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OKAY.[Call to Order]
OKAY.THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 27TH, 26, 26 MEETING OF THE MEDFORD TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD.
UM, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FLAG SALUTE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT BY POSTING A COPY OF THE AGENDA AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, FILING A COPY OF THE AGENDA IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK, FORWARDING A COPY OF THE AGENDA TO THE CENTRAL RECORD AND BERLINGTON GUIDE TIMES FORWARDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO EACH PERSON WHO HAS REQUESTED COPIES OF THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE.
AS A REMINDER, THIS MEETING IS BEING STREAMED LIVE, AND ALL STATEMENTS AND ACTIONS ARE BEING RECORDED.
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYORS HERE.
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HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS? MARCH 12TH AND MAY 6TH.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? HEARING NONE? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION? SECOND.
UH, CAN WE HAVE A, A VOTE ONLY MEMBERS PRESENT AT, SO WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM SEPARATELY SINCE I KNOW I WAS NOT HERE AT THE MAY 6TH MEETING, SO, UM, I CAN'T VOTE ON THAT ONE.
SO, UM, CAN WE DO THE VOTE FOR THE MARCH 12TH MEETING? SO, UH, SURE.
MR. MFA HAS JUST JOINED US? YES, MR. OH, WELL YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR THE MARCH MEETING MINUTES ANYWAY.
YOU WEREN'T HERE, CORRECT? UM, MR. MS. COOPER? YES.
AND NOW WE'LL DO THE MAY 6TH MEETING.
[5. Correspondence: a. NJPO Planner March/April 2026 b. Dominic S. Favieri, Esq. request to carry application SPR-5787 to June 24, 2026 ]
NEXT, ARE THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR REPORTS? UH, UH, THERE IS CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY PLANNER, UH, FOR THE MARCH AND APRIL EDITION.THERE'S ALWAYS GOOD INFORMATION IN THERE.
UM, I, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT RECENTLY.
WE'VE HAD IT FOR A WHILE, BUT IF THERE MAY BE SOME CLASSES AND STUFF IN THERE THAT ARE ALWAYS OFFERED, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I CAN, UM, REGISTER YOU.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE ATTORNEY, UM, FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THE METFORD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION REQUESTING THE APPLICATION SPOR 5 7 8 7, WHICH IS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA TO BE CARRIED TO THE JUNE 24TH, 2026 MEETING.
UM, CAN I GET SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CARRY THAT FORWARD TO THE NEXT MEETING? SO MOVED.
WHICH BE SPECIFIC? IT'LL BE FOR THE MEETING ON WHICH DATE? JUNE 24TH.
AND WE SAY THAT WE MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SO THE APPLICATION BATHROOM DOESN'T HAVE TO RE-NOTICE.
MR. AYE, VICE CHAIRMAN PERS AYE.
UH, AS IS THE BOARD'S POLICY, INSUFFICIENT ESCROW BALANCES OVER SIX MONTHS OLD ARE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA, NONPAYMENT OF ESCROW COSTS, TAXPAYERS AND PROFESSIONALS MONEY.
[7.a. Lenape Regional High School District, 600 Tabernacle Road, 4704/3 - Shawnee High School site improvements]
UH, WE HAVE A COURTESY REVIEW OF AN APPLICATION FROM THE LUPE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.IS THE APPLICANT HERE? I BELIEVE HE IS.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF INTO THE MICROPHONE.
I'M WITH, UH, ARTON INCORPORATED, FORMERLY CME ASSOCIATES, FORMERLY GUZZY ENGINEERING.
UM, I HERE, I'M HERE TONIGHT, UM, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
TONIGHT I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE LEPE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, AS WAS STATED, THE SHAWNEE HIGH SCHOOL IS PROPOSING TO, UH, REPAVE THE ENTIRETY OF
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ITS PARKING LOT.UM, THAT IS THE VERY SHORT, VERY BRIDGE VERSION OF THIS APPLICATION.
WHILE IT'S NOT AN APPLICATION, A COURTESY REVIEW HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, THIS APPLICA OR THIS, THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE SPLIT UP OVER TWO YEARS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS, THERE'S TOO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE IN ONE SUMMER.
UM, SO OVER THIS COMING SUMMER, AND THEN NEXT SUMMER, WE ARE GOING TO BE AGAIN, UH, REPAVING FROM THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ON, ON TABERNACLE ROAD, REPAVING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE, UH, STADIUM PARKING LOT.
WE'RE GONNA REPAVE ALL OF THE PARKING LOTS ALONG THE WAY.
UH, THE STUDENT LOT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE, OF THE LOOP IS CURRENTLY THE BACK PORTION OF IT IS CURRENTLY STONE.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE IT ASPHALT, MAKE IT AN ASPHALT PARKING LOT.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, DESIGNED AN APPROPRIATE STORMWATER SYSTEM TO GO WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO THE PINELANDS, THEY HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THIS.
UH, IT WAS GIVEN FORMAL APPROVAL AT THEIR MAY MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE REPAVING EVERYTHING.
AND WE'RE ALSO, AS A PART OF THIS, WE'RE GONNA BE REMOVING, UH, ABOUT 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AND BANKING IT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS, UH, THAT THE SCHOOL WISHES TO DO.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE APPLIED TO THE PINELANDS AND, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE USING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA REMOVE, UH, SIGNIFICANT OR ALL THE ASPHALT BEHIND THE, BETWEEN THE STADIUM AND THE, UH, STADIUM PARKING LOT IS GONNA BE REMOVED.
WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING SOME CONCRETE WALK PATHS IN THERE.
AND THEN THE AREA UP BY THE MIDDLE PARKING LOT WHERE I, I'M GONNA REFER TO IT AS THE WOOD SHOP AREA.
UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE, ALL THAT ASPHALT IS GONNA BE REMOVED.
AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SEED SOD THAT AREA AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET OUR, OUR REMOVAL OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UM, SO PAVING, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME CONCRETE WORK AND THEN THIS IS GONNA, THIS IS GONNA OCCUR OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS, UH, FOUR BLOCK 4, 7 0 4, LOT THREE.
IT'S IN THE PARK PUBLIC EDUCATION ZONE.
SO IT'S, IT'S IN THE ZONE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
UH, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS INHER INHERENTLY BENEFICIAL USE AND IT COMPLIES WITH YOUR MASTER PLAN.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.
YOU MAY, THIS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING FOR YOU TO ANSWER.
SO SPEED BUMPS ON THAT ROAD, 'CAUSE THEY ARE THAT HAVE SOME ON THAT ACCESS.
WE ARE, WE ARE REPLACING THEM IN KIND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ASPHALT SPEED HUMPS.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA SERVE THE PURPOSE THAT THEY SERVE NOW.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN STUDENTS ALL GET LET OUT AT 2 30, 3 O'CLOCK, WHATEVER TIME THEY LEAVE, YOU'RE BACKED UP SO MUCH ON THAT.
UM, AND NOW I'M ASKING AS A MOTHER OF A STUDENT THAT, SO YES.
SO THOSE, THOSE MEASURES WILL BE REPLACED IN KIND.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HELP SLOW DOWN PEOPLE AS THEY'RE COMING AROUND THAT CURVE.
FOR THE, AND I THINK IT WAS IN THE APPLICATION, BUT FOR THE RECORD, THE TWO PHASES, UM, JUST DESCRIBE TO US THE, THE, WHICH PHASE IS HAPPENING FIRST.
SO THIS SUMMER IS GONNA BE PHASE ONE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE, UH, THE STADIUM AREA RIGHT BETWEEN THE STADIUM AND THE STADIUM PARKING LOT.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA INCLUDE THE PAVING OF THE STADIUM PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS THE PAVING AND REMOVAL OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IN WHAT I'M GONNA CALL THE MIDDLE PARKING LOT.
UH, THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE 2027, THE INTENT IS TO PAVE, UH, REPAVE THE STUDENT PARKING LOT, PUT THE, UH, TURN IT INTO ASPHALT AT THAT POINT, REPAVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE, DRIVE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STADIUM PARKING LOT AND REPAVE THE FRONT PARKING LOT AS WELL AS THE, UH, BUS LOOP THAT COMES OUT AND GOES IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND GOES OUT TO TABERNACLE ROAD THERE.
AND TWO PHASES, BOTH SUMMERTIME EVENTS? CORRECT.
AND HOW ABOUT ACCESS DURING THE SECOND PHASE WHEN YOU'RE PAVING THAT ENTIRE ROAD? I'M JUST LIKE, THERE WILL BE ACCESS, UH, SUMMER SCHOOL AND WHATEVER SUMMER ACTIVITIES THE DISTRICT IS, IS, IS DOING DURING THE SUMMER WILL STILL OCCUR.
THEY WILL STILL HAVE ANYONE WILL STILL HAVE ACCESS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN DRIVEWAY WILL BE THEIR ACCESS, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO PARK IN THE MIDDLE LOT AS OPPOSED TO PARKING IN THE FRONT.
SO THIS SUMMER, ANYBODY THAT COMES IN WILL HAVE TO PARK IN THE FRONT LOT.
UM, NEXT YEAR THEY'LL HAVE TO TRAVERSE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND GET INTO THE MIDDLE PARKING LOT.
SO WHERE THE GRAVEL PARKING LOT IS WHERE THE STUDENTS PARK MM-HMM
SO YOU'RE BASICALLY JUST MAKING THAT CEMENT.
YOU'RE NOT, THE, THE TEMPLATE'S STILL THE SAME AND YOU'RE JUST THE LAYOUT.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO REPAVE THE EXISTING ASPHALT THAT'S AT THE FRONT HALF OF THE PARKING LOT AND WE'RE GONNA STRIP OFF SOME OF THE STONE IN THE BACK AND THEN PAVE IT WITH ASPHALT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? UH, AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE MEETING TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
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UH, AND, UH, YEAH, SEEING NONE, DO, DO I ACTUALLY HAVE TO VOTE? YEAH.UM, AND I UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS APPLICATION, SO, UM, UH, AGAIN, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON MATTERS? UH, CURRENTLY BEFORE THE BOARD AND SEEING NONE? AM I MISSING ANYTHING? THE, THE PLANNER
IT'S IN THE PPE ZONING DISTRICT.
WE REVIEWED THE PLANS, WE, THE PINE LANDS LETTER, UM, IF YOU COULD SEND THE PINE LANDS APPROVAL WHEN THEY ISSUED THEIR FINAL FROM THEIR MAY HEARING.
UM, I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN FILE, BUT I SAW THE APRIL 15 LETTERS FROM CHUCK HORNER ON IT AND EVERYTHING.
THERE'S, IT'S A RELATIVELY MINOR SCOPE.
ANYTHING ELSE? CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SAME SECOND.