Kidder Township supervisors had a full house, overflowing into the hall, for the board’s monthly meeting Tuesday.

Members of Love Kidder Township attended to speak about slowing the approval process for a third warehouse. After members spoke, the board decided to table approvals.

Ahead of speaking, the group presented a 30-page document to supervisors, made up of 19 pages of Love Kidder Township comments and challenges about the trucking terminals, a five-page engineer’s review of the proposed third terminal, and five pages of drawings from the project.

Chuck Cutshall, organizer of the LOVE Kidder Township group, which has a Facebook page, said four warehouses are being proposed, with a 1.1 million square foot warehouse that has already been constructed on Route 940. A second one is clear cut and already fully permitted and proposed to be located by Harmony Beverage. A third one that hasn’t yet officially filed for all of its Department of Environmental permits is proposed across the street from the one that’s already been built at Walter Dam Road and Route 940. A fourth one that the zoning was recently changed from residential to commercial on 940 and Moseywood Road by Jack Frost.

As part of public comment, eight members of the group spoke out opposing truck terminals in general, and the specific 420,000 square-foot building being proposed for construction now.

They were opposed to the agenda item to grant conditional approval to the Blue Ridge Real Estate sponsored project.

A speaker described an eight-truck backup at the bottom of the hill during the last snowstorm, mostly blocking the road for everyone. Trucks also got stuck on the shallow hill going through East Side during that storm.

Board of supervisors chairman Ray Gluck announced that the board wants to hold a public workshop about truck terminals, at a date to be announced.

When Blue Ridge Real Estate came up for discussion of their preliminary land development, Gluck asked them to consider returning in a month.

BRRE principals, their lawyer and engineer met outside the meeting briefly, then returned to ask to be able to present about the waivers being requested. The board agreed.

Chris McDermott, engineer, from Reilly and Associates, explained about the 420,000 square foot building and how it fits on the lot. The pad site and parking is built into the hillside on the east, and material from the site will be used as pad material for the building and parking lots as they reach westward. The driveway into the site cuts a “v” into the hill, downward to the building. Truck parking and loading are north and south, and employee parking at the east and west. There is an emergency access gated road at the east of the property that reaches to Route 940. All traffic is to go in the main road, which will have a left-hand turning lane on Route 940 from the west.

The site has two open ponds for stormwater, and four “spring rain gardens” – three located alongside the building.

Sewage will go to the Jack Frost treatment facility, connecting into the line built for both this project and the warehouse across the street.

Waivers requested include accommodating the local firefighters by providing two access stairways to the roof, and a standpipe with fireman access at ground level, and also on the roof. The project is asking for a waiver to go to 25-foot tall light poles, versus 20 feet.

Landscaping will be extensive on the west side. Most of the building will be buffered by existing trees – and the hill itself.

Supervisor Noel Torres asked for time “to take a closer look” and to look over the LKT engineer’s report.

The topic was tabled until next month’s meeting.