May 28, 2025 Planning Board

NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT, UM, BY POSTING A COPY OF THE AGENDA ON THE BULLETIN BOARD AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, FILING A COPY OF THE AGENDA IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, FORWARDING A COPY OF THE AGENDA TO THE CENTRAL RECORD AND THE BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES ACCORDING ANY WRITTEN NOTICE TO EACH PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED COPIES OF THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE.

AS ALWAYS, I REMIND EVERYONE THIS MEETING IS BEING STREAMED LIVE, SO BOTH OUR STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS ARE BEING RECORDED.

OH, THANK YOU.

SORRY.

OH, OKAY.

ROLL CALL MAYOR REP STOCK HERE.

DEPUTY MAYOR CIZIK.

HERE.

MR. BRATZ.

MR. MFAS? MR. FOWLER? HERE.

MS. ZFU? HERE.

MR. ANNA PETTY? HERE.

VICE CHAIRMAN PERKS? HERE.

CHAIRMAN JULIANO? HERE.

EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO RE REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM OUR, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE MARCH MEETING, RIGHT? THERE WASN'T AN APRIL ONE.

HAS, UM,

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SO, UM, IF THERE'S, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE, UH, MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH? NO.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES MOVE? OKAY.

UM, DO WE NEED A SECOND? SECOND.

ONLY THOSE PRESENT MAY VOTE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY.

AS WE DO IT EVERY MEETING WE UH, ANNOUNCE THE POLICY OF BOARD TO INCLUDE THE INSUFFICIENT ESCROW BALANCES THAT, OR OVER SIX MONTHS ON OUR AGENDA.

ROLL CALL.

MR. UH, SORRY.

DEPUTY MAYOR CIZIK HERE? YES.

VICE CHAIRMAN? PERKS.

[7. Reports: Insufficient escrow balances over 6 months]

UM, SO DO WE READ THEM OFF NORMALLY AS FAR? WE JUST THAT UP TO MR. WHAT'S THAT? IT'S UP TO YOU, CHAIRMAN.

UM, THAT'S OKAY.

I MEAN WE SEE 'EM, WE SEE WHAT THEY ARE.

UM, YEAH, THEY END UP COSTING THE TOWNSHIP MONEY SO THEY'RE ON THERE.

WE DO APPRECIATE WHEN PEOPLE PAY AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TRYING TO GET THAT MONEY TO PAY THE PROFESSIONALS.

UM, OKAY.

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I MAY.

YEP.

UM, IS IT OKAY IF WE VOTE ON UH, ADOPTING ANY OF THE EXECUTIVE MEETING, EXECUTIVE MEETING MINUTES FOR JANUARY 22ND AND THEN AGAIN FOR THE MARCH 26TH REGULAR MEETING MINUTES? I JUST TOOK A ROLL CALL FOR THE EXECUTIVE MEETING.

YES.

SO YOU DO FIRST NOW I'M GONNA HAVE A GO AHEAD.

I'LL DO A FIRST FOUR.

WHICH ONES FOR BOTH? UM, ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S UM, NOT THE SAME ATTENDANCE FOR THE JANUARY YOU NEED TO DO IS INDIVIDUAL.

SO, SO I'LL DO THE, UH, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO KNOW? UH, THE REGULAR FOR THE 26TH.

ALRIGHT, I'LL DO THE REGULAR MEETING FOR THE 26TH THEN.

ATTORNEY WAS THERE, WAS THERE A RESO THE RESOLUTION TO BE ADOPTED? THAT'S WHERE I GOT CONFUSED.

DEPUTY MAYOR'S, DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

SO THIS IS FOR THE EXECUTIVE MEETING MEDS? YES.

I THOUGHT YOU DID WE DO THE REGULAR OR THE EXECUTIVE? WE DID THE REGULAR.

I APOLOGIZE IF I DIDN'T DO A BOTH.

I DIDN'T.

ALRIGHT THEN THIS WOULD BE THE EXECUTIVE DIDN'T.

AND UH, CHAIRMAN JULIANO? AYE.

AND NOW FOR THE JANUARY, DO HAVE A WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MAKE THE MOTION? MOTION? ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR THE JANUARY 2ND EXECUTIVE SESSION MINUTES.

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VICE CHAIRMAN PERKS? AYE.

IS THAT CLEAR RONNIE? NOT YET.

OKAY, LET, SO THIS IS WHERE I, UH,

[9.a. Consideration of Resolution 11-2025, Reviewing and Recommending Adoption of Ordinance 2025-11, “Amending the Redevelopment Plan for the Timber Ridge Development (formerly TOFAMO) Area concerning Standards for Residential Sheds”.]

WAS THAT A COUNCIL ON, DID WE SAY, OR IS THAT, I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE FROM, MAYBE MICHELLE CAN ENLIGHTEN US ON THIS TOO.

THERE'S AN ORDINANCE FROM THE GOVERNING BODY, WHICH OF COURSE COMES FROM THE GOVERNING BODY ONLY THEY DO ORDINANCES.

ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 11 ADOPTING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TO FOMO.

NOW TIMBER RIDGE AT MEDFORD REDEVELOPMENT AREA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS BLOCK 4 0 1 LOT 13.01 AND BLOCK 4 0 1 LOTS TWO AND SEVEN.

THERE'S ALSO A RESOLUTION AS PART OF THE PACKAGE THAT'S RESOLUTION.

UH, THAT'S, IT'S BEEN PREPARED FOR ADOPTION BY THE PLANNING BOARD.

IT'S REFERRED TO AS BEDFORD TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 DASH 2025 REVIEWING ORDINANCE 20 25 11 AMENDING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR TIMBER RIDGE, UM, FINDING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MEDFORD MASTER PLAN AND RETURNING THE ORDINANCE TO THE MEDFORD TOWNSHIP COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.

SO I BELIEVE MICHELLE HAS PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD AND IF THE BOARD IS IN AGREEMENT WITH MICHELLE'S RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU HAVE A FORM OF RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU BOARD RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 20 25 THAT I'M, I'M ASSUMING THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE APPROVED THIS EVENING IF POSSIBLE.

SO IT COULD BE REFERRED BACK POST HAY TO THE COUNCIL FOR FURTHER ACTION.

THAT'S MY STORY MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, SO THIS ORDINANCE IS SIMILAR TO A PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT YOU APPROVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND REALLY, UM, YOUR TASK TONIGHT IS TO FIND THAT THE ORDINANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND, UM, ALL THIS DOES IS MODIFY THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG HARTFORD ROAD TO, UH, BASICALLY ALLOW THE SAME SHED SIZES AS IS PERMITTED IN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT MERELY STREAMLINES THE REGULATIONS FOR THE ZONING OFFICERS SO THEY'RE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE TOWN.

SO IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, IT WOULD BE TO APPROVE.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE RESOLUTION? RESO YOUR RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 20 25, WHICH BY ITS TITLE RECOMMENDS, UH, FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MUNICIPAL MASTER PLAN, MUNICIPAL ZONING ORDINANCE AND REFERRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.

SO PENDING TO SAY ALL THAT OR JUST SAY IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? YOU COULD SAY WHAT HE SAID AND THEN, UM, YOU HAVE, UH, YOU ALSO SHOULD HAVE A FORM OF RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

IN, IN ADDITION TO THIS, IN THAT WOULD BE THE RESOLUTION.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

SO, SO IF, IF YOU'RE INCLINED YOU COULD ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 11 20 25.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT? MOVED? OKAY, SECOND.

AND CHAIRMAN GIULIANO.

AYE.

DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, A EXOTIC CAR, ANTIQUE CAR FACILITY BOTH FOR STORAGE AND FOR DETAILING.

OKAY, SO I GUESS NOW WE GO TO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

YES.

[10.a. Eagle Auto Body, 35 Fostertown Road, 301/7.02, SPR-5753AF – request for a one-year extension for Final Site Plan Approval per Resolution 13-2022.]

YEP.

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

NOW WE HAVE THE, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

SO OUR APP, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.

IT'S, YEAH, IT'S THE, UM, EAGLE AUTO BODY, UM, TO UH, ASK FOR, I BELIEVE IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THEIR APPROVAL OF TIME.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, MY NAME'S DOMINIC FEER REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT FOR THIS EXTENSION EAGLE AUTO BODY.

UH, THIS, UH, PROJECT IS FOR

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IT'S ACTUALLY A CLUB.

UM, THIS WAS APPROVED IN, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, 13TH 2022 AND WE'RE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF THAT APPROVAL TO OCTOBER OF, UH, THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE A YEAR FROM THIS ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY, LET'S SAY, OF THE INITIAL APPROVAL, WHICH WAS OCTOBER OF 22.

UM, SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU'RE ASKING IT TO JUST THIS OCTOBER OF, OF 2025 THAT YEAH.

JUST THAT, YEAH.

ONE YEAR AT A TIME.

IT SHOULD BE FROM, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A WHILE AGO.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN OCTOBER.

UH, THIS REQUEST BUT GOT BIAS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE HERE MAKING QUESTION.

THE LAW DOES AUTHORIZE POST APPLICATION.

POST EXPIRATION APPLICATION.

THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

AND IT DOES.

SO ON THE BASIS OF THE, UH, APPLICANT'S NEED TO OBTAIN OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT AGENCY APPROVALS AS THEY'RE KNOWN IN THIS CASE A DEP APPROVAL.

NOW, GIVEN THE, THE, UH, TIME THAT'S PASSED SINCE THE MATTER WAS BEFORE THE BOARD ON A PLENARY BASIS, WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

SO IT MADE SENSE FOR, WE HAVE A, A LETTER APPLICATION FROM MR. FARE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS FINE, BUT IT MADE SENSE AND SHAME ON HIM.

'CAUSE HE ASKED ME, HE SAID, SHOULD I BE THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT? I SAID, WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS IN CASE THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA FOR YOU TO BE HERE, BUT SOME SUBSTANCE OF IT IS THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR A DP APPROVAL.

IS IT STORM WATER DONE? YEAH, I THINK SO.

STORM, STORM WARNING KNOWS MORE ABOUT THAT PERMIT AND, UH, NOT UNHEARD, UH, NOT UNHEARD OF.

THE DEP IS SLOW TO ACT .

SO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE.

AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE APPLICATION.

YOU'RE RIGHT FOR POINTING OUT THAT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE EARLIER.

BUT THE LAW DOES AUTHORIZE A POST EXPIRATION APPLICATION.

SO ACTUALLY I'M LEARNING SOMETHING MYSELF 'CAUSE I'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE APPLICATIONS.

SO WHEN SOMEONE GETS ENTITLEMENTS HERE, THEY START TO TAKE EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OUTSIDE AGENCIES? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO NOW YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OUTSIDE D PAYS, YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION? YEAH.

THAT'S IT.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PROSPECT OF WHEN YOU MIGHT BE GETTING SOMETHING? IT IS JOHN CORNICK THAT I DON'T KNOW.

YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION.

IT'S JUST SITTING THERE BECAUSE THE APPLICATION, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN FILED QUITE A WHILE AGO AND JUST IT'S IT'S NOT ON HER OF WITH THEM OR THE DOT? YEAH.

NO, BUT YOU, THAT'S OUR ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE MAY BE IN, IN THE COURSE OF TIME, UM, OTHER THINGS, BUT WE COULD GET INTO THAT MAYBE NEXT OR OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT'S 'CAUSE MY CLIENT PURCHASED THE LAND NEXT TO IT.

UNDERSTOOD.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE, BUT IT'S NOT COMPLICATED NOW.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXTENSION? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

SECOND THERE.

I'M SORRY.

DOES HE HAVE TO OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC? OH, I APOLOGIZE.

YEAH, WE SHOULDA HAVE PUBLIC.

I APOLOGIZE.

EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO ONE HERE.

YOU SHOULD, GENTLEMEN, I I'M NEW TO THE CHAIRMAN ROLE, SO APOLOGIZE.

IT'S A LITTLE BUMPY.

UM, IT'S MY F ONLY SECOND MEETING ON CHAIRMAN, BUT YEAH, I APOLOGIZE.

I I DIDN'T SEE ANY , THE PUBLIC ITSELF.

THAT'S PARTLY MY FAULT TOO.

TOM.

I SHOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING ON THAT, BUT THANK YOU.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE SO THERE'S NOTHING TO OPEN.

THAT'S FINE.

ALRIGHT.

SO WE MADE, UH, WHO SECOND FIRST.

AND CHAIRMAN GIULIANO.

AYE.

YOU'LL GET A RESOLUTION IN THE NEXT MOTION.

UM, I GUESS IS THIS FOR THE POINT WHERE, I MEAN AGAIN, GENERAL PUBLIC, THERE'S NOBODY HERE.

THERE IS NO ONE HERE.

THIS SHOULD BE THE TIME TO OPEN IT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COUNSEL, BUT THERE'S NO ONE.

SO AT THIS POINT, DO WE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I THINK NOW WOULD BE TIME TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I SO MOVED.

YOU LOOK READY.

I'LL SECOND THAT CLOSE.

YES, VERY CLOSE.