Township of Long Hill
Environmental Commission
Regular Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 19, 2006
1. CALL TO ORDER AND STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The Environmental Commission (EC) of the Township of Long Hill, in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey convened in a regular meeting at the Municipal Building, 915 Valley Road, Gillette, New Jersey on Monday, June 19, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
The Chairman, Mr. Len Hamilton, called the meeting to order at 7:15p.m. He read the following statement:
Pursuant to the requirement of Chapter 231 of the Public Laws of 1975, adequate notice of the meeting including the time, date and location was posted on the Municipal bulletin board; the Echoes-Sentinel and Courier News were notified of the 2006 Meeting Schedule sent to them on January 1, 2006. This agenda was emailed to the Deputy Clerk on June 12, 2006 for posting.
2. MEETING CUT-OFF
Announcement is made that as a matter of procedure, it is the intention of the Environmental Commission (EC) not to continue any matter past 9:30 p.m. at any regular or special meeting of the commission unless the members, then present, pass a motion to extend the meeting to a later specified cut-off time.
3. ROLL CALL
The Chairman called the roll as follows:
Present: Len Hamilton, Chairman, John J. Walsh, Member, Bruce Meringolo(late 8:35), Member, Olga Neville, Member, Joan McCloskey(late 7:25), 1st Alternate, Billl Hopcraft, Township Committee Rep.,
Absent: Michael Bergen, Vice-Chairman, Scott Soldan, Member, Alexandra Hennessey, 2nd Alternate
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Regular Meeting Minutes of May 15, 2006 were read. A motion was made to approve minutes by Jack Walsh; the motion was second by Len Hamilton. The EC unanimously voted to the approve minutes.
5. PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
The meeting was opened to the public for questions or comments. See #7 below.
6. SECRETARY’S REPORT
·Letter to Board of Adjustment stated no comment on Omnipoint Communications Letter of Referral.
·Follow-up with Dawn Wolfe on outstanding application meeting dates.
7. CORRESPONDENCE
·Warren Township EC Minutes from 4/4 & 4/14/2006. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
·Chatham Twsp EC Minutes from 4/19/2006. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
7. CORRESPONDENCE cont’d
·Letter of Referral- Application 06-06Z, Block No. 13107, Lot No. 9, 28 Sterling Street, Stirling. Applicant: Peter Matlosz. Proposal: Two additions to existing single family home, which requires side yard and steep slope buffer variances. No Meeting Date noted. Discussion held. Len will send a letter with EC comments to BOA. Closed.
·Letter of Referral- Application 06-04P, Block No. 13103, Lot No. 6, 91 Central Avenue, Stirling. Applicant: Michael Gurval, Sterling Library, LLC. Proposal: Construction of a parking lot for change of use from public library to general office, which requires a variance for front yard parking, rear yard setback requirements, buffer requirements and number of spaces. No Meeting Date noted. Michael Gurval entered meeting at 7:30pm Plans were reviewed and discussion held. Michael Gurval was given some ideas and suggestions on water run-off and impervious pavement, etc. Len will send a letter with EC comments to Planning Board. Closed.
·Invitation to Ten Towns Committee 11th Anniversary. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
·Len passed out an article entitled ‘Clean water Act Reached: US Supreme Court Overview’, discussion held. Closed.
8. STATUS REPORTS
·Environmental Assessment Form: Discussion held: 2 final drafts were presented by Len: 1 for the homeowner and 1 for the designer/planner. These new forms will be on the next Planning Board Agenda for review. Closed.
·Discussion of BMP retrofits for Town Hall parking lot. The lot has been regraded and Justin is still reaching out to contractors for dirt removal. Open.
·Recycling: Discussion on reports of recyclables in Long Hill's bulk garbage. Alexandra continues her research and will report at a future meeting. Open.
·Notice on Mendham Township’s Conservation Easement Project; discussion held on possibly instituting similar project in LHT in the future. Mike and Scott will research further and report at a future meeting. Closed.
·Presentation to EC scheduled on Integrated Pest Management by Kathy Abbott for September 18th. Open.
·Solar panels for municipal facilities discussed. Mike gave a presentation on solar panels. More research will be done and he will update us at a future meeting. Open.
9. DISCUSSION ITEMS
·Summer schedule was discussed, the EC has decided to combine the July and August meeting and have one meeting on Tuesday, August 1, 2006.
10. NEXT MEETING
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Environmental Commission will be Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 7:00pm.
11. ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Bruce Meringolo and second by Olga Neville. Upon proper Parliamentary procedures, the regular meeting of the Long Hill Township Environmental Commission did duly adjourn at 8:50 P.M. by unanimous vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Shear, Secretary Environmental Commission
