1 00:07:31,220 --> 00:08:00,800 Your pleasure, you can call the meeting to order. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Welcome, everyone, to the September 15th, 2026 APC meeting. I'm calling this meeting to order at 7.01 p.m. For land acknowledgement, we wish to recognize and acknowledge the song he's in casaps and nations on whose territory we live, we learn, and we do our work on. Item two of the agenda is late items. I'll look to staff to introduce if there are any. There are no late items. Okay. Thank you. We'll move on to item three. 2 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,160 Can we get a motion to approve the agenda as circulated? 3 00:08:04,460 --> 00:08:06,920 Sean, thank you, seconder, TJ, thank you. 4 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:08,180 All those in favor? 5 00:08:08,980 --> 00:08:09,880 Motion carries. 6 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:17,060 Next is item four, adoption of the minutes from the August 18th, 2026 APC meeting. 7 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:21,080 Turning to the commission to identify if there are any changes or corrections needed. 8 00:08:23,150 --> 00:08:23,750 Seeing none. 9 00:08:25,050 --> 00:08:25,450 Okay. 10 00:08:26,330 --> 00:08:28,210 So can I get a motion to adopt the minutes? 11 00:08:28,710 --> 00:08:30,230 Zach, thank you, seconder. 12 00:08:30,230 --> 00:08:33,990 thank you all those in favour? Motion carries. 13 00:08:34,930 --> 00:08:40,730 Okay, we'll move to item five which is an opportunity for our staff liaison to provide an update to the commission. 14 00:08:41,630 --> 00:08:49,230 Thank you, Chair. It's brief tonight. We only have had one meeting of council, special meeting of council since last meeting. 15 00:08:50,050 --> 00:08:59,910 That was last night. On the agenda was 899. It's Guamalt Road. There was a variance to accommodate the use of a unit in the building for a temporary leasing office. 16 00:08:59,910 --> 00:09:06,430 for building down the street. That was deferred and understand to a future council meeting 17 00:09:07,290 --> 00:09:11,850 because there were only four members there last time. 18 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,500 The annual Climate Action Report 19 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:27,000 was received by Council and staff was given a job well done by Council, which was great. 20 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:42,960 And the report for the APC structure establishing by-law bill brought forward that question to Council whether they wanted to change anything council elected to make no changes to the existing APC by-law at this time. 21 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:49,660 Thank you, staff. Are there any questions from our commission at this time? 22 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:54,220 Oh yeah, go ahead. 23 00:09:56,810 --> 00:10:01,130 You said the climate which report was received by Council last night? 24 00:10:01,690 --> 00:10:03,310 It was the climate action report. 25 00:10:03,710 --> 00:10:06,570 And that will go once council's seen it goes up online or? 26 00:10:07,630 --> 00:10:09,070 I imagine it does, yes. 27 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:11,170 Oh, it's on the web. 28 00:10:11,350 --> 00:10:11,450 Okay. 29 00:10:11,510 --> 00:10:11,930 I'll look at it. 30 00:10:11,950 --> 00:10:13,010 It would be on the agenda. 31 00:10:13,170 --> 00:10:14,030 Yeah, be great to have a look. 32 00:10:14,170 --> 00:10:14,310 Okay. 33 00:10:14,650 --> 00:10:15,050 Okay. 34 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:25,880 Okay. 35 00:10:26,380 --> 00:10:26,580 Great. 36 00:10:27,380 --> 00:10:31,180 So we'll move on to item six staff reports. 37 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:36,800 The first staff report is item 6.1 development permit application at 846 view fields road. 38 00:10:37,220 --> 00:10:38,860 I'll turn it over to staff for an introduction. 39 00:10:39,580 --> 00:10:40,300 Thank you, Chair. 40 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:49,360 So this is an application for a prefabricated bottle and can recycling station, a 46-fueled road. 41 00:10:49,880 --> 00:11:09,140 It addresses four development permit areas, one natural environment, five business, seven energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction, and eight water conservation, and if approved by council, it would head directly to a building permit application. 42 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,120 The applicant is here online, thank you. 43 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,600 Thank you. 44 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,780 Does the applicant have a presentation, or are you just here for any questions? 45 00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:20,020 Thank you. 46 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:26,420 I believe the previous council meeting reviewed it, but I'm happy to go through it again. 47 00:11:29,070 --> 00:11:29,290 Sure. 48 00:11:29,630 --> 00:11:30,050 Please go ahead. 49 00:11:30,170 --> 00:11:31,130 I'm wishing them a screen. 50 00:11:32,110 --> 00:11:32,190 Yeah. 51 00:11:39,660 --> 00:11:47,500 So just for these recycled collection points or containers, we've been 52 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:53,780 browsing them out across BC. They've been a huge success. They're clean, they're 53 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:59,680 safe, they're really well-organized, and they serve a great purpose. I live right 54 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:03,480 by the one hearing Vancouver on our computers, and I can tell you there's a 55 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,340 constant stream of people using it, which is great. It's exactly what we want to 56 00:12:07,340 --> 00:12:16,000 courage. The whole process is really quick. You have your app, you print out your label, 57 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,120 you put it on your thing, you get a code that opens the door, it goes in literally a matter of 58 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:30,260 seconds, and then collections are done based on need. So just a little bit about the actual containers 59 00:12:30,260 --> 00:12:36,340 and where it's going. So yes, it's convenient, it's accessible, it's controlled, and it's constantly 60 00:12:36,340 --> 00:12:43,500 service. The proposed location is kind of tucked away, so it's not really 61 00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:50,680 including on anything. It's a really well positioned and easy to find. Yes, it's 62 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:56,920 out of the mainstream of the parking, the regular parking. Our design is super 63 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:01,540 recognizable. It's a small container. It's they're all painted in the in the 64 00:13:01,540 --> 00:13:05,180 We turn it colors, with signage, ample signage, 65 00:13:05,180 --> 00:13:07,800 it's really, really clear to identify. 66 00:13:09,340 --> 00:13:12,680 And again, the access of our city super simple, 67 00:13:12,940 --> 00:13:14,620 the process is really fast. 68 00:13:19,930 --> 00:13:22,470 We don't anticipate it should take more than, 69 00:13:22,690 --> 00:13:23,950 more than a couple of seconds. 70 00:13:24,490 --> 00:13:26,570 The support systems that they have in place, 71 00:13:27,210 --> 00:13:29,610 obviously there's cameras, internal and external. 72 00:13:30,170 --> 00:13:32,490 They're security monitoring for 24-7. 73 00:13:33,450 --> 00:13:35,110 You get a one-time pin access 74 00:13:35,110 --> 00:13:37,790 So there's less vulnerability. 75 00:13:38,610 --> 00:13:40,330 After you use your code, the door will close. 76 00:13:40,590 --> 00:13:44,590 If you haven't closed automatically for you. 77 00:13:45,410 --> 00:13:47,670 If it's left open and the long will go off 78 00:13:47,670 --> 00:13:53,110 and somebody will be notified, the cleanup response 79 00:13:53,110 --> 00:13:55,510 is pretty big. 80 00:13:55,650 --> 00:13:56,870 Return to a great job. 81 00:13:57,270 --> 00:13:59,530 They will be transporting and emptying the contain 82 00:13:59,530 --> 00:14:01,390 on a regular basis and cleaning the site. 83 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,960 And again, their whole goal is to discourage 84 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:11,080 loadering and unwanted dumping and again to change our perception of recycle. 85 00:14:14,260 --> 00:14:20,280 So the frequency of the collections will be based on the need and on the volume. So they have 86 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:26,980 sites that they do daily and they have some sites that they do twice a week or weeky. So the 87 00:14:26,980 --> 00:14:33,720 premier one doesn't get as much activity, so that's kind of once a week. The collection is easy, 88 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:42,100 a truck pulls up. It empties a container into the truck. It's pretty non-invasive. It's a 20-30 minute 89 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:51,540 production and they're and they're off to the next to be able to collect more. 90 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:55,420 The whole idea 91 00:14:55,420 --> 00:14:59,580 of return. It is to be the good neighbor, so the design committee. 92 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:07,420 The review committee will see that we have the standard containers that are really well self-contained. 93 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:13,160 And we hope that you will experiment with it because it's a great service. 94 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:28,440 Thank you for your presentation. Appreciate it. I'll turn to the commission for any questions for the applicant or for staff. Maybe I'll start with Zach if you have any questions. No questions. 95 00:15:30,770 --> 00:15:35,210 Just a quick question about the pin access. Is it like it says one time pin access? 96 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:39,250 as you have to sign up for something to be able to use the box, or is it? 97 00:15:41,150 --> 00:15:46,910 Yeah, so it's app-based. You will have an app within the account, and that's how you get 98 00:15:46,910 --> 00:15:53,050 reimbursed as well. So when you arrive, you'll punch in your account number, and it'll give you a 99 00:15:53,050 --> 00:15:59,030 one-time pen. And then, of course, when you drop off your bags, you will get credited to your account, 100 00:15:59,390 --> 00:16:00,350 once they've counted them. 101 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,480 Yeah, I just have noted that it looks like the Vic PD's recommendation 102 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:16,800 is that the unit is visibly and evenly lit with enough illumination to identify faces from approximately 10 meters away. 103 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,380 Looks like there's one small light proposed under the awning. 104 00:16:21,020 --> 00:16:24,840 Is this single light fixture sufficient to meet Wikipedia's recommendations? 105 00:16:25,260 --> 00:16:26,160 Or can you comment on that? 106 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:34,600 We've never had anybody ask for more, because typically the surrounding areas also have light. 107 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:41,580 It's a pretty strong light that illuminates the openings, and it's pretty clear where 108 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:44,200 you need to go and to deliver your bags. 109 00:16:46,620 --> 00:16:47,880 Okay, that's helpful context. 110 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:48,500 Thank you. 111 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:51,120 I'll pass it to Sean if you have any questions. 112 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:51,720 Nope. 113 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,740 Does anyone want to put a motion forward? 114 00:16:56,140 --> 00:16:56,680 Zach, go ahead. 115 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,740 Before the motion that the advisory planning commission recommend the council approve the development 116 00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:10,580 permanent application for the installation of a pre-fabricated recycling station at 846 view field road to improve access to recycling and continue to reduce waste in a squimalt. 117 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,340 Great. Thank you. Seconder, Sean. 118 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:20,420 Okay. I'll call the question all those in favor. Motion carries. Thank you. 119 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:30,100 The next item is 6.2, development variance permit application for 1340 Sussex Street and 1337 Saunders Street. 120 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,560 I'll turn it to staff to introduce file. 121 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:33,660 Thank you, Chair. 122 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:43,520 This is a development variance permit for the sighting of the parking structure at the site below the first story of principal building. 123 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:52,200 So, it's the parking structure below ground, so variance from 1.3 meter, sorry, at 1.3 meter 124 00:17:52,200 --> 00:18:04,020 decrease in distance to the law line. So, from the allowed 1.8 meters to 0.5 meters, the applicant 125 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:09,820 is here to make the presentation, if you wish. Yes, we welcome the applicant to present. 126 00:18:21,460 --> 00:18:25,520 Hi, good evening. My name is Matt Koelik, Director and Development at Intercorp. 127 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,440 We're the development partner to Belmont Properties, who is the owner of the site. 128 00:18:30,940 --> 00:18:38,760 I have with me tonight Lauren from Arcadia Sarkiteccher and Chris from LADR Landscape Architecture. 129 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,840 So I'll just do a brief refresher on the site itself. So, 130 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:51,620 So, 327 unit purpose developmental project, I was rezoned in 2025 that the development permit 131 00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:58,720 was issued in April of this year in 2026, if we could just put peers at this thing here. 132 00:19:04,740 --> 00:19:10,260 Okay, so yeah, I just wanted to briefly touch on the park itself, there's some minor adjustments 133 00:19:10,260 --> 00:19:10,780 to the park. 134 00:19:10,780 --> 00:19:16,280 So, I just wanted to do a quick refresher on some of the benefits that we're providing as part 135 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:17,060 of the park area. 136 00:19:17,060 --> 00:19:30,000 So, 1,500 public park space is maintained by development properties and access to VIA and SRW. 137 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,420 Some of the features of the park are the pirate ship, play structure, the sports core, 138 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:40,520 open lawn, learning garden, the water fountain, picnic tables, and the water mister. 139 00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:50,570 So essentially what we're requesting today is a developing variance to the setback along 140 00:19:50,570 --> 00:19:57,890 Nelson Street, which is on the East PL there, so we previously intended to construct the 141 00:19:57,890 --> 00:20:02,810 parkade underground with a 1.8 meter setback off of that East property line. 142 00:20:04,530 --> 00:20:12,310 We approached the neighboring base, the West PL, to get an easement agreement for some of 143 00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:20,290 the tieback anchors to essentially construct that West parkade wall in order to do so you need 144 00:20:20,290 --> 00:20:25,430 an easement because the length of the anchors is basically encroaching past the property line. 145 00:20:27,270 --> 00:20:32,550 So we were in the communications early with the base at the early stages of the project. 146 00:20:33,790 --> 00:20:37,690 Following the rezoning, we approached the conversation of the easement. 147 00:20:38,930 --> 00:20:43,690 Unfortunately, due to national defense purposes, they didn't want to approve the easement underground. 148 00:20:43,690 --> 00:20:51,730 So, how we looked at a revision to the parking and how we could come up with a design strategy to 149 00:20:53,130 --> 00:20:59,070 not encroach in the west property. So what we did is we basically shifted the parking 150 00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:09,170 essentially as far to the east as possible to not require those easement or the anchors to 151 00:21:09,170 --> 00:21:13,270 to pass the property line and require the easement. 152 00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:15,890 So the parking is essentially the same. 153 00:21:15,990 --> 00:21:19,450 It's just shifted towards the east by 1.3 meters. 154 00:21:20,290 --> 00:21:23,770 So that's facilitating the reduction 155 00:21:23,770 --> 00:21:24,890 in the parking setback. 156 00:21:25,610 --> 00:21:27,130 The lock-overage is the same. 157 00:21:27,410 --> 00:21:28,750 The parking slot count is the same. 158 00:21:28,990 --> 00:21:31,510 The bicycle stall counts for the same. 159 00:21:31,810 --> 00:21:34,890 So just basically a shift to the east. 160 00:21:37,070 --> 00:21:40,550 Just going to explain some of the revisions to the park here. 161 00:21:47,030 --> 00:21:47,310 Hi, everyone. 162 00:21:47,910 --> 00:21:48,190 Thanks, Matt. 163 00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:53,110 So, you guys are probably familiar, relatively familiar with the park. 164 00:21:53,990 --> 00:22:00,250 The change for the parkade really is affecting the two sides of the Ontario and Nelson Street 165 00:22:00,770 --> 00:22:01,270 frontages. 166 00:22:02,850 --> 00:22:07,610 Because when we have the outer parkade wall, over top of that where we have structure, we 167 00:22:07,610 --> 00:22:20,250 we can't really overlap and have weird differential settlement and things like that, particularly with the sport court on the Ontario side and then with the seating wall structure on the Nelson side. 168 00:22:20,970 --> 00:22:26,130 So shifting the parcade over has required some adjustment to those things, which you'll see on the next slide. 169 00:22:26,130 --> 00:22:35,230 So just to go through the original design for the park, 44 trees, 53 large shrubs, a couple 170 00:22:35,230 --> 00:22:40,850 hundred medium and small shrubs, and then like five or six hundred perennials and ground 171 00:22:40,850 --> 00:22:41,170 covers. 172 00:22:41,610 --> 00:22:47,570 So a fairly well-planted out space with a large lawn in the center and then a significant 173 00:22:47,570 --> 00:22:54,090 playground with multi-generational play structures in it for a variety of age groups. 174 00:22:54,090 --> 00:23:00,590 and then we've got the garden or more intensive educational garden on the right hand side. 175 00:23:01,090 --> 00:23:04,630 And then if we go to the next slide you'll see this is the revised park design. 176 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:11,450 So you'll see the most significant change happening on the Ontario side where we actually have an increase in planting area 177 00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:19,210 because that is now where you see that green rectangle of planting that eastern most edge of that 178 00:23:19,210 --> 00:23:25,750 is the new parkade wall location. So all of that is actually located off slab. That has 179 00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:34,010 necessitated the rotation and shift of the sport court in order to align it with that wall so 180 00:23:34,010 --> 00:23:39,630 that again we don't have a differential settlement issue with it sitting on top of the slab. So it 181 00:23:39,630 --> 00:23:43,410 ends right at the edge of the slab and the fence is actually right at that parkade slab edge line. 182 00:23:43,410 --> 00:23:46,990 And the playground is generally the same size. 183 00:23:47,130 --> 00:23:52,030 It's just been shifted to the east, and some of the play structures have been rotated 184 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:54,110 just to allow that to work generally. 185 00:23:54,370 --> 00:24:03,170 So also the diagonal path that runs from the building to Sussex has been shifted to the 186 00:24:03,170 --> 00:24:03,730 east as well. 187 00:24:04,170 --> 00:24:05,590 So everything's just kind of moved over. 188 00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:11,050 And then on the east side, so on the Nelson Street side, there's been an adjustment of the 189 00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:16,650 design in general of the seating stair, which I'll go back. 190 00:24:16,970 --> 00:24:21,310 You can see everything is a little bit more diagonal and there are no railings and then 191 00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:26,970 on the new one to make it code compliant and to make it work with the new parkade wall 192 00:24:26,970 --> 00:24:27,410 location. 193 00:24:27,910 --> 00:24:33,650 We now have a railing and a couple of sets or sort of two sets of stairs divided by a single 194 00:24:33,650 --> 00:24:35,790 railing and then the seating on there as well. 195 00:24:35,790 --> 00:24:47,650 The one significant elimination, I guess, in the revised park design is a single tree, and that is actually on the Ontario Drive side. 196 00:24:48,450 --> 00:24:56,830 We had three trees in, if you look here, three trees in what was fairly narrow strip running up Ontario Drive. 197 00:24:58,250 --> 00:25:03,410 because that space got bigger and is all off-slab, we're actually able to 198 00:25:03,410 --> 00:25:08,770 sub too much larger canopy trees in for those three trees, so it's a reduction in 199 00:25:08,770 --> 00:25:14,250 a single count of one tree but an increase in tree canopy size. It seems like a 200 00:25:14,250 --> 00:25:19,590 good opportunity given that we now have the space to get root zones that big to 201 00:25:19,590 --> 00:25:26,550 increase the tree size because we can. So again we could shift that back to three 202 00:25:26,550 --> 00:25:30,170 smaller trees, but at the moment I think it makes more sense to go with the two bigger ones. 203 00:25:30,830 --> 00:25:35,210 With time, they'll grow over, hang over the park more, hang over the street more, provide more 204 00:25:35,210 --> 00:25:42,010 habitat, and it'll just generally be better for the landscape. You can also see in the revised, 205 00:25:42,790 --> 00:25:51,350 not so much the park, but the productive gardening aspect of the project has moved from the one 206 00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:59,950 of the upper floor patios or the amenity patio I guess to the west side of the building in that 207 00:25:59,950 --> 00:26:01,990 ground floor amenity patio space. 208 00:26:05,100 --> 00:26:09,700 Same precedent reference images to give you an example or an idea 209 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:17,080 of what's going in. Again, just to reiterate, there's no loss in any of the design elements themselves. 210 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:22,240 So we have the same play structures. We have the same retaining walls. We have the same, you know, 211 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,580 stuff all through the landscape, in the same quantities, everything's just kind of moved over 212 00:26:26,580 --> 00:26:30,660 and we've gone for two bigger trees instead of three smaller ones in one location. 213 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:32,880 Thanks. 214 00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:42,930 The project team for that. I'll open it up to the commission for questions of the applicant 215 00:26:42,930 --> 00:26:43,470 or for staff. 216 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:46,160 Anyone like to start? 217 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,780 I guess I have one question for staff. Would the expanded or the 218 00:26:58,780 --> 00:27:03,580 shift in the park aid affect any future public realm improvements on Nelson Street? Doesn't look 219 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,140 look like it, but just hoping to get you to confirm. 220 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:06,720 Thank you, Chair. 221 00:27:06,820 --> 00:27:07,480 I don't believe so, no. 222 00:27:10,770 --> 00:27:11,250 Okay. 223 00:27:11,850 --> 00:27:13,150 Seeing no more questions. 224 00:27:13,630 --> 00:27:15,030 Anyone want to put forward a motion? 225 00:27:16,730 --> 00:27:16,990 Zach? 226 00:27:17,290 --> 00:27:17,390 Yep. 227 00:27:18,890 --> 00:27:19,750 This one's long. 228 00:27:22,570 --> 00:27:26,570 That, the advisory, the advisory planning commission recommends that council approves the development 229 00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:30,330 variance permit, consistent with the architectural plan provided by our, by our 230 00:27:30,330 --> 00:27:34,510 Cateus Architects, including the following variance for the property located at 1340 Sussex 231 00:27:34,510 --> 00:27:39,730 Street and 1337 Saunders Street as it has little impact on public interface and no above 232 00:27:39,730 --> 00:27:45,930 ground design impacts or I should say sorry limited above ground design impacts and then 233 00:27:45,930 --> 00:27:50,230 Victoria do I need to read the entire of the zoning bylaw okay you'll add that part in after 234 00:27:50,230 --> 00:27:57,610 thank you. Okay thank you for the motion seconder TJ I'll open up to a discussion on the motion 235 00:27:57,610 --> 00:27:58,870 if anyone wants to add anything. 236 00:28:01,630 --> 00:28:04,630 I did a little research and I this one reminded me of one we had 237 00:28:04,630 --> 00:28:10,510 earlier this year as well. We removed a lot line to reduce the setback basically to zero or something 238 00:28:10,510 --> 00:28:17,310 negligible. And I saw the council that I think approved that in June as well. And so just for me, 239 00:28:17,470 --> 00:28:22,050 I guess this is more of a comment for staff. I guess if this is coming up more and as there's more 240 00:28:22,050 --> 00:28:27,130 development, maybe some consideration around a more specific policy for below grade setbacks, 241 00:28:27,130 --> 00:28:31,830 maybe something for the township to consider, but that just reminded me of what we saw earlier this 242 00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:34,530 here, which we did approve kind of for the same reasons? 243 00:28:40,140 --> 00:28:46,700 I just wanted to say, I really appreciated that the amenities that were extensively 244 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:54,360 discussed in the first round are sustained and kept through the process, and a lesser 245 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:58,720 developer could have easily eliminated things to make it work. 246 00:28:59,140 --> 00:29:05,140 And so I appreciate for my seat here at the commission that these are things were maintained 247 00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:10,000 and there was good explanation on how things were adjusted, thank you. 248 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:35,980 Yeah, I think just in regards to this item, an excavation plan most times requires or is in need of a subsurface kind of encroachment agreement, so understanding that that was something that was difficult to obtain with the neighboring property owner, I support this variance and it's just the reality of development and construction, so thank you. 249 00:29:35,980 --> 00:29:36,040 Yeah. 250 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:42,700 Thank you for the presentation. 251 00:29:43,060 --> 00:29:43,500 Yeah. 252 00:29:44,300 --> 00:29:53,220 I'll echo what TJ says in that it was a very robust set of amenities for the public, which 253 00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:53,900 has been maintained. 254 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:59,120 I'm a little excited to see what kind of larger trees we can put in place there to improve 255 00:29:59,120 --> 00:29:59,940 We're going to remove our... 256 00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:02,890 Municipal canopy, so I also support this. 257 00:30:05,780 --> 00:30:10,920 Great. I will now call the question all those in favor of the motion. Kate motion carries. 258 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:27,480 I believe that's everything on our agenda. It concludes today's business. I'll be looking for a motion to adjourn the meeting. TJ, thank you, seconder, Sean. Okay. All those in favor? Motion carries. Thank you. 259 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:27,520 Thank you.