEERS COMMENTS.

MR. VID STATING IF THE BOARD REMEMBERS THE NEIGHBOR OF THIS LOT, THAT’S WHERE THE JEWELRY STORE IS, WE WERE HERE BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR THAT STORE. A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE ON THE SITE AS FAR AS THE PARKING, LIGHTING. THEY INSTALLED A SIMILAR HANDICAP RAMP. IN THIS CASE THIS BUILDING HAS A SIMILAR ELEVATION, SO THEY NEED HANDICAP ASSESS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THIS RAMP GOES IN A U-SHAPE. COMMENT #1, YES, IT NEEDS TO MEET THE ADA REQUIREMENT, WHICH I CONSIDERED IS MET.

DISCUSSION ON LOCATION OF RAMP

MR. VID STATING THE APPLICANT BROUGHT SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD TO SEE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING TO DO THERE, IT’S GOING TO BE HERBAL LIFE STORE AND RESTAURANT, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING?
MR. VID STATING YES, HERBAL LIFE IS A RETAIL STORE, WHAT IT IS, THEY SELL MILK SHAKES, MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE WILL DRINK THERE, SO THEY HAVE A SMALL TABLE. MOST OF THE PRODUCT IS RETAIL, LIKE SUPPLEMENTS, VITAMINS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT’S NOT A FULL RESTAURANT.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING HE IS NOT SERVING FOOD, CORRECT?
MR. VID STATING NO.

MR. VID STATING THERE IS NO KITCHEN.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING IS THIS GOING TO BE OPEN (7) DAYS A WEEK?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, YES (7) DAYS A WEEK.
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, FROM 8AM TO 5PM
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING IS THAT EVERY DAY?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, SUNDAYS FROM 8AM TO 1PM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 8AM TO 5PM

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING?
MR. RODRIGUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, ONLY (2)

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING HAVE YOU CONTRACTED ANYONE FOR TRASH COLLECTION?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATE TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, THE OWNER OF THE JEWELRY STORE GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO PUT THE TRASH IN THERE DUMPSTER, BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE TOO MUCH TRASH.

BOARD ENGINEER STATING THERE IS A DUMPSTER IN THE PARKING LOT.
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING THEY HAVE A LETTER FROM THE JEWLERY STORE
LETTER GIVEN TO BOARD SOLICITOR.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE JEWELRY STORE TRASH IS PICKED UP?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, EVERY WEDNESDAY.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING YOU WILL BE PUTTING A SIGN ON THE BUILDING, CORRECT?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, THE EXISTING SIGN.
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S GOING TO SAY AND LOOK LIKE?
MR. RODRIQUEZ TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO
MR. RODRIQUEZ STATING WHAT WAS TRANSLATED TO MR. LADINO, VIDA NUEVA (NEW LIFE) THE COLOR WILL BE GREEN WITH BLACK LETTERS.

BRIEF DISCUSSION ON PARKING

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AS THE APPLICANT?
MR. VID STATING I THINK THAT’S IT, BASICALLY I AGREE WITH THE ENGINEER, #6 SUMMARY, THE CONDITION OF THIS PARKING IS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO KEEP THE DRIVEWAY WIDTH, OTHER THAN THAT I DON’T SEE ANYTHING ELSE.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING THE PHOTOS THAT YOU SHOWED, THEY HAVE (2) SIGNS, GINO’S HAIRCUTTER, I ASSUME THEY ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED?
MR. VID STATING WHICH ONES?
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING THEY ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, THE (2) SMALLER SIGNS.
MR. VID STATING ONLY GOING TO USE THE ONE ON TOP, THE BOTTOM WILL BE REMOVED.

BOARD ENGINEER STATING THE APPLICANTS TESTIMONY IS SATISFACTORY AS FAR AS MY COMMENTS GO.
BOARD ENGINEER GIVING SUMMARY OF APPLICATION.

MAYOR ROACH STATING IS THERE AN ENTRANCE IN THE BACK OF THIS STORE?
BOARD SOLICITOR STATING YES
MAYOR ROACH STATING IS THERE A REASON WHY THIS RAMP COULDN’T BE OUT BACK
MR. VID STATING BECAUSE THE HANDICAP, THEY HAVE THE FIXED SLOPE IN, IF WE PUT IT IN THE BACK, IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PARKING, AT LEAST (2) SPACES AND THAT’S WHERE THE HANDICAP PARKING IS GOING TO BE LOCATED.

DISCUSSION ON LOCATION OF RAMP.

DISCUSSION ON HOW SHAKES ARE MADE, KITCHEN (SINK ONLY)

ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON RAMP AND PARKING

THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING IS NOT PRESENT

MR. MCCLOSKEY STATING IS THE LANDLORD DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS, IS THAT THE AGREEMENT?
MR. VID TRANSLATES TO MR. LADINO AND STATING THE LANDLORD, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE JELEWRY STORE.

BOARD SOLICITOR STATING THE TENANT DOESN’T REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BIND THE LANDLORD ON WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN ON HIS PROPERTY. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE POSTPONE THIS; WE REALLY DO NEED TO HEAR FROM THE OWNER, BECAUSE IT IS HIS PROPERTY THAT WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT. IT IS NECESSARY THAT HE COME IN AND GIVE TESTIMONY BEFORE THE BOARD. BECAUSE WHATEVER WE DECIDE, IF HE SAYS LATER ON THAT HIS TENANT DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO ANY OF THESE CHANGES, IT’S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.

COUNCILMAN BALMER MADE A MOTION TO TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING, MOTION SECONDED BY MS. STRIPPOLI. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED.

SECRETARY STATING THE NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 19TH.

MR. PERNO OPENED THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD

COUNCILMAN BALMER STATING I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR ROACH. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED.

COUNCILMAN BALMER MADE THE MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION, MOTION SECONDED BY MAYOR ROACH. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED.



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