March 18th board meetings called to order. This to advise the time, date, location, the extent known. Agenda of the subject meeting was primary posted in the public place reserved for such for similar announcements on March 6, 2026.
Transmitted to the Times and the Princeton packet on March 6, 2026 and filed with the township clerk on March 6, 2026. Trish, please call the role. >> Mr. Patel, Mr. Lavara,
Mr. Mr. Shaktel, Mr. Panco, >> yes. >> Mr. B, Miss Bar, >> Miss Applegate, Councilwoman Jvers, >> here. >> Mayor Marte, >> yes. >> Vice Chairman Hobberman
>> here. >> Chairman Clark, >> here. >> Yeah, we do. Five. >> Thank you. We have a quum. >> Okay. Just >> at this time, I'd like to open it up to members of the public. If you wish to um
make any statements, please step up to the microphone, state your name and address for the record. You'll be sworn in. These are on non-aggenda, non-pending items. Seeing none, next item on the agenda is
the February 18, 2026 meeting minutes. Are there any amendments, changes? Um clarifications for the very thorough meeting minutes. >> Yes. >> Anybody?
>> I move these minutes are approved by >> motion by Mr. Hobberman. Second by >> second by um Councilman G Councilwoman Jvers. Uh please um all in favor say I. >> I. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> I abstain. I wasn't there. >> Okay. All in fa All in favor that can vote um other than Simon I guess. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Um Georgia is not here. Environmental commission.
>> Jerry, you want to make a statement >> about >> about the next item? Yes. Next item. Yep. >> Yes. Um okay. Uh, next up on the agenda is application PB24-08 amended trustees of Princeton University Baseball Stadium.
>> Yeah, Mr. Chair, proof of publication and service are in order and the board has jurisdiction. >> Thank you. Good evening. Yes, please. Uh, for the record, my name is Christopher Degreesia, the law firm of Fakery Drinker, Biddle, and Wreath here on
behalf of the applicant trustees at Princeton University. We're here this evening for a final or amended final site plan approval related to a baseball ballpark. You probably recall we were
here before the board in late 2024 um and received approval for a ballpark, a baseball ballpark that was was memorialized by a resolution in December of 2024. This evening, you're going to see pretty
much the same ballpark uh in terms of orientation, in terms of amenities. The major change or difference is that this one's a little smaller. So, there's been a reduction in size mostly because the
original proposal had two floors. The second floor is being removed and the operations are being consolidated into the concourse level. The other change is that we are reducing the number of seats. Instead of 463,
there will be approximately 300. So the seats are being reduced to um by 163 fixed seats. Um overall in terms of like evaluating intensities, you're you're looking at a much less intense use. Not
much less, but a less intense to use. Um, you have a reduction of imperous surface, a smaller building envelope, less floor area, less seating, lower building height because you're removing that that um that top level. Um, but
like I said, all of the amenities are still there in terms of the batting cation, batting, batting cages, dugouts, all of the typical things and what we discussed the last time we were here. The proposal is also consistent with the general development plan that was
previously approved. It's located, like I said, in the pretty much the same location. There's been some slight um changes because as we reduced the size, the the footprint of the building was reduced. So, we had to make a couple little um design changes to the plaza
area. But overall, circulation, amenities, purpose are all going to be identical. Um, unless you have any particular questions. I >> Chris, I noted on the uh last time that Princeton University was here >> in regards to both the uh amended
general development plan and the baseball stadium same evening. >> Mhm. >> Um that on the general development plan, the uh plan that we approved did not have the current configuration of the ballpark on it. Has
that been revised? >> Uh I believe it shows. Uh, >> why don't we wait to swear in all the um >> Yeah, that makes sense. When you swear everybody in >> I'm only the attorney after we swear the question, you can
take it. Thank you. Sorry about that. I jumped ahead. >> No, no problem. >> Let's get right to it. >> Um, >> anything else? >> Other questions other than >> the qu the questions I have will be I I think are more appropriate for their experts.
>> Okay, great. So, we have a presentation this evening um as as we typically will a detailed that I think it'll answer many of your questions. Um we can mark it I have a hard copy here. We could mark it as exhibited A1
with A1 on it. And this is a um it will be a slide presentation consisting of 34 slides. And as we go through the presentation, we can identify the page number. >> How how many expert witnesses will you have testify?
>> I guess it will depend on your questions. Um it'll be >> a moment just in case. >> Swag. >> University architect Ron McCoy will take us through the presentation. Okay. There'll be occasional um points where we'll bring in our like landscape
architect or engineer, but we have our professionals here in case we have specific questions. So, it really depends on >> So, is everybody potentially um expert witness here in the audience? >> Have everybody. >> You brought the whole team. It looks like the whole baseball team's here >> and then some
>> and the and the bullpen. >> And the bullpen. >> Uh Jared, would you like to have everybody together then? >> Yeah, let's do that. No copy for the exhibit and look on the screen for what you're going to look at.
State your name and spell your last name. >> Should you raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm testimony you're about to give be the truth? >> Yes, I do. >> So sword or affirmed. >> I'm Ron McCoy University architect. >> Thank you. >> Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth?
>> Yes, I do. >> So want to affirm. Please state your full name. Spell your last name. >> My name is Don Beso. B E S H O. >> Okay. >> Do you swear or affirm that testimony have to give be the truth? >> Yes. >> So sworn to affirm. Please state your full name. Spell your last name.
>> Uh Sandra Brock. B R O C K. >> Okay. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth? >> Yes, I do. >> So sworn affirmed. Please say your full name. Spell your last name. Jacqum Mar J A C q U E M A R T.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. You >> raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the truth? >> Please state your full names by your last name. >> Vladimir motion. Wo J N O
R A N S K I. >> And your first name, sir? Vladimir. >> Vladimir. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm testimony about to give you the truth? >> So sworn or affirmed.
Um so so sworn. Please state your full name. Spell your last name. >> Okay. Thank you. Do you affirm the testimony about to give me the truth? >> So sworn we're affirmed. Please say your full name and spell your last name.
>> Jonath C. >> Thank you. >> Do you swear or affirm the testimony about to give be the truth? >> Yes, I do. >> So affirmed. >> Greg PCowski. P A C Z C A O W SK K.
>> Thank you. If curious right hand, do you swear or affirm testimony about to give be the truth? >> I do. So this one, please say your full name. Spell your last name. >> Michael Fischer. F I S E B.
>> Thank you. >> Okay, that's a new record from most experts. >> By my count, we can fill the field as soon as >> Y. Um, okay. So, I'd like to we marked the exhibit A1. I'd like to introduce
university architect Ronald McCoy who um I'd like to have qualified as an expert who's licensed New Jersey licensed architect to the extent he provides architectural um your license is current. >> Yes. Okay.
>> And you testify before this. >> Okay. Great. Thank you. Accepted. >> Okay. >> Good evening. I'm going to leave the team here and I'm going to present an overview of the project with Henry's help to advance the slides. But as
Christopher said, this is an amended uh application to an approved project. And so I'm going to spend my time focusing on as I go through the slides, I'll I'll focus on where staff made a comment to request testimony or to confirm certain aspects that were questions in the in
the in the reports that we received. and >> and showing differences from the last presentation. >> Differences from the GDP presentation. Yeah, differences from the last presentation and from the GDP presentation. Yes, >> Jerry, I'll I'll announce a number of those slides as we go through them. So, this is slide please. This is slide one.
Next, slide two just identifying the agenda. We'll talk a little bit about the campus context where this sits in the lake campus. talk about site design, the building, some sustainability, experience means to show some renderings of the experience of the project and of
the design ways. Next slide. Slide three, just a transition slide to describe campus context. Next slide four. So here you see the organization of the campus that we have built since the uh GDP and since the north campus
north campus uh approval and south campus approval. You see the project site is shown here um without an or without a baseball field on it. But I think Mr. Hobman, you're referring to an earlier design that had had the home plate reversed. So the home plate would
been at the left down the left field foul line of the softball. So So um I'm sorry at the at the would have been would have been a mirror of the softball. So the home plate would have been upper left to that right. uh in previous testimony I think last time
when we had the site plan approval explained that this was the preference of the coach and the team and they uh we we carefully studied sight angles and sun angles and this was the conclusion that the the preferred location. So that's good to use and also there's it
also is works works with the topography the most favorable way there is it's you you tend to think the site is flat the site with the topography so nesting the building into the into the topography with the stands you see in the site plans at the lower
left of this plan here that that afforded us a better integration of the building into the landscape and less retaining walls and less disruptive landscape. Let's go forward to slide five. This is then an aerial photograph that shows the con recent construction and
completion. You'll see the softball softball fields completed. The baseball field, you'll see the gray tone over the baseball field is the gravel that's sitting on top of the geo exchange well field. Next, let's look at slide six. So, this has uh a drawing if you can see
the approved plan above, the amended plan below. As noted in staff reports, the the differences are very very minor. a little bit of extra zigs and zags around the outfield of the softball field to work around some existing trees. Um, but more more or less it's
exactly the same boundary of the site for the project. Next slide seven. This is a a detailed slide that begins to show the landscape. I know there were comments about landscape. So, I'm going to use this slide to give a big picture about the landscape changes. uh there's
a reduction in the amount of trees and those were fundamentally the trees that were acting as a buffer between the baseball ballpark and the cross country course. As we got into the project, we decided that that buffer was really not necessary. So that's the reduction of majority of the trees of the project.
What we've done here, you'll see the remaining trees are strategically located provide shade for fan comfort and also to allow certain activities to happen. So Emily, if you can point to the cluster of uh uh eight trees right there. Yes. Above where the cursor is,
that's a picnic area that will you use for tents. And below that area is another area that will be used for tents. So between them, we provided shade next to the tented areas. You also see that we brought some of the trees next to the arrival plaza provide shade around the plaza. So that's the second
use of trees. And then you'll see the rest of the trees are used in clusters of three or four that complement the clusters of three or four trees that are part of the softball team. So the landscape strategy is more strategic and fundamentally removed the buffer between
the cross country. Next slide. Slide eight is a transition to describe the site plan. Slide nine next. Uh this shows the uh vehicular emergency vehicles and building entries uh in the
pink uh color. You'll see the emergency and and service access to the buildings. You'll see the three arrows that show entrance into ballpark near the uh press box and to the seating. A little bit to the uh north of that or above that is an
entrance the uh lower lower seating bowl. And we'll have that as an entrance to the uh batting tunnels and the and the practice pitching notes. >> And Ron pink is an indication. I can't see the legend from here is what the pink is. >> Those are pathways.
>> Pathways. Okay. >> Pathways and the arrows are just indic. >> So this this uh slide is leads to one of my questions. Um I'm uh scenario. I'm arriving uh to the ballpark and with me is a person
with mobility challenges. How do I get them to the ball? >> You have two choices. Um you will see the black street >> next next. >> Go for it. Go for it.
>> Okay. All right. So here you see the pedestrian path. So you can either just leave the the garage and take a accessible route all the way to the front plaza and the entrances to the >> So there's no real option for me to drop them off at the ballpark. Correct.
>> Correct. This is common on campus. We have central parking for disabled individuals and we have low, you know, approximate approximate drop off points. You could also drop off drop off a visitor at the at the intersection that Emily's uh circling right there and then
you turn around and come back into the parking parking garage. >> So this is how we get disabled individuals to the to the city >> and and has this changed in >> No, this has not changed. This is part of the approved plan. These pathways and
access are part of the approved plan. So not subject to the amendment. Um if we can go back just one slide. I also just want to comment on the um uh the concessions. This does show a yellow dot
where a food truck will go that there was a question in the staff reports about just to confirm that there are no concessions as part of the project and that's confirmed. That's again not a change from the approved plan. Concessions will happen when a food truck arrives here or concessions will happen back at the racket center which
has a concession stand inside the racket >> and that's not changing. >> Let's see. That's that's not a change from the original. >> Um I would use this slide to talk about parking. There was a question to um just to confirm that um the parking demand would exceed the phase one parking
supply. uh that there will be one weekend day when the when the parking demand will in exceed the parking supply by 12 by the 12 spaces that provide that's one day of one weekend out of the year and that is that's a worst case scenario plan that's is if every athletic venue is in fully
oper fully operated at that day if that rare occurrence were to occur our TPS staff transportation and parking services staff is more than capable at organizing the day and we have as a backup parking lot uh at the stadium stadium drive portion there's about a
thousand vehicle spaces that's typically available at that that garage so it' be extremely rare occurrence staffed and operated with our our professional staff and there's backup parking available all right if we can go forward to slide 10 I think I covered this one let me see
if there's anything else other than just to emphasize that all the pathways are fully accessible all everything in blue isn't accessible uh slide let's of slide 11. This uh slide addresses the uh site
design uh and shows the location of the bike racks, benches, trash cans, and ballards. You'll see the ballards are at that. Mr. Hov, you asked if what vehicle could come down that road. Service vehicles can access that road. Emergency vehicles can access that road, but daily
use would not be accessing. >> Then I'll ask my next question. The Ballards. >> Yes, >> the Ballards. I noted on page uh C100 uh the design of the Ballards and yet I still wonder what happens when an
emergency vehicle arrives. How do they get beyond the Ballards? >> The Ballards are crash or crash crash proof and removable. >> So So uh let's play this out. um an
emergency vehicle arrives and needs to get to the ballpark as close as it as close as possible. And I realize the paths can carry an emergency vehicle as needed. Correct. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, um are the Ballards uh it l
did it didn't look like they they just could the the vehicle could just go over the Ballards and the Ballards would >> collapse. Yes, they would could crash them down. Vehicle goes >> a vehicle can do that. Okay. They looked uh on the uh the the the
detail see page C-1100 they look pretty substantial in section >> C see on page C 1100 >> I'm sorry I didn't question >> uh on page C 1100 yes >> could you go over how the Ballards
respond to an emergency >> they basically uh >> so I was going to So that's how you say your name and position. >> Greg Bachkowski, senior associate athletic director for facilities. So for
all of our events, we do have staff on site between our training staff and our event operation staff. We do have keys um to remove the ballers. They literally just pop right out. >> Okay. But there's so there's always staff present to make the path straight and >> absolutely for all events we have in
management outside. >> Thank you. Um I I'll add to that. In all all my years on the prisoner first aid and rescue squad, we have never had a problem with ballers on the first university campus. Uh public safety
department has always been uh present and uh provided access to whatever we needed whether it was a dorm or whether it was a playing field or a stadium. >> Thank you.
Okay. So, uh, slide 11 just again does show the food truck area. Um, other than that, there are this is a this is really the way the site was presented at the Google. The location of the bike, I think, is are shifted uh because the plaza is small. Let's move to flight 12.
This is an aerial view from the north uh from the northeast. You'll see the key plan to the left. So, we're looking from the right field fence toward Palm Street. Um, I want to use this one to point out the light fixtures, which again are part of
the original approval and to confirm that the times of the games have not changed with this application, generally starting from 11:00 a.m. to 5 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Site lighting, including the ballfield lights, will be turned off
automatically by 11:00 p.m. And there is a note on sheet E001 that will be updated to properly reflect this operational uh use of the lights. Also, I'll point out that if the light fixtures will in the light poles do include loudspeakers. They again part of
the approved original application. Um and the loudspeakers are utilized during games and during practices. And the sound levels are adjustable so they will always comply with state and local sound regulations. and they're located more than400 feet from the
nearest residence. Next slide 13. >> So you you said the lights are out at um >> 11 p.m. >> 11 p.m. But the games >> are from what? >> The games can start from 11:30 to 5:00 p.m. >> So five 5:00 pm game might be over 2 and a half hours later. Yes. Do you really
need them on till 11 at night? >> That is the latest. >> But do you need him on that late? >> Depends how many innings. I see >> Greg Pachkowski, athletic facilities. So the 11:00 is the automatic cut off for
the lights. That is the time that the lights will automatically shut off regardless of anything that's going on. If we have an event and the event ends, we will turn the lights off. Um they wouldn't actually be on unless there was something physically on the page. >> And and the games are played during um
warm weather where sun goes down much later. So chance unless it's like um cloudy or something, lights probably wouldn't go on at all. >> Correct. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, that that that's okay. Sorry. Yeah. They're going to they're going to come off if the game is over.
Yeah. >> Uh go forward one slide to slide 13. I'm going to turn over here to uh Stomo who will describe the landscape strategy on the next few slides. We're going to see both qualified.
>> Uh my name is Tom. I'm a director and landscape architect with field operations. I have a master of landscape architecture for University of Pennsylvania. Uh I've been practicing landscape architecture for over 20 years and I'm lic
and >> okay accepted. Thank you. Uh so I will walk you through a few slides to discuss the uh proposed and the planting. So here's uh slide 13 the proposed paving plan. So uh east half of the primary
north south pathway and then the plaza uh entry plaza of the building will be uh primary wall paper which is the uh campus standard and we have been using the same paper uh for all the new projects and then the west half of the
primary pathway will be a concrete ping system called grass that's like a casting place concrete comes with the void and you can fill voids with the oil and Then you know see the lawn. So they look pretty green to have irrigation and
again uh we think this system project and uh very successful and then the rest of the uh uh uh the pathway uh basically the west side will be the forest asphalt and then we will discuss some of the uh
in relation to the paper as later. Uh next please. This is slide uh proposed tree planting plan. Uh so first uh we are proposing the uh uh small B of the
red maples at north end of uh north end of the primary pathway to signify the entrance to the site. uh they are shown dark green here and then walking the uh walking down the pathway uh to the south uh there will be a double road honey
locus to provide shade uh to to the home uh uh between the pathway and then the field and we understand the honey locus are grow really aggressively. So we are proposing running a roof barrier along the uh the walkway to protect either
storm water storage underneath the pig. And further down to the south uh uh pl area we have uh brought uh sun shade trees to provide shade to the pl space uh including in the benches uh for both
and along the drive uh that's the west end of the site uh we are uh continuing the street trees from north with red oaks there. Uh finally uh we are either uh transplanting or preserving existing trees sable
field and the orange dot indicates the trees uh to remain in the same place and then the uh light brown dot indicates the transplanted uh trees for the most. Uh uh next please slide 15 showing the
uh proposed tree species. Uh so mainly uh we choose the uh uh shade trees to provide the the the uh shade as much as possible through the site. They include the red maples, red oak, honey locus and
hickory and popular. We also uh uh included two fundamental trees which are the uh next plan uh 16 uh propos uh ground cover funding plan.
So the uh area uh west and the south of the baseball field will be loan for the uh outdoor activities, events and informal seating to watch a game uh which is shown uh in green here. And then the rest of the site will be uh
metal plumping uh which is showing orange and lighter to blend them uh blending with the surrounding uh metal. Okay. And I just want to point out the we expanded the side to the south along the big. So we are expanding
the n planting and long planting to make sure the entire side is going to be uh covered. That's the uh field. >> What? The the grass on the ball field. Is that artificial or real?
>> Astroturf. Turf. Is it real grass? >> Turf. >> Was it synthetic turf? Thank you. >> On slide 17. Um Sandy Brock with engineering. I graduated from University of Low in
Massachusetts. I've been a civil engineer about 40 years. Yes. >> So uh I provided computer to this. So >> I have Yes. I have a New Jersey
professional engineer license. >> Okay. Thank you. Accepted. Um I'll first kind of go through all the things that haven't changed which is pretty straightforward. You just saw some of the uh landscape file uh what's going on with landscaping. So the horse
systems have not changed. So you still have horse pavement forest pa system in grass creek that was just previously mentioned. So none of the um porest areas have changed on the site. All the storm water systems are generally the
same. Uh the very large system underneath the synthetic turf field remains the same. The um step system that puts down and fire access and uh pedestrian access remains the
same and the actual walkways that are forest pavement all remain the same. Um generally the changes have to do with reduction in size of the ballpark and the fact that there's less impervious but also the fact that entry has shifted
a little bit and so we have shifted basin one which is at interest. Um and if you can go to the next slide this is really just a blow up of an area that has actually changed. So if you look at the uh uh left hand side that is the
approved and you can tell that look at the white the white has shrunk. So generally what has happened is that it's called basin one that that shifts to the northeast to about 30 ft. So the side of that basin does not change as far as the
other changes is the the accommodation of how the intersection has changed at that entrance. And so there's some minor changes to the area of the forest systems in that area. Um in general there's reduction of pvious area because
of the reduction of the ballar. Um there's the area of the volume of storm water systems are generally the same about a couple hundred cubic feet difference. uh as far as the overall you know uh increase of rate so forth
they're almost exactly the same as the previous submitt a couple places are like 100 differentish so it does the same amount of work you have the same amount of reduction um if you remember the first one there's a pretty substantial reduction of storm loss like
volume in rate because of that very large system underneath the ball ball field over 3 cub storage underneath it. So from a storm water perspective gets a little bit better because of the reduction
inness because the ball is getting smaller and that sevenstory roof is gone. Other than that shifted things around but everything is the same. So if you have any questions be happy.
>> Great. Slide 19 is a transition slide to slide 20. So on the left is the approved original application. On the right is the amendment amended application. I'm going to show a next slide that's going to show more detail like the one on the right. So let's go to that one on the
right. Okay. So this is the uh configuration of the amended site plan. The primary thing that has been changed here as Mr. Degraza said is that the second floor concourse has been removed. that concourse had um amenity spaces for meeting spaces and coaches offices. All
those spaces exist and have been planned and built in the racket center and we're just trying to make this project look economical and so we've moved them and going to rely on the spaces that are already built for them in the Racket Center. Just for I think as a reminder the team locker rooms and umpire locker rooms are all in the racket center as
well. So it just consolidates all that activity in the in the racket. So what happened is that the seating along the first bay side and the third bay side went away and that's that then that then accommodated a sort of shrinkage of the
cine. >> Okay. Uh and then >> and as has been explained the plaza area was reduced in size also just to be more in scale with the rest of the the >> how far is the racket center from let's say the game ends and how the players
get to the racket center. >> It's a threem minute walk. >> Three minute walk. They have to go outside the stadium walk across the parking lot to the record center. There's a entrance at the uh sort of at the western end, what we call the western end and east entrance at the eastern end of the racket center. There's two entrances there and a bus
drop off for visiting teams as well. >> But they walk outside and there's not a tunnel that connects, >> right? >> So you walk in the public walkway >> autographs, you know, take a while to get there. >> All right, let's go ahead to slide 22.
Uh this is just a more colorful version of that slide. probably a little bit easier to to read, but the changes are as I just explained on the previous slide, primarily the removal of the upper concourse and those elements that are that are moved to the bracket center
and the removal of the seating beyond the dugouts that was seating in the original approved plan. Let's move to slide 23. This is just a transition slide to talk about sustainability. Let's go to slide 24. Uh just a broad range of strategies.
It's a it's a modest project, but it is important because it's built on top of a geo exchange field that will provide the heating and cooling for the entire campus as it continues to evolve. So, the project might look like it's not doing much for sustainability, but the project underneath the field is a huge
investment in sustainability for the overall campus and it's part of our our our plan to get to carbon neutrality from the operational carbon by 2046. Um and as you recall this pro this board approved the t the hub facility which is the heat pump facility that that works
in concert with the fear exchange but there is nevertheless more uh attention to uh low and body materials. uh you've heard stomach from the the site planning strategies use of native plants, water stewardship and storm water management
that uh that was just described and then health wellness and experience the the human comfort of site design shape or shape and an overall enhancement of the landscape. So those are the primary aspects of sustainability beyond your
shared welfare. Let's move to slide 25. The transition slide to the experience slide 206. So the next few slides will show some renderings of the field. Here we are um at the pitchers mound looking toward the uh home plate. See seating on
first base and third base and then the press box right ahead and then the two uh smaller structures on the side of the press box are the restrooms on either side. Uh you'll see we've down at the bottom of the slide the materials are concrete block and a couple different contrasting
colors concrete bronze aluminum panels uh and some cedar wood in discrete locations. The CMU the concrete measuring units complement the CMU that's in the rest of the uh development on the on the campus. So
these are all materials that have that are part of a family of materials that we use on other facilities on the campus. And are they similar to uh Lake Campus housing and the Racket Center? >> They're similar to the Racket Center and similar to the softball. Most mostly similar to softball.
>> And any any relation to Lake Campus housing at all? >> The campus housing the cedar wood you find similarities? >> I thought there was some masonry on the exterior. No, >> no, it's mostly cement panel. >> Okay. Okay. >> Is there any netting behind?
>> Yes. Tanya Netting with us. >> Good catch with >> Netti is there on the home home plate and down the post and third base lines to protect us with balls and bats. >> Just make sure you bring your glove to the game.
>> Let's go to slide 27. This is a view bird's eye view looking back toward the major entrance. There was a comment about the question of we had I think in our drawings a sign that said donor ballpark and the assumption was donor is just a placeholder name. I just wanted to confirm that's a placeholder name when we have a donor
donor ballpark name. So that name will be filled in. You'll see again the entrance to the uh to the press box just to the left of that alco which is the entrance to the press box you see a donor plaque on the wall there which is one of the signs and then you see the restrooms on the right and left of that
diagram. Let's go to slide 28 just for clarity. Um we don't have any barrieres but we do have a design or sign because you only allow one. So that
that plat we're here to get a design >> and that's we have that on other other facilities on campus. Moving to slide 28. the view uh down the first baseline toward home plate again showing the dugout in the clo on the
left hand side and the sort of seating bowl surrounding the home plate area. You'll see some of the some of the trees the shade trees that are in that area between where the tents will be for picnicking. Yes. >> Is the sun moving behind >> the sun would be moving be from behind
and along the third first base foul line toward home plate. So that those are the basically the sun angles during the springtime during games. this >> because for the for the people um in the stands it'll be like all all sun all afternoon. >> Yes. >> If you're in the stands a Sunday I know
all the time like a spring training game in Arizona >> where I live for 15 years. >> It gets gets it gets toasty if it's hot. Um but that's why you've got the shade trees where where they're needed and yeah. So this is no this no different.
Well, the seating bowl the seating bowl did not have seating shading over it in the original application. >> Like there's no there's no top to it. You know, sun >> there's no top to it. >> Yeah, it's going to get the sun. >> You got to wear sunblock. >> Wear baseball caps.
>> Bring your sun umbrella. >> Yay. I also add our season ends a 15th or so. So like not full. >> So a short season a short it's how many games in the season?
>> Uh depends upon the season but somewhere in the 30 range. >> Okay. >> Depending on how far they go. >> Mhm. One more question on that. I I I imagine at some point Princeton University will host, you know, Ivy League uh baseball championships. at
all. >> No, but with that dynamic, would that bring multiple games to the ballpark? Uh, you know, in terms of playoffs or I I don't know how it works. >> So, so right now the Ivy League is working to the top four teams and it's >> at one location
>> at one location and it's based on the uh the regular season rankings. So, that's obviously for those >> and is would that go beyond the May 15th that you were talking about? >> No, that that's right around May 15. like May 1520.
>> Thank you. >> Let's move ahead to slide 29. Similar view now down third baseline. dugouts on the right leather head and uh very straightforward diagram on the far right would be the uh
batting cages and the warm up pitching of practice pitching. Moving to slide 30 again back to that area view uh with the diagram in the lower left of the overall configuration of the stadium and I think that's what we have. Uh
let's go to slide 30. Oh, sorry. One more slide showing the the upper concourse. There's sort of rails. People can stand and watch the game from above. The tree, the shaded tree to the right to the right of this. Next slide. Slide
32. This describes the uh season from February to mid May. Uh the fall, September to October is practice and season for the for the athletes. And uh typical starting times in the weekdays are 3 pm, weekends 12 pm or 11:30. As I
said earlier, you see the average attendance is somewhat less than 200. And u post game will be up to capacity. And as I as we said earlier, the this amended application is for 300 seats including six ADA seats.
>> So that be enough if you're going to have tournament play after the regular season, >> pardon me. Will it be enough seats again? >> We have a bigger crowd. We have we have provisions to bring in temporary bleachers to handle the larger crowds >> for for a tournament.
>> Yeah, we do. But we probably wouldn't do that on on perse. >> Yeah, >> it's uh we should be able to handle that in the 300 seats plus a little bit standard. It'll be only college games like like
what about the younger kids? Would they ever get to >> No, this is only for the only for Princeton varsity baseball. >> Um, all right. >> Is the stadium is a stadium used for any other purpose outside of the season? >> No. Well, practice
>> other than practice just >> just for the just for the >> So, it's it it lies idle during the other times. >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh slide 34. Slide 33 and 30. 34. These are the design weathers. Christopher, do you
want to describe the design? >> Yeah, I mean out there granted um in connection with the original without pressing any changes only the first one which sign that we pointed out on that
exhibit earlier this evening. Um everything else is the same. Uh I can't remember the in regards to the main sign Princeton baseball. Does that have illumination or is it just like >> not illuminated? No,
>> not illuminated. Thank you. >> That's the end of our presentation. >> Okay. The only other thing I would say is we did receive the uh professional report from
state fire. We don't have any issues or concerns. Um now it's respected. >> Yeah. We're going to go through our professionals in a moment. Um I just I had one question regarding all the amenities stuff you rem I mean I I
understand why you reduced it from 460 to 300 with an average attendance less than 200. That makes sense. Uh all the amenities on the second floor got moved to the first floor yet the footprint of the stadium didn't change. So can you
just talk about about that a little bit? How were you able to fit everything in there from second floor into first floor yet the footprint didn't change? >> The the the press box did get smaller. >> Okay. >> So that got smaller. >> Field obviously is the same. So it's from the field,
>> right? >> Um and then the the concourse was wider originally >> because it was sitting underneath second floor. When concourse went away. >> Okay. You can reduce. Yeah. >> Concourse got narrower. Um
there were some stairs, there were elevators, there are lots of things that fed that that related to that access to that second floor complex. >> Um and the restrooms were se were separate pavilion separate structure. So the restrooms got connected to the press
box just economy of construction. >> Okay. But so then by re I'm hearing you from removing all those little extras, elevators, stairways, um press box smaller and so on so forth to be able to compress and the footprint and the
footprint didn't have to be larger to support the second floor. Okay, >> understood. Thank you. >> Any questions where um >> I just want to understand just a little bit better um I guess it's page nine now. Where would be the the drop off for
someone say that if they're in a wheelchair? >> Emily, can you point to the drop off options for wheelchair? So, >> from a from a someone's driving and dropping off somebody. >> Yeah. Like someone's in a car like a parent or family members in a wheelchair
at the intersection and purple one. >> She's circling around it. >> Yeah. But >> yes, >> I mean it's right right. So that's that's a bit of a ways. What what if we can't get them to be
dropped off here? >> We don't have we don't have vehicular access to that point. >> Quite this is a common this is how we manage the campus throughout throughout the campus. I'm just I'm just thinking of you know
it's raining outside or something you know you drop them up here then they have to be in the wheelchair and wheel how many feet is this like this whole area >> that's probably 450 ft >> 450T
there's nothing you can do >> this is you know someone's going to a professional baseball game they're going to have same kind configuration there. You know, just the distance between where they will enter the stadium to their seats is quite low. This is this is just I think a common >> if it's raining, they're going to stay
home >> or it's the rain pain rain delay for the game there other than emergency vehicles. Um and that's why it was set up that way. primary purpose is to have people walking or on wheelchairs using that
accessible path. So if you're looking at the stadium that comes literally at the point of a stadium um it's oriented that way you know for reason but that really the closest spot that's not a pedestrian
or shared pathway that um is available Do you anticipate any change between a uh person in a wheelchair
viewing um a football game versus viewing a baseball game uh at the university? >> Ch. Can you claim the change in what regard? >> Or are is it the same in terms of their
accessibility? 88 requires that there be uh multiple ways for for for disabled individuals to get watch the game. So we have seating at at the top where that rail is and then there's a there's a lower level adjacent to the field on the third base side that a disabled person
can go right to that yeah that arrow there and and down to the field and be at field level. So they have a lower field level view option and a concourse level view option. >> The because my experience at the uh football stadium is the university does
an excellent job of handling wheelchair um >> accommodation. We provide accommodations. They >> you know it's like they know where to drop those people off. There are plenty of wheelchairs. there are plenty of volunteers uh to uh transfer the people
into the stadium. Um there there's no problem at the football stadium >> and this is consistent with our other athletic things. >> Okay, that's what I that's what I thought. Yeah. >> Um my my other question is uh now that
there'll be a u baseball stadium at the lake campus, um what's the university's plan for the Clark Field and where the softball uh field was temporarily? >> The temporary softball field is now a large hole in the ground
>> uh being constructed for the quantum institute. So we have a quantum science building under construction where the softball field was. To the west of that is Clarkfield. Clarkfield will be vacated and moved when this field is open. And Clarkfield will become just a will become a meadow in after the
quantum building's done. Clarkfield in the in the concept master plan for that area is a site for future academic facilities to the west or that will sit on so in the future Clarkfield will have more academic facilities on it. >> All right. I'm just but if they're not
designers or >> I'm just curious. Yeah. >> And and just one clarification, the the stadium itself is designed for the team and that's going to be uh it's not to say that there may be aational request
from say high school to play a special paint there in our testimony. That's a possibility. It's not something you see a lot, but I just want to clarify that. So, if that could come up at some point,
>> any other questions before we turn it over to the professionals? Okay. Thank you. Okay. You want to let me you raise your right hand. You swear from the testimony about the kill be the truth.
>> I do. Suan or please state your your last name. >> David got you. I'm sorry. David Novak, N O B AK, board planning consultant. >> Quasi Massud, M A S O D, traffic consultant.
>> John Taylor, T A Y L O R, uh, assistant township engineer, and I'm filling in for the township engineer. >> Okay, thank you. Okay. Um, David, do you want to start? >> Of course. Good evening everybody. Uh we had two memorandums, one dated March 6,
2026 which dealt with planning issues as well as a separate memo dated March 10th, 2026 that was prepared by Mr. Snikis. I offered to cover his memo tonight since it was relatively short. Uh long story short, Mr. Snikis didn't have any issues. He outlined some of the changes made. He had previously
requested some additional trees be put into that plaza area for shade and the applicant did address that comment. So there's no additional landscape comments to address regarding my memo dated March 6th. I believe the applicant addressed everything. I just want to confirm one
last thing that other than the proposed wall signage, there's no additional signage proposed with this application. the interior. >> That is true. Yes. >> There I mean to go through commercial
signage or anything like that. >> I I meant more like freestanding signs from around the project area. Yes. >> Signs, but they were already previously approved through zoning permit or >> Yes. And I was involved in that process, too. And uh I can confirm that anything
interiorwise we would not count as a sign. It's really just exterior as the applicant mentioned. Uh there are no new variances with this application. We confirm that. >> Uh we did not see any additional waiverss except for that new exterior wall sign for the donor. Um I did ask
whether or not it would be called donor's ballpark as a joke in my memo. >> Nope. Thank you for letting me laughing. Um the only thing we do point out is that um when you get that donor name and it's very long just make sure you're still in compliance with section 200-32B2
which the size regulations but based on the uh plan presented tonight. I don't think that'll be an issue. So we had no additional comments or issues in our memo. >> And um they testify with the hours of operation the lights will be turned off by 11 but might be sooner. >> It sounds like it'll the automatic turn
off will be at 11. However, >> if a game ends at 5:00, it sounds like it'll be shut off shortly after that, >> right? >> Um, just a question. If if there's a day game and it's 12:00 to 3:00, there's no reason for lights to be on in that that
day, right? >> Correct. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Uh, David, on page five, um, number three, it says noise generation. The applicant should discuss whether any loudspeakers are proposed. They did not know uh via testimony that there are
loudspeakers on the lighting. Um that was previously uh proposed and approved for games and uh for practice. So they did touch on that. >> Those are adjustable. >> Yes, the uh decel levels are adjustable
>> and are in accordance with our with our ordinance. >> Well, they have no option. They have to um but that would be measured at the property line. So they are not in conformance then something terribly went wrong because that property line is very far away.
>> Yes. >> Okay. In between that roads >> highway one >> yeah noise is technically let to be 65 dB as measured at property line during daytime hours and then 55 at night. So >> yeah,
>> uh if you look at the general development plan, some of the earlier sheets, you can see what those distances are. So um >> it would be very difficult for them to not be in compliance with our noise
>> with the see Francis's touch of engineers report, but we'll weigh him. >> Are the games seven innings or nine innings? >> Nine innings. nine endings. So even a five o'clock game probably run by 8. So
if the loudspeakers are on their loudspeakers will be off at night time. >> Um I believe the operation very similar to pitfall has operations. >> Okay. >> As far as I know
>> that is correct. >> We get a report from the our landscaped architect. >> We did. Yes. >> No, listen. >> I'm sorry. >> From who? >> Oh, no. I'm sorry. Uh the from Ednikas
that was dated March 10, 2026. >> Did you mention about the landscaping? Uh where is it here? supposed to be previously 98 trees and there the newly proposed plan is 21 trees. So that's down 77 trees.
>> It was quite the reduction. Yes. >> Being on the shade tree commission I don't think they would be happy with with such a large reduction. >> That that is a big change. >> Go to slide phone. I was just going to show do the
rendering. So the open design basically the back to a field that's across country and the open design um evaluated whether originally there was just like a huge proper you know a beautiful cross
country. The current design opens it up. It shifts the shape to the areas where you have the the plaza and walkways. Um so that's why the numbers significant but I mean seem significant but the purpose of those trees were just really
to offer a beautiful field and the open field is u that's being with this state and and I should say it's fully compliant with the zone or
the number of streets. >> So so why was there n I mean 98 I mean we're going way down. Well, it's because originally they we just buff we put a a tree buffer right there right over that that that
can you go to the earlier slide that I think go back >> one more one more almost there. All right. So this shows what Mr. Dazi is talking about. You see that long line of trees between the project site in the cross country. That's where the trees
were removed because they really don't aren't serving any purpose there other than they were originally conceited as a buffer as a visual screen, but we decided this is one athletic campus. We wanted to have the continuity and the visibility from one field to the next. >> But doesn't absorb water. It may have
rained. They would have absorbed water instead of it not having trees there. >> That's true. But our storm water is is very robust, very compliant. >> Is that economic decision not not to do with that? >> Yeah, a lot of these are economic decisions. We're you know higher ed is
in a different mode right now and we're having to be very very careful how we cut. >> So is that number of trees in compliance with our ordinances? >> It is. Yes. So they previously had more trees than they needed to. >> That's correct.
>> Right. Because they were trying to separate the two um the cross country and the stadium >> and that's the only purpose for those trees. It wasn't to buffer from residency residences or anything like that. Just so now it's one big open
sports complex. certainly have a much different design if that was a residential neighborhood street, >> but it's it's viewable across country. >> Got it. Okay. >> Okay. Anything else, David? >> That's it for me.
>> Okay. Who wants to go next? I can go. Go ahead. >> Yeah. >> Thanks, Mike. Um, this is Quasi Massud, the traffic consultant for the township. We issued a memo March 4th, 2026. At this time we the applicant has
addressed all outstanding comments traffic engineering comments. So we do not have anything outstanding. So they're good to go. They satisfy all the traffic engineering comments. >> You would the uh >> parkings >> parking spaces. >> Yeah, we did look at the parking letter
and also the parking report, the traffic report. Okay. >> Everything is in compliant. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Thank you. Anybody have questions for Quasi? >> Anybody? No. Okay, >> you're up.
>> Okay. John Taylor, uh, engineering. We have a letter dated March 10. Um, just to go through the items, there's not many. Um the first item on our list was um a request of waiver which was
granted before um so this was left to the to the board's uh satisfaction. So assuming they've addressed that to your satisfaction uh item 1.01 uh item 2.01 101 uh they
provided testimony with reference to the parking adequacy and as quasi confirmed that's acceptable to the professionals. Um so item 2.02 was deferred to the board planner. Uh this was a waiver for
the one loading area that was granted on the prior application. I think we heard that there's uh no concern about that. >> No. Well, that was already granted. So that carries with this application. So >> right to carry that forward.
>> Um many of these things in the rest of the memo or advisory uh and the applicants already indicated that things that were in our professional memos um that we recommend would be made conditions of an
affirmative action from the board um the applicants testified that they would accept those. Um, so we I I apologize if you presented it. I item 2.06 in our memo. I didn't hear
specific uh testimony about the trash collection and and disposal protocol. Okay. >> Yes. So our current plan and what we do with softballs we have a central receiving area with that which has a uh
waste transfer station essentially dumpsters that is uh right to the west of HA house. Um that central location serves all of our athletic facilities and we um will maintain them with um utility vehicles and golf carts.
>> Okay. Uh thank you. So let's see. Uh, the rest of this is really advisory. Um, >> the lighting's okay with the 0.85 ft candles. >> Yes. >> 5.01. >> Well, we recommend that that's
acceptable. Um, >> okay. >> For this type of facility. >> Okay. >> And yeah, the rest is really just uh things that are recommended to be conditions of any board action. >> And that's all we have. J, you're okay
with all the conditions and the applicants okay with our professionals um >> yes >> notes regarding conditions for approval? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Any questions for me? >> Anybody? >> You're going to read uh Chief Lynch's uh
>> Yes. Yes, I will. I have it right in front of me. >> Yes. Six 6.02. So that's um that'll be a condition, right? Yeah. >> You have Yeah. I I'll go over as I usually do when we do the motion. I'll go over conditions I would recommend.
>> Okay. Um I'd like to read in for the record Chief Lynch's memo dated March 5th, 2026. Overview. Applicants proposing an amendment to a previously approved plan for construction of a baseball stadium and associated improvements. Regarding access, applicants provide a composite
drawing showing emergency vehicle access to the site which is adequate and complying with the township emergency vehicle access ordinance. Due to the limited access, no parking fire lanes will be created by the applicant along all curb areas to restrict curbside
parking from the entire site. The water supply for fire protection is adequate for fire department response. His conclusion is that applicants address all concerns raised by this office and we now recommend uh approval.
>> Okay. >> Did they mention earlier there was a landscape architect's report? Yeah, it's in it's uh it's Nikas >> because you should say that. >> Yes. Well, David covered it, right? >> This was submitted saying professionals
report >> David mentioned it. I don't know. >> You have to read it because Chief Lynch is in here to present his findings. >> That's why I read Chief Lynches. As far as the professionals,
uh, David covered for Ed Snikis and, um, anything else that he normally and the David Novak report. >> Again, that report was dated March 10, 2026. If you want to, I can go points. >> Uh, he discussed his limits of uh, >> we get that report. >> Yeah. Oh, did you actually get the
report? Oh, it was submitted. I would assume it was right here. >> It was submitted. It was circulated to everybody. >> Oh, there's two. You know what? Yeah, there's two birds just associated logos. That might >> Yes, that's why there's two there's two ver logos. Just flip something. >> I should
>> maybe planning will do red and landscape will be green. I thought >> No, we just get black and white. So, >> I shot back on this year. So, I didn't see it. >> He's gonna get he's gonna get jealous. >> He's gonna get jealous when he hears that. But what do you need? My do you
need nothing? If just clarify for Chief Lynch's comment, sheet C800 identified Greenville Park building signs um that was recently placed on plans. >> Okay,
Linda, you're okay. There's there's two Associates reports here. >> Bike racks, two bicycle racks. Yep. Bicycle rack parking was still in compliance. >> Yeah, >> they updated the uh turf and native
seating limits. Uh really his number one comment during the TRC was to provide more shade freeze around the uh the plaza area and they did provide additional freeze and everything. >> No, I don't see I just say under your comments. Yes.
>> Okay. Any other questions? Let me let me hear from the public. Any member of the public wish to uh speak regarding this application, please step up the microphone and state your name and address for the record. Okay, seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to
close the public hearing. >> So move, Mr. Chairman. >> Moved by Simon. Second. >> Second. >> Second by the mayor. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Okay. >> Um any other questions, comments, whatever. >> Sam was very quiet.
>> Yeah. In the matter of PB24-08 amended, trustees of Princeton University Baseball Stadium, I move that the Westminster Planning Board approve the amended final major site plan and sign waiverss and any other conditions
as mentioned by council. >> Yeah, let me let me go through that. Um, as Curtis indicated, the >> second >> Yeah, I second by uh motion by Curtis, second by the mayor. Please call the role. >> Conditions. He's going to go over
condition. >> Oh, >> I'm going to go over conditions. >> Okay. Go through the conditions first. >> Okay. So, as Curtis indicated, we have the uh the site plan approval. One one design waiver that's for the second uh sign that'll eventually have the donor's
name on it. Um there's also a submission waiver that um Francis indicated should be grant should be granted and that was from a a noise study. Uh and then there is the following conditions. Um
from from Francis's uh report it would be all those in section 6.0 0 which are kind of the standard conditions about construction details engineering cost estimates uh everything in hard copy and electronic
third uh superior court superior jurisdiction Mercy County Planning Board soil conservation district canal commission approvals to the extent necessary. Um then there were two others. One um
the uh necessary adjustments with the township council and Stony Brook Regional Sewage Authority uh should be made with respect to the amount of sewer demand and then that's 4.01 of Francis's report. 4.02 2 provides portable water
for this project will be provided by the American New Jersey American water uh company locations of all proposed hydrants are subject to the review and approval of the director of fire and emergency services. Um so I think that
needs to be in as well. Um then from Chief Lynch's report um the second bullet under accesses due to limited access no parking uh fire lane shall be created by the applicant along all curb areas to restrict curb cut curbside
parking for the entire site. David uh Chris indicated that that's there are things on the plan that does that. Is are you satisfied with that? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, we don't have to do that. And basically, um, that's it.
Okay. We have a motion by Simon, second by the mayor. >> I'm sorry, a motion by Curtis, second by the mayor. Well, uh, can you call the role, please? >> Mr. Panov, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Jvers, >> yes.
>> Mayor Marte, >> yes. >> Vice Chairman Hobberman, >> yes. >> Chairman Carr, >> yes. Congratulations. >> Uh, meeting ajourned.