Plannng Board

City of Trenton Planning Board Public Hearing Thursday, January 23, 2025 City Hall Members in Attendance: Charles Romanow, Chair Randy Baum, Vice Chair Caty Dominguez Jonathan Conner Markus Green Jeff Halpern Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed Anthony Santora Diana Walker Members Not in Attendance: n/a Staff in Attendance: Lisa Seriyssol, Senior Planner for Transportation Brian Weakliem, Intern George McGill, Planning Board Attorney Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary PUBLIC HEARING Current Planning Board Membership (as of 1/23/25) Class Term Ending Date Board Member I (Mayor’s Representative) Mayor’s Term Markus Green II (City Employee) 12/31/25 Anthony Santora III (City Council Joseph Harrison Representative) (awaiting reappointment) IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 Patricia Ni’ma- Mohammed IV (City Resident) 12/31/28 Randy Baum IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jeff Halpern IV (City Resident) 12/31/27 Caty Dominguez IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jonathan Connor IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 Charles Romanow ALTERNATES IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Diana Walker 1  IV (City Resident) 12/31/24 VACANT The meeting was called to order at 7:09 PM by Mr. Romanow. The Open Public Meetings Act was announced and a quorum was verified. Mr. McGill swore in Mr. Randy Baum and Mr. Santora for their new terms. Mr. Baum’s term will end 12/31/28 and Mr. Santora’s term will end on 12/31/25. Elect Charlie Romanow as Board Chair Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X Randy Baum X X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X X Elect Randy Baum as Board Vice Chair Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Jeff Halpern X X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X 2  Diana Walker X Elect Cherry Oakley as Recording and Corresponding Secretary Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X X Diana Walker X Appoint Board Attorney -- Parker & McCay Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X 3  Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X X Appoint Planning Consultant – Taylor Design Group Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X X Appoint Engineering Consultant -- CME Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X 4  Randy Baum X X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X Appoint Traffic Engineer -- Brightview Engineering Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X X 5 Affirm the Meeting Times for the established yearly calendar approved in the December 2024 hearing to be at 7:00PM Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X X Diana Walker X Appoint The Official Newspapers as the Times of Trenton and the Trentonian and including posting on the City’s social media accounts as a way to notify the public of official hearings Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X 6  Adjourned the Reorganization Meeting at 7:29PM Mr. Romanow opened the Public Hearing at 7:31PM and a quorum was verified. He read the Open Public Meetings Act. 24-P-359PE- 359 Pennington Ave.-Kush Dispensary Applicant: Kush Dispensary LLC. Property Address: 359 Pennington Ave. Block: 4201 Lot(s): 1 Project Description: Applicant seeks conditional use approval to convert a vacant retail space into a Class-5 Cannabis Retail space. Update: Applicant requests to be carried to the February 27, 2025 meeting. Carry 24-P-359PE- 359 Pennington Ave.-Kush Dispensary to the Public Hearing on February 27, 2025 at 7PM in City Council Chambers Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X X Patricia Ni’ma- X Mohammed Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X 7 The Applicant for 212 Sanhican Drive did notice for the hearing tonight. This matter was a transfer from the Zoning Board to this Board based on the new LDO. The Applicant’s attorney, Greg Johnson, asked for the matter to be carried to the February 13, 2025 Hearing. Carry the 212 Sanhican Dr. matter to the February 13, 2025 hearing at 7PM in City Council chambers. Notice is preserved. Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X Approving Meeting Minutes from December 12, 2024 Member Aye Nay Ab- Motioned Seconded stain Charles Romanow X Randy Baum X X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X 8 Administrative amending of Resolutions for the following: • 2024-13 137 & 141 East State Street; waived the fee requirement for Open Space to make that action by the Board more clear. • 2024-16 regarding Capital Health System amend to remove a lot designation that was not included in the lot • 2025-9 amend to update the name of the organization to 2-8N. Broad LLC Member Ay Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded e Charles Romanow X X Randy Baum X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X X Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X a. 24-P-401DA: 401 Dayton St. Applicant: Trenton Board of Education, re: Grace Dunn Middle School 9  Property Address: 401 Dayton St. Block: 19809 Lot(s): 1 Redevelopment Area: N/A 2023 Zoning District: INST Landmarks Historic Preservation District: N/A Project Description: Applicant is seeking a minor subdivision to split the existing lot which includes an existing educational facility. The applicant intends to construct a new school on the newly created lots. Mr. McGill updated the Board that this application is for a sub-division for conforming lots and the planned project is able to be built as a matter of right. He clarified for the Board the extent of their required review. Mr. Shonti Tager, Esq. for the applicant introduced the project. Mr. Perry Lattiboudere was sworn in and summarized the project. He is outside counsel to the Trenton School District. He noted that there is a large school-age population in South Trenton that projects a 15% increase in enrollment in the next 5 years, resulting in the need for a new school. He noted that Grace Dunn Middle School will remain a school for 7th and 8th grade students. Mr. Keith Ludwig, Professional Surveyor, was sworn in. He presented his credentials and was accepted as an expert before this Board. He described the property under consideration. He reviewed the comments from the Board’s professional’s memo. He noted that notice was not provided as it is not required and there is no proposed project at this time. He stipulated that they would comply with all filing laws. However, there has not been a Map Filing law for 12 years so they will not be filing the recommended application. The map Is consistent with the new Tax Map law. They affirmed with the oversight authority that their map is consistent with all requirements. Mr. Joseph Gray, of Bright View Engineering was sworn in and confirmed that the Applicant has answered all of the outstanding questions and he is satisfied with the application. Mr. Tager noted that they are subdividing the lot to meet a requirement of one of the agencies that is involved with the overall project. Ms. Lisa Seriessyol, Senior Planner of Transportation for the City of Trenton, was sworn in. She asked where the greenspace will be now that the sports field is being used for the proposed new school. The Applicant indicated that the existing greenspace will be smaller and there will be indoor athletic facilities to assist with recreation. Approve Minor Subdivision for 24-P-401DA: 401 Dayton St. 10 Member Ay Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded e Charles Romanow X Randy Baum X X Caty Dominguez X Jonathan Conner X Markus Green X Jeff Halpern X X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X Diana Walker X Meeting adjourned at 8:03PM Respectfully submitted Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary 11