 All right. We are all set. Okay Hang on now. I have to call allergies. All right. Um Greetings all welcome to the Amherst Design Review Board meeting of April 24th, 2020. My name is Erica Zickus and as the chair of the Amherst Design Review Board I'm calling this meeting to order at 5 p.m This meeting is being recorded and will be made available via the town of Amherst's YouTube channel And minutes are being taken Pursuant to chapter 20 of the acts of 2021 and extended again by chapter two of the acts of 2023 This design review board meeting will be conducted via remote means using the zoom point The zoom meeting link is available on the meeting agenda posted on the town's Website calendar listing for this meeting or go to the design review board web page and click on the most recent Addenda which lists the zoom link at the top of the page No in-person attendance of the public is permitted However, every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the meeting in real time via technological means In the event we are unable to do so for reasons of economic hardship or despite best efforts We will post an audio or video recording Transcript or other comprehensive record of the proceedings as soon as possible after the meeting on the town of Amherst's website Board members I will do roll call What we know if you're here Tom Long President Thank you Catherine Porter present Lindsay Schnarr And Erica Zika, that's me. We're joined also by Chris Brestrup and Rob what she left from Planning board, uh, sorry Board members if technical issues arise we may need to pause temporarily to fix the problem and then continue the meeting Sorry just lost my space Um If the discussion needs to pause it will be noted in the minutes Please use the raise hand function to ask a question or make a comment I will see your request and call on you to speak After speaking remember to read yourself the general public comment item is reserved for public comment regarding items that are not on tonight's agenda Please be aware The board will not respond to comments during general public comment period Public comment could also be heard at other times during the meeting when determined appropriate Please indicate that you wish to make a comment by clicking the raise hand button when public comment is solicited If you've joined the zoom meeting using a telephone Please indicate that you wish to make a comment by pressing star nine on your phone When called on please identify yourself by stating your full name and address and put yourself back into mute when finished speaking Residents can express their views for up to three minutes or the discretion of the design review board chair If a speaker does not comply with these guidelines or exceeds there a lot in time Their participation will be discontinued from the meeting On tonight's agenda. We have two items the first Fy 2023 number 21 ananda dolly for blue mango cafe. They've actually withdrawn their Their need to be here. So they were on the agenda But they don't have a presentation for us tonight and then uh drb 2023 22 master la croix from real property management We'll then move on to approval of meeting minutes then general public comment period and then any other business Let's get started by 2023 number 22 Is mr. La Croix with us tonight So they are in the audience. Um, do you may go ahead and make mr. La Croix a panelist so he can speak to us? Yes Alrighty So as soon as he accepts it he will be on the call. Okay. Thank you for being here Thank you for having me. Can you guys hear me? Okay? Yep, you sound great. Are you prepared to do a screen share or would you like me to do that for you? Um I can but if you want to do that, you're more than welcome to put it up. Yeah, I can do it. I have all the documents open Okay Let's see You'll just have to be clear if you want me to scroll or move to another image All right, so Thank you for being here. Um, you want to introduce yourself and take us through your proposal Yeah, sure. So i'm i'm matt la croix. I'm the owner and president of real property management based state west Our office is based in ludlow and we manage properties throughout hamden hampshire and franklin counties One of the properties that I manage is The block of 61 to 63 main street Which is a mixed-juice building two resident Um Two residences up on the second floor and then on the first floor We have one proposed restaurant in 63 main street Which I think is not new information. They they've been Trying to get to a starting point for for close to a year now And then we have a vacant site in 61 main street and we have a proposed restaurant that wants to go into there um, the purpose of today Because of the moratorium on gas Our restaurants are unable to cook. Um, so in order to do that They have asked that we get permits to have propane gas on site So the the image that you're looking at this is a survey that was done by eaten and associates So on the right side of that Unit is a 63 main street. That's the asian restaurant. That's currently occupying that site They need eight Propane tanks so you can see There is four on the right side, which is on a concrete slab In between this building and the the building next to it Which is managed by kendrick property management And then there are four additional Propane tanks on the back right of the building. Yep Um, so those eight are for 63 main street. That's our priority is getting those in place So the restaurant can open um, and then on the left side 61 main street is for a perspective tenant That would like to open a restaurant as well for the same reasons they need propane gas Much smaller quantity. It would be three tanks, which you can see there um The small orange Circles that are near the tanks those would be new bollards that get put into place um, according to the the laws and regulations that are are required um And those would be installed on our on our dime the Big piece is um, you know, we need the approval of the town In order to allow use of that concrete pad because some of it's on You know the owner's property and some of it's on town property Um, so that's partial part of what we're asking is that approval so that we can Move forward with this proposal Okay, thank you. That's really helpful. Um, and you I don't know if y'all can see if I switch screens to This one you've given us images of the tanks and the bollards Yeah, and then I I had Somehow gotten us to see the the back of the building. Yeah. Um There we go. There you go. Perfect. Yeah So Yeah, so the right side there where all those trash barrels are that's where four of the propane tanks would go for The restaurant on 63 main street. Yeah, and then in the little alleyway on the right side of the building Um There is a concrete pad where the other four would go That's kind of partially on our property partially on kendrick's property But kendrick did give us a written approval to say that they were okay with the tanks As long as they could continue to use that space for their trash barrels, which we said was okay um And then on the back left side where those three Tiny little bollards are those would get replaced and that's where the other three tanks would go for 61 main street. Okay Thank you. Um, and In your Application paperwork you mentioned Closing up this window and then there was also a note about some plywood that's being replaced possibly also with block or a brick Yeah, so not not that window that you're you're touching right there, but on the So the easier one would be on the left side there those two little they look like basement windows those small windows We would we would brick those up And the idea is just if anything were ever to happen you want to make sure that there's no projectiles with glass and such And then on the right side of the building where you can't really see There are two windows. There's currently plywood over them The plywood would get removed and those windows would get bricked up as well Before the tanks go in so that for the same reason protecting the property great, um Let's see let me go back to here and I'll open the floor to drb members for any questions or comments I'm sorry. I've got to Change my views that I can see if anybody actually has their hand Lindsay Oh I see no problem with this. I'm happy to approve it My only My only question really is about the window and Looks like the electrical panels Um, can you go back to that street view Erica? Sure. Yeah, those gas meters. That's for the heat for the building. So those are Not for cooking those are for heating the environment. So those are already in place So my only question was about clearance around those and then making sure that the window is unobstructed Yep. Yeah, they would be to the right like where those last two barrels are that's where they're proposing the tanks um So the the trash barrels would still be you know closer to those But if we have to board that window up as well Or or brick that one, um, I think we could I'm not sure what's on the other side of it in the restaurant, but And and just just to be clear the recommendation to rick the windows was from the The fire chief or the fire marshal. Yeah, sounds like Um, and the the ones around the corner in the space between the two buildings those tanks are serviceable You can access them. Yeah. Yep Yeah, and the plan for fuel refueling um, I think jamie fits given is on the phone. I can't see her but um You know to refill the tanks would be about a 20 minute process once a week Assuming they're at, you know, 40% use so You can basically fit the truck there. They could access it to the right of the screen There's an opening there So is there an option for larger tanks or Is this the appropriate size tank for that location? My understanding that's the appropriate size for the location based on the Perimeter that you have to allow around the tanks because if you go larger More space. Yeah makes sense. Okay Tom any thoughts No, I I approve it as this. I think it's Yeah, necessary and I think it's thoroughly thought through I don't think anybody's going to be offended by those tanks All right, so sounds like we need a motion to approve. Although Lindsay were you Just watching your gestures and you're good. Okay, just a motion to approve them I move that we approve the petition for the placement of the new propane tanks As presented For the first time All right, all those in favor, please raise your hand. I Look like you miss. Thank you very much miss filipari for coming And we'll see your new tenants again. Uh, if they have signage or lighting To approve Yeah, yeah We need to work on the next step, but I We've got some conversations going via email, but I think the next step is the site plan review Although A little bit confused, but I don't think this is the right forum. So we'll figure it out Thanks. Have a nice evening. Thank you all. Okay. Let's see. Um So we can move on then to Hang on. There we go. Uh meeting minutes approve meeting minutes We have a chance to scan those or shall I share my screen again? Show your screen, please Okay, I'm seeing them I'll just do a slow scroll and then Blue mango is since withdrawn, but I suppose we should Feel comfortable with what's on the record here. Will they be coming back? at another time I think they've decided not to pursue the business Oh, oh, oh, oh, okay. Interesting Maybe it's a good decision Oh good Well, you were right, Erica. You took the longer to start the meeting then Meeting Um any like one or two right now so Great Uh, does anybody have any changes to the to the minutes that they'd like to discuss? All right, then we could move forward to approve for us. I I move that we approve the minutes of the Previous meeting which was I forget the day April 24 April. Okay, April 24 I can't I'm Tom's raisin. He's doing the hand raised I'm trying to be polite here right now. I can tell All those in favor Great. Thank you. Is is there anybody here from the general public to speak this evening? Okay, and um If I could just take a a little minute. Um, I have two thoughts. Um, one is about dates for the summer I believe We with with our every fourth Monday strategy that means June 26 July 24th and August 28th And I just wanted to know, um, if if anybody has already kind of scheduled Vacation or something to Let Rob know so that we can reschedule If that's going to be necessary Um, and then the other question I had was whether we would be receiving a new member from the historic commission Or not if there is any movement on that So what I've heard so far, um historic commission hasn't had a meeting recently ever since he got their two new members So they haven't really had the opportunity to pick somebody yet. Um, so once somebody is picked, I'll be sure to let everybody know Okay Appreciate it. Yep. As long as they're as long as it's on When they when they meet Yep Anybody else have any questions things to add Great It's delightful to see you all Thank you for being here See you next month, okay See you guys