STATE OF NEW JERSEY
					COUNTY OF BERGEN
					BOROUGH OF ELMWOOD PARK
					PLANNING BOARD

RE:

MATTERS AND DECISIONS RENDERED 
			
			On

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017

					JANUARY 11, 2017
					Municipal Bldg.
					Elmwood Park, New Jersey 07407
					Commencing at 8:00 pm

B E F O R E:

		THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE BOROUGH OF ELMWOOD PARK.

PRESENT:

			JEFFREY FREITAG, Chairman
			JOHN ADAMO, Bd. Secty.
			ROBERT COLLETTI, Mayor/Member
			CLAUDIA ROSS, Member
			LOUIS VUONCINO, Councilman/Member
			HARRY DECKER, Member
			JOHN VIVIANI, Member
			GREGORY AMENT, Member
			STACY MOLA, Member
			NICKOLAOS PROTONOTARIOS, Alt.  
			GISELLE DIAZ, Bd. Engineer  		
			JOHN CONTE, JR., ESQ., Bd. Attorney

JOSEPH NATALE, C.S.R.
30 Cedar Island Drive
Brick, New Jersey 08723
(732) 477‑6710
I N D E X

APPLICANT			DISPOSITION			PAGE

AGENDA:

EAST FIFTY‑FOUR,
LLC (P16‑003)		Granted				3

BIO REFERENCE
LABS, INC.
(P16‑004)			Granted				4

JIBREEL 
ENTERPRISES
(P16‑005)			Granted				5 

		THE CHAIRMAN: The regular meeting of the Elmwood Park Planning Board is called to order.
		This meeting is being held in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act.
		Whereupon roll call is taken.
		Roll call: Present were Members Ament, Adamo, Mayor Colletti, Decker, Freitag, Mola, Ross, Viviani, Vuoncino and Protonotarios; Mr. Meneely was absent.
		At this time, Mayor Colletti sworn in Members Freitag, Ament, Mola, Ross and Protonotarios.  

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EAST FIFTY‑FOUR LLC (P16‑003)			(GRANTED)
PREMISES AFFECTED: 389 East 54th Street, Block 1104, Lot 21.
PURPOSE: Application for a Minor Subdivision.

		THOMAS DUCH, ESQ. appeared on behalf of the applicant.
		FRANK FINKE, 115 Fifth Street, Woodridge, New Jersey, sworn.

		Mr. Duch indicated his client is before the Board requesting a minor subdivision. He stated they have provided revised plans to the Board's Engineer, as well as a legal description for proposed tax Lot 21.01, as well as for Lot 21.02.
		Mr. Duch indicated that as per the non‑conformities, there will be no expansion or changes without first returning to the Board.
		Mr. Finke testified he is a member of East Fifty‑Four, LLC and is the general partner and is authorized to testify and bind same. He testified he's asking for permission to subdivide this large lot. He testified he is aware that he must return to the Board for any other changes. He testified the error in the signature block regarding the County will be corrected.
		Mr. Conte indicated the Resolution will reflect that the green area will remain as it exists.
		Mr. Duch reviewed the Board Engineer's letter. He further indicated his client agrees to walk the site with the Engineer and replace what needs to be replaced.
		After further discussion and questioning by the Board, the Chairman opened the meeting to the public. Hearing no one, the Chairman closed the public portion.
		Mr. Vuoncino made a motion to approve with all the agreed‑to stipulations, which motion was seconded by Ms. Ross.
		Roll call vote: Voting yes in favor of motion to approve were members Vuoncino, Ament, Adamo, Mayor Colletti, Decker, Freitag, Mola, Ross and Viviani.

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BIO REFERENCE LABS, INC. (P16‑004)	(GRANTED)
PREMISES AFFECTED: 41 Slater Drive, block 902, Lots 3&4, Zone I‑R.
PURPOSE: Site plan and business certificate of occupancy to build out an additional 42,000 sq. ft. Phase II. Plus applicant is requesting an approval of revisions to a previously approved site plan to include the addition of two loading docks and four loading doors.

		THOMAS DUCH, ESQ. Appeared on behalf of the applicant.
		Mr. Duch reviewed the prior applications regarding the subject premises. He indicated they are here for Phase III, but there is still additional space. He stated his client would now like to grow into an additional 42,000 square feet.
		Mr. Duch informed the Board they have returned with revised site plans (A‑1, Phase III, calculation of spaces).

		THOMAS STEARNS, Engineer, 144 Jewel Street, Garfield, New Jersey, sworn.
		RONALD RAYOT, BioReference, sworn.

		Mr. Rayot testified he is Vice President and Director of Logistics and Facilities, and has been with BioReference for twenty‑nine years. He has appeared before this Board many times. He testified he can speak on behalf of BioReference and bind same and is authorized to appear.
		Mr. Rayot reviewed Phase I and Phase II for the Board. He testified they created a call center and what they are trying to do in Phase III is move their warehousing space into the building, as well. The call center was placed near the usable dock, which does not produce a good work flow, as it would necessitate moving material with hand trucks through this area. Therefore, the request is to put in another loading dock, next to an existing loading dock, on the side of the building where it will be separate from where the employees are.
		Also, on the south side of the building where the old loading ramps are, they are proposing to open those up, a total of four, not for tractor trailers, but instead for FedEx/UPS type trucks. The other dock would be utilized for tractor trailers, which would generally be two per day and would not block traffic.
		There will be a total of 48 additional employees, 42 on the highest shift. After the new configuration, they will have a total of 808 parking spaces. He testified they have an additional available 99 open parking spaces on Liliarts. The highest shift would be 657.

		Mr. Stearns was recognized by the Board as a licensed professional engineer in the State of New Jersey.
		He reviewed the site plan before the Board. He also noted the fence has been removed. Mr. Stearns testified he revised the general notes to correct all the square footages and parking.
		Mr. Stearns described the loading dock on the westerly side of the building. Six others remain on the northerly side. He also added there are 33 handicapped parking spaces. There will be four loading ramps on the southerly side of the building.
		A‑1 (site plan), A‑2 (revised parking plan) and A‑3 (Phase III parking) were received and marked.
		After further discussion and questioning by the Board, the Chairman opened the meeting to the public. Hearing no one, the Chairman closed the public portion.
		Ms. Mola made a motion to approve, seconded by Mr. Vuoncino.
		Roll call vote: Voting yes in favor of motion to approve were Members Mola, Vuoncino, Ament, Adamo, Mayor Colletti, Decker, Freitag, Ross and Viviani.  

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JIBREEL ENTERPRISES, LLC
D/B/A FRANK MOTOR CARS (P16‑005)		(GRANTED)
PREMISES AFFECTED: 391 Route 46 West Block: Lot:2 Zone: C‑G, Block 1807 Lot 2. C‑G.

		THOMAS DUCH, ESQ. Appeared on behalf of the applicants.
		Mr. Duch indicated this has been operated as a car dealership and his client proposes to operate it in the same manner.
		A‑1 (revised site plan) is received and marked.
		
		ABDUL FARAHI,  1147 Glen Road, Fort Lee, New Jersey, sworn.
		Mr. Farahi testified he is the general manager of Frank Motor Cars and has been in business since 2011, this being the third one. He testified he has made improvements to the premises including renovating the bathrooms, new floors, carpeting, etc. They blacktopped and painted the outside of the building. As far as lighting, they only changed bulbs.
		The proposed hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 9 am to 7 pm, and no Sunday operation. He testified that the cars will be parked behind the bollards and chains. No cars will be parked along the Route 46 right‑of‑way.
		He reaffirmed his interest in leasing Lot 1.
		He testified that all prepping of cars will be performed off‑site at their Paterson location and then the cars will be driven by employees to this location and only minor maintenance will be performed here, such as dusting, snow removal, etc. There will be no oil changes or anything of that nature.

		THOMAS STEARNS, Engineer, 144 Jewel Street, Garfield, New Jersey, sworn.
		Mr. Stearns was recognized, qualified and accepted by the Board as a licensed engineer in the State of New Jersey.
		Mr. Stearns reviewed the revised site plan before the Board, i.e., customer parking, handicapped spaces, lighting, stacking of cars, directional arrows, etc. There will be no more than five employees. Employees will not use personal cars, but will be using cars that are for sale to get to the premises.
		After further discussion and questioning by the Board, the Chairman opened the meeting to the public.

		LENORE MADRACHIMOV, 92 Echo Place, Elmwood park, New Jersey, sworn.

		Ms. Madrachimov testified she's a lifelong resident of Elmwood Park, and has always resided one block from the subject premises. She is very familiar with its operations.
		She testified that lighting has always been a problem with spillover. She further expressed concern over parking in their lot and utilizing street parking. She further testified she would like to see the property be better maintained, including treatment of garbage. She was also concerned about car maintenance being on premises.

		PATRICIA LUTERZO, 34 Henry Street, Elmwood Park, New Jersey, sworn.
		Ms. Luterzo testified she resides behind the property in question. She testified that previous customers constantly parking in front of her house, eating lunch, loitering, littering, etc.  

		Hearing no one further, the Chairman closed the public portion.  
		After further discussion and questioning by the Board, Mr. Amend made a motion to approve with the stipulation that lighting be subject to approval by Boswell Engineering, lights to be turned off by 10 pm on the Henry Street side, the bollards at the entrance be moved ten feet to the east, maintaining the grass/landscape, etc., no vehicle repairs/maintenance on‑site, no vehicle parking outside the bollards; the motion was seconded by Mr. Decker.
		Roll call vote: Voting yes in favor of motion to approve were Members Ament, Decker, Adamo, Mayor Colletti, Freitag, Mola, Ross, Viviani and Vuoncino.

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		Ms. Ross made a motion to accept the minutes of December 14, 2016, seconded by Mr. Viviani.
		Roll call vote: Eligible to vote and voting yes in favor of motion to approve were Members Adamo, Mayor Colletti, Ross, Vuoncino, Decker, Viviani and Ament.

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		At this time, Mr. Viviani was unanimously elected Vice Chairman.

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		At this time, all Members voted in favor of the meeting commencement time to be changed from 8 pm to 7:30 pm.

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		There being no further matters before the Board, a motion being made to adjourn and seconded, and all voting in favor of adjournment, the Chairman adjourned the meeting.		

					JOHN ADAMO, Board Secretary