Design Review & Preservation Board, Middletown

Chair Jeff Bianco Middletown Vice-Chair Members Secretary Nicholas Fazzino (’21) Brian Kronenberger Thom Pattavina Bruce Plumley Christina Wasch(’23) Maria Madsen Holzberg Design Review & Members Richard Pelletier Marilyn Mills (’23) MarcusMiddleton Jammie Catherine Johnson (’23) Vacant Fazzino (’21) Vacant (’21) Vacant Preservation Board Alternates Staff Kellin Atherton (’23) Shanay James O’Connell (’21) Fulton (’23) AICP, Director of Land Use Marek Kozikowski, Ex- Officio Mayor Ben Florsheim REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, September 14, 2022 Virtual Meeting via WebEx 5:00 P.M. Start: 5:05 PM End: 6:38 PM In attendance: Jeff Bianco, Marilyn Mills, Maria Madsen Holzberg, Christina Wasch, Brian Kronenberger, Staff: Marek Kozikowski, Director. Eleven members of the public were present. 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 5:05pm. 2. Public Comment for Items on the Agenda None. 3. Old Business 4. New Business 4.1. Signage review and exterior elevation review for the new construction of a retail establishment located at 502 and 550 Highland Avenue. Applicant/Agent: Stone Point Properties, LLC/Richard Carella. SPR2022- 181. Attorney Rich Carella introduced the application. Guy Hesketh and his team reviewed project consisted of the new building, parking lot, utilities, lighting, landscaping, signage, and a retaining wall. The landscaping plan included screening of staggered evergreens at the front and the rear will maintain the existing buffer which includes an evergreen mixture and a large tree canopy. Street trees will be added along both South Main Street and Highland Avenue frontages. The front facade has an entrance vestibule which will have a composite redwood with black aluminum framing with glass panels. A secondary feature will be at the second entrance. The façade begins with a stone veneer, then water table detail with a brick veneer painted aspen white above. Architectural panes will have horizontal and vertical banding. With a cap with an aluminum edge flashing. A canopy will cover the sidewalk. The signage will consist of free standing signs along Highland Avenue and South Main Street which will be an opaque red wit lettering and the circle illuminated. Motion to approve the proposal with the conditions that sidewalks be added along Highland Avenue, the façade be wrapped onto the east and west sides of the building and the parking lot Page 1 of 2 lights will be lowered along Highland Avenue. Made by Wasch; seconded by Holzberg Approved 5-0 4.2. Discussion with riverfront consultant Mike Aziz, Cooper Robertson reviewed the next steps for the riverfront planning effort which includes an analysis of the existing zoning codes and any necessary changes and the drafting of design guidelines for the riverfront development area. He described several concepts for various sections of the plan. 5. Minutes 5.1. Minutes of the July 27, 2022 meeting No Action. 6. Public Comment for Items Not on the Agenda None. 7. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 6:38pm. Respectively submitted, Marek Kozikowski, AICP Director of Land Use Page 2 of 2