Plannng Board

City of Trenton Planning Board Conference and Public Hearing Thursday, December 19, 2022 Via Microsoft Teams or phone: 609-436-9298 The Conference ID is 412 046 968# Members in Attendance: Randy Baum, Interim Chair Jamie Carpenter Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed Anthony Santora Charles Romanow Members Not in Attendance: Dan Fatton, Chair John McBride, Vice Chair Markus Green Jeff Halpern Joe Harrison Wanda Swiggett Staff in Attendance: Jeffrey Wilkerson, Supervising Planner George McGill, Planning Board Attorney Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary PUBLIC HEARING Current Planning Board Membership (as of 12/19/22) Class Term Ending Date Board Member I (Mayor’s Representative) Mayor’s Term Markus Green II (City Employee) 12/31/22 Anthony Santora III (City Council 12/31/22 Joe Harrison Representative) IV (City Resident) 12/31/22 Patricia Ni’ma- Mohammed IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Randy Baum IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jeff Halpern IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Dan Fatton IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jamie Carpenter IV (City Resident) 12/31/22 John McBride ALTERNATES IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Wanda Swiggett IV (City Resident) 12/31/22 Charles Romanow 1 The meeting was called to order at 6:07pm. Mr. McGill read the Open Public Meetings Act and a quorum was verified. Mr. Baum agreed to act as Interim Chair for the evening. Mr. Wilkerson provided some background on the City’s effort around redevelopment, the creation of a Redevelopment Authority, Redevelopment Plans and the effort to understand how a Redevelopment Plan is developed. Through what appears to be a misunderstanding, some of the City’s work was stalled and some grant money was lost. There is a statute that controls who is responsible for what and when. The City’s ordinances are also clear around the establishment of a Redevelopment Authority. Mr. McGill was tasked with explaining the set-up, limitations, and authorities for a Department of Housing and Economic Development and a Redevelopment Authority through a letter to the new City Council. There is some geographical boundaries around where a Redevelopment Authority can exercise its responsibilities. The Staff recommended that the Board’s attorney provide the concept of the letter for discussion with the Planning Board and determine if the letter is needed and if there is additional information that should be contained within it if the Board believes it would be a good idea to go forward. Via screenshare Mr. McGill reviewed the outline of the letter that was drafted. The letter will be shared with the Board members and discussed at the upcoming January meeting. Mr. Wilkerson shared the RFP scoring that the subcommittee used to review the submissions for the Board’s professionals and the following votes were set forth: Approve Taylor Design for Planning Consultant Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Randy Baum X X Jamie Carpenter X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X X Charles Romanow X Approve McGill and Hall for the Board Attorney Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Randy Baum X X Jamie Carpenter X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X Charles Romanow X X 2 Approve CME for the Board Engineer Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Randy Baum, Interim Chair X Jamie Carpenter X X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X Charles Romanow X X Approve Brightview Board Traffic Engineer Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Randy Baum X X Jamie Carpenter X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X Charles Romanow X X Approve the minutes as amended 12-8-22 Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Randy Baum X X Jamie Carpenter X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X X Charles Romanow X Mr. Wilkerson made an announcement for the second meeting in January there are no cases and are instead proposing a Public Engagement for the TOD updates. There are 2 major site plans coming before the Board early in the year. After this Citywide Public Engagement there will be direct engagement of the communities directly impacted by the plans done within those neighborhoods. Adjourned at 6:45pm. Respectfully submitted Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary 3