Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

Chairperson Torgo. Vice Chairperson Brown. Commissioner Crawford.

Here.

Commissioner Eiselman. Commissioner McClellan.

Here.

Commissioner Seligson. Here. Commissioner Tkach. Commissioner Tungate.

Here.

Commissioner Walters-Gill. Here. We have quorum.

Very good. Moving on to approval of the agenda.

I move we approve the agenda.

Second. All in favor?

Aye.

Approval of the minutes of the last meeting, Planning Commission meeting of, is that what it really is?

I move we approve the Planning Commission meeting minutes of June 15th. Second.

All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye's have it. Communications and correspondence, do we have any?

Yes, we have administrative approval for Electrify America EVCA, Electrical Vehicle Charging Station, installation at Kroger parking lot 26200 Greenfield Road. So Electrify America received administrative approval to install 10 electric vehicle charging stations in the existing Kroger parking lot. This is the second EV charging project approved since the city adopted its new EV charging station ordinance. The project includes 10 350 kilowatt ultra-fast chargers with CCC connectors, which are compatible with many electrical vehicles. If you have any questions.

Are those locations going to be covered?

No, it's open, not covered.

No shade.

No shade, no.

No shade and no running color.

No shade and no.

The idea is that the people will go shopping at Kroger's while their vehicle charges.

Okay. Madam Mayor?

I had a couple things that came because we've never had these before and I've never been to one. Is there enough light in the parking lot already or do they have to add lights? Is there a number to call with questions or if something isn't working properly?

So there are they are adding three lights to light the area. But the Kroger parking lot is lighted. They have light there and they are adding three lights. Three lights. Three. Yes. Yeah. And they have a maintenance company that they work with.

They have a management company? Yes.

Yes. That they're going to take care of the property. And usually there is usually a label with contact information if they have any questions.

If somebody goes and it's not working right, they have a question. Yes. Because we're all new at this. They can call the management company? Yes.

And we can confirm that with them as well.

And is it right that I saw one tree on this property?

Yeah, it's existing. They might remove it. So they have to replace it. If it is an existing tree, they might remove it. If it's removed, they have to replace it.

I would like them to more than replace it, but add like five trees.

We can reach out to ask them about that, usually for administrative review and for Kroger Park, Kroger project. They were approved for such plan review back in. I think back in 2018.

So we hold them to the standards since Kroger, the entire site had already been through site plan review and landscaping plans. They are not required to add anything additional because it's just taking ten of the existing parking spaces Say that again. So when we approved Kroger They went through the site plan review with their landscaping plan and met the requirements of the city So since this is only taking ten of their parking spaces, we don't require additional landscaping I'm always pulling for trees. So do we thank you, sir.

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But you did say that if they pull that one down, they will replace it.

Yes. Yeah. We have regulations in the zoning ordinance based on the size of the tree. They have to replace it. Yes.

We can ask them, but they don't have to maybe add two more trees.

Yes. That would violate what our standards are. Go ahead.

We can't hold them accountable for it, but we can ask.

Very good. Any other questions? Go ahead.

Typically, so you said that they would be able to park, charge, shop in Kroger. Is there a typical time it would take to charge, say, if a vehicle was already depleted? What's a typical time to charge a vehicle?

So the average to reach 80% is half an hour. 100% is one hour. It's based on also the car type and battery life. But average 30 minutes for 80% charging.

And is this going to be available certain hours?

24 hours, seven days a week.

Okay. Thank you.

Yep.

Any other questions? I'm just trying to, you know, get the city manager under a little bit of control, if I can. Okay, very good. Thank you. Moving on to matters for consideration. New business site plan review HO is that Tarek three days Tredis Tredis because I knew I would butcher that

Are we looking for an approval?

No, no, no. Storage building addition at 12950 West 8 Mile.

Yes, in front of you tonight, a site plan review for H.O. Treris, a long-standing manufacturing company that makes pressure gauges, temperature instruments, and regulators for industrial uses. The 5.7-acre site currently includes A 39,000 square foot one-story industrial building. The applicant is proposing to build a new 11,200 square foot pre-engineered metal warehouse north of the existing building and the parking lot. As noted in the staff report, the proposed building meets the zoning ordinance requirements, and we recommend approval of the site plan, subject to the 10 conditions listed in the staff report. We have Debbie and Jim Mackey, representatives from the company, are here tonight and available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you.

Would you like a motion?

I want to call them up with them. There you go. Would the two of you come up and give us your name and addresses and any information that you want to yield.

Press the button. Thank you.

I'm Debbie Mackey. I'm a human resource manager for H.O. Travers Company. I've been there for 46 years. The company has been in the city of Oak Park since 1974, and I live in Wyandotte. Did you want my home address?

Please.

It's 815 Cherry Street in Wyandotte, Michigan, for 8192. Thank you.

Jim Mackey, 815 Cherry Wyandotte, husband and wife. She was my boss when I got hired there about 39 years ago. So we pretty much came with the building. So it's been there a long time. We're expanding. Our business is growing. We were using temporary containers, storage containers, and it's out of control with those. We need to get rid of those. So we wanted something a little bit more permanent. And that's why we're putting up this building now.

additional storage. Very good. Any questions? Yes.

Good evening, you guys. Good to see you again. Welcome. I just, I know that, and this maybe I'd have to include Kim in this question, but so I wanted to know a little bit more access way to this facility. I know we had spoken before about the, what is the name of the street again? Fern Street. Fern Street. Can you talk a little bit about access to this shed and earth storage facility in the back?

Talking to the mic The opening will be on the west side of the building. There'll be two overhead garage doors. There'll be driveway that moves out into Fern, paved a couple feet wider than the building itself. The building's about 70 feet wide. We're gonna go two feet wide on either side. It's the existing area where we currently have our trucks come in for deliveries and pickups. So it's gonna be, I think, 30 feet from the edge of our building. But it'll be the same orientation as our current

Delivery area and so I know and again Kim, please feel free to chime in as well But I know we had a concern before about the ability of trucks to turn back around Is that being accommodated in this site plan or is that still to come or how do we all?

Use the same turnaround areas that you currently use The one way to do with the existing area, they'll come in and turn this way. With the new building, they'll come and just turn this way. So they use the same area to turn, just a different orientation.

Oh, I got you. Okay, so they're like backing out and then out.

Yeah, they'll come around and back in or come around and back in. Okay. Again, they're 30 feet apart, the doors, so it's not really very far from one another.

I have one more question. If approved tonight, how quickly will you begin construction of this facility?

Tonight. Our builder's here is dying.

That sounds great.

Yeah, we definitely want to make it before the snow flies because there's a lot of concrete between the driveway, the base pad for the unit, and everything else obviously we want to do.

Are you expanding the back parking lot to include this area? No, it's else.

No, no from plan here. I think we're required to have 60 odd parking spaces We have over 70 right now. Nobody will actually work there. There'll be no actual people assigned to that They'll go in take material I say, okay.

Thank you Should we identify who the person

Hello, everyone. I'm Zosim, Sherwana, and Borbi. Sorry. You're good, you're good. I'm Zosim Sherban, I'm with CNO Polban since 2002. I took over from CNO, it was before, in 1974, by Charlie and Nancy. And we are working with the Federal Steel System, they are in Colorado. The package that we're gonna install for HO-30s is going to be a steel building, designed by them, engineered by them, and I'm a licensed authorized builder in the area and we're going to have a representative over here that's going to help us out to put the building together.

You might mention, I think you did some other work in the woods with a similar structure.

Yes, we build every day, we have a crew, we work with the We always need your name and your address. Can we have the address of your company?

Very good. Thank you. Any questions for him?

There being no questions we appreciate it all. Thank you.

May I have a recommendation?

I believe, are you? Yes, I'm making that recommendation. Go ahead.

She's making a recommendation. Could I have a second, please? Second. May I have a roll call, please?

Vice Chairperson Brown?

Yes.

Commissioner Crawford? Yes.

Commissioner Seligson?

Yes.

Commissioner Tungate?

Yes.

Commissioner Walters Gill. Yes. And Commissioner McClellan. Yes.

You can get started when you walk out the door.

Tonight.

Tonight is fine.

Tonight is fine. Thank you. We appreciate your long standing with us as a community. And we appreciate the fact that you're making it even more better for us. Meg? And motion to carry yes.

Motion carries.

OK very good. Moving on to planning commission. Matters for. Discussion. I see a hand going up. The city manager.

Well, I would just like to take this opportunity to say welcome to council member Stephanie Crawford who I believe this is your first and this is the first yes, so we are delighted to have you. This is a rowdy group, but I think you'll fit in just fine. I don't know.

It's not know it's not we're we're always about business. He's long with. You know, we just never see you often enough, Selexon, so we got to hold you here when you're here. No matters to discuss? Okay, they said no, so I'm moving on. For anything from the public that was not on the agenda? Okay, I see no hands up. Moving on to adjournment. Goodbye, Selexon.

good seeing you have a good one