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Part 1 (Video ID: paIfchwPmCc):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Commencement, Pledge, and Agenda Approval
- 00:01:30: Reports: Environmental Commission and Historic Preservation
- 00:05:04: Discussion: Concerns Regarding Zoning Board Approval
- 00:07:49: Debate: Historic Impact of New Bathroom Proposal
- 00:10:12: Discussion: Walking Trail and Municipal Flooding Surveys
- 00:14:55: Discussion: Village Park Tennis/Pickleball Court Issues
- 00:20:38: Reports: Library Board, Senior Center, and State Bill
- 00:31:37: Reports: School Board Meeting and Memorial Day Parade
- 00:33:18: Discussion: Reviving Economic Development Advisory Committee
- 00:41:41: Vacancies, Ordinances, and Consent Resolutions
- 00:43:55: Public Comment: Lorraine Morris - Hey Dad Warehouse
- 00:48:56: Meeting Adjournment and Action Item Summary


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Good evening everybody. Welcome to the township committee meeting for Tuesday, May 26th. If you're willing and able, please rise for the pledge of >> allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it

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stands one nation under God indivisibley for all. >> Okay, we'll move on to the open public meeting statement. Pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act, notice that of this meeting was sent to the Cranberry Press, Trent Times, Home News Tribune on January 9th, 2026, posted on the

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township's website and sent to those who requested a copy of this notice. Now, roll call. Mr. Christopher >> here, >> Mrs. Obidawi >> here, >> Dr. Rogers >> here, >> Mr. Scott >> here. Mayor Con >> here. Thank you. >> Okay. Do we have any additions or changes to our agenda?

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>> None. >> Awesome. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the township committee meeting minutes from May 11th? >> So moved. >> I had a second. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We'll move on to roll call. Mr. Christopher. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Eladawi.

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>> Yes. >> Dr. Rogers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Scott. >> Mayer. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um, reports and communication. Where do we want to start? Who wants to volunteer? I don't know where I don't know where we

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all been, but I definitely know where we all were yesterday. So, >> I could do it. That's fine. I'll start. >> Okay. Um I had two meetings. The environmental commission meeting was uh cancelled on Monday um last Monday due to lack of quorum. Um

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this is the second time and um that the environmental commission has had a lack of quorum and um I just you know I have a shout out for volunteers that do volunteer but um the meetings in particular are really important that the

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secretary knows ahead of time or um that you try and rearrange schedules so that this doesn't happen because you know there are things that are happening that need to be moved forward and just not sure what we can do to make sure our commissions meet. So, just wanted to

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make a public announcement. >> The chair of EC is going to speak with his members about it. >> Perfect. Great. Okay. Thank you. Um I mean, things happen. We know that, but twice that's a little bit more than things happen. Anyway, um the HBC

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meeting um was the the next day uh Tuesday last week and um I just got a couple notes from the chair because I was unable to make it. Um the historic district update uh update on the the historic district is um the buffer area

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um has passed updating the district design guidelines um for the historic village buffer area. Um HBC discussed future updates to public guidance materials potentially grant funded. So they're looking into grants about that. Hamlet designation and train depot um

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HBC continued reviewing um some designation options options for Cranberry State H Cranberry Station Hamlet um with depot only designation emerging as the more practical path. Um and uh

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they've also discussed more refinements to the depot restoration project um including site layout, bathrooms, fencing, and signage. Um so, um they continue to discuss 1260 and 1274 about the demolition um on South

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River Road. Um and um you know in anticipation in the future of things happening like this, they're um considering looking into a historic salvage ordinance requiring a salvage period before demolition. Um

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um so other towns have this and it also has to do with sustainability and reuse of um of materials. So it's also on the environmental side too which would be an interesting idea too. um public outreach and collaboration. HBC is working um on

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their website updates and they have a list and which they would um I think they either have or will send to Matt for review and feedback. I have the list and it's attached. Um I'll forward it to him. Uh community and operations um colonial fair outreach was successful.

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They had a member at the table for the Colonial Fair and I heard um from um Karen Kelly um who helped organize it for chips that there were over 250 people at the Colonial Fair. So they were thrilled with that. Um and

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Cranberry Day planning is underway. Uh oh, the 2026 Oh, this is new. 2026 house uh tour is cancelled. Um so um and they also discuss possible uh door report uh repairs on the town hall. So

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>> that's it. Any questions? >> So we got a email from a resident um over there. Okay. Um uh on Cranberry Heights Road >> with some concerns of the recent dialogue at zoning. So I don't know how

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that should be managed. the residents should be encouraged to go to the zoning board meeting and or a group of residents that have these and shared these concerns to make sure that they use the time um during public comment to you know make that I also think it would

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be beneficial to educate the resident on kind of the process of that application and um which I got clarity on today which is they're asking for variances and then it would be going to the planning board from there. So, there are

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multiple opportunities to express concern on any of those plans before they're finalized or approved or they get site plan. So, I'm looking at you, Rob, that I think that's the right communication back because it's in the hands of the zoning board right now.

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>> The zoning board already approved it. >> So, >> so they approved it, >> but they they approved the site. >> Yeah. things like the bathroom which gives me pause um those details have yet to be worked out but that's the zoning

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portion of it is approved >> the variance is approved so then the opportunity would be then for the planning board >> either planning or to come before this body I assume to give additional feedback to us >> for for sure they there's a thread that you know an HPC has been on it and they

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like when when um when the owner came before the HPC they they discussed quite a bit of what those things were. Um so their voice has been heard but I guess you know voices kind of shift when they when they hear what's >> I think when plans get finalized and

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more detail emerges like with anything you know it's there you know I just want to make sure that they know that there's opportunity to express themselves and that some of their concerns are legitimate. So since you're on the planning board, do you want to let them know like if it will probably come to

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the planning board next that they should come? >> There was a good attendance at the zoning board that I was at >> the initial one. >> Correct. That was the initial >> a little lighter attendance on the second one, but there was Yeah, there was definitely dialogue and feedback. >> Okay. >> Um and I think there's been a few people

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who have spoken kind of >> I just wanted to kind of talk it through. So having said that, I'll take that as a follow-up item to communicate. >> Can I ask a question on that? >> Sure. the um the concern by the resident is it echoed by the historic entity? Is it the historic society or not?

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>> That that's where I feel like we've got some conversation to be had because I don't I don't know how an external bathroom built essentially an outhouse with plumbing um would be historic on that property. Um but I don't know who

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>> also rather different than what they had initially suggested. I think it was like a lunchroom or a cafeteria or something is what was initially proposed. >> Yeah. Because at the end of the day, the zoning board is the one that has to make those decisions, right? There >> on the variance. >> On the variance only. Yeah.

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>> That's they only gave approval for the variances. I think there were two maybe there was a bulk D I think. in >> I think that I think that what what would really like kind of ease the worries because I can imagine right now like there's trash thrown there, there's

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people, you know, because it's not overlooked. This is owned by the property and it's not going to like by the property owner and it's not going to be open unless someone is there. So, I mean, I don't I can't foresee I can't foresee the the bathroom just being open

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and being used, you know? So whether it's separate or part of the building, that's when it will be of use. >> But that that type of detail is what the planning board is supposed to be flushing through. It's not the authority of the zoning board to do that. >> It's not the authority of >> But I think their concern is because no

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one's overseeing it now and it's kind of, you know, kind of derelictked and not used. >> That would all be part of that process to get final site approval through the planning board. And I feel like a lot of this can >> this will be a unique one. We've never had an outhouse. Yeah.

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>> Yeah. I'm I'm being a little cute in calling it an outhouse. It's not quite an outhouse. It's a standalone bathroom with plumbing and lighting and >> it'll be a unique uh plan. Yes. Let's see. >> For sure. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> But I just wanted them taking that approval from the zoning board like this

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is already done and here are our concerns. I was trying to alleviate the stress of that because there's still more to this process to go. There's plenty more. And that's right. From my limited experience being on the planning board, it's very thorough and I believe that most of the concerns that they're

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raising will be fleshed out and they certainly will have the opportunity. >> No pun intended. >> That was totally unintentional. >> Well done, madam. >> I will take it. >> She said, she said fleshed out. >> Flushed flushed out. Flushed out. So, okay. All right. So, I will take that

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communication to the resident and then will we know >> I have to ask Jean. because I don't I didn't see it on the agenda through August for I didn't see it anywhere on planning board yet. >> Maybe they haven't made application yet for the planning board. >> Okay. All right. Thank you.

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>> So, do you want to answer that? Okay. No problem. That'd be great. >> Okay. I have a question about that as well. And in that email that you're referring to, >> that was me. >> Buckle your seat belts. >> Take your seats. Um >> give your minutes back.

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>> Yeah. There was uh there was mention of a walking trail which um obviously I'm not on the planning or zoning as a liaison but um uh I had not heard of this before and I feel like this should be part of EC or or parks and wreck like is this a real

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>> yeah maybe coordinated with it but how much property is there >> that's why I'm asking I didn't see the plans for the walking trail and I don't know if the walking trail is for inside the property for the for the the workers which is normally the case or again when it gets to the planning board. They

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would recommend that you maybe have a perimeter walking like you have walking paths. >> Yeah. >> Around a sidewalk sort of warehouse sidewalk as it was presented at zoning. It was in le of a sidewalk on the depot side of the property,

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>> but just made it seem like so it wasn't just like a regular old concrete sidewalk along the street. It was it would walk past the depot itself >> within private property. Right. This is not >> This is technically in private property. That's right. Um I just had one more thing to update

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um the southern middle sex county um flood resiliency and um and uh goodness gracious and storm water um water quality improvements um the regional this regional approach. There's two and I mentioned it before there are

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two um surveys going out and um one is for the municipality. It was due Friday. Um, but I got an extension and I'm working with um I talked to Jerry um and Bruno a little bit about where flooding occurs. So, this is on the municipality

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side and and we kind of basically came up with a list of mostly the bridges, you know, are are the areas where nuisance flooding occurs, you know, um whether it's on Ancel Davis Road or Petty Road or wherever. And um so if you can think of anything that you want to

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send me from the municipality um a nuisance flooding area. We know Henry basically flooded everywhere. But um so um that I'm kind of leading that this week. Um and I'll also talk to the um

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>> but on on um municipal land, right? >> Uh excuse me. >> On municipal land, you want nuisance flooding on municipal land? Um, no. Roads. Roads. Right. Roads. Roads. Yeah. Or or no. Well, like Well, oh, so the

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public one will be for residents to um, you know, to to type in about where they see nuisance flooding. So, on municipal lands, I guess. Yeah, that could be one too. Yes. >> Okay. So, that's um, so you want >> I'm thinking roads.

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>> Okay. personally like uh for this um but um municipal are you thinking of a property then? >> Yeah. No, I think that some of the flooding on the road stems from flooding on the property, >> right? So that would all have to be taken Yes. >> at a watershed level. >> Yes. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Thank you.

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>> Um and then secondly, once I get that done, then we'll put out one for the m municipality. I mean for the whole community um for the public one. Um, talking about surveys, I know people are surveyed out, but um, we got a pretty decent response

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for the community energy um, plan. Um, they they shut that down a little bit early um, because the deadline for this whole community energy plan is been shortened due to the grant being shortened um, cycle. So, we are trying to get a little bit of an extension there because we still have a public

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outreach and to do that in summer is probably not the best time. So um so the consultants are going to um put together what uh residents have said um how they use their energy and what kind of energy

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you know renewable resources renewable energy they would like to see in town. So anyway and that's it and I think everyone here did it so >> yeah so thank you. >> Anyone else?

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So this year as a senior TC member I've only had one liaison assignment which I'm grateful for but they did not have quorum so I have nothing to add either. Wow I know right

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>> summer's starting early. >> I guess so >> I guess so. Um but hopefully uh we'll have quorum for this month because um there's some things we sort of outline things we need to address and you talked about a a movie screening which I brought up to them but um they've had

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not had quorum so nothing has moved on that and um I'd like to get an update on the village park tennis um which I just so everyone is aware I went over there and played tennis with my wife and apparently it wasn't open that the padlock they used was about

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this big so people had just basically manhandled it. So, >> Oh my goodness. >> Yeah. >> Wait, what? I'm sorry. >> Oh, yeah. >> So, but yeah, that's all I have. >> Wait, so is it going to be relocked or

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what's the story there? >> People have been using it now, so I don't know what it's going to do again. >> Wait, so it's minus the sound attenuation? >> It the as of two weeks ago, no, we've gone up. I've not seen it um this week

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>> unless you heard anything from Tom. >> Yeah. >> So, is that the only thing that is missing from this um >> installation? It I mean it seems to be I mean the tennis nets are up. I don't know about the uh pickle ball um portable nets. I know they were supposed

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to be delivered and we discussed that at the meeting I was at which was two meetings ago. >> Those supposed to be stored. I don't know. >> I mean, are they locked up by >> I don't know. >> Well, if anything gets delivered, we hear from DPW, so if we haven't heard, it hasn't been delivered. >> Yeah. And they never locked them before. >> No. Yeah. They just had them on the side

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against the push them to the side. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I don't know. >> They were never locked up before. Okay. >> I mean, I think locking them would be difficult because how do you unlock them, >> right? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I mean, I mean, the park closes at dusk. When's the last time that gate was shut?

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You know, we don't even do that. >> No. >> Yeah. Be a hard thing hard thing to steal, but still. >> It's be cumbersome. >> Yes. >> I'm sure we'd get a ring cam of it. >> Not small. >> Okay. So, o open but unofficially

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>> due to a lack of a lock. >> Yes. Well, >> there was a lock, but it's big. >> Okay. So, are we what are we doing? Are we encouraging the use of these courts or >> No. Do we get a more robust put on them

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until the sound is what I'm concerned about are the residents that back up to the park? That was the largest concern was about the noise for a pickle ball and that's a bad way for a really good project to start. >> So why don't we get a padlock and lock

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it up again? >> So here's here's another thought for us. If people have already been playing on it, I'm assuming they're just playing tennis. >> They're playing tennis. As far as tennis has never really had a sound situation, >> um maybe we can say that the pickle ball needs to be on hold until

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>> until sound >> everything is put together. >> I fear that uh we may hear a lot of negativity about locking up a perfectly good tennis court at this point, >> especially with this weather. >> Yeah, agreed. Agreed. >> And they don't have the nets there, too.

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>> No, I but I don't, you know, I don't know who who's delivering them and when and how. I mean if they they're delivered maybe we pad block the nets >> okay >> until the sound attenuation is available >> they wouldn't deliver just to the >> okay then >> structure >> would we like to schedule something to

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say we're open for business then because I again I feel like it was a expensive project it was a timeconuming project really good project yeah >> people wanted it they're excited about it and now I'm feeling like right and that shouldn't be that way yeah right we got money to do it

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>> yeah no we don't need a a soft opening and we can But yeah, so I I'm looking at you again, Denise, because I the last communication I heard was that they were to be delivered, but we don't know. Have you heard anything? >> Okay. >> Okay.

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>> So, we'll make some lemonade out of this. So, while we wait for the following things, we want to encourage the use of it and >> for tennis >> for tennis. And it is open and we will try to get a ribbon cutting date. you know, even though they're open, we'll try to get something on the books to

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formally commemorate >> hopefully like June. >> Well, well, with with the pickle ball, we can actually specifically do it. Put up the pickle ball nets and the sound attenuation and celebrate that because that really is a new addition. >> Agreed. >> All right.

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Put that in the mayor's update then. >> That what everything we just talked about tomorrow, >> I guess. So, what are you going to say? >> I just said it. >> Tenn is. You want to say it again? >> You can read it when it comes out tomorrow. >> Can we just type the mayor's update

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while I'm sitting here? No. Uh, we will tennis only until we can get the proper, you know, sound medi, you know, remediation put in, but we want to encourage everyone to use it. We'll have a grand opening ceremony once that equipment and the netting and the

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soundproofing is in there. Until then, >> at least we're on the to what people do. >> Sometimes you can't stop it. Until then, go love the courts. Get it? Little tennis love there. That one was intentional. >> That's on purpose and it wasn't as good. >> Okay. >> What else you got, Matt? Anything?

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You're good. >> Is can I can I go? Is that okay? >> Um because we are on Okay. No, let me report and then I'll I'll ask you a question, Matt. Sorry. With regards to parks. So, the library board of trustees meeting uh was on the 14th. um and I did

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attend. They have a new employee and a couple of existing employees have shifted in their titles. Um the employees at the library continue to be valuable resources for the community. Uh they support, you know, programs like Odyssey of the Mind for the school and

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they're doing technology support for like the Lions Club and it's just it's really cool to see that they're they're a hub for for support for a lot of different um jobs and a lot of different projects. May 31st is the deadline for the public library survey. Um if you

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guys have not taken it, please take that survey. It just helps um the library sort of make amendments and adjustments every year based on what the requests are or or the needs are of the community. Um, if you remember our last meeting, we

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talked about how members of the parks had come to request if they could put trees to provide shade on top of the chest tables. And so the director had uh reached out to the to I think the

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press the head of parks, right? Okay. and they didn't receive information for a while and then maybe you encouraged some communication. I'm not quite sure. Okay. And so communication did come in and what they've decided is they want to change their ask. They no longer want

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trees. They would like removable umbrellas and that is not the most exciting option. Um it it requires a lot more maintenance. These removable umbrellas, you got to put them

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up. you got to take them down. You know, if you have stormy weather, you got to be out there to take them down. This was not exactly what was proposed. And that's the problem with when you have a project and it like the whole proposal isn't together. And so, I'm not sure

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where this will go, but for the time being, I think the chest tables will remain as is >> and removable by anybody. >> Right. >> Say that again. >> It would be removable by >> the umbrellas would be removable by everybody. Yes, that would create another issue. So,

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>> and that where do they get stored blah blah blah >> all all of those logistics are things that um you know we we didn't ask the libraries to be stewards of these tables. We just asked for a location for this um entity to go. So,

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any other questions on the part on the library? Okay. Um the senior subcommittee met on the 20th of May to discuss possible dates for a grand reveal of the of the new updated center. Um, >> I did hear uh back today from Senator Greenstein's office that she gave us

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three days. >> Excellent. >> So, we can kind of look at our calendars and then we can propose a day. We were assuming that that it was the week of June 13th, July 13th, assuming school ends on schedule and they immediately go

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and get it the week after. That gives them almost three weeks to pave the parking lot and they need two days. So we figured there's a good chance that they would that would be complete. >> Very collaborative today part of the board of ed readout that that paving

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should be done by the end of June that you give us that you give us plenty of time. >> Look at it all coming together. Okay. So, we will choose between those three days. And obviously, I would like everybody to be there. And yeah, >> it would be nice if the supplies for the

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items for the part for the tennis court could be delivered by then, too, because then I mean, really, this is funding from Senator Greenstein's office again. >> It would be nice to do a, you know, in one day to celebrate two things. >> Yeah, that'd be terrific. >> Yeah, it would be. Well, let's see what Let's see what transpires.

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>> That's great. Um, I shared with you all via email that I there was a bill at the state assembly that I went to testify for on May 14th. Um, it's bill A5051. And the bill has essentially, you know,

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two components to it. One of them, um, it's like allowing marijuana laced drinks, marijuana laced alcoholic drinks. Hemp laced alcoholic drinks. Yeah. >> Yes. Hemp. >> It's not It's hemp. hemp laced alcoholic drinks.

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>> Thank you for the correction, Barbara. And the addition the the additional portion of that bill is that uh the bill would like to supersede local ordinances with regards to the sale of recreational marijuana or hemp or cannabis, whatever.

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Barbara, correct me there. Um in medical dispensaries. So that directly affects us. And so as one of only as as one of only two towns that that would affect um I went to the state

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house to testify against it. And you know to my horror that bill moved with breakneck speed. It was introduced on the 7th. It was heard I think on the 10th. Done. It's at the Senate now. So if anybody would like to object to that,

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you have to reach out to your local senator to object to that. I certainly will be >> just and did you you went as a private citizen not represent >> I'm going to read what I have. Right. So so the bill has passed two hearings. It's now at the Senate. Um the League of Municipalities has also expressed its uh

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dissatisfaction with this um the removal of local autonomy and requests that it be removed. Um, I testified as a resident especially because we hadn't had a TC meeting and I don't know that we are in agreeance or not in agreeance but I did testify as an individual

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not as a um as a TC member. Um, so can I just make a comment on that? Um, so there are six medicinal there were six medicinal I'm just providing a little more information. six medicinal um dispensaries that got licenses and four

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of those um have already gone to retail commercial and that's why there's only two left and that's why they're addressing the two that are left. So that's why we're being targeted as one of those on the bill. >> So besides the

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manufacturing of the marijuana and the reseller who's poised to now make more money and set up more shops Where where would the support come from? Like what's in it to >> who's who's going to be making money here besides them?

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>> The Yeah, the businesses will certainly make money. I don't know that it's um I don't know that it's a great move for residents, but you know, ultimately if with increasing sales, you do get a return because you get a percentage of those sales. So, with increasing sales, the townships would benefit, but it's

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that cost of, you know, what what comes with it? what comes with that extra money. So, I did make that comment, by the way, to our lawyer. I just said, "It just looks like this bill benefits the business. It doesn't really benefit the residents." >> And I Anyway, so I did I testified as a

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individual and I will tell you like to be very very very clear, I went to testify as an individual and I wrote my testimony down on a paper and they had a schedule of how the hearing was going to proceed and they snuck they snuck it in

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out of turn. So, I literally missed it while I was sitting there because the room was so stuffed with other people there to testify for another bill and um I couldn't even hear what was going on, but I knew that I was number three and they snuck it in between number one and number two. So, they really wanted this

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to move forward. >> And the next step between the Senate, when does it go to them? >> I I'm sorry because I haven't really looked. Uh there's just been so much on my plate uh recently. But um yeah, so that's my next move is I will as an individual be objecting to this.

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>> Is there any reason that we shouldn't have an outreach to breakwater? >> I don't know. I think that >> they're not part of this. >> Yeah, the in Well, >> well, >> they will benefit. No, they they will benefit from this for sure. Yeah. And and I'm

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>> I'm not sure. I think, you know, did you guys all go on a tour and you met with them? >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they are um they don't want to um make enemies in town. I mean, they're very they're very much about, you know, and and we've worked very well with

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them. I don't know how many years they've been here. Five years, something like that. >> More. More. More. Much more. Yeah. >> Yeah. The reason I'm I'm suggesting an outreach to them is that they have no they had never intended to have any retail sales here whether we had it or not because they've got plenty of retail

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outlets that they're making that money on the retail ma on the retail manufacturing. So, I'm just wondering if an outreach to them could potentially have them come testify with us if we chose to do that because they're

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basically saying like this this affects towns that we were purposely working with the township to protect, right, >> from this type of of situation. >> Yeah, >> that makes sense. But it sounds like what you're saying is that it's a fate to complete. I mean, it's >> it might be it may not be in our hands

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anymore. And so I was really upset at just the precedents that it sets in general like any and any and all of our ordinances are then what up for >> you know up for removal or change or Yeah. So it it didn't sit right. So anyhow I did go as a resident and um

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yeah um what else did I do? I attended the 250th anniversary of the revolution. Uh Barbara mentioned the colonial picnic. It's the same thing. Um they unveiled a beautiful historic plaque in front of the 1713 house. Um it was very well attended. Um there were guides and

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actors and period specific clothing, music, crafts. Um a history lesson. Um the senator Greenstein was there as well as CHPS members and it was just really a nice day. Very well attended. Very nicely done. The scouts were there. It was really really a happy event. Um I

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also attended the Memorial Day parade. Thank you all. It was great to be there together and thank you to everybody who put it together. Um, I also before I sign off, I just wanted to wish our residents in town of the Muslim faith a very happy Eid. Our holiday is tonight into tomorrow.

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>> Nice. >> And that's all I got. Thanks. Thanks for mentioning the Memorial Day parade. I'd like to do a shout out to Phyllis Johnson who she said I think it was her 10th year and prior to that it was Dave Cook that ran the uh the parade. So that

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was interesting. I've got a quick one. I think uh in my nine or so years involved in the school board, it might have been the fastest school board meeting I've ever attended, it was like less than 30 minutes. Amazing. I got the information about paving for you guys. Um and they really

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just talked a lot about lots of year end, as crazy as it sounds, right? School year is almost over. I think they have 18 school days left. Um and uh yeah, not not a whole lot to report out from the from the board of ed. Um and my other committees did not meet.

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>> Okay. >> All right. Um and I thought yesterday was great. I mean, it sprinkled a little at the very end there, but not bad. And I thought the weather held out, but I thought it was a really, really great day. And I know you're not supposed to pick favorites, but I really do like the

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HBC's float. and that what they were able to find that in a barn of all places, but they were able to clean it up and resurrect it and and really use it. It's just such a creative and the water tower in the middle just I just think it's cool. So, it's still the water tower still exists just in a very

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miniature form, but >> we've got to pick our favorites. I will say the bike decorating. >> Bike decorating. Violet crushed it. First place, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> And the outfit >> and um Assemblywoman McCoy and Senator Greenstein for being there and all you guys for being there. I just thought it was a nice day even though the weather

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was a little crowdy, you know. So anyway, so it was a good day yesterday. So um having some discussions around um film ready New Jersey um that this may be an appropriate time to resurrect EDAC

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um and bring Ed back uh on board for kind of like a special project. part of our responsibility is they need two liaison to the town. Uh and they can be part-time. Um but as Debbie and I found out, there's two separate

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responsibilities of the liaison to the town. Um while I would offer to be one and Debbie would be the other. Um it seems like something that EDK was meant for, right? That it was created for something like this and um to have a

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kind of a central. So, um, starting to reach out to former EDAC members, especially at the tail end of EDAC, um, that if they were interested in participating and coming back on board. So, I just started some of that outreach yesterday and I'll continue to do that

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and see what the temperature is. And then, uh, Denise, I think we need five. I think we have to have five members, I think. Um, I don't know. I was on a plane and taking notes when we were talking, but yeah. So I'll go back and just make sure like if it was brought back what are the circumstances? It was

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never um >> five members plus two liaison. >> Um no >> yeah some of the liaison work would be um by edok and they're an advisory committee. So it's nothing like we have to >> you know we don't have to pass a yeah

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nothing formal just wanted you guys to you know get your opinion on I think it's a be a really good use of those members time it's cumbersome to get certified and asset uploading and all this stuff is it's time consuming but it would be a really cool project so much

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like we have subcommittees right we form them when >> it would um it would be nice to know what the details of that are meaning like that whole process it'd be nice to like whatever you have if you could share it with us that Yeah, we're getting there, right? Yeah. I mean, we had a second call with them and then they basically just emailed us back with

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like the checklist of how you do like what's your first step and you can't get to step two, three, and four until you get through this one. But this one's a biggie. It's it's comprehensive. So, it >> it' be really >> Yeah. So, I'll get a recap together and then, you know, just start milling

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around your thoughts about EDC kind of coming back as a kind of special committee. >> I think it's a great idea. I mean, it's a focal project. Um, you know, when when we had EDAC, we created EDAC. Um, there was so much energy and people wanted to do things, we couldn't quite figure out

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how to make it happen because a lot of what we want to do is revitalize downtown, which isn't necessarily something that the government can do, but I feel like this is something that >> is very focal and >> um, you know, there's a lot of money outside of our town that's involved with this. So, I think that that'll be

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perfect. And I think with the the business associations were a little bit in flux there for a while and there was a lot of confusion. So I just think Cranberry Business Association is really very well organized right now. They they're just, you know, they're involved in more and more things like they were

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in the Colonial Fair. So they're getting involved in more things in town. So having EDAC work with CBA I think is important because the business will be directly impacted if we can start getting films to come or television to come here and film things. There will be

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a direct economic impact. The town not so much like permitting fees and stuff like that. You know the town's not going to replenish our surplus through this project but we certainly could make some inroads for the businesses that are that are here. >> Is there any state uh involvement with it?

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>> Oh yeah. Yeah. This is all through all through basically EDAC at the state level. >> Okay. >> Yeah. It's economic development. >> Yeah. >> I mean and their website that they walked us through. I mean it's real very much self-service. Um but we can do stuff stuff from the municipal side when

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we can load our assets up and then CVA can work on the business side of uploading their assets and people that want to do that and put pictures and all of that up. So, it would be a really neat effort between CBA and EDAC and and I think it'd be interesting. >> I'm just curious because we have had a

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couple of films done here and like how under what? >> It's never been formalized. Like there's literally resolutions that we would pass. It's never been um again we get certified through the state um to be a film ready. So, it makes production crews jobs a lot easier. like you're

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looking for a warehouse or you're looking for a lake or you're looking for this that they have this criteria and they can go into this website and they see our certification and then they can pull all these assets and then they can say okay and then they work with all

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public safety and chief of police and we have a resolution that goes in and it spells out exactly what they have to do from when they can shoot when they can't shoot. It's very very detailed but it's a lot of work to get there. Um but if we do it it I think it could be good. >> Yeah.

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>> So so this work in some capacity was done for the other filming but it was never sort of memorialized or >> never formalized and there was too much confusion >> and again with all these studios I was just going to say um there was no like official certification because

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that's what the film ready >> part is is that anyone who's looking to do that will see that we have this film ready certification. So they already know that we've done all these other things. were before we you know >> it's like a planning board checklist. Yes, >> for lack of a better description. It's

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like these are all the things and this is what Cranberry insists you do. So there's no like oh well we want to shoot at 3:00 in the morning on Brainard Lake. Like no, not happening, right? So like you can put all of those parameters in there so they'll say, "Okay, we can live

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with that." But it's all the assets that you have around you too. like where do your hotels like how far are you you know from New York City or Philly airports or or airports do you have a dry cleaner in town do you have this so you're loading all that and making the town as attractive as possible but you

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always have the right to say no which is great so if we become too popular right like Newark and Patterson like they're bombarded right now they're saying it's great but with New Jersey based on the studios coming in could actually surpass Georgia and we would become the fourth

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most uh productions for TV and film in the US. I actually think they included Toronto because I think Toronto was one, >> California, Toronto, Georgia, and then we are we're currently fourth >> and could become third. >> And a lot of this is from Netflix,

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right? You've got Netflix. You've got another studio that's being built up on the water in um uh it's it's like due east of um Newark. Uh the town escapes me, but they were talking about another studio up there

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>> like and they're and that's why Hollywood's going crazy right now is because they're losing so much production in California and people are just going elsewhere. Like studios are popping up like here. So yeah, >> could I ask you something? Um, have you talked to CBA yet about it?

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>> No. No. No. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> No. >> Because I'm just wondering how many members and how much energy they have to do it. Okay. >> No. I have no idea. I don't know what their appetite for it, but that would be part of, you know, again, EDAC could help with that. So, I just I think it's

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it's getting more exciting the more we kind of think about it, but it could it just could be great for the businesses in town. Um, and that's all I have. Okay. Uh, any follow-up weddings? I think from last meeting was the paving of the school is what I had. You know

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what >> I was just thinking when I thank Phyis Johnson for the parade. I think we should thank the police officers and uh and the crossing guards and all the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and you know all the volunteers that came out to make that a great the emergency vehicles

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and people. So, >> and our neighbors, right? East Windsor was there. Yeah. Yeah. Who else was there? Was South Brun. Anyway, I just wanted to >> absolutely >> fill that in a bit. >> Absolutely. Um that's the only followup that I had

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from last meeting unless I'm I'm I'm incorrect. >> Um I'm going to send you I'm going to send you a survey to be sent out. Should be sent to you. The survey for the um for the flood resiliency. >> You could send it to me or Matt Crane.

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Okay. >> The other one >> or both >> by next week. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um Okay. Vacancies. Same three as last time. Uh the environmental commission has a second alternate. Zoning board has a second alternate. And

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the Historic Preservation Commission has a second alternate. And not that second alternates aren't important, but it's really nice to see that our boards are mostly full in the primary versus the alternate position. So that's good. But we've got three open still.

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Okay. Uh we have two first readings this evening. So the first ordinance that is on for first reading Cranberry Township Ordinance number 05-26-16 adopting adopting an updated zoning map.

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Second reading scheduled for June 8th, 2026. Can I have a motion for introduction? I'll move >> second. >> Thank you. Move on to roll call. Mr. Christopher. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Eladawi. >> Yes.

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>> Dr. Rogers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Scott? >> Yes. >> Mayor Conir? >> Yes. Our second ordinance that is on for first reading is Cranberry Township Ordinance number 05-26-17 adopting an amendment to the amended redevelopment plan for the High Point tract designated as a portion of block

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20 uh.16 lot 7.01 on the Cranberry Township tax map pursuant to NJSA 48 12A-7. Again, second reading will be June 8th, 2026. If we can have a motion for introduction.

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>> Might as well. And then I'll second it. >> Thank you both. I'll move on to roll call. Mr. Christopher. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Elwood. >> Yes. >> Dr. Rogers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Scott. >> Yes. >> Mayor Kir. >> Yes. >> Unanimous. Both. Thank you. >> Okay. Uh, we have one consent resolution

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which is to pay our bills. So, if I can get a motion. >> So, move. >> Thank you. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We'll move on to roll call. Mr. Christopher, >> yes. >> Mrs. Elbert, yes. >> Dr. Rogers, >> yes. >> Mr. Scott, >> yes. >> Mayer, >> yes. >> Unanimous. Thank you.

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>> Okay. Um, now is the portion of our meeting for public comment. Um, is anyone in the here today would like to make a public comment. Okay. So, just come on up. You can write your name uh and your address. Uh we

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have a three minute uh time frame for public comment and then um I believe you'll hit the right button on the microphone in front of you and the red light should stay on and it'll be on and welcome. >> If you could just state your name for me

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too, that'd be great. >> Whichever one keeps out there. >> That's it. And we've got air conditioning. So, just for people at home, as close to that mic as you can get would be terrific. Thank you. >> Better. Yeah. Okay. Uh Lorraine Morris,

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96 Hollyy Reed Road, Cranberry, New Jersey. Uh good evening. Just want to take a few minutes and um talk about the project that is slated to be built um at the old Chamberlain Barkley. It's going to be the Hey Dad uh warehouse over there. And I was at the last zoning

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board meeting. They had some plans for the old depot. Um looking for the model train, maybe a walking path, uh capping the contaminated pools, removing the buffer. Um my house sits directly by

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those train tracks and my family's been there for over 60 years. Um there are some major concerns about their um submitt of adding a public restroom out there. I know uh one of the gentleman

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representatives mentioned it would be gated, it would be locked. Um, I don't know if any of you have ever lived across from a road where trucks pass constantly and it's a back road, but unfortunately they don't have access to

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a lot of bathrooms, which leads them using to using the side of the road. They're pulling over. Um, they're speeding down the road and environmentally it's just unsanitary to put a bathroom there and that building is basically facing my front

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yard. Um, they also talked about widening the road. The first time they talked about widening the road, it was going to be kind of split about six feet on the on the east side, four feet on the west side. At the last meeting, they

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talked about moving the entire 10 feet, 10 feet to the east, which would be 10 ft closer to my house, which already has trucks basically in the front door. Um they mentioned it might be better because it's going to straighten out the

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road. Straightening out the road is not going to make a difference. You still have to cross train tracks regardless when you're headed south. Um it's it's still going to be an issue and it's also again basically right there in our front yard. Um they mentioned about putting

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that bathroom in the depot. The historical society wanted to keep the depot as historically accurate as possible, but they do have to redo most of that. And if they're talking about a separate building, um, I don't see any valuable reason to

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have a bathroom out there at all, separate. But if it needs to be, why wouldn't it be closer down to that smaller building? Um, another thing that they proposed was a very large walking path, which taking 10 ft away from that

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space between the train tracks moving west to the road is already squeezing it much, much smaller. Um, I don't know if anybody here has walked on station road since they built all of the warehouses. I used to walk that road when they first put sidewalks in. I thought it was great

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until they continued building sidewalks. Nobody's walking there. >> Yeah. So, um, thank you for your time. Um, I just wanted to really get those points out there so that they were on record. Please consider, you know, the families that are out there and what

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we're already dealing with. >> Yeah. >> So, uh, we were talking about you earlier uh um that we are all uh in. >> Okay. So, it's public comments. We can't go back and forth and I need to talk to you about some of those points. Yeah.

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>> I confirmed some stuff with Gina. >> Okay. So, okay. >> Okay. >> So, we we shouldn't >> The only thing I was going to say is that the township was in receipt of your email. I just wanted to make sure that you knew that everyone up here got your email >> and then I'll be back in communication with you because we've got some

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>> you I put the wrong person on there. I realize I hit Gina instead of Deborah as well. >> But I just wanted to acknowledge that we received your email. So, we're already working on some communication back to you. But thank you for coming tonight and also doing that. >> Thank you so much. Thank you. Turn it

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off. >> Is there any other public comment this evening? Okay, seeing none, we are going to close the public comment section of our meeting. I've captured two action items for myself um uh communicate um with the

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resident that just spoke uh and also the uh tennis courts. I'll include that in the mayor's update. I'll make sure to get you some copy to approve before I send it out. >> Just kidding. Okay. All right. Any am I missing any other action items? >> Okay. Oh, go ahead.

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>> Uh, so this EDAC discussion, we just gonna >> I'm going to summarize to date everything that we know about it and why what the process is, what the requirements are from a liazison standpoint. And that's why why it sparked the EDAC idea in my brain and

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then get everyone else's thoughts on it. And but I at least need to if we're going to do EDAC, I at least need to see if there's interest in those members or any maybe new members to do it because if we don't have volunteers to do it, then it's going to be a ton. It'll be a lot of work. It'll just be it'll be a

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lot of work. >> So, but I'll get a summary together of what it's going to take and get everybody's thoughts. So, I will add that as a third. Okay. All right. Um, can I get a motion to

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adjurnn? >> So, move. >> Okay. All in favor? I >> Everyone have a great evening.