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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes August 5, 2026 better than any of the homes of businesses that are along the rail line. A more detailed answer will be forthcoming Paul Rogers from the ESRG Energy Safety Response Group provided the following overview: • The seismic issue is part of the listing itself. The battery has to go through performance listings through Underwriter Laboratories a nationally recognized testing laboratory. • The draft reports that people will see online are in draft form because the applicants team wants to look at the approved plans before they are finalized. They make sure that all signage is correct, and they do not approve their plans until they do a walkthrough, and everything is built according to the approved plans such as the safety functionalities and central monitoring stations. • In regard to the training for the Fire Departments, that is in the New York State Fire Code. o The New York State Fire Code is one of the most progressive Fire Codes in the country. o When the New York Fire Code was being updated it was understood that there are a lot of volunteer fire services and that there is a tremendous amount of turnover. That is why it was captured that a yearly annual training be offered by the developer. o Also in the code, it states that a subject matter expert needs to be available immediately. • Part of the testing that is required for a system to come into New York State is for there to be a test burning done at a nationally recognized laboratory that shows if one system were to start on fire, it would not spread to other units. This is not normally done in the fire protection world. The project was then tabled and a public hearing was scheduled for the September 2, 2026 Planning Board meeting. Mike Sweeney- Requesting Site Plan Approval on a proposal for a 55,000 sq-ft industrial storage building on an existing asphalt-gravel storage yard to be located at 3100 Lakeshore Road (SBL# 150.00-1-1.2) Thomas Shelberg of DEL Resources appeared on behalf of the project along with Mike Sweeney. Mr. Shelberg provided background for the Planning Board on the status of the project. Last month they were before the Planning Board for sketch plan review, and received the go-ahead to submit a more detailed engineering site development and site plan 8