Township of Long Hill
Environmental Commission
Regular Meeting Minutes
Monday, January 22, 2007
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, January 22, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
The Chairman, Mr. Len Hamilton, called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.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 2007 Meeting Schedule sent to the Deputy Clerk on August 16, 2006. This agenda was emailed to the Deputy Clerk on January 18, 2007 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, Michael Bergen, Vice-Chairman, John J. Walsh, Member, Devanshi Jackson, Member, Joan McCloskey, 1st Alternate, Alexandra Hennessey, 2nd Alternate
Excused: Bruce Meringolo, Member, Gina Genovese, Township Committee Rep.
Absent: Scott Soldan, Member
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The Regular Meeting Minutes of December 18, 2006 were read. Jack Walsh made a motion to approve; the motion was second by Joan McCloskey. All in favor with abstentions from Michael Bergen and Devanshi Jackson.
5. PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
The meeting was opened to the public for questions or comments. As no one from the public was present, we closed this section of the meeting.
6. SECRETARY’S REPORT
·Follow-up with Dawn Wolfe on open applications and pending meeting dates
·Letter to Mayor for EC member re-appointments
7. CORRESPONDENCE:
·Request for LOI received from Alfred Montesano for Union Street, Block 11510, Lot 20, LHT. Len previously drafted a response letter for EC’s approval. Review and discussion held. Letter approved as is and mailed to NJDEP. Closed.
7. CORRESPONDENCE cont’d:
·Letter of Referral- Application 04-17P, Block No. 13402, Lot No. 1.05, Long Hill Road, Gillette. Applicant: Pietro Maggipinto. Revised Plans: Proposal: Seeking waiver from steep slope ordinance to construct a single-family dwelling. Meeting Date: 1/23/07. Len previously drafted a response letter for EC’s approval. Review and discussion held. Letter approved as is and placed in Planning Board mailbox. Closed.
·Letter of Referral- Application 06-04P, Block No. 13103, Lot No. 6, 91 Central Ave, Stirling. Applicant: Stirling Library, LLC (Michael Gurval). Revised Plans: Proposal: Seeking rear yard setback variance to construct driveway and parking for existing building. Meeting Date: 2/13/07. Len previously drafted a response letter for EC’s approval. Review and discussion held. Len will make revisions to the letter and forward to Planning Board. Closed.
·Letter of Referral- Application 06-06Z, Block No. 13107, Lot No. 9, 28 Stirling St, Stirling. Applicant: Peter Matlosz. Revised Plans: Proposal: Seeking side yard setback and critical area setback variances to construct addition to single family home and construction of a septic system. Meeting Date: 1/23/07. Len previously drafted a response letter for EC’s approval. Review and discussion held. Letter approved as is and placed in Board of Adjustment mailbox. Closed.
·Letter of Referral- Application 06-09Z, Block No. 11512, Lot No. 14.04, 304 Warren Ave. Applicant: Frank Pipia. Proposal: demolish an existing old dwelling and construct a new single family residence. Meeting Date: 2/6/07. Len previously drafted a response letter for EC’s approval. Review and discussion held. Letter approved as is and placed in Board of Adjustment mailbox. Closed.
·Chatham Borough EC minutes for 11/15/06. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
8. STATUS REPORTS
·Discussion of solar energy possibilities for municipal buildings. Mike will present an update at a later date. Open.
·Recycling: Discussion on reports of recyclables in Long Hill's bulk garbage. Alexandra will present an update at a later date. Open.
·Guidelines for conducting an energy audit of Town Hall and other municipal facilities. General discussion held, EC will revisit this again in the future. Open.
9. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
·A motion was made to recommend that the Township Committee award Olga a commendation or plaque in recognition of her many years of dedicated service as a Commission member. Len will look into this. Closed.
·ANJEC 2007 Smart Growth Planning Grants: Len prepared a handout on the idea to ‘Promote Rain Gardens’. Discussion held. EC members will think about this proposal and maybe add to this idea or come up with new ideas. Open.
·2007 Goals: 15 goals were presented by the chair for feedback from the EC; to be discussed and finalized at the February meeting. Open.
9. NEXT MEETING
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Environmental Commission will be Monday, February 26, 2007 7:00 P.M.
10. ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Michael Bergen and second by Jack Walsh. Upon proper Parliamentary procedures, the regular meeting of the Long Hill Township Environmental Commission did duly adjourn at 8:45 P.M. by unanimous vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Shear, Secretary Environmental Commission
