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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes July 1, 2026 Member Chmura has recused herself from this project due to a potential conflict of interest where her employer does work with the Applicant. Due to this, Member Chmura is asking the Planning Board to approve Member Clark to run this section of the meeting in her absence. There was no opposition, and Member Clark will run this portion. Attorney Sean Hopkins appeared on behalf of the project along with Jeremy Kaufman, project manager from RIC Energy, and Donald Spittler the property owner. Mr. Rogers stated that in terms of SEQR, the Planning Board did conduct a coordinated review and that process has since ended. Comments were received from the DEC and Erie County Department of Planning. There is no public hearing tonight, so members of the audience are unable to come up to the microphone and speak. However, if members of the public have comments or concerns, they are able to email Mr. Rogers and he will in turn forward them to the Planning Board. Attorney Sean Hopkins provided the following presentation: Site Background • The site is located at 6433 Railroad Avenue and is zoned Neighborhood Commercial. • There is some dense vegetation surrounding the site which will provide screening to the battery energy storage project that is being proposed. • There is no impact to wetlands. • They are looking to utilize a portion of the parcel which is a total of 2.6 acres in size. Project Description • Two (2) co-located 5MWac projects that are Tesla Megapack 2XL • 24-hour remote monitoring • Project area: ~14,108 sq. ft. or ~0.324 acres • Connects to existing distribution lines • Grid stabilization • Peak shaving • Backup power Project Description & History 9