Planning Board - Regular Meeting

Okay, we're going to go ahead and get started. Everyone please stand for the Pledge of the Flag.

Mr. Garrett, if you're going to be a voting member of the meeting, you need to actually be on your video feed. Is he there? Oh, you're live. Well, there you are. I thought I was still dealing with your picture down below. All right. We're good. Okay. So with that said, any administrative matters?

Mr. Mardos, do you want to do any swearing in here at the onset?

Chairman, it's all yours. All right. Thank you very much. Before we get started.

Are we okay with that? Yep. Everyone good? Okay. Okay. All right, with that said, we're going to tackle item four first.

Okay, if anyone wishes to speak relative to this item, please step forward, sign in, name, address, et cetera, and we'll go from there.

Does the applicant want to comment? No? Okay. All right. Anybody online that wishes to comment about this, please raise your hand. I see no one in the audience that wishes to comment. I see no one online that wishes to comment. So with that said, I'm going to close it to public discussion and open up for any kind of questions for the committee.

Thank you. Other questions or comments? If not, we have a motion.

Do we have a second? A second. We have a second. Any further discussion? If not, all those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.

And aye. Okay. Motion passes. Thank you very much.

Okay. I'm okay. Are there a number of people here relative to item five?

Thank you. So, public comment. Anybody in the room here that wishes to speak on this issue, please come up to the front and sign in. Anyone online that would like to speak on this issue, please raise your hand. Seeing no one in the audience or online, we'll close the public comment and go to questions from the committee. So Mark, what this doesn't affect is we're dealing with this particular project right now. But ultimately, because of the special use designation, anybody else who wants to do this would have to come back in front of us again to talk about things like proximity to the neighbor

Not at this point. Right. So then the next question I have, which is thinking of that property, which is the old Petco property. party city, whatever else has been in there over the years. This is anticipated to be in the existing structure or a newly built structure. So let me tell you what my concern is, which would be that there's a lot of parking in the front of that property, which is great, a lot of parking in the back of the property, which is great, except maybe not at 11 p.m. And so how do we protect the neighbors from the traffic involved and people getting in and out of cars in that

Okay. How would you word something like that?

Got it. OK. All right. Other questions or concerns from the planning board?

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. THERE'S ALREADY A PRESSURE.

There is. It's a different type of traffic, but I understand what you're saying.

Yep. Fair point. Other questions or comments? If not, do I have a motion?

Is there a second? I second that. Any further discussion? If not, all those in favor, starting my left?

Aye. Motion carries. Thank you very much. All right.

We were talking about this earlier. I think read them all in at once, unless Ed feels differently.

Whichever you think is the most effective order you want to go in.

I apologize for that but I Think we should probably discuss this when we get comments on this one first And probably vote this one first before we tackle the other two don't you think I? So with that said, before we go to questions and so forth, is there anybody here that wishes to speak on this in the audience? Please step forward, sign in, state your name.

Yeah, just a reminder, as my colleague pointed out, that this is not to a specific property. This is a change of an ordinance. So it's not about one particular property in there. If you haven't been sworn in, please let us know. And you have three minutes once you start to make your comments. And likewise, I see one hand raised on line, Marcus. So just track that.

Thanks very much. No problem. And thanks for what you do for us. All right. Anyone else wish to speak, please step up, sign in. It's not on the specific properties. It's the broader ordinance. I know a better way to explain it than that. The actual for the specific property involved? Yes. Correct?

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BROADER ORDINANCE, NOT THE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES YET. OKAY? DO YOU WANT TO?

Thank you. All right. So other comments on the general ordinance? Not on the specific properties. I mean, you can bring them up, but you're beating a dead horse. So your name and address, please, and you'll be limited to three minutes.

Some of our residents have been there 30, 40, or like me, 60 years.

Thank you very much. All right. Online, I still see...

Before you start, you need to be sworn in.

Thank you very much. All right, any other, either in the audience or online? I do not see anyone in the audience or online right now, so we'll close it to public comment. Mark, do you want to make any comments relative to one applicant driving it, et cetera, versus the broader impact of what we're trying to do?

All right, questions and comments from the committee.

Thank you. Other questions or comments from the board?

Thank you. Thank you. Other questions and comments, either of the Dannys?

No, I kind of appreciate the effort made to reduce from 66 to 22 or whatnot. But I mean, I'm in agreement with my little board members here. Whether it's 22 or 1, it's still a change that I wouldn't be willing to put my name on it as well. So that's about it.

So I think that if what I'm hearing, and I would agree, the challenge we have is taking it out of the one particular property that we all want to talk about, which everybody's showing up for, right, and realize that whatever we do impacts more than that. And the encroachment into the neighborhood with a different zoning or different treatment of that particular space, that bothers me.

All right, do I have a motion motion to do it through the chair?

Yeah, I would agree. I don't feel like we've made a lot of progress. I understand.

So we have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. All right. Going from left to right here. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Mr. Alvarez?

Aye. All right. OK. So does that eliminate the need to talk about the next two items?

When we get to the next things, I know you're there. I thought you were stretching it first, but after a while I got it.

So let me know just, and this is for you, from a rule of order standpoint, can the applicant withdraw this if they would like at this point in time?

All right. Any public comment? Hey, I know somebody wants to be up there. Come on up. State your name again and address.

Thank you very much. Anyone else in the audience who wishes to speak that don't feel like they've covered it already? It wasn't directed directly at you, but kind of.

CHRIS RODGERS- You're welcome. Thank you. All right. Any other comments?

Without working totally off of memory, they came in front of this board, and I know that the grandfathering was part of the thing. You can certainly look it up. Right.

As fun as this conversation is, do we need to do a motion?

Second. I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

OK. All right. Item number three. Item number three. Do we have a motion? I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

Aye. All right. So that concludes all the – one more. That's it. All right. Any new business? Actually, we do have some minutes from prior meeting, I believe in here somewhere, from July 14th. If anyone has taken a look at this and wants to motion for their approval.

I'll second. All right. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Aye. All right. And then lastly, I believe, the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th, which is the Tuesday after Labor Day, so keep that in mind. If you have conflicts because of Labor Day weekend...

All right. So we'll come back to you. So to the planning board, we'll come back to you with a suggestion on a couple other dates and let us know which one doesn't work for you so we can try to find a way to get it done. Any other questions or comments? I thank everybody for their comments and participation and with that meetings adjourned Thanks.