Reviewers told applicants and staff the conceptual plan to convert the former Amy's Kitchen site at 101 River Road into a large warehouse with trailer parking and amenities is premature without clearer information about truck routing, refrigerated-trailer operations, wastewater routing, deed restrictions on the site's water and sewer connections, and stacking/parking operations for as many as 170 trailers.

Applicants described a building footprint roughly the size of the existing structure (about 307,440 square feet) and proposed space for about 170 trailer parking stalls. The submission included a high-level estimate of employees (75) and a staff-based sewage estimate (15 gallons per employee per day, yielding about 1,125 gallons per day). Reviewers said the employee number does not explain how many trailer trips would occur daily, whether trailers would be stacked on-site for multiple days, or how refrigerated units (if used) would affect continuous power usage and air-quality impacts from diesel generators or refrigeration equipment.

Water and sewer questions were prominent. The applicants indicated service from the Orange County Water District and proposed sewer discharge to the regional wastewater treatment plant, but reviewers said the DEIS/materials did not show deed restrictions or contractual authority for access to existing water infrastructure associated with the Amy's site. Reviewers warned that if the large original process water flows from Amy's are not replaced by equally steady flows, water could stagnate in long runs of pipe and create operational or water-quality problems in the distribution system.

Traffic routing and access were discussed at length. The submission lists potential access points and suggests Echo Lake Road as an employee access, but committee members warned that Echo Lake is restricted and emphasized that previous approvals for Amy's did not allow Hartley Road as a routine truck route except for emergency access. Reviewers asked for a detailed truck-route plan, stacking/queuing analysis for peak periods, and a DOT turning-lane determination for Route 17M approaches.

Reviewers also flagged the likely air-quality and noise consequences of a refrigerated or temperature-controlled warehouse, constant generator usage and idling trailers, and the operational details needed to evaluate those impacts. They asked the applicant to provide load profiles, generator specifications, planned refrigeration types, and any proposed air-quality mitigation.

The committee did not act on approvals. Instead members asked the applicant to supply more specific engineering, traffic and utility documentation, to identify any deed restrictions tied to the existing water/sewer infrastructure, and to provide a detailed truck-stacking and access plan before the project proceeds to formal site-plan review.