Township of Long Hill
Environmental Commission
Regular Meeting Minutes
Monday, March 19, 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, March 19, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
The Chairman, Mr. Len Hamilton, called the meeting to order at 7:10 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 March 14, 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, Bruce Meringolo, Member, Scott Soldan, Member Joan McCloskey, 1st Alternate, Alexandra Hennessey, 2nd Alternate
Excused: Gina Genovese, Township Committee Rep.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
·January 22, 2007 Re-Organizational Meeting Minutes were read, Joan McCloskey made a motion to approve; the motion was second by Michael Bergen. All were in favor.
·January 22, 2007 Regular Meeting Minutes were read, Jack Walsh made a motion to approve; the motion was second by Michael Bergen. All were in favor.
5. PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
The meeting will be opened to the public for questions or comments.
Mr Gary Gianakis appeared before the EC to request suggestions and get some ideas on how to reduce lot coverage and mitigate run-off. Many ideas were presented to Mr Gianakis and he will evaluate what is best for his situation and may request to appear before the EC prior to submitting to Planning and Zoning in the future.
6. SECRETARY’S REPORT
·Follow-up with Dawn Wolfe on open applications and pending meeting dates
·Update ANJEC Membership and submit PO for Membership Dues
7. CORRESPONDENCE:
·Letter of Referral- Application 07-02Z, Block No. 12702, Lot No. 47.01, 26 Maria Court, Millington. Applicant: Constance Anderson. Proposal: Repair of retaining wall. No meeting date scheduled. Len will draft a letter with EC comments and approval and submit to The Board of Adjustment. Closed.
·Chatham Township EC minutes for 12/11/06, 1/08/07 & 2/6/07. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
·Bernards Township EC minutes for 11/13/06 & 12/11/06 Open. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
·Chatham Borough EC minutes 1/17/07. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
·Devanshi stated that she will be attending a new ‘Commissioner’ training program sponsored by ANJEC.
·Winter 2007 Newsletter received from Morris County Freeholder Forum. Newsletters circulated to all EC members. Closed.
8. STATUS REPORTS
·Discussion of solar energy possibilities for municipal buildings. Mike presented a slideshow on different types of solar panels, energy utilization, costs and different rebates that may be available. The EC will further discuss this at a later date. Closed.
·Recycling: Discussion on reports of recyclables in Long Hill's bulk garbage. Alexandra will present an update at a later date. Closed.
·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.
·ANJEC 2007 Smart Growth Planning Grants: Len had previously prepared a handout on the idea to ‘Promote Rain Gardens’. However, another proposal was submitted by Len to revise the current Master Plan incorporating ‘green’ suggestions. Joan McCloskey made a motion to approve this suggestion; the motion was second by Scott Soldan. All were in favor. Len will prepare the final proposal to submit to the LHT Township Committee for approval on March 28th, if it is approved, Len will submit it to ANJEC by the March 30th deadline. 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, April 16, 2007 7:00 P.M.
10. ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Len Hamilton and second by Bruce Meringolo. Upon proper Parliamentary procedures, the regular meeting of the Long Hill Township Environmental Commission did duly adjourn at 9:35 P.M. by unanimous vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Shear, Secretary Environmental Commission
