REGULAR MEETING: MINUTES
PLANNING BOARD
SEPTEMBER 19, 2002
BOROUGH OF WANAQUE
Meeting called to order by Vice Chairman Joseph Graceffo at 8:00 P.M. with a salute to the flag.
Joseph Graceffo Eugene
Verba
Mayor Warren Hagstrom Thomas Balunis
Kevin Platt
PRESENT:
Attorney Steven Veltri and Engineer Michael
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Chairman Gilbert Foulon and Member Tony Brindisi.
READING: Open Public Meeting Announcement:
This is a Regular Meeting of the Wanaque Borough Planning
Board and adequate notice has been given and it has been duly advertised by the
placement of a notice in the Trends and the Herald & News, mailed on
January 18, 2002 and a notice thereof has been posted on the bulletin board in
the Municipal Building in the Borough of Wanaque and a copy thereof has been on
file with the Borough Clerk.
MINUTES: from the July 18, 2002 Meeting.
MOTION TO APPROVE: made by Member DiMeglio,
seconded by Member Balunis, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Mayor Hagstrom,
Platt, Slater and Balunis. Members Graceffo and Verba abstained.
MINUTES: from “Special Meeting” of August 28, 2002.
MOTION TO APPROVE: made by Member DiMeglio,
seconded by Mayor Hagstrom, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor
Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.
COMMUNICATIONS:
No questions asked.
ENGINEER’S REPORT: Engineer Michael Cristaldi said
the only application he received is on the Agenda tonight.
RESOLUTION ON APPLICATION #05-02 Celine E. Long, 14 Humbert Place, Block 200 Lots 15 & 16, Wanaque, N.J., Minor Subdivision:
MOTION TO APPROVE: made by Member DiMeglio,
seconded by Member Platt, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor
Hagstrom, Platt, Slater and Balunis.
Member Verba abstained.
PRESENTATION BY PLANNER JILL HARTMANN IN REFERENCE TO “OPEN SPACE & RECREATION PLAN”:
Ms. Hartmann started off by saying she and the Open Space
Committee met to make recommendations regarding the use of the voter approved
open space and recreation tax. Obtaining outside funding for Open Space is the
development and adoption of an Open Space and Recreation Plan. Ms. Hartmann explained the Planning Board
will hold a public hearing on the Plan at the October 17th Meeting
with the Board voting on the Plan thereafter. Ms. Hartmann went over the plan
that was submitted and mailed to all the Board Members. Ms. Hartmann explained
the Plan has been prepared for the Borough of Wanaque in accordance with the
guidelines and requirements of the New Jersey Green Acres Program and includes
the following elements: Goals and Objectives of the Plan, Inventory of Existing
Open Space and Recreation Facilities both Public and Private, Needs Analysis,
Resource Assessment, Action Plan and System Map. All of these elements are
explained in detail in the plan that was mailed to all members.
Tom Carroll, Borough Administrator came forward. Mr.
Carroll told the Board he went to a Green Acres Workshop on Tuesday to find out
the latest funding opportunities. The Borough currently is pursuing the
purchase of the Gallo Tract over on Townsend Road that consists of 119 acres.
Last year the Borough received a $200,000.00 grant from the Passaic County Open
Space Committee. As part of the funding opportunities from Green Acres, they
required to have the Open Space & Recreation Plan in place and have the
Open Space taxed. By having both of those in place, you qualify for 50% grant
up to whatever their maximum is and last year it was $400 or $500,000. Mr.
Carroll said they are looking at putting that grant together along with last
year’s Passaic County Open Space and hopefully the Borough will get another
grant from Passaic County for this year. Mr. Carroll said the Borough is in the
process of negotiating with the property owner. The Municipal Open Space Tax
will generate a little under $50,000.00 a year and their taking the approach
that as their first priority being the Gallo Tract, that has more of a regional
significance and implication than it does on a municipal level. Mr. Carroll
went on to say, that he made an argument to Green Acres at the meeting on
Tuesday, to get someone to come and look at the property and look at some other
avenues, so that the amount of Municipal Open Space Tax that the Borough has to
put out is minimal. Some of the recreational aspects of the plan, namely the
improvements to Addice Park, are high on priority with the committee. The
committee is looking to using some of that money, along with Lakeland Regional
H.S., which the committee has an agreement on pooling the resources and using
that money to upgrade Addice Park. Mr. Carroll explained to the Board the Open
Space
Committee is here tonight and would like the Board to
take a couple of comments. The procedure is, the committee is presenting the
plan tonight, the Board needs to publish, have a Public Hearing on this plan
and hopefully the Board’s approval at the October Meeting and then on to the
Mayor & Council for their approval and then it can be submitted to the
state and move ahead with the grant applications.
MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON “OPEN SPACE AND
RECREATION PLAN” ONLY: made by Mayor Hagstrom, seconded by Member DiMeglio,
voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Platt, Slater,
Verba and Balunis.
OPEN TO PUBLIC DISCUSSION:
Sandy Lawson, 28 Haskell Ave., came forward. Ms. Lawson said she’s been at all of the Open Space Meetings and hasn’t seen the whole plan as its been presented tonight. Ms. Lawson wanted to know if it was necessary to do Public Noticing for the presentation tonight or is it just for the Public Portion? Planner Hartmann told Ms. Lawson there is no need for Public Notice on a discussion like tonight. Ms. Lawson also said, in listening to the plan tonight, for the most part it looks fairly well balanced. The only thing she would like to say in regard to the recreational portion of it is that it’s only geared towards ball-fields. Ms. Lawson feels it needs to be more balanced to serve more of the resident’s needs.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC DISCUSSION: made by Mayor Hagstrom, seconded by Member Slater, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.
APPLICATION #08-02 William Miller, Orchard Street,
Block 467 Lot 1, Minor Subdivision to Correct Property Overlaps:
The Board Secretary said she received a phone call from the applicant’s attorney and he was going to send a letter asking to carry the application to next month.
MOTION TO CARRY APPLICATION TO THE OCTOBER 17TH
MEETING SUBJECT TO RECEIVING A LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEY NO LATER THAN MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23,2002, OTHERWISE, THE BOARD WILL DENY THE APPLICATION WITHOUT
PREJUDICE: made by Mayor Hagstrom, seconded by Member Balunis, voting yes
were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and
Balunis.
MOTION TO OPEN PUBLIC DISCUSSION: made by Member
Slater, seconded by Mayor Hagstrom, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo,
Mayor Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.
No one stepped forward for Public Discussion.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC DISCUSSION: made by Member
Balunis, seconded by Member Platt, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo,
Mayor Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.
RESOLUTION ON APPLICATION #03-02 STORMS/ENG MINOR SUBDIVISION FOR BLOCK 465 LOTS 1.02 & 1.03 APPROVED BY A 6-0 VOTE:
MOTION TO APPROVE: made by Member DiMeglio,
seconded by Member Slater, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Platt, Slater and
Balunis. Abstaining were Members
Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom and Verba.
RESOLUTION ON APPLICATION #18-00 “PULTE LIFESTYLE COMMUNITIES INC.,” BLOCK 313 LOTS 1, 6 AND 8.01 FOR AMENDED PRELIMINARY & FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL GRANTED AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON AUGUST 28, 2002 BY A 9-0 VOTE:
MOTION TO APPROVE: made by Member Balunis,
seconded by Member Slater, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor
Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.
VOUCHERS: submitted by Atty. Veltri Resolution for
Martha Storms/George & Margaret Eng for $150.00, Attendance at Special
Meeting, Review of Site Plan and expert reports and preparation of Resolution
for Green Park Villages/Pulte Lifestyles for
$575.00, Resolution and review of subdivision deeds for Celine Long for
$250.00, for a Total of $975.00. Voucher submitted by Planner Jill Hartmann for
Amended Preliminary & Final Site Plan for Pulte Lifestyles Communities for
a Grand Total of $950.00. Vouchers submitted by Richard A. Alaimo Engineering
Associates Invoice #14800 Project #P-495-150 Martha Storms Minor Subdivision
for $25.00, Invoice #14815 Project #P-495-151 Celine Long Minor Subdivision for
$50.00, for a Total of $75.00.
MOTION TO APPROVE: made by Member DiMeglio, seconded by Member Platt, voting yes
were Members DiMeglio, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Platt, Slater, Verba and
Balunis.
MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 8:50 P.M.: made by Member
Slater, seconded by Member Platt, carried by a voice vote.
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Gerri Marotta,
Secretary to Planning Board