I stole this from you. >> Good evening. The rep planning board to open the order this 10th day >> of December 2025. The time is 716.
I've noticed that of this meeting has been posted at the burl filed with the burough court and mailed to the advert press on the two times. No new cases will be heard after 10:00. The ward will adjourn for recess at 8:30 p.m.
>> Roll call please. >> Mayor Portman absent. But you are mayor appoint absent. Louis Dementoto absent. Barbara Boz present. >> Megan Mast accent. Wilson.
It's Hernandez absent. Fred Stone absent. And Brian present. have the meeting. >> Need a motion. >> I need a motion to approve them. Motion
to approve. Second. >> All in favor. I think this would be public hearing will not begin. >> You have to make an announcement back in the Bank of America. >> Yeah, I'm going to >> Okay. Six 16.
Excuse me. I'm >> uh 16 to 2370 Street Club 104 lot 14 and 15. um that will be carried until 128.
>> Yeah. January 28, 2026 with that notice. >> So, so just for the record, if anyone is here tonight on that application, but if anyone's here tonight on that Bank of America application, not be heard this evening, you need to be in this room at 7 p.m. on January 28th. You will not
receive any further notice. All right. The second application River Plaza block 9 lot 3.1 applicant Bernard LLC MS preliminary site site plan approval. The
applicant is requesting preliminary and final site plan approval to construct and use roof mounted solar array facilities over the existing roof area associated with the existing
parking roof. >> And before council before you make your appearance oh sorry thank you before you make your appearance council I'm just going to mark in the following exhibits and the evidence. Exhibit A1 will be an aerial photograph of the property and surrounding area. Exhibit A2 will be the
site plan that was submitted. Exhibit A3 will be the rendering of the solar canopy over the existing parking garage. Exhibit A4 will be the equipment detail plan. Exhibit A5 will be the environmental impact report that was submitted. And exhibit A6 will be the architectural plans that was submitted.
Additionally, I'm going to mark in as exhibit B1 as is board one will be the TNM review letter dated November 25th, 2025. Those are all the exhibits that we have premark and council member close. >> Good evening. My name is
>> just drag it really really close. You can bring it really close. There you go. >> Victoria Casio with the law of archer and grinder the emperor MCC LC LLC. Thank you.
>> Okay. >> Tonight, the applicant is seeking preliminary final major site plan approval for the installation of roof mounted solar in the open state parking garage at the Riverview Medical Center. Uh the property is located at Dun River
Plaza block 93.01 block 11.02. Uh this property is located in the pharaoh's medical services zone. The proposed uh solar facilities are part of Packinac Health's broader sustainability and resiliency initiative undertaken in
partnership with one of the nation's largest privately owned solar infrastructure firms. The purpose of this installation is to generate renewable electric power for on-site consumption by the medical center, thereby reducing operational costs and contributing to environmental stewardship. The improvements are
located entirely on the already developed portion of the property and involve no expansion of the building footprint, no new improve coverage, no changes to site circulation, parking layout or site operations. The structure consists solely of solar
canopy mounted on top of the existing targeting deck and no modifications are proposed to the medical center uh influence. With us this evening, we have three witnesses. We have Donald Frell. He's with Hackin Health. Bernie
Cole uh on behalf of the applicant and Todd Gill will be our expert in field engineering tonight. Unless there are any further questions, I'd like to bring up our property owner household representative Donald Frell to
provide a brief introduction and overview of the Green North Sunday. Mr. Frell, you just raise your right hand. You swear testimony you're about to give will be the the truth, the whole truth of the mother, the true self of God. >> I do. >> And just state your name for the record. >> Donald Farrell. F R E L. And what is
your position with Hack Sacramento? >> I'm a senior vice president of facilities construction realy. Thank you. Go ahead. >> Donna, can you give us a brief overview of the Riverview Medical Center and why the specific hospital chosen for the project?
>> Yeah, certainly. Um, it's part of Hacksite Meridians Health's uh, sustainability efforts. Um, we chose Riverview um, primarily for its location. Um, the rooftop uh, solar that will go on the
parking garage will not interrupt any of the hospital services. Um, and it will allow us to uh provide uh, sustainable energy as part of our overall initiative. And can you confirm that during
construction there will be no major disruptions to the day-to-day operations of the hospital? >> That's correct. >> And in short, the project will strengthen the hospital's energy resiliency and reliability. >> Correct. >> And you know, part of our good
stewardship uh to the global commitment um and reduce our carbon fuel price. >> Thank you. Are there any questions for representative? >> And madam chair, I'm going to note for the record that there and I if I'm wrong, somebody raise their hand that
there is nobody here for the public on this application. So, so we're not going to we're not going to open up to the public every single time because there's literally nobody here for the public and if that changes someone's free to place their hand. >> Thank you.
>> Okay. At this time I'd like to bring up all project engineer to provide the technical details of this applications we can rely and I'll swear you in. to you swear in testimony you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth but the truth
I forgot I just state your name for the record my name is Todd Giddings okay and you are a licensed engineer state of New Jersey uh I am licensed engineer state New Jersey for 24 years I work for Newberry engineers >> thank you that's all we need
um I won't rehash some of blocks we already did through that um I'm going to try to read through it uh the technical aspects I think it should reflect what's on the letter. So I think you can kind of knock out doors with one one shot. If I miss anything back I can talk about that but I'll try
to hit points until comments. Um so basically the project is calling for the rest of the steel structure on top of the existing parking garage um to support the solar panels. Um all canopy columns be located on distinct garage
walls. The arrays um the array system itself will be comprised of 470 individual panels. Panels are approximately 45 in by 90 in each. The system uh system size is I think it's it's
changed a little bit but it's about 258 PWC. No parking spaces will be impacted by the project we're referring to. I should probably
touch on the exhibits exhibit. Uh A1 is really just showing the overall site campus. Um just to show uh where our craft is in relation to the uh revered medical campus. Um exhibit A2 basically zoomed in slight plane version of that.
Um as you can see uh on top of the parking garage the dark outline to show for a solar structure. Um but basically that's this shows the boundary of the structure and the individual heating panels within the structure. If you look at exhibit A3 that is
basically a rendering um isometric view of the how the the garage so hospital on top of the garage just to get perspective on kind of what the project is with this constructed. Um
ingress and egress location would be maintained. Um there's no impact to those during construction work for this project. Um minimum clearance head under structure is 8.6 in. The clearance does change depending on where you are in the garage. I think the maximum is about 19 ft. um if they're one of those down
ramps from a variance standpoint, I know the submitted application raised some initial variances, but I think we've gone back and reviewed those and we can eliminate all variances. Um we asked for per side variance. There was a the previous submission uh there were some
structural beams that extended over the edge of the garage wall. We've since talked to the structural engineer. We can pull this back. So there'll be no um structure extending beyond the wall. There'll be no so no additional non-performing issues will be created.
Um we've re-evaluated the the structure height. Um taking you know averaged the corners of the of the parking garage against the heights of of the canopy and we uh are under the 45 foot uh
max height requirement. I think the average ends up being about 43.96 feet. And as you can see from the isometric on day three, there's some change of topography on the site. So it's a bit of a not a straightforward graduation. So does have some variance still. But averaging it all out, it's under the 45
ft. And again, no overall no existing non-performing conditions would be made worse and no new nonforming conditions would be created. And Jack, do you agree that no varianes based on >> so we look at exhibit um the day four the electrical the
equipment room the previous uh plan was submitted uh showed us some brand equipment on on the neighboring site um again we've gone back and reevaluated that equipment all all equipment now is located within the two lots on the application The U condo will run across
a rooftop ground briefly, but will ultimately end up within the electrical room inside the hospital. I guess it's so based on tour as you can see in this plan. And for reference, that um electrical room plan is basically planning north on exhibit
A2. I think there's a note there that falls out where that location is. So that'll be inside the hospital. >> It's inside the hospital. So there'll be external you panel run the roof down side of the building around up and over
and back down into I think there'll be one switch mounted to the outside of one of the walls. Certainly everything else will be in light rooftop. From a lighting standpoint, eight light bulbs will be removed from the existing garage top. Once the canopy
is installed, there'll be down lighting installed under the canopy to replace that lighting. I know we've been happy to supply plan. We will supply for we have supply plan ensures the change in lighting levels. I believe there's lighting
levels meet the requirements. So, you're going to submit a check, correct? I think the other Yep. So, from a drainage standpoint, uh that was also raised in the I guess questions in the review letter. Um we don't expect
any inverse drainage impacts. um on site. Um the way the solar canopies are raised are constructed, each panel has about a half inch gap all the way around. So once you know the rich run off, it will drip down between the panels in general.
>> Hold on a second. To the people who uh to the two women that just walked in, are you here for the Bank of America application? >> Oh, you're just here to hear. Okay. Just making sure. I didn't want if they were here for Bank of America, they want them to stay because it's a hearing.
Apologize. Go ahead. >> So, um you know half inch gap between the rental panels generally rain you know hits the panels drifts down between each individual panel. We don't get any concentrated runoff. No drainage you know facilities will be
changed. All existing drainage patterns will be maintained. They're not impacted like this drainage facilities facilities. Are there any questions from any of the board? >> No. And you might as well know if someone walked in. >> Are there any questions from the
audience on the on just what we have heard from the hearing them? Thank you. And our last witness is our applicant representative who will answer any remaining questions and give a brief
overview of the applicant's involvement. >> Sir, do you you swear I guess what you're about to give will be the whole guy. I do just state your name for the record. Brandon Cole, right? And uh how are you related to the applicant? I represent the applicant in as a project
executive. All right. Thank you very much. Go ahead. >> Randy, can you just provide an overview of who the applicant is and her role? >> Certainly. Infra solutions is an energy as a service provider that affords our
healthcare clients to upgrade and maintain their critical energy infrastructure as well as optimizing their energy solutions and operations through a creative scopes that provide both financial benefit to client through energy savings and incentives and
improved patient experience through additional funds for uh client hospital operations and comfort. And can you discuss briefly the partnership rel? >> Yes. So HMH has partnered with EMRA to
install solar arrays across its network of hospitals including specifically river as a commitment to its long-term sustainability goals tribute to the state's GHD emissions party. And can you just address a few of the
remaining questions that were in the board of review letter such as uh the equipment that was located off site which just confirmed that that uh has been relocated to be within the property boundary and building complex. >> Yes ma'am. So the
equipment in question is a uh clerical design error. The equipment was never located off site. It's an existing piece of switch gear called HDP unit substation. We are just connecting our solar electrical uh point within
connection to that gear. The gear is actually located inside the hospital boundary in the basement. Um it was just a mix up with how we're reading the previous engineering drawings. So uh the engineer record for that switch. >> Thank you for that clarification. And uh
as far as glare and visual impacts, can you please confirm that the solar array is bu manufactured with an anti-flight coating? >> Uh yes, there will. >> And so given the installation is on the roof, do you expect that there will be any visual impacts or glare impacts from
public device? >> We we do not. Uh they are high enough that they will not provide glare. However, I'm sorry. And to uh support that the panels we are installing to lead solar brand type mono gristal line and they have an
anti- uh reflectant uh coating such as silicone nitrite or something that would uh uh counteract with the reflect should it become the sun. >> And how about um so resiliency wind and snow how the panels stand up in adverse
weather? So they are rated for uh snow road and wind road. Uh we have performed uh structural feasibility. Um before we started design on the parking garage itself as well as the rapid structural seal and the panels and the fasteners
included for uplifting the wind off the maintain river. Uh after that we went to structural design and uh calculations for all those loads I just mentioned were considered and then a third party performed a final structural uh report
setting that the calculations were the final. >> Thank you. There any questions for any questions from the audience? Thank you very much. Uh that concludes our presentation request of site plan
for the installation of facility until the existing roof the existing parking garage >> just out of curiosity. Um, what percentage of the total electrical load requirements are being covered by
the solar proposal? >> Ask represents. >> I can ask what part of that come back up to no Mr. calls returning to the chair. >> Well, I
I can answer part of that question. Um, the size array is uh 240 kWC and it is shown it's testing to produce 516,000 kilowatt hours. I do not remember the total consumption of the
hospital prior to installation. 19 million kW. Okay. >> Over 19 million. >> Good. Just curious. Yes, sir. >> Anyone else from the board have any
questions? >> Yeah, I would move the approval of the application. >> Second. Don Banks. >> Yes. >> Christina Bodak. >> Yes. >> Barbara Boz.
>> Yes. >> Wilson Bey. >> Yes. >> And Brian. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. Excuse me. Good try. >> Motion. >> We have a motion to
>> adjourn. Second. >> All in favor? Yeah.