Township of Long Hill
Environmental Commission
Regular Meeting Minutes
December 17, 2007 – 7:00 P.M.
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 Long Hill Town Hall, 915 Valley Road, Gillette, New Jersey on Monday, December 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
The Chairman, Mr. Leonard Hamilton, called the meeting to order at 7:20 p.m.
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. This agenda was emailed to the Deputy Clerk on December 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, Scott Soldan, Devanci Jackson, Joan McCloskey, 1st Alternate (late 7:10pm, left early 8:15pm), Alexandra Hennessey, 2nd Alternate
Absent: Bruce Meringolo, Roseanne Calluori, Township Committee Rep.,
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
·The November 19, 2007 Regular Meeting minutes were reviewed for approval, a motion was made by Mike to accept these minutes and the motion was second by Len. All were in favor.
5. PUBLIC QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
The meeting was opened to the public for questions or comments. As no one from the public was present, this section of the meeting was closed.
6. SECRETARY’S REPORT
·Follow-up with Dawn Wolfe on open applications and pending meeting dates
·Letter of Request to Richard Sheola for EC Membership appointments for 2008
·Letter to Richard Sheola, et al with 2008 EC Meeting Dates
7. CORRESPONDENCE:
·Letter of Referral-Application 07-11Z, Block No. 11603, Lot No. 6, 347 Essex Street, Stirling. Applicant: Gary & Karen Bauer. Proposal: addition to single-family home. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. Len previously drafted a response letter. The plans, application and letter were reviewed and discussed. Len will revise letter and submit to Board of Adjustment with EC comments. Closed.
7. CORRESPONDENCE cont’d:
·Letter of Referral-Application 07-10Z, Block No. 11603, Lot No. 9, 335 Essex St., Stirling. Applicant: Frank & Anne Dill. Proposal: addition to single-family home. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. Len previously drafted a response letter. The application and letter were reviewed and discussed. Len will revise letter and request plans as there were none with application received and submit to Board of Adjustment. Closed.
·Letter of Referral-Application 01-23Z, Block No. 10512, Lot No. 5, 80 Magnolia Avenue, Stirling. Applicant: Daniel Murphy. Proposal: addition to existing structure. Revised Plans. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. Len previously drafted a response letter. The plans, application and letter were reviewed and discussed. Len will submit letter to Board of Adjustment with EC approval of comments. Closed.
·Letter of Referral-Application 07-40P, Block No. 10301, Lot No. 13, 14 & 15, 1483 Valley Rd, Millington. Applicant: Matthew & Jardena DiGiorgio. Proposal: subdivision of existing lot, creating 2 new homes. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. Len previously drafted a response letter. The plans, application and letter were reviewed and discussed. Len will revise letter and submit to Planning Board with EC comments. Closed.
·Letter of Referral-Application 07-13Z, Block No. 10515, Lot No. 12, Corner of Plainfield Rd and Metzler Place, Stirling. Applicant: Walter Terry & Dorothy Kuntz. Proposal: construction of a single family home. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. Len previously drafted a response letter. The plans, application and letter were reviewed and discussed. Len will revise letter and submit to Board of Adjustment with EC comments. Closed.
·Letter of Referral-Application 07-08Z, Block No. 11604, Lot No. 29, 348 Essex Street, Stirling. Applicant: Lidio & Maria Jaro. Proposal: conversion of existing 2 family home into a single family home. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. Len previously drafted a response letter. The plans, application and letter were reviewed and discussed. Len will revise letter and submit to Board of Adjustment with EC comments. Closed.
·Letter of Referral-Application 07-12Z, Block No. 12002, Lot No. 43, 1854 Valley Road, Millington. Applicant: Irmhild Smith. Proposal: addition to a single family home. Meeting Date: Not yet scheduled. The plans and application were reviewed and discussed. Len will compose letter and submit to Board of Adjustment with EC comments. Closed.
·Chatham Township EC Minutes for 10/2 and 11/6 were circulated for review. EC has no comment at this time. Closed.
·ANJEC sent a letter to LHT advising of a NJ Water Conservation Project that they were looking for towns to actively participate. This was well received by the Administration and LHT will participate. Closed.
·LOI received for Spiro Koutsogiannis for Pantheon Bank; Block 11301 and 11401 and Lots 4 and 23 on Valley Road. Len will send a letter to the NJDEP. Closed.
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS
·2007 Year End Report-Len circulated a draft of the 2007 year end report. It will be discussed at our next meeting. Open.
·Goals for 2008: Long Hill Comprehensive Energy Policy, Residential Water Conservation and additional goals to be added at next meeting. Open.
10. NEXT MEETING
The Reorganization Meeting and next Regular Meeting of the Environmental Commission will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:00 P.M.
11. ADJOURNMENT
Scott made a motion to adjourn the meeting; the motion was second by Mike. Upon proper Parliamentary procedures, the regular meeting of the Long Hill Township Environmental Commission did duly adjourn at 9:37 P.M. by unanimous vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Shear, Secretary
Environmental Commission
