Plannng Board

City of Trenton Planning Board Conference and Public Hearing Thursday, May 11, 2023 Via Microsoft Teams or phone: 609-436-9298 The Conference ID is 412 046 968# Members in Attendance: Charles Romanow, Chair Randy Baum, Vice Chair Jeff Halpern Joseph Harrison Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed Anthony Santora Members Not in Attendance: Jonathan Conner Markus Green Wanda Swiggett Staff in Attendance: Michael Kolber, Senior Planner George McGill, Planning Board Attorney Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary PUBLIC HEARING Current Planning Board Membership (as of 5/11/23) Class Term Ending Date Board Member I (Mayor’s Representative) Mayor’s Term Markus Green II (City Employee) 12/31/23 Anthony Santora III (City Council 12/31/23 Joseph Harrison Representative) IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 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 VACANT IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jonathan Connor IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 Charles Romanow ALTERNATES IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Wanda Swiggett IV (City Resident) 12/31/24 VACANT 1 The meeting was called to order at 6:05pm by Mr. Romanow. He read the Open Public Meetings Act and a quorum was verified. Memorialize Resolution: HX II for 1030 Elmer Street with amended wording to do a courtesy review for the Landmarks Commission, provide the appearance of brick, changing the word “plantings” to “landscaping” for condition 6 and for condition 4 ‘insert the wording “possible additional landscaping” Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Charles Romanow X Randy Baum X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X X Anthony Santora X X Mr. Joseph Harrison, the City Council Representative to the Planning Board, was sworn in. Mr. Kolber announced that next week’s Green Team’s meeting will include a 5 pm tour of Isles and a potluck. The meeting will be at 6 pm. Climate Resilience NJ will be the following Wednesday presenting the Trenton Resilience Plan. It will be a virtual meeting from 6 pm-8 pm to review proposed actions. The vulnerabilities have been completed. Mr. Romanow attended the bicycle open house at the community center. The event had good attendance and the event was reportedly engaging. He noted that there was good feedback and information shared. Mr. McGill indicated that the Planning Board needs to restart meeting in person because the Public Health Emergency ends as of today May 11, 2023. Some considerations are that if some applications have been given a date and provided notice that their hearing will be on this platform then the Board should honor that. The logistics should be discussed. Mr. Kolber indicated that there are no cases docketed after May for the Planning Board at this time. There is a case scheduled for May 25, 2023. The Board will continue to meet virtually through July. PUBLIC HEARING Item #1 Appointment of Planning Board Representative to CHOICE/Donnelly Homes Redevelopment Steering Committee. The City Council of Trenton has authorized the Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine whether vacant and/or abandoned properties and the Trenton Housing Authority Properties within the proposed Donnelly Homes study area qualify as an area in need of condemnation redevelopment. The Trenton Housing 2 Authority, utilizing their consultant Wallace, Roberts, and Todd, LLC, with authorization from the Trenton Planning Board, has commenced this investigation. The Planning Board will appoint a member to sit on the Steering Committee for this project. Ms. Ni’ma- Mohammed volunteered to be the representative and Mr. Romanow appointed her to the Steering Committee. Meeting adjourned 6:47pm Respectfully submitted Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary 3