The March 8, 2021 meeting of the Jackson Township Board was called to order at 7:36 p.m. by Planning Board Secretary, Denise Buono with a salute to the flag by all present. Attorney Sean Gertner read the Open Public Meetings Act Statement noting that adequate notice has been provided and advertised in the manner prescribed by law.

ILL CALL:

Robert Hudak, Board Chairman

Absent: Tim Dolan, Manuela Brito-Alt #2-

Also Present: Planning Board Attorney Sean Gertner, Ernie Peters, Board Planner, Doug Klee, Board Engineer, Denise Buono, Planning Board Secretary, and Danielle Sinowitz, Planning Board Recording Secretary.

Payment of Recording Secretary, Danielle Sinowitz, for 3/8/21 motioned by RICCARDI/ Riker. Yes: All in favor among those present.

Payment of Board Secretary, Denise Buono, for 3/8/21 motioned by CAM PBELL/ Haring. Yes: All in favor among those present.

Mr. Gertner announced to make the record clear everyone is to speak clearly and announce themselves.

M r. Hudak thanked all the members of the Board, as there has been so much time devoted to these meetings and the meetings have been late almost weekly, and it can be assured that this will be coming to an end soon and the Board will be caught up and will be moved on

Applications: 1. Adventure Crossing, Phase 2, Block 3001, Lots 5, 6, 19 and 20, Monmouth Road- M r. Klee stated there was a brief hearing and this is to amend the 2 warehouse building approval and combine them into one and remove the recreation building and add to the one building and there is just continuation for the Planning and Traffic testimony. M r. Peters stated the application is still in the highway commercial mixed use zone and it appears the application is without variances and as indicated there will be traffic testimony and there were revised plans submitted 10 days prior to the hearing and it would be asked that a description of the adjustments be put on the record. Sal Alfieri- attorney for the applicant- stated prior to the hearing there were exhibits provided to the Board secretary and there was a submission to the Board 10 days prior to the hearing and Mr. Borden will be called on again to provide an overview of the revision.

Ian Borden- President with Professional Designed Services, licensed in the state of NJ- sworn- Mr. Alfieri asked what was done since last year. Mr. Borden stated in case there are new members a brief overview will be provided, and phase of Adventure Crossing and phase 2 received a GDP approval which approved mixed uses and those uses were a convention center, golf facility, retail and indoor recreation facility approximately 100,000 SF, and 250 apartments and it was approved by the GDP and it was appealed and the Zoning Board adopted an amendment for the phase 2 properties and this Board approved a site plan approval for 3 buildings, and those 2 buildings are being consolidated into 1 building and there is a 16% building size the buffer is being increased and parking is decreased, there is also no access to Anderson Road other than the emergency access and all truck access will be through Monmouth road and there is no truck traffic through phase 1, and the remainder of the property is phase 1 which has a large mix of uses included indoor & outdoor recreation, a hotel, fast food restaurant, sit down restaurants, retail space and office space, and in addition there has been an amended GDP where phase 2 was included and phase 3 was requested to be moved, and as far as the changes go, there are 6 exhibits that have been provided and Exhibit A-5 is the amended site plan that was submitted on February 26, 2021, and it's the overall site plan sheet 2, and it should be noted no building sizes, parking and loading area were changed in this revision, there were 2 circulation comments raised by the Board professionals and the bottom left shows the truck access which has the direct access to Monmouth road, and the ingress of trucks will transition into building 2, and the turning movement was adjusted and there was a stop bar and striping done, and through question the refuse enclosure was adjusted so that it was not in the front yard. Mr. Alfieri asked other than the sidewalk waiver on Anderson Road, the revised plan remains compliant with the ordinance requirements. Mr. Borden advised that the waiver is requested for sidewalks. Mr. Alfieri asked if the Environment Commission had issues. Mr. Borden advised there was no concern.

M r. Hudak asked if the state of the site be gone through, how many acres are being developed and how many aces have been disturbed. M r. Borden stated the entire project is 162 acres and phase 1 encompasses 72 of those acres and of that 48 is developable and they are under construction and that is the commercial uses, phase 1 is under construction and phase 2 there has been no work done. Mr. Hudak asked if there is any disturbance to phase 2. Mr. Borden said no.

John Rea- licensed professional engineer with the traffic engineer specialty- credentials accepted- sworn- Mr. Alfieri asked Mr. Rea if his office handled phase 1, the GDP and the prior application. Mr. Rea advised that is correct. Mr. Alfieri asked if Mr. Rea was involved in the Monmouth and Ocean county application. Mr. Rea said yes. Mr. Alfieri asked how Monmouth road works. Mr. Rea stated the road divides right down the middle and Monmouth has joursedition over the road itself and access is in Jackson Township, and Ocean County and Jackson are in charge, and there is joint jurisdiction and both road departments are reviewing the plan and there is a good level of detail there. Mr. Alfieri asked what reports can be provided and what material was prepared for this evening. Mr. Rea stated there was materials prepared for the phase 1 and phase 2 and the project for the warehouses, and there was preparation of traffic studies that was last submitted to the Monmouth County Planning Board summarizing where this is to date. Mr. Rea presented Exhibit A-4, the overall site plan and as far as access points go there is a right in entry at the western end of the property and that is the pine drive jug handle and there is a light in and right out for the restaurants. Mr. Gertner asked if the top is 537. Mr. Rea advised that was correct and stated to the north is Monmouth Road, and there is an entry on the west end of the project and there is a right in driveway which is located at Pine Drive and 537, and there are offsite improvements purposed because of the west bound traffic and it's not a point of access but it will be an offsite intersection. Mr. Alfieri stated the enhanced jug handle was discussed, and asked if the existing jug handle can be discussed. Mr. Rea stated the current jug handle is small which take east bound traffic across to the McDonalds and Wawa and that will be replaced by an internal roadway system which serves as access to the property and it will serve as access for the trucks. Mr. Alfieri asked Mr. Rea to describe how