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[1. Convening of Meeting]
OKAY.GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE MAY 21ST, 2025 MEDFORD TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING.
UM, CAN I PLEASE HAVE THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING STATEMENT READ? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THIS MEETING IS HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING.
ZACH, THIS ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER DETACHMENT FROM MED MEDFORD SETTING FORTH THE TIME PLACE AND MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.
CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG, PLEASE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MR. REPUBLIC FOR ONE ISSUE UNDER LIBERTY.
OKAY, SO SEEING NO CORRESPONDENCE, NO MINUTES AND NO REPORTS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
[8. Memorialization of Resolutions]
SO WE'LL GO INTO UM, MEMORIALIZING THE RESOLUTIONS.FIRST RESOLUTION TO MEMORIALIZE 2025 DASH 20 MICHAEL AND SHANNON CALLUSY.
2 98 HARTFORD ROAD BLOCK 2 0 2 LOT 2.02.
APPROVAL OF THE BULK VARIANCE FOR EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE ENCROACHING INTO THE SIDE YARD SETBACK AND EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR A COURT FENCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ATHLETIC TURF FIELD.
MR.
2025 RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 21 RICK GIO 15 LESLEY WAY BLOCK 4 0 1 0.01 LOT EIGHT APPROVAL OF BULK VARIANCES TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE AND MAXIMUM SIZE OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT TO CONSTRUCT A 1,225 SQUARE FOOT POOL CABANA MOTION.
MR. TENOL AYE VICE CHAIRMAN RECORDS? AYE MADAM CHAIR ON BOTH AYE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 22 JESSICA FINK 20 MEDFORD EAST SBO ROAD BLOCK 4 0 1 LOT 9.01 APPROVAL OF D TWO USE VARIANCE FOR THE EXPANSION OF A NON-CONFORMING USE IN THE HM ZONE AND BULK VARIANCES FOR ENCROACHING INTO THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FRONT PORCH.
MS. LL AYE VICE CHAIRMAN RECORDS? AYE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 23 TODD MRE 100 HINCHMAN ROAD BLOCK 62 0 1 LOT ONE APPROVAL OF BULK VARIANCES FOR THE FRONT AND REAR YARD.
SETBACKS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ON AN UNDERSIZED LOT IN THE RRG D TWO ZONE.
JUST A SECOND, MR. HAMILTON? AYE.
VICE CHAIR? AYE VICE CHAIR RECORDS? AYE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 24 JOSEPH SLO 10 SOUTH LAKESIDE DRIVE WEST BLOCK 31 0 6, LOT 32 APPROVAL OF BULK VARIANCES FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK AND EXCEEDING THE BUILDING AND LOT COVERAGES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCREEN PORCH AND A BULK VARIANCE FOR A SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR THE EXISTING SHED.
[9. Applications]
APPLICATION OF THE NIGHT,[00:05:01]
PAUL HANDEL, 12 WESTLAKE AVENUE BLOCK 37 11.LOT SIX SEEKING BULK VARIANCES FOR THE SIDE AND FRONT YARD SETBACKS AND EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM LOCK COVERAGE TO CONSTRUCT A TWO STORY ADDITION AND EXPAND THE DRIVEWAY.
ALL RIGHT, SIR, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? YES.
UM, OKAY, TELL US ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION.
YEAH, SO YOU GUYS MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME,
I WAS HERE UH, JANUARY 15TH AND UM, WITH THE SAME KIND OF APPLICATION EXCEPT THE FOCUS ENDED UP BEING MOSTLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE WE'RE DOING AN ADDITION, UH, MASTER BEDROOM SUITE AND A GARAGE IN FRONT OF IT AND THE OFFSETS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND, AND ALL THAT WENT THROUGH.
UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE VARIANCE FOR THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE MISSED THE, UH, THE NORTH SIDE.
UM, AND ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE'S A FRONT PORCH AND THERE'S A SECOND STORY THAT, WELL, WE'RE EXPANDING THE SECOND STORY TO BE A FULL SECOND STORY.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, WE NEEDED TO GET A VARIANCE, UH, 'CAUSE WE EXCEED THE 30 FEET REQUIREMENT, UM, FOR BOTH THE PORCH AND THE SECOND STORY.
SO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK, UM, I'M SORRY, THE SIDE YARD SETBACK THAT WE NEED IS 14.81 FEET, UM, FOR THE FRONT PORCH AND 13.55, GOD, WE'RE VERY ACCURATE HERE FOR THE SECOND FLOOR.
UH, BOTH OF THOSE, THE REQUIREMENTS 30, SO THAT'S THE, UH, THE FIRST REQUEST AND SEVEN AND A HALF FEET EXISTS.
RIGHT? THAT'S SEVEN AND A HALF FEET EXISTS, SO YOU'RE REDUCING IT ALREADY.
LAST, THERE'S, THERE'S A BUMP OUT THAT WAS PUT ON IN, UH, WELL MY FATHER-IN-LAW DID IT, UM, FOR THE, JUST THE KITCHEN, BUT THIS IS, THE FRONT PORCH IS FURTHER FORWARD AND THE SECOND STORY IS FURTHER, FURTHER TALLER TO THAT REQUIRES, UM, VARIANCE VARIANCES FOR BOTH OF THOSE.
UM, THIRDLY, THE FRONT YARD SETBACK, UH, WAS APPROVED AT 43.25.
UM, THERE WAS A LITTLE MATHEMATICAL ERROR, UH, THAT THE NEED IS, UM, ONE FOOT, UH, SHORTER, 42.24.
UM, SO THAT'S THE THIRD REQUIREMENT.
AND THE FOURTH REQUIREMENT IS THE LOT COVERAGE.
SO THE LOT COVERAGE, WE, UM, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVEWAY IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, TWO CARS GOING IN AND OUT.
IT'S A TWO, IT'S A TWO CAR GARAGE.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE LOT COVERAGE CALCULATION CAME OUT TO 35.3% AND, UH, I LEARNED A LITTLE TRICK FROM YOU GUYS LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
UH, ROUNDING THAT UP TO 36, UH, WOULD MAKE LIFE WOULD GIMME A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY IN CASE THERE'S SOME KIND OF A SMALL LITTLE MARGIN HERE AND THERE.
SO WHEN I DID THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, I ACTUALLY PUT 36 IN THE NEWSPAPER AND WHEN I PUT OUT MY LETTERS TO ALL MY NEIGHBORS, I PUT IN 36.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
SO WE'RE AMENDING THAT TO 36 AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE, UH, GOT APPROVED AND WE HAVE THE VARIANCE FOR, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE BUILDING COVERAGE AT 28% AND THE NORTH SIDE, WHICH I BELIEVE CAME OUT TO 4.7 FEET, YOU'LL CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL SET FORTH IN THE PRIOR RESOLUTION.
AS WELL AS ALL THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE APRIL 30TH, 2025 REVIEW LETTER BY MS. TAYLOR.
NO'S, UM, THE, THE PORCH WAS ON THE PREVIOUS PLANS.
THE VIEW JUST DIDN'T CALCULATE WHAT YOU WOULD NEED THAT OUTSIDE.
THERE WAS NO DIMENSION THAT WAS PUT ON THE PORCH WHEN I, WHEN I DID THIS THE FIRST TIME.
UH, SINCE THEN WE HAD AN ARCHITECT AND ALL THE DESIGNS GOT FIRMED UP AND THEN THERE WAS A DIMENSION ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT CAME OUT TO.
OH, YOU GUYS HAVE THE UH, THE PICTURES.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I THOUGHT YOU HAD SOMETHING THERE ASKED.
THE, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WILL ADD IS I REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, DRAINAGE BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION AND UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO, UH, TO, TO BE LIKE SUPER SAFE WITH ALL
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THE DRAINAGE IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A, UH, DRAIN PUT IN IN THE FRONT OF THE GARAGE AND THEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE, UM, A PATH DOWN TO LIKE A, UH, DRY WELL, OKAY.THIS IS A, THIS WAS A SUGGESTION THAT BUILDER SAID AND I THOUGHT, OH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE SWELLS AND, AND, AND, AND THE GROUND BEING, YOU KNOW, ALL SET UP PROPERLY.
UM, SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT TO YOU GUYS.
SO THEN WOULD THAT CHANGE THE RESOLUTION, THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION THAT SAID THAT IT WOULD DRAIN IN ITS CURRENT PATTERNS? NO, THEY'RE JUST ADDING AN EXTRA DRAINAGE MECHANISM.
SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER STORMWATER CONTROL.
THAT'S BEING ADDED EXTRA ABOVE AND BEYOND WE CALL IT ABOUT AND SUSPENDERS IN MY WORLD.
DOES ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO NOT.
I THINK, UH, OUR LAWYER ALREADY ADDRESSED APRIL 30TH MEETING THE ADDRESSING EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THAT LETTER, CORRECT? YEAH.
IF YOU JUST WANNA STEP ASIDE AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENT.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION A SECOND.
IF ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU MAY NOW DO SO.
SEEING NONE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE? CLOSE SECOND.
WHO SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? A, UM,
SO IF THE BOARD DOESN'T, IF NO ONE FROM THE BOARD HAS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
I'LL SECOND MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT AS IS.
AS IS AS WITH THE AMENDMENT, THE 36% FOR PERMITTED MAXIMUM LOCK COVERAGE AS OPPOSED TO THE 35.3% WHICH WAS PROPOSED 35.5 IS WHAT HE WANTS TO GO TO.
CORRECT? HE WANTS TO INCREASE IT THE 36% AND THAT'S WAS HIS, UM, TESTATION, JUST WANNA CONFIRM MR. ROUND OFF MATHEMATICAL ERRORS.
I'D LIKE THE ROUND OFF SO YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I SECOND.
THANK YOU MR. WE SHOULD THE BEST WITH IT.
14 10 14 12 STOKES ROAD BLOCK 51 0 4 0.02 LOT 11.
SEEING A BULL VARIANCE FOR A FIVE FOOT VINYL PICKET STYLE FENCE AND A SIX FOOT WHITE VINYL FIVE FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD.
OKAY, I YOU JUST NEED TO, UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH TO HELP YOU? GOD, THANK JUDGE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST FOR THE RECORD STARTING WITH MA'AM.
AND YOU'RE BOTH THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, CORRECT? BACK TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, TELL US ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION PLEASE.
WELL, RIGHT NOW WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FENCE WITH A VINYL FENCE, UM, WITH PURCHASE VINYL FENCING, NOT KNOWING THAT WITH THE JUST TURN AROUND REPLACE IT, BUT WE, THEY SAID BECAUSE OF THE SIXTH FENCE, WHICH EXCEEDS THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE ON THE ONE SIDE, HOWEVER, THE POOL ITSELF EXCEEDS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, IT'S, YOU'VE GOT PICTURES OF IT SHOWING THAT THE HOUSE ACTUALLY IS GOING LOT 11 AND THE POOL AND THE GARAGE SIT ON LOT 14, I MEAN LOT 10 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PASSED THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE JUST THE EXISTING SIX FOOT FENCE THAT'S RESIDES THERE NOW TO BE REPLACED WITH VINYL FENCING AND WE'RE JUST MOVING THE FENCE OVER TOWARDS THE ONE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY AT 1414, WHICH HE IS AGREED TO AND ACTUALLY ASKED IF THEY NEEDED A LETTER TO STATE THAT.
SO THE EXISTING FENCE THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE POOL, ARE YOU KEEPING THAT? WE'RE NOT KEEPING ANY OF IT.
REPLACE ALL THE WOOD FENCING THAT'S FALLING DOWN NOW WITH VINYL FENCING WITH THE SIX FOOT VINYL ONLY SIX FOOT VINYL ON THREE SIDES.
THEN IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE FOOT PICKING ON THE OTHER TWO.
AND YOU DID PROVIDE THE, UH, THE FE WHAT IT
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LOOKS LIKE, CORRECT? CORRECT.IS THERE ANY LIGHTING PROPOSED? NO, NO LIGHTING ON THE FENCE AND IT'S JUST GOING IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE EXISTING FENCE.
SO I ASSUME THEN THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE HAVE TO TAKE DOWN ANY TREES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, IT, THE ONE SIDE THAT'S GOING OVER TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR HOME, WE HAVE NINE FEET ON THAT OTHER PART OF THE FENCING, WE'RE GOING OVER SIX FOOT AND THERE ARE NO TREES IN BETWEEN THERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY? UM, LIKE A SHED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THERE IS ONE ON THERE THAT'S COMING DOWN, DOING THAT PRIOR THAT WAS THERE WHEN WE CAME IN, BUT IT'S FALLING APART SO WE'RE TAKING IT DOWN PRIOR TO FENCE GOING IN TEXT ONE 11, FULL SUPPLY STORAGE AREA.
SO THEN WHAT DO YOU DO YOU KEEP STORAGE IN THERE NOW FOR THE POOL? JUST, JUST PULL STUFF AND WE'RE TAKING THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY FALLEN APART AND ROT OUT, SO WE WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THAT, THE FENCE ACTUALLY INSTALLED.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA REPLACE IT? NO, NO.
UM, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE ASK.
THERE'S NO TREES COMING DOWN BECAUSE IT'S GOING RIGHT WHERE THE OTHER WOODEN FENCE IS.
YOU JUST RAISED ONE OUT, ONE END.
THE FENCE HAS PROBABLY BEEN THERE SINCE HOUSE WAS BUILT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY, MY APOLOGIES.
ANYTHING TO ADD MADAM CHAIR? UM, I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHEN YOU GO BY THE SITE THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL PLANT MATERIAL BETWEEN STOKES ROAD AND THE FENCE AND IT, IT REALLY ISN'T THAT FAR FORWARD.
SO, AND I THINK IT'S MITIGATED BY ITS LACK OF EXPOSURE FROM THE STREET.
DOES ANYONE ELSE FROM THE, I JUST, THERE'S ONE PHOTO THAT SHOWS TWO FENCES THAT ARE LITERALLY IN A SIX OR EIGHT FEET APART.
IT'S JUST THE CORNER OF FENCING.
WHO ARE THEY BOTH YOUR FENCING? YES.
THEY GO STRAIGHT DOWN AND THERE'S BOTH FENCING.
ONE LOOKS LIKE A NEWER STOCK GATE AND THE OTHER'S AN OLDER AND THEY'RE, I LOOK FORWARD AND LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE STOCKING.
THIS IS HERE MY NEIGHBOR'S FENCING.
OKAY, THAT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR'S FENCING.
WHICH IS THE FENCING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE.
THE NEIGHBOR'S, THE P THE NEIGHBOR'S IS THE OLDER LOOKING ONE.
THE ONE THAT'S FALLING DOWN AND IS THE NEIGHBOR.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE NEIGHBOR FENCE AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO DO THAT.
PEEKABOO FENCING IS WHAT WE'RE PLACED.
IT'S GOT LIKE A 50% O PATIENTS TO IT.
AND THIS, THE NEW FENCING IS GONNA BE COMPLETELY SOLID.
THE APPLICATION SHOWED PICKET IS CIRCLED.
AND WHAT WAS THAT PICKET FENCE IS GOING BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE POOL AREA AND IN FRONT OF THE HOME.
THAT'S THE FIVE ON THE ONE SIDE.
UM, VINYL FENCING IS GOING ACROSS THE BACK OF THE POOL AREA WHERE YOU SEE MIGHTY EVER.
THEY DON'T UTILIZE THE RIGHT, SO IT'S OUTSIDE, IT'S NOT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE? NO.
THIS IS THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY.
AND THEY DON'T USE THE UTILIZE AIR PACK? IT'S, IT'S JUST THE DEER GO BACK THERE.
IT'S, IT'S JUST BRUSH BACK THERE AND WHERE THAT FENCE IS FALLING DOWN.
IF YOU JUST WANNA STEP TO THE SIDE, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, CAN I MOTION OPEN THIS TO THE PUBLIC PLEASE? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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I SECOND WHATEVER.IF NO ONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, SOMEONE CAN MAKE THE MOTION, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT IT AS IS.
THREE WINSTON COURT BLOCK 32 0 2 0.1.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST FOR THE RECORD.
AND YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? YES.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION.
UH, MY WIFE, UH, BARBARA WHO'S HERE WITH ME.
UH, AND I OWN THE PROPERTY AT, UH, THREE WINSTON COURT OR AS, UH, WE LIKE TO CALL IT BLOCK THREE TWO ZERO TWO 0.01.
UH, WE'RE SEEKING TWO VARIANCES TO CODE AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION.
OUR FRONT YARD SETBACK VARIANCE, CURRENTLY 50 FEET MINIMUM IS REQUIRED.
54.66 FEET EXISTS AND 45 FEET TO BE PROVIDED.
AND SECONDLY, A VARIANCE TO THE PERMITTED, UH, BUILDING COVERAGE.
13.2% EXISTING AND 13.5% TO BE PROVIDED.
UH, THE PROJECT, UH, INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN A-FRAME PORTICO ABOVE THE FRONT DOOR ENTRANCE AND LANDING.
THE PORTICO WILL BE 14 FEET WIDE BY SIX FEET DEEP.
IT'S, UH, WILL ESSENTIALLY COVER THE EXISTING, UH, PORCH LANDING AREA, BUT WILL NOT COVER THE FIVE STEPS THAT LEAD FROM THE GROUND UP TO THE LANDING.
AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE GONNA TEAR OFF THE EXISTING CONCRETE, UH, LANDING AT THE, UH, AT THE FRONT DOOR.
IN ADDITION TO THE BOTTOM STEP, THE RECONSTRUCTED LANDING WILL MEASURE 13 FEET BY FIVE FEET, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS EXISTS.
UH, WE'VE LIVED AT THE PROPERTY FOR 25 YEARS AND, UH, THE PROPERTY'S APPROXIMATELY 28 YEARS OLD.
THE REASON WE'D LIKE TO DO THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE, UH, TIME, UH, WEATHER AND MOTHER NATURE HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON THE FRONT, UM, ENTRY AREA, WHICH JUTS OUT JUST A BIT FROM THE, FROM THE MAIN PROPERTY.
IT'S NEARLY COMPROMISED THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
MOST OF THE FRONT TRIM, UH, AROUND AND ABOVE THE DOOR HAS ROTTED DUE TO AGE AND WEATHER DAMAGE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
THE PICTURE WINDOW ABOVE THE DOOR IS ALSO NEAR THE END OF LIFE, UH, AND, UH, UH, HAS SOME WEATHER DAMAGE.
IN ADDITION TO REPLACING THE DOOR, WINDOW AND TRIM, WE'D LIKE TO ADD THE PORTICO THAT'LL GIVE US ADDITIONAL PROTECTION AT THE ENTRY POINT, UH, PREVENT FURTHER WEATHER DAMAGE IN THE FUTURE.
IT'S ALSO GONNA PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR PEOPLE ENTERING THE PROPERTY AND OF COURSE, PROTECTION FOR OUR MANY, MANY DELIVERY PACKAGES THAT WE RECEIVE EVERY, UH, EVERY DAY.
IT SEEMS IN AN AREA FOR MY WIFE AND I TO SIT UNDERCOVER AND WAVE TO OUR FRIENDS AS THEY WALK VERY SLOWLY BY THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
UM, THERE ARE, UH, AT LEAST, UH, TWO OTHER PROPERTIES ON OUR CUL-DE-SAC THAT HAVE PORTICO.
SO OUR PROJECT WOULD NOT BE UNIQUE TO THE AREA.
IT WILL ALSO HELP SOLVE OUR PORTICO ENVY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
WE DO HAVE TWO SCONCES ALREADY IN PLACE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DOOR.
UH, WE'RE NOT REMOVING ANY TREES.
ONLY TWO SMALL BUSHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS AND WE'RE PLANNING NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY FRONT OR BACK AT THIS TIME.
THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH TESTIMONY.
YOU ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT WERE IN THE REVIEW LETTER.
UM, SO MS. TAYLOR, I ASSUME YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
NO, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROBABLY TRIGGER SOME PORTICO ENVY AND THEY, UH, SATISFY THE AESTHETIC PURPOSE OF ZONING.
SO DEFINITELY UPON TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNOW ANYONE MOVE, BOARD, HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
YOU JUST WANNA STEP TO THE SIDE.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC? MOTION TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SECOND.
IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, PLEASE COME FORWARD SEEING NONE.
CAN I HAVE THE MOTION TO CLOSE? I SHOULD TO CLOSE SECOND.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE APPLICATION.
I SECOND ROLL CALL MR. HAMILTON.
MILL CREEK ARY LLC 32 NORTH MAIN STREET BLOCK 6 16 0 2 LOT 6.02.
SEEKING A USE VARIANCE FOR HONEY PROCESSING SLASH MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION, AND RETAIL SALES IN THE HVC ZONING DISTRICT.
HI, I, I'M PAUL GARRICK, UH, MEDFORD ATTORNEY.
I REPRESENT JASON SHOP AND HIS BUSINESS MILL CREEK ER.
WE'RE HERE FOR USE VARIANCE AND SITE PLAN WAIVER FOR, UH, JASON'S BUSINESS, UH, WHICH CURRENTLY IS ON BANK STREET, A PRETTY SMALL, UH, RENTAL, UH, UNIT.
AND HE'S, UH, RENTED A, A BIGGER, UH, LOCATION OUT ON MAIN STREET.
SO, UH, UH, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PRECISELY FIT WITHIN THE, THE ZONE CODE, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE, SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE JASON.
HE'S GONNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BUSINESS AND, UH, WHAT HE DOES THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL, AND WE, AGAIN, WE'LL GET INTO THIS
SIR, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH TO HELP YOU GOD? YES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST FOR THE RECORD.
UH, SO YEAH, I'M J UH, JASON SHAW.
I OWN MILL CREEK A UH, WE HAVE A SHOP, UH, ON BANK.
WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
UM, MILL CREEK IS A, UM, COMMERCIAL HONEY PRODUCER.
WE, UM, PRODUCE ALL OF OUR HONEY IN AND AROUND MEDFORD ON LOCAL FARMS AND PRIVATE LAND.
UM, SO WE SELL HONEY, WE SELL, UH, BEES WAX PRODUCTS THAT WE, THAT WE PROCESS.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE, UH, POLLINATION SERVICES FOR LOCAL FARMERS AND, UH, EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO PAUL SAID I'M LOOKING TO MOVE FROM BANK STREET ONTO MAIN STREET.
UH, WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IN THE SPACE IS, UH, PROCESSING THE HONEY AND BEES ARE PRODUCING THE HONEY AND FIELD, BUT WE WOULD BE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE, UH, LOCATION, EXTRACTING IT, UM, STORING IT IN CONTAINERS WITH GREAT CONTAINERS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT HONEY PRODUCTS THAT WE, THAT WE SELL THAT WE HAVE TO PROCESS.
SOME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADDING OTHER INGREDIENTS, SPICES, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE CREAM HONEYS INFUSED.
UH, WE ALSO PRODUCE SKINCARE PRODUCTS, UM, OF BALMS AND CREAMS AND, AND, UH, CANDLES, THESE WHITE CANDLES.
SO ALL OF THAT WOULD BE PRODUCED IN THIS SHOP AND SOLD IN THE SHOP.
SO, UH, WE SELL RETAIL IN THE SHOP.
WE DO SOME, SOME WHOLESALE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND SUPERMARKETS IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, UH, I'M GOING GET IN TO, UH, MRS. TAYLOR'S LETTER OF, UH, I THINK THE, UH, UH, MAY 15TH.
AND, UH, COUPLE THINGS I JUST WANNA POINT OUT IN IT AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE, UH, REQUESTED TESTIMONY, UH, UH, OF, UH, OF MR. TAYLOR, UH, THAT SHE REQUESTED OF, UH, THE APPLICANT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE INDICATED IN HER LETTER WAS, UH, IN THE MASTER PLAN THAT THE INTENT, UH, OF THE DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE COMMERCIAL USES THAT SERVE THE VILLAGE IN THE REGION WHILE PRESERVING THE HISTORIC CHARACTER HISTORICALLY PROCESSING MANUFACTURING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OCCURS RIGHT VILLAGE.
UM, AND THEN DOWN BELOW, UM, UH, WHEN SHE, SHE GETS, UH, DISCUSSES THE CLASSIFICATIONS IS, UH, THOUGH NOT EXPRESSLY PERMITTED TO PROPOSE WHOLESALE RETAIL HONEY AND BEWICK CANDLE AND SKINCARE PRODUCTS ARE AKIN TO SHOPS AND STORES FOR RETAIL SALES, FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, PERSONAL SERVICE SHOPS, BREWERIES AND DISTILLERIES.
THESE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE, ARE,
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ARE, UM, OTHER USES THAT ARE IN ZOOM.UM, AND THEN, UH, PER LETTER, IN CASE OF THE RETAIL COMPONENT OF THIS SHOP IS PERMITTED, BUT WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS THERE.
UM, SO WE, WE UH, WE WE NEED TO USE SPARS.
UH, SO F FIRST THING IS THE, UH, UNDER THE, UH, USE SPARING STATUTE.
UM, I'M GONNA, UH, ASK MY CLIENT.
UM, SO, UM, DOES THE PROJECT PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, UH, BECAUSE THE PROPOSED SITE IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE TO THE PROPOSED USE? YES.
AND, UM, CAN YOU, WILL, WILL, UM, CAN, WILL, THE PRO WILL PROPOSED USE WILL NOT BREAK A, A SUBSTANTIAL DETRIMENT TO THE PUBLIC.
CAN YOU, UM, TALK ABOUT THE, UM, LET'S GO, OF COURSE THE HOURS OF OPERATION, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
SO GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, 10:00 AM TO, AT THE LATEST, 10:00 PM YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A, AN EVENT ON MAIN STREET, YOU CAN STAY HOME LATER.
UM, AND FIVE TO SIX EMPLOYEES MAXIMUM.
IS THAT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK YOU'RE GONNA BE OPEN EVERY DAY? NO, UH, NOW WE'RE OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MM-HMM
UH, I MAY EXTEND THAT IF YOU KNOW IT MM-HMM
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPTION ARE, ARE THERE LOADING AREAS? UM, YEAH, THERE'S A LOADING THERE, THERE'S A BACK PARKING LOT THAT HAS A, A ROLL UP STEEL WALL DOOR, SO THERE'S LOADING AREA THERE.
NOT THAT I'M DOING, BUT THERE IS.
ARE YOU MAKING ANY, ARE THERE ANY IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING? NO.
UM, WHAT ABOUT TRASH AND RECYCLING? SO THERE'S, THERE ARE CITY TRASH RECEPTACLES THAT WE USE AND, UH, AND THAT'S SUFFICIENT FOR YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED THE DUMPSTER.
UH, HOW ABOUT STORAGE AND REMOVAL WASTE PRODUCTS? IS THERE REALLY, I MEAN THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, NORMAL TRASH THAT WE PRODUCE, YOU KNOW, SOME BOXES, UM, FROM THE HONEY PRODUCTION SIDE, ANYTHING THAT'S PRODUCED FROM THAT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, REALLY IT'S WAX, CLEAN WAX.
THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A MENTION OF PUBIC CASINGS AND, AND OTHER B RELATED, UH, WASTE, LET'S SAY.
BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT WOULDN'T BE INTRODUCED AT THIS SITE THAT'S STILL WOULD BE, UH, PROCESSED.
IT'S A DIFFERENT PART OF THE OPERATION.
UH, SO REALLY WHAT WOULD BE COMING TO THE SITE IS, IS CLEAN HONEY AND UH, WAX WOULD BE PRODUCED AND THEN THE WAXES PUT IN BUCKETS AFTER I PROCESS THE HEIGHT AND I TAKE IT TO MY WAREHOUSE AND RENDER THE WAX.
AND THEN WE BRING THAT, RENDER THE WAX BACK TO THE SHOP TO MAKE THE OTHER S THINGS A NUISANCE NATURE OR OLD BAD OVERS OR ANYTHING FROM.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, HOW, HOW IS THIS SHOP WHEN BE SET UP IS, UH, SO THE FRONT, IT'S GONNA BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
JUST A LARGER VERSION OF IT, RETAIL FRONT, UM, A PROCESSING AREA BEING SORT OF BEHIND THAT AND IN THE VERY BACK OF THE SPACE, UM, ACCESSIBLE TO THE BACK ENTRY DOORS WOULD BE A PROCESSING AREA.
AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PART OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE, UH, CUSTOMER? ALL OF IT COULD BE ACCESSIBLE.
HOW, HOW ABOUT THE DELIVERIES? I DON'T GET DELIVERIES.
ANYTHING THAT, I MEAN, I WOULD BE DELIVERING ON ANY SUPER BOXES, UH, THAT WOULD JUST COME IN THE BACK DOOR.
I'M NOT BRINGING ANY, YOU KNOW, NOT BOX TRUCKS OR FLATBEDS THAT ARE DELIVERING THAT IN, YOU KNOW, UH, SPACE.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PICKUP TRUCK.
AND YOU, UH, WHAT KIND OF SIGN DID YOU HAVE AT THE STORE? SO PROBABLY JUST HAVE A SIGN IN THE FRONT WINDOW.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A SIGN PERPENDICULAR TO MAIN STREET THAT WILL SIGN THERE AS WELL, WHICH IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, BUT WE WOULD JUST PUT SIGNING ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
I THINK THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO WAS BREWERIES IN PARTICULAR PRODUCE A FAIR AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT'S CAN BE STINKY.
AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO SORT OF VET OUT WHAT MIGHT BE A NUISANCE, UH,
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IN, IN THE VILLAGE WITH THIS USE.AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR BASED UPON THE TESTIMONY THAT THERE IS ANY NUISANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS USE.
UM, AND FRANKLY, UM, IT WOULD BE HISTORICALLY APPROPRIATE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE VILLAGE, IF I MAY.
I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO HIS PRESENT ESTABLISHMENT.
I FREQUENTLY WALK, WALK MY DOG IN THE AREA AND THERE ARE NO NOTICEABLE ODORS THAT I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, I WOULD THINK THAT IT WAS A PLEASANT
I ACTUALLY HAVE PERFUME THAT REPLICATES HONEY.
YEAH, I, I GUESS I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN THE HONEY PROCESSING AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I GUESS THE WASTE THAT'S PRODUCED FROM HONEY PROCESSING IS MINIMAL.
SO WHEN WE BRING A HONEY SOUPER FROM THE FIELD BACK TO THE SHOP MM-HMM
IT'S A, IT'S A FRAME FILLED WITH HONEY, IT'S CAPPED WITH WAX, THE BEES CAPPED WITH WAX AND WE REMOVE THAT CAPPING THAT WAX CAPPING, UH, IT GETS STRAINED.
WE UTILIZE THE HONEY THAT'S, THAT'S TRAPPED IN THAT.
BUT THEN WE'LL GO UP WITH IS UH, CLEAN WAX WITH SOME HONEY RESIDUE ON IT THAT WE THEN RENDER, BOIL IT AND GET THE PURE WAX OUT OF IT.
THEN WE FILTER IT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT'S USED IN THE PRODUCTS.
UM, SO THE RENDERING PIECE IS DONE OFFSITE, THE FILTERING PART OF IT WHERE IT'S JUST PURE WAX WOULD BE DONE AT THE SHOP.
ONCE THOSE, ONCE THE FRAMES HAVE THE WAX OFF OF THEM, THEY GET PUT IN A CENTRIFUGE AND HONEYS IS SPUN OUT AND THEN, UM, STRAINED AND PUT PIPE FOR STORAGE.
DO YOU REUSE THE FRAMES? AND WE REUSE THE FRAME TOO.
SOUNDS LIKE THE PROCESS IS REALLY COOL.
IS THIS LIKE AN EDUCATIONAL THING THAT YOU'RE GONNA SHOW PEOPLE THE PROCESS OF IT TOO AND ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK AND THE KIDS TO SEE THIS PROCESS? YEAH.
OR IS THAT, THAT'S NOT, SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE PLACE.
YEAH, THAT'S HOW I'D LIKE IT TO BE.
SO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME BACK ON DAYS WHEN WE'RE EXTRACTING AND YOU KNOW, BRING YOUR USED JAR IN AND FILL IT RIGHT OUT AND EXTRACT IT KIND OF THING JUST TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN YEAH.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE AN EDUCATIONAL EXCITING THING IN MEDFORD.
IS THERE A GOAL TO BRING THE RENDERING PORTION TO THE SAME SITE WHEN YOU'RE BOILING THE WAX? NO, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT SMELLS FUNKY.
AND THAT IS A FUNKY SMELL? YES.
SO, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BOILING STEAM.
I JUST EASIER TO KEEP IT OFF SITE.
ARE YOU BRINGING THE WHOLE B CONTAINERS THERE OR JUST THE SLEEVES THAT COME OUT OF THAT? NO, SO JUST THE FRAMES THAT COME OUT.
SO THERE'S REALLY TWO PIECES TO A, TO A BEEHIVE THE NEST WHERE THESE ARE, ARE REPRODUCING.
AND, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE DIRTIER LET'S SAY, OR IT'S FUNKIER.
UH, THE HONEY SOUPERS ARE PLACED ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, AND QUEEN IS IS EXCLUDED FROM GETTING UP INTO THIS HONEY SOUPERS.
SO WE JUST HARVEST THE SOUPERS OFF CLEAN HONEY, YOU KNOW, WE FLUSH THE SOUPERS UP BEES SO WHEN THEY COME BACK TO THE SHOP THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO BEES COMING BACK, NO BEES COMING BACK.
UM, MAYBE A COUPLE STR STRAGGLER, BUT, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, NO.
SO YEAH, WE'RE JUST BRINGING THE HONEY SUPERS BACK AND UH, PROCESSING 'EM AND GETTING THEM BACK OUT THE FUEL OR BRINGING 'EM YOU, US TO WAREHOUSE OR STORAGE.
AND YOU, YOU DID GO OVER DELIVERIES, BUT IS YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE LIKE A ROUTINE, ROUTINE DELIVERIES BEING MADE LIKE A WEEKLY TYPE OF DROP OFF? I DON'T, I DON'T, ANYTHING THAT, THAT I BRING TO THE SHOP THAT I'M BRINGING THERE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SMALL DELIVERIES OF EIGHT TOWELS OR BUCKETS OF HONEY.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M DOING THAT MYSELF, UH, WITH MY PICKUP.
I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANY THIRD PARTY, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTORS THAT ARE DELIVERING ANYTHING HERE.
SO THE FARMERS OR WHOEVER, THEY'RE NOT BRINGING THE STUFF TO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT AND BRING IT BACK.
AND WHEN YOU SAID FIVE TO SIX EMPLOYEES, DO YOU MEAN AT ONE TIME LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE FIVE TO SIX EMPLOYEES THERE? YEAH, I THINK DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON IF IT WARRANTED THAT.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO KEEP AN OPEN TO THAT.
LAST, YOU KNOW, LAST COUPLE FOUR MM-HMM
THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, IF THE BOARD IS AMENABLE TO THE USE VARIANCE THEY DO, THEY WOULD NEED A SITE PLAN WAIVER AS WELL.
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I I DON'T THINK YOU WENT THROUGH THAT.SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AS PART OF YOUR DISCUSSION.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE A WAIVER IN THE, UM, OF THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENT IF YOU WERE AMENABLE TO GRAND USE BEARINGS.
THEY APPLIED FOR THE SITE PLAN, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER OF ALL THE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
SO LIKE ALL THE ENGINEERING, THE SITE PLAN, THE STORM WATER, ALL THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER FROM YEAH.
'CAUSE NOTHING'S CHANGED ON THE OUTSIDE ANYWAY.
AND, AND WE DISCUSSED IT IN STAFF AND, AND BOTH CHRIS AND I FELT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO PROVIDE A SITE PLAN.
DOES ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN MOTION TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC PLEASE.
IF ANYONE'S HERE FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU CAN COME UP AND DO SO.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM AND TELL THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MILL CREEK APIARY STARTED AT MY FARM, UH, I OWN MILL CREEK FARM OVER ON HARRIS TOWN ROAD.
JASON HAS STEPPED IN AND TAKEN IT OVER WHERE THERE YOU ARE.
UM, AND HE HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
HE'S A TREMENDOUS HELP TO THE FARMERS.
NOT ONLY HERE, UH, I HAVE ANOTHER FARMER BEHIND ME HERE THAT OWNS JENNINGS FARM.
HE HAS HIVES ON OUR PROPERTY AND HAS FOR YEARS NOW, TAKES EXCELLENT CARE OF THEM AND UH, ALSO HELPS WITH ALL THE POLLINATION ON THE BLUEBERRY, UH, FIELDS, CRANBERRY FIELDS, ET CETERA.
SO AGAIN, IN SUPPORT OF WHAT HE'S DOING, NOT AS ONLY AS A BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT, THIRD GENERATION IN MEDFORD HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE FACILITY WAS WHEN HE WAS MOVING IN, BUT IT WAS HEARST JAMES BECAME HEARST JAMES RENTAL.
I WORKED THERE 35 YEARS AGO,
THERE WERE U-HAUL TRUCKS ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET BEHIND IT.
UH, WE HAD ALL KINDS OF RENTAL EQUIPMENT THERE.
SO TO ME THIS USE IS A, A BIG STEP UP AND ALSO A STEP UP FROM THE GAMING THAT WAS THERE BEFORE.
SO AGAIN, A NICE RETAIL SPACE THAT'S DRIVING BUSINESS TO MAIN STREET THAT WE WANT WITH WALK-IN TRAFFIC AGAIN IS FULLY SUPPORTED FROM MY STANDPOINT AND HOPEFULLY FROM YOURS AS WELL.
ALRIGHT SIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM AND TELL THE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH TO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST FOR THE RECORD.
I THINK CHAD DID A GOOD JOB SPEAKING ABOUT THE FARMER SIDE AND THE BENEFITS WE GET FROM BEES.
UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THIS AREA THAT WE HAVE WITH POPULATION COLLAPSE IN BEES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE PRODUCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I'LL TALK ABOUT IT FROM A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
WE HAVE 1785 FARM DOG, WHICH IS THE HOT DOG SHOP RIGHT NEXT TO BRADDOCK'S.
UM, WE USE JASON'S PRODUCTS IN A LOT OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT WE MAKE, LIKE SWEETENING SHAVE ICE AND ADDING TO HONEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE SELL HIS PRODUCTS IN THE SHOP AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SAY AS A BUSINESS OWNER IS THE MORE BUSINESS THAT WE CAN GET TO MAIN STREET, I THINK THE MORE ATTRACTIVE BUSINESSES YOU GET TO MAIN STREET.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF JASON BEING HERE QUITE A BIT, NOT JUST FOR MY PERSONAL BENEFIT AT THE SHOP, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.
UM, BUT I THINK IT DOES DRIVE A CERTAIN ELEMENT OF OF FAMILY TYPE ENVIRONMENT AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BREWERIES HERE, WHICH I ALSO LIKE BECAUSE THEY BENEFIT MY BUSINESS TOO.
BUT I THINK THE MORE BUSINESSES LIKE THAT, THE MORE NICHE PRODUCTS YOU GET WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT MAIN STREETS ACROSS SOUTH JERSEY, THE COOLER KIND OF ECLECTIC SHOPS THAT HE CAN PROVIDE ARE THINGS THAT DRIVE MORE WALKING TRAFFIC TO MAIN STREET.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE TOWN.
UH, IF YOU CAME TO OUR FARM YOU'D SEE HOW HE KEPT HIS BEES.
UM, EVERYTHING IS MO REALLY WELL.
ALL THE HIVES ARE IN REALLY WEIRD PRECISE ORDER.
UM, THERE'S NO TRASH EVER LEFT BEHIND.
UM, COULD GO TO HIS SHOP ON BANK.
YOU WALK INSIDE, IT'S VERY CLEAN, IT'S VERY, VERY WELL DONE.
UM, I WOULD PREFER YOU HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN EAT MORE HOT DOGS.
AND ALSO I THINK TIME THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE A SMALL BUSINESS, UM, LOCALLY THAT PROVIDES JOBS IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY ALSO.
SO
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES LIKE THIS INTO, INTO HISTORY PERSONALLY.
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OKAY.SEEING NO OTHER, ANY COMMENTS? MOTION TO CLOSE.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT IT SO I THINK I'LL SPEAK UP THEN.
YOU KNOW,
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT, UH, WITH THE WAIVER OF THE SECOND CLAIM, SECOND CLAIM AND THE SECOND CLAIM REQUIREMENTS.
VERY EXCITED, VERY EXCITED FOR YOU.
IS THERE ANY NEED FOR EXECUTIVE? NO.
OKAY, NOW I'M SITTING THERE, I'M THINKING, I'M LIKE, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING IN HERE.
YOU DID NOT NEED ME FOR THAT FIRST ONE ANYWAY, BUT I DO.