evening the Piscataway Township planning board meeting will please come to order adequate notice of this meeting was provided in the following ways notice published in the career news notice posted on the bulletin board of the municipal building notice made available
to the Township Clerk notice sent to The Courier new news noticed um well will the clerk please call the role mayor Waller pres Miss Corran here Miss Saunders here
Reverend Kenny here Mr Atkins Mr Foster here Mr edge of area here and Madam chair here uh Mr Barlo would you please read the open public meeting
notice Mr Barlo you're on mute it helps if I unmute myself in keeping with the guidelines that have been disseminated by the Department of Community Affairs the planning board has tried its best to comply with the open public meeting Act and the governor's guidelines in dealing
with the uh virtual setting the applicant matter that will be heard this evening had the login information for the Zoom platform put forth in her notice members of the public who wish to be heard will be afforded an opportunity as if we were in an actual physical
space and we've complied with same Madam chair the flag can be seen over my right shoulder can we all uh recite the pledge of allegion in unison please I pledge allegian to the flag FL of the United States of America and to the Republic
repu for which it stands stands one nation nation under God indivisible indivisible with liberty and justice justice for all and we swear in the professionals
yes can you please raise your right hand um do you swear that the testimony about to give be the truth and nothing but the truth you thank you thank you uh are there any changes to changes to tonight's agenda Mr parlo Madam chair
the only uh matter number 10 was a discussion item for redevelopment plan for 1700 South Washington Avenue that's been carried till the April 9th 2025 meeting that is the only change okay thank you
um item number seven uh can I have a motion to pay the duly audited bills Madame chairman Carol Hors I make a motion to pay the duly audited bills do I have a second re Kenny I'll second it thank you roll call please mayor
Waller yes Miss corkran yes Miss Saunders yes Reverend Kenny yes Mr Foster yes Mr aaria yes and Madam chair yes item number
eight adoption resolutions Madam chairman i' like to memorialize the resolution 24 pb-8 NV for lrn Properties LLC bulk variance and minor
subdivision do I have a second I second thank you roll call Mayor Waller yes Miss corkran yes Miss Saunders yes Mr edara yes and Madam
chair yes item number nine adoption of the minutes of the February 12 M chair I like to adopt the minutes from the regular meeting of February 12th 20 25 do I have a second get I'll second it thank you roll
call Mayor Waller yes Miss Corran yes Miss Saunders yes Alex isn't here Mr etaria yes and Madam chair yes item number 10 has been adjourned to April 9th item number 11 for discussion ordinance to amend and
supplement revised General ordinances of the township chapter 21 Madame chair if I may this is just to add a fee schedule to the existing ordinance um as it stands today one does not exist now we have a permit requirement and with that permit
requirement we had to add to schedule okay any discussion by the board no objections um can we have a motion please to amend Madame chair D cor and I'll make that motion can I have a
second a second roll call please mayor Waller yes Miss corkran yes Miss Saunders yes Reverend Kenny yes Mr Atkins yes yes please let the record show Mr Atkins is on thank
you Mr Foster yes Mr aaria yes and Madam chair yes okay item number 12 excuse me Madam chair I didn't mean to interrupt but uh I prepared a resolution uh indicating
the board's concurrence with the ordinance amendment to be sent to the council I Believe Miss Saunders has it okay Miss Saunders yes okay um Madame chairman I like to memorialize the ordinance to
amend and supplement the revised Journal ordinance for chapter 21 zoning section 8A for flood damage prevention can I get a second um yeah a second I second it thank you roll call
Mayor Waller yes Miss corkran yes Miss Saunders yes Reverend Kenny yes Mr Atkins yes Mr Foster yes Mr aaria yes and Madam chair
yes all right cool okay item number 12 24 pb21 stag industrial Holdings LLC appearing tonight is Mr Michael Floyd good evening Madam chairwoman uh for the record Michael Floyd with the
firm of Archer and grinder appearing on behalf of the applicant stag industrial Holdings LLC which has submitted an application for major site plan approval bulk variance approval and design waivers for property located at 100 New England uh Avenue uh and identified as
block 4601 lot 2.01 on the Township's official tax maps uh this property is currently uh improved with an existing 10,846 ft uh Warehouse light industrial
building the property is located in the li5 light industrial zoning District in which the existing use of the property is permitted and the proposed use of the property is permitted um I would just add up front that we're not proposing to increase the size of the building we're not proposing to increase the footprint
of the building or raise the roof uh in Instead This is a vacant building and stag is proposing exterior improvements uh to help Market the building and get a highquality tenant uh into the building as soon as possible uh and those improvements as you'll hear from our
Witnesses this evening involve modifications to the Loading Docks additional trailer storage and reconfiguration of existing parking lot um areas uh with me this evening uh we do have four Witnesses we have Rob Hawkins
on behalf of stag Industrial we have Tom bashard Jr a licensed professional engineer with mohawk Land Development Consultants Tom is the project engineer of record we have uh Kim Dean a registered architect in the state of New Jersey with TK studio and
last but not least we have Lance langra Jr a licensed professional planner with his aicp designation uh to put the proofs on the record with respect to the bulk variances and design waivers that are being uh requested this evening um Madam chair I don't know if you'd
like to have all the witnesses sworn at once or as they get called up to present their testimony well we can swear them all at once but we need to you still need to um you still need to um qualify those that need to be
qualified yes understood and [Music] agree for the record y Rob are you available yes Michael practically speaking why don't we do them one at a time as they're called that way the that
way the minutes will be clearer I think okay understood and that that's a good point so uh like to call first Rob Hawkins with stag industrial Rob are you available to testify I am like thank you okay can you please raise your right hand Mr Hawkins do you swear that the
testimony about to give with truth and nothing but the truth I do please State and spill your name for the record Robert Hawkins thank you and seeing that this is Stag's first project in uh the township I thought it
was important for Rob to talk about stag its history with Industrial Development and the property in question so Rob uh just to start off could you describe your position with stag uh and your experience with stag in Industrial Development sure uh good evening um
Madam chair and planning board members uh my name is Rob Hawkins I'm a vice president of asset management with stag Industrial uh stag industrial is a public Real Estate Investment Trust we own 591 buildings across 41 States uh we have a
portfolio of roughly 116 million square feet and uh Rob why did stag purchase this property at Piscataway at 100 New England Avenue sure so we uh we target um what are known as the top 60 markets U as
tracked by CBRE uh the northern New Jersey Market Falls within that area and that's where we invest and I stated up front that this building is currently V vacant who was the last tenant in the building The Last Tenant was Strat and why now are you proposing
these site improvements to the you know the additional loading docks trailer storage and reconfiguration of the the car parking sure so the building was set up specifically for the use that stradle had in the building um we're trying to provide you know additional improvements
to the building that we think will appeal to the broader market and based upon your experience with stag and Stag's experience with its National portfolio and working with your broker it's it's your opinion that uh these proposed improvements will help to Market this building to get a
highquality tenant in there that's correct thank you rob um that's all the questions I had for Rob at this point I don't know if there's any board members that have questions about stag its portfolio how it operates its buildings any members of the board do you have any
questions of Mr of this um witness um we do have to open it to the public though um members of the public you've heard this testimony of uh Mr Hawkins does anyone in the public wish to ask any questions this
witness no Madam chair close to the public you may call your next witness thank you i' like to call Tom bashard Jr Tom are you available online and ready ready to testify I am amen Mr Bor can you please raise your
right hand do you swear that the testimony about to give we the truth and nothing but the truth I do can you please state your name for the record Thomas Bard Jr thank you and Tom before you begin if you can just speak to your education credentials
licenses and experience testifying before boards in New Jersey sure I am president of Mohawk Land Development Consultants I graduated from Villanova University in 1993 with a bachelor of civil engineering I have over 30 30 years of experience in site civil Land
Development engineering I'm a registered professional engineer in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and I have testified numerous times as an expert witness in New Jersey before planning boards zoning boards joint land use boards and environmental
commissions he's co he's he's qualified thank you and Tom will be uh sharing his screen this evening and referencing four exhibits so Tom if we can start with exhibit A1 which is an aerial photograph of the property in question and the
surrounding uses okay can everybody see my screen yes okay um before I start I just like to say we did receive comments from all of the professionals um and we will comply
with all of the comments um as detailed in my response letter dated March 7th uh 2025 um we we would certainly agree to work with with the professionals uh to
address any you know remaining issues as a condition you know of any approval that the board M Grand tonight Tom y okay um this first exhibit here this is uh directly from the site plan Set uh
this is an aerial exhibit it's drawing C10 uh sheet 3 of 20 we use a company called near map um this picture was taken in February of last year um the Blue Line represents the property line it's about 8.14 Acres
um New England Avenue is a culdesac it terminates in the lower left corner of the site in this area here Colonial Drive comes into U New England Avenue at about the midpoint of the site in this area right here uh Centennial is down off the bottom of the
sheet down in this area here um you can see the surrounding uses are all Industrial in nature the existing building is as Mike said 10,846 Square ft um there there is a large uh car parking lot on the southern
portion of the site in this area here there are smaller car parking lots on the southwest corner the west side of the building and on the north side of the building as well there are currently three um full access driveways into the
site uh one into this large parking area here uh one into the loading area the loading area is in the lower or the South uh east corner of the building in this area here um and there's a a driveway on the Northern portion of the site to access
this parking in front of the uh the office appendage which is this white rectangle in this area here um there are no storm water management facilities on site there is Storm sewer infrastructure that connects into New England Avenue uh and the site
has all public utility connections uh water sewer gas electric and uh Telecommunications thank you Tom if we can move to exhibit A2 which is the overall site plan that was submitted with the application
yes okay again this is um exhibit A2 this is directly from the site plan set it's drawing c010 sheet 7 of 20 uh We've rotated the view slightly and zoomed in um so it fits nicer on the sheet North is now pointing to the right and slightly up
scale of this drawing is 1 in equal 30 ft um the building is the brown uh shaded area existing loading docks in the lower uh Southeast corner of the uh building we're proposing to eliminate all of the car parking in the southern
portion of the site in this area here uh we'll be adding six new loading docks to the uh southwest corner of the building in this area here uh we'll reconfigure this portion of the car parking lot into trailer storage and we will slide this driveway over and
wide widen it uh to accommodate two-way tractor trailers uh this existing driveway will also be widened for the loading Court to accommodate um two-way tractor trailer movements we are also proposing new sidewalk along the entire Frontage of
the site um and a new um fiber optic uh cable for Township use uh unfortunately the all the Street trees along New England Avenue were in the way of the new sidewalk and fiber optic so we are proposing to remove them
and replace them with new Street trees along the entire Frontage um we are replacing um all of the curbing between the two uh Drive reconfigured driveways in this area here and we're going to widen this driveway
it's currently 22 ft wide we're going to widen it 25 ft to meet uh Township standards and we will replace the curbing along the entire front edge of that portion of the driveway as well uh we're slightly reconfiguring the um or not reconfiguring but restriping and and
reconstructing a portion of this parking lot so that it meets Ada accessibility requirements uh we'll have new sidewalk new curbing um same with the proposed parking along the west side of the
building in this area here um we'll be restriping that we'll be putting in uh 11 new electric vehicle parking spaces in this area of the site and um the total site improvements will include 55 new trailer spaces 12
total loading docks and 94 car parking spaces um the ordinance requires um 104 parking spaces so we would ask for a variance for the number of car parking spaces and there are two existing
non-conforming uh variances that we would ask one is the building setback um the setback requirement is 80 ft um and we would ask that the existing building which is uh between 79.7 and 79.9 ft uh
we would ask for that variance and there's also two existing signs that are located 20 ft from the property line or the RightWay line rather um those two signs one's in this area over here and and then one's just to the left of this
driveway in this area over here um variances for those two signs were previously approved and we would ask that um they are reapproved with this application uh storm water management for the site just real quick um we are
proposing to reduce the overall uh impervious coverage for the site as well as the vehicular impervious coverage um we are not proposing to tra change any of the overall drainage patterns for the site so we do meet the the uh
requirements at njac C7 colon 8 um we are reducing all of the runoff for the 2-year the 10e and the 100-year storm events coming off of the site thank you Tom if we can move on to exhibit A3 which is the landscape plan
yes let me know when everybody can see it we can see it okay uh this is the landscape plan again this uh plan is from the site plan set this is drawing c501 sheet 14 of 20 um same scale and
rotation as the last exhibit we are um as I mentioned we're proposing new sidewalk and fiber optic cable um within the RightWay along the frontage of the site we are proposing um New Street trees along New England Avenue um to replace the ones that we
removed for the uh sidewalk and fiber optic cable um this the proposed sidewalk will be porous pavement and that will allow the water to run and infiltrate into the ground and will promote the growth of the street trees um it's not intended at all for stormore
management purposes um in front of the new trailer parking area we are proposing a um screen of a double row of evergreen trees and between the evergreen trees and the street trees we're proposing new ornamental
trees um the the existing parking lot is located within the building setback line um the the front front yard setback uh which is an existing condition um it's not permitted under the uh zoning
ordinance so we would ask for a a wave to allow this to remain it's I believe it's 32.6 ft we would also ask for waivers um we're proposing new ornamental trees between the street trees and the parking lot but we're not
proposing um new screening um we also currently don't meet the landscape area requirement um or the number of deciduous trees required um within the parking area based on the um the area of
the existing parking space spaces um so we would ask for those three waivers for this front parking lot for the interior parking lots we are also asking for a waiver we're putting new landscape Islands in with shrubs um we're also
taking out impervious coverage along the building and providing it's about 13 ft of grass uh strip between the building and the um new concrete sidewalk um we don't meet the deciduous tree requirements for interior parking
lots it's one tree per thousand square ft so we would ask for a waiver um for that um requirement and the applicant will um pay a fee to the Township's tree fund um in Li of providing those
additional trees um on the back side of the building we are replacing some of the existing Landscaping just to clean up the back portion of the site there's going to be two new ornamental trees and then we're proposing um ornamental grasses to separate the um loading Court
from the trailer parking um storage area around the office appendage in the building there's um existing landscaping that's become overgrown um we are proposing to remove all of that and replace it with new shrubs and then new Landscaping um along
the frontage of of the building between the parking lot and the building itself I think that's it for the landscape plan if we can go to your last exhibit A4 Tom the lighting plan okay and again this is right from the
site plan set this is drawing c601 sheet 16 of 20 again scale and orientation is the same as the last exhibit um basically we're going to reconfigure the existing lighting um to
accommodate the re reconfigured parking trailer storage and loading docks um we're going to be uh removing all of the existing uh poles and uh light fixtures and putting in all brand new poles and
energy efficient LED lighting um we have identified one waiver that we are required there are two existing lights um right on the property line in this area of this parking lot here um those are shoe box
lights they currently spill into the adjoining property this is a loading um court for the adjoining building and I can go back to the aerial exhibit and show that area over there but we would ask for a design waiver to allow um the
spillage um onto that property it'll it will be it'll be less intrusive than it is currently today these new fixtures will have arms and they will have um uh back Shields to prevent as much spillage as possible but uh due to the location
right on the property line it just we we just can't meet the ordinance requirement of 0.5 foot candles thank you Tom um just for the benefit of the board and any members of the public can you just summarize uh the three variances and the design waivers
that we are requesting with this application yes um the variances are for car parking we have 94 spaces where 104 are required we have the building setback
requirement um where we have 79.7 um and 79.9 where 80 ft is required and we have the uh two existing signs um 20 ft is provided where 50 feet is required uh those are the
variances um the waivers include the minimum um off street parking front yard setback 80 ft is required and we are pro proposing 32.6 ft um the maximum lighting at the property lines um we would ask to exceed
the 0.5t candles permitted um the minimum parking lot landscaping for front yards at 20% um we are proposing there's 828 ft proposed we're proposing 430 Square ft
um the minimum number of deciduous trees is one per 500 square ft of front yard parking area um nine trees are required and we have zero in this front existing parking lot
and the number of deciduous trees for um interior parking lots is one per 1,000 sare ft of um is 10% of 1 per 1,000 square ft of parking area um the required
is uh 1,300 [Music] and I apologize I think you're build building a forest I think it's um you need uh 12
Trees 12 Trees where zero are required thank you Ron you're welcome and the and I I believe that's all of the uh of the design waivers that we are requesting uh thank you in addition to
the the the I think I did say the foot uh candles spilling over the property line for the lighting thank you Tom that's all Tom's testimony for this evening so certainly we can open up to the public for members of the board for any additional questions Tom if you could unshare your
screen please yes mam chair you're muted does any members of the board have any questions of this witness we'll open it up to the public members of the public if you have any uh questions of this witness will you
indicate by w Miss Buckley do you see anybody I was muted also sorry no one Madam chair thank you close to the public okay um you can call your next witness sir thank you Kim deckin are you available online and ready to testify yes I
am Kim can you just State your uh education licenses and experience I gotta swear in Miss Decker can you please raise your right hand do you swear that the testimony about to be will be truth and nothing but the truth yes thank you please speak your name for
the record uh Kim Dean thank you and can you know the drill can you state your qualifications for the record please I am principal of TK Studio I am a registered architect registered in the states of New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and Delaware um I have a
bachelor's of architecture have been working in the field for 20 years and I have um appeared as an expert for multiple board throughout the state of New Jersey she's acceptable thank you um Kim I know most of our improvements
involve uh the parking lot and Landscaping but I think it's important for the board to understand uh the floor plan the elevation and what some of these changes are going to do to the facade so if we could start with what's uh going to be marked as exhibit A5 the conceptual floor plan
yep okay can everyone see it yes okay fantastic um so this is the building floor plan it's oriented the same as um the exhibits in that Tom presented and so you can see this is the existing
office area this is our warehouse this here are the existing loading positions that will remain and we are proposing to add six more on this side of the building sort of mirrored over the rear entrance thank you Cam we can move to
exhibit A6 the conceptual elevations that visible [Music] yes that is the showing you the okay can you see that
now yes okay so this is showing this is the existing loading area the existing rear entry and these are the proposed loading docks on the opposite side they're basically going to be duplicating these they're just 9 by1
instead of 8 by10 standard if we can move to exhibit A7 which is a rendering of the loading area share them don't know why it's not allowing me
to pull those up really strange I have them open and it's not allowing me to grab them okay here it is so this is ex exhibit A7 a rendering of the the new loading dock area Shing the right
one oh I'm sorry this is the front office this is the front office I don't know why it is not sharing the correct image we can just walk through this exhibit
yeah this is the front um office area and this is the proposed improvements for painting and cleaning up the entry with some eephus um to kind of give it a more current and updated straight
front then now I can move to the next one there we are that's the correct one this is um an image of the proposed loading dock area so all this is existing we're just painting what's here and proposing a new loading area at the
rear thank you Kim think that's Kim's testimony this evening I don't know if there's any questions at this time any questions of the from the board uh hearing no questions members of the public do you have any questions of
uh this person's testim testimony no one Madam chair okay thank you close to the public you may proceed thank you last but not least we have Lance langra Lance I see you online are you available to testify yes sir I
am um Mr lrab can you please raise your right hand do you swear that your testimony about the guil the truth and nothing but the truth yes I do can you please state your name for the record Lance landcraft Jr thank you and Lance can you just State your professional qualifications for the
record please sure I have a degree from hburg University of Pennsylvania in urban Regional planning um I've been licensed since 1991 I also had my aicp certification uh since 1995 been in the planning field for 38 years uh I think I'm the oldest person
in on the on the on our team tonight Michael so uh Jo my age a little bit um I've been qualified mostly in Southern New Jersey I do most of my practice down here but I've also been qualified as an expert in front of the New Jersey state Superior Court on multiple occasions I
represent the city of Brigantine for the last 28 years as their planner and I currently sit as the Director of planning and development at the crda the casino reinvestment Development Authority in the city of Atlantic City thank you he's qualified to testify
as an expert thank you chairperson thank you Lance I we've already had a lot of testimony from from Tom about the site information and the existing conditions but if you could just go over what we are requesting in terms of the requested relief of and the required proofs sure sure I eliminated a lot of my stuff with
Tom describing the site and going through the variances so tonight I I think we're looking at two different types of variances one a C1 variance which is the typical hardship type variance and then the C2 which is the we used to call them flexible C's or the purposes of zoning type variants which
somewhat matches a D1 type qualifications for that criteria um the first variance I think uh is is the hardship type variance which is for the building setback at 79.7 and 79.9 ft where 80 ft is required the building is
is there it's quite a large structure over 100,000 square feet in area um very difficult to move that building even that 310 of a of a foot would be difficult to relocate so we would ask for that to be considered a hardship type variance um in in this regard the
the hardship deals with um physical features on a property sometimes topographic features but in this case is a physical feature of the structure being located just a few uh really less than an inch from the required front yard setback um I'll get to the negative
criteria as I group these together after I touch base on the C2 relief that we're asking for uh I would also consider the the signage variances a C1 a hardship as well because they are existing um they moving them back into the site would not
serve the purpose of the property um and Again difficult to relocate one they would be pushed back into our parking area and the other would most likely get moved into either a landscape area or the truck turning Lanes uh being expanded into the rear of of the
building so the C2 type variance is where we we believe that we promote one of the purposes of the municipal land use law the purpose of the act and that the benefits would substantially outweigh any detriment to the to those those purposes so for the positive
criteria uh I talked about the hardship for the for the C1 the front yard setback and the signage going into the flexible C it has to relate to a specific piece of property well we are a specific site we have this building we're trying to bring it up to current
Warehouse standards and meet the the needs of what's been a growing uh need uh since Co honestly uh for warehousing in in the state of New Jersey our transportation corridors are you know very accessible throughout the entire state
um so it helps that we have these warehouses located along those corridors so also the fact that this site is located in a zone that permits this use I think we're certainly talking at it about a a specific location and a particular location so getting into the purposes
that I think we advance I'm looking at section uh njsa 40 call 55d Das um two um and section 2. A or 2A I'll say to enourage Municipal action to guide the appropriate use or development
of all lands in the state in a manner that will promote the public health safety morals and general Weare well one refurbishing a vacant structure that is kind of dated uh bringing it into modern Warehouse use is something that certainly helps first the site be a
viable piece of property and brings a a could be a problematic site a vacant property to a viable permitted use in this Zone um we think the the general welfare is oted by again bringing that house or house excuse me bringing that warehouse uh back to life again uh we
are also reducing the impervious coverage on the property and providing stormw Management on the site uh we're reducing some of the the paved areas and concrete areas and we're reducing the the the uh runoff by decreasing the parking areas uh the new plan is adding
storm Weare management as I said and that will improve uh the environment by providing that that water control on the property um I think we're providing adequate airl and open space the reduced uh parking again will allow the site to
be better landscaped uh we are adding significant Landscaping to the property while not quite meeting the exact requirements of your ordinances and your your uh design standards we think we've done a good job at at bringing the site back to life with new Landscaping providing new sidewalks Ada
accessibility uh to those parking areas and in general just an overall facelift if you will to the property um that was that was section C2 uh looking at section uh uh 2G provides sufficient space and appropriate
locations for a variety of residential recreational and in our case commercial and Industrial uses uh according to their respective environmental requirements and to meet the needs of New Jersey citizens again we are permitted use in the zone so I think we
are certainly um providing a sufficient space and appropriate location because we are permitted use the pros plan promotes the purposes of redevelop an existing structure to meet more modern Warehouse needs the site as we've said is per is permits the use and the new
Warehouse fa facilities are more efficient with needs less staff than prior uses and therefore less parking so that's the reduction in parking by 10 spaces we think we are parking it adequately for our use and adequately for the future use of the warehouse in this
region switching to the negative criteria there's two prongs to that we have to show that the granted requested variance will not cause a substantial detriment to the public good and in that again the bulk variances that we're asking for are minimal in nature uh the setback as I talked about is is very di
Minimus very minor less than less than an inch or so just about a little over an inch or so for the building the signage exists where it is we're asking to to leave those signs in that same location we don't think they are a detriment to any site triangles the
entranceways to the parking area and the loading area are not blocked by any of these these existing signs and we wanted to retain that location of those signage the positive benefits of allowing reduced parking as proposed substantially as proposed substantially
outweigh any potential detriment that might result from the graning of the bulk variants um our client has a feel for the number of parking spaces that certain Warehouse uses generate and that's been successful for most of their properties for almost all their properties throughout uh their history
of owning these Warehouse type facilities so we feel we have adequate parking for our use um second prong is we must show that the gring of the variant will not substantially impair the intent and purpose of the Zone plan or zoning ordinance um I have reviewed
the township zoning and Land Development ordinances and the project is consistent with promoting the purposes of the zone and plan Zone plan plan and ordinance the purposes of the ordinance match those outlined in the mlu well that I've already gone over um project also
promotes many of the same purposes within your zoning ordinance the project capitalize and reestablishes an existing Warehouse use promotes Redevelopment uh it ensures existing Industrial Development and Commercial base and balance is preserved and is and
remains competitive uh the project uh project provides balanced vehicular circulation to avoid con gestion from vehicular safety promote vehic vehicular safety and provide ease access why where we're adding uh the the second driveway and widening the existing driveways to
provide better access to the site it encourages development that produces tax surpluses economic stability and job opportunities these are all items that are in your your purposes of your zoning and and planning ordinance encourages efficiency of design the new development
and minimizes public service costs so I think for all these reasons the variances and I would also say that the waivers are also met by these same variance the waiver criteria is also met by these same purposes and that we can grant the board can grant I also
represent board so forgive me for misspeaking I'm not on your your side of the table tonight I'm on the other side I apologize um that these variances and waivers can be granted for those reasons and the board should be comfortable with those reasons behind the granting of the variances thank you thank
you thank you for your testimony Lance if there's any questions for Lance about his planning testimony and support of the variances and design waivers at this time members of the board do you have any questions no thank you okay uh and
members of the public do you have any questions of this witness or any of the witnesses that you've heard so far would you indicate by raising your hand or waving your hand no one Madam chair thank you close to
the public okay members of the board if you don't have any question of the witnesses that you've heard so far or if Mr Floyd doesn't have want us if he wants to sum up his the testimony otherwise I'll entertain a motion we have no further testimony
Madam chairwoman so okay members of the board what's your pleasure Madam chair this is Don Corin I'd like to make a motion that we approve the application subject to the DNR report CME report and the division of
engineering and planning [Music] um Reverend Kenny I'll second that motion thank you um roll call please mayor Waller yes
Miss corkran yes Miss Saunders yes Reverend Kenny yes Mr Atkins yes Mr Foster yes Mr aaria yes and Madam chair yes thank you thank
you very much for your time this evening and thank you aan team you've been very cooperate thank you um Mr Barlo you did you play prepare anything no no I'll prepare a resolution for the next meeting and Michael I'll be in
all right reminder thank you everyone our next meeting is April the 9th and our site planning meeting is March the 26 we need an adjournment Madam chair we I will make motion for an adjournment that closes everything out I
want to tie it up before I put a string on if not I'll take a motion for an adjournment Madam shair this is Carol Saunders I'm making motion for adjournment H thank you all in favor I H the
button you all right great week everyone e e e