“SPECIAL MEETING”

PULTE LIFESTYLE COMMUNITIES

AMENDED PRELIMINARY & FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL

PLANNING BOARD

AUGUST 28, 2002

BOROUGH OF WANAQUE

“SPECIAL MEETING”

PULTE LIFESTYLE COMMUNITIES

Meeting called to order by Chairman Gilbert Foulon at 8:00 P.M. with a salute to the flag.

ROLL CALL:

John Di Meglio Kevin Platt

Chairman Gilbert Foulon David Slater

Joseph Graceffo Eugene Verba

Mayor Warren Hagstrom Thomas Balunis

Tony Brindisi

PRESENT: Attorney Steven Veltri, Engineer Michael Cristaldi, Planner Jill Hartmann, Borough Attorney Anthony Fiorello and Traffic Engineer Alexander J. Litwornia.

READING: Open Public Meeting Announcement:

The Wanaque Planning Board will hold a “Special Meeting” on Wednesday, August 28, 2002 commencing at 8:00 P.M. in the Municipal Building, 579 Ringwood Ave., Wanaque, N.J. for the purpose of having a Public Hearing for Application #18-00 “Pulte Lifestyle Communities”, Block 313 Lots 1, 6 and 8.01 for Amended Preliminary & Final Site Plan Approval. The applicant seeks any variances or design waivers as the Planning Board may require.

Atty. A. Michael Rubin on behalf of the applicant, stepped forward and said this application is an amendment to the existing Preliminary & Final Site Plan Approvals. Atty. Rubin explained they were here over the last year and did receive Preliminary and Final Site Plan approval for the project. However, due to circumstances which the Board will hear about, this project has been substantially reduced in scope and they are here tonight seeking an amendment to the plan. Atty. Rubin said there are several witnesses here tonight and asked all of them to step forward to be sworn in by Atty. Veltri. Stepping forward were: Kenneth A. Simons, President Northeast Lifestyle Communities, Dave Griffiths, Director of Architectural Services, Jim Kelly, Site Engineer, Frank Rossi, Environmental Engineer and Kenneth Newman, Traffic Engineer.

Atty. Rubin addressed the issue that there might have been an error in the

calculation of the filing fees, and in the event a discrepancy has been found in the

computation of the fees, the applicant will pay the difference. Atty. Rubin added, the fees that are paid, are the fees that are given by the Building Inspector’s Office.

Ken Simons, President Northeast Lifestyle Communities stepped forward and told the Board he was coming before the Board tonight with an Amended Site Plan. The previous Preliminary and Final Site Plan was for 1,190 homes, since that time their consultants and staff were very busy going through all the steps in order to get to the point where they can actually build. It became obvious to them that the project which required the expansion of the Wanaque Regional Sewer Plant would take an undetermined amount of time in order to get the permit to expand the plant. Mr. Simons went on to say, since they were anxious to get this project underway, they went back to the drawing boards with their professionals and have amended the site plan and are now coming before the Board with 755 homes in an active adult community. This community will have a gated entrance, rather than having separate club houses in each building it will have one (1) centralized club house of 16,000 sq. ft. and still have all the components that are pertinent to an active adult community. Rather than having five (5) buildings that are seven (7) stories tall, there will be ten (10) buildings that are four (4) stories tall. The other change is that with the reduction of 435 homes in the community, they no longer find it economically viable for them to build a golf course. Therefore, wanting to participate in public recreation space, they suggested that they would build little league ball-fields.

Dave Griffiths, Director of Architectural Services for Pulte stepped forward. Mr. Griffiths told the Board his responsibilities include review and approval of all architectural plans that are per any of the divisions that are built and product wise in the northeast area. Mr. Griffiths told the Board he has been an architect since 1972 and is registered in the State of New Jersey and 14 other states, a member of the NCARB and member of BOCA. Mr. Griffiths testified that the earlier renditions of architectural plans together with the changes made were under his supervision. Mr. Griffiths went on to say, what they are building is a four story wood frame structure over a concrete parking structure. The buildings will contain 75 or 76 units depending upon the type of units that are involved. There will be a concrete floor between all dwelling units. The parking structure houses 111 parking spaces and the exterior is a combination of brick, stucco and siding. The buildings will be equipped with three (3) elevators, three (3) stair towers that can be used for transferring between floors and also for emergency egress. The buildings will be fully sprinkled and the buildings conform to the current codes and will also conform to the International Building Code which the State of New Jersey is in the process of adopting. Atty. Rubin addressed the fact that there are two different building heights for this project. Mr. Griffiths went on to explain; what you have is a structure where the parking structure is partially buried and the floor of the first level living is 11 ft. and each floor is 10’ 4” with a total building height to the mean level of the roof is 60 ft. Atty. Rubin asked to have this rendering marked Exhibit A-1 and said he would supply the Board with a photo instead of these large exhibits.

Member Di Meglio asked about the number of parking spaces and Mr. Griffiths said there would be 111 parking spaces and also two entrances into the parking structure and two means of egress. Member Graceffo asked what the average square footage of the units is and Mr. Griffiths said approximately 1700 sq. ft. Member Verba asked if the parking area was open to the elements and Mr. Griffiths said the parking area is under the building. Member Graceffo asked where the air conditioning/ventilation units are located and Mr. Griffiths said each unit has its own. Member Graceffo also asked about the floor plan. Mr. Griffiths said each unit has, two bedrooms, two baths, library, formal dining room, formal living room, utility area and kitchen with eating area. Each unit also has an exterior balcony or patio depending what level your at.

Jim Kelly, Site Engineer for Boswell Engineering came forward. Mr. Kelly said from a site engineering stand-point, they’ve gone from 5 buildings that were 85 ft. tall to 10 buildings that are 61 ft. tall as shown on the exhibit to his right, which is a color rendition of the site plan drawing that is Sheet 3 of 22. Atty. Rubin asked that this be marked Exhibit A-2. Mr. Kelly said all the engineering aspects such as water drainage, sewerage, roads etc. that were discussed originally in the Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval are all essentially the same. What has changed is that they now have is 10 buildings smaller in size than the 5 larger buildings as before.

The 5 larger buildings had about a 3 acre footprint and now the footprint is about an acre a building. There is no longer a golf course but instead 3 ball fields. There are no variances resulting from the amended site plan. The density has dropped from 2.7 units per acre down to 1.7. The height has dropped from 85 ft. to 61 ft. and the building coverage has dropped from 3.4% to 2.3%. As far as the parking issue, the ordinance calls for 2 parking places per unit, this plan has a total density of 2.15 parking places per unit. There is a total of 1,110 spaces below the buildings enclosed approximately 70% of the overall furnished for the project. The other spaces total 513 and they are disbursed throughout the site as shown on the site plan.

Atty. Rubin asked Mr. Kelly about the concern of the community as well as Members of the Planning Board and Borough Administration, if there is any encroachment on the mountain behind the project. Mr. Kelly said there is no encroachment on the mountain and everything is at the foot of the mountain towards Ringwood Ave.

Mr. Kelly said he is in receipt of two technical reviews by the Board’s professional consultants. One is the review letter by the Planning Board Engineer dated August 28, 2002 and has had the opportunity to review it. Mr. Kelly said he has reviewed those changes and said they are in a position to satisfactorily address the issues raised by the Planning Board Engineer. Mr. Kelly said they are also in receipt of a review letter by Litwornia Associates dated August 23,2002. This letter principally addresses a variety of traffic related issues along with some site related issues.

The one item that is raised in this report, relates to a sidewalk

preceding from the project to Ringwood Ave. The original plan did not have a sidewalk going to Ringwood Avenue it had a sidewalk going to the entrance to the clubhouse facility. They have discussed this with the applicant and are prepared to have the sidewalk extended to Ringwood Ave. if the Board so desires. Mr. Kelly said there is a change on one aspect of the prior approval that with the reduction in the size of the project and density, the applicant’s experience is that a project of this magnitude does not warrant the utilization of a jitney bus. In the past, on a project of this size, when the Homeowner’s Association takes over, they find that it is not particularly worth while and end up decommissioning it because it ends up being expensive to operate. Atty. Rubin told Mr. Kelly that there have been some discussions with the sewer authority regarding the potential dedication of the road from Highland Ave. & Ringwood Ave. to the entrance way and wanted Mr. Kelly to comment on this dedication of the road to the public. Mr. Kelly said the applicant would be in a position to bring the road to Borough standards for dedication and acceptance by the Borough to the point where you can see the wye of the brown line on the exhibit and that’s the road that goes off to the right and over to the Sewer Authority. As current operations exist, the ingress and egress to the Sewer Authority is by means of Highland Ave. which goes straight towards the mountain and then there is a 90 degree turn which is at the gate to Environmental Renewal; then you make a right hand turn and go down about 500 yards. The change here would be, that since they proposed to have a gate at the entrance way to the project, the applicant conferred with the Sewer Authority to construct a new access road to the Authority. This was previously approved by the Planning Board and there is no change in this alignment. Where the wye takes place, the brown line on the display that goes off to the right, the applicant proposed that it become the Sewer Authority road and they would own it and the applicant would exchange for the other portion of brown road, some dedicated to the municipality, the remainder being private. Atty. Rubin summed this up by saying, after the Gate House and into the project, all of those roads would be private and the responsibility of the developer and eventually the Homeowner’s Association. Atty. Rubin went on to say, the road leading into the Sewer Authority plant would remain the property of the Sewer Authority and the applicant would enter into whatever agreements are necessary with the Sewer Authority so that they would be the owner and the entity in charge of maintenance of that portion of the road. Chairman Foulon asked Mr. Kelly, if he is actually saying that there’s less land usage in this new plan than there was in the previous plan? Mr. Kelly responded by saying, it depends how you categorize the land usage. In terms of footprint of buildings, there are 10 acres of footprint on the amended plan and there were 15 acres of footprint on the approved plan. Member Platt wanted to know if there was still going to be an access road to these buildings for the Fire Department. Mr. Kelly said there will be access via the roads you see to the front and sides. Mr. Kelly also said, in the rear, what they typically do is coordinate with the Fire Department and install pavers where the grass can go through it and would work with the Borough on a system that would prove acceptable. Member Platt was concerned about getting a fire truck to the buildings

with the trees and shrubbery and Mr. Kelly reassured him they will modify the landscaping as necessary to make sure the Fire Officials are satisfied.

Frank Rossi, Environmental Engineer came forward. Mr. Rossi said they have reevaluated the project based on the amended site plan, and found that as it relates to wetlands, vegetation and water resources, there was no effect. Actually, Mr. Rossi said, it was more beneficial because there was less of a disturbance in the flat laying areas where the ball fields are actually shown. Mr. Rossi went on to say, before you had buildings with 3 acre footprints and now you have buildings with 1 acre footprints and about 5 acres without building structures and you have more open area, bigger detention basins and overall esthetics of the project have improved. Mr. Rossi said the project is better because it’s smaller and less environmental impact on this project than the original one. Mr. Rossi said they are required to have a Stream Encroachment Permit and some Freshwater Wetland General Permits, as compared to the other plan, there are less General Permits that are required. They will need some Crossing Permits, Stream Encroachment Permits for the entrance and for some work they’re doing within the Flood Plain, predominately putting the road through the access the sanitary sewer and they also need a Treatment Works Approval Permit which they’re in the process of filing all the necessary paper work with the municipalitiy and the Regional Sewer Authority. Atty. Rubin asked Mr. Rossi if he sees any potential problems in obtaining these permits from New Jersey DEP and Mr. Rossi said, for the most part they comply rather easily with the requirements of the General Permits. Mr. Rossi added, that there is less of an impact that they’re dealing with the state and preliminary discussions with them they look more favorably upon this particular project. Chairman Foulon told Mr. Rossi that they complied last time with the requirements including very expensive studies of the sewer plant etc. Mr. Rossi said the problem with the last plan was that they needed multiple General Permits and they also needed to expand the treatment plant. They were required to go to the EPA and get a waiver in which they did receive from the EPA. The problem is the time in order to construct this treatment plant in order to get this project going and the developer didn’t want to wait, therefore, the developer elected to go with a smaller project. Chairman Foulon wanted to know if it was the intention of the developer to pursue the modular expansion (Sewer Plant) and expand the project site in the future? Atty. Rubin answered no, and that it was not on the table at this moment. Chairman Foulon wanted it made clear that this is what it’s going to be and nothing more.

Mr. Kelly explained to the Chairman and the Board that it was in the original plan that the sewer plant would be expanded to accommodate the 1190 units. Mr. Kelly said they went to Trenton in unity with the Regional Sewer Authority and they were all very much surprised by the position of the regulatory agencies relative to the nature and extent of the studies that would be required. The Regional SewerAuthority always had in their approved plan another modular and thBorough knew it and the DEP knew it, and it was on that basis the Regional Sewer Authority

and the applicant believed the DEP had approved the concept of the additional modular to be built. Mr. Kelly said they all proceeded in good faith and went down to the DEP and told the DEP they’re ready to go ahead. The DEP then said, that may have been the concept twenty years ago, but now here’s what you have to be able to do. The applicant proceeded to have the stream studies done which took a year or more and it became clear there was going to be significant other studies in time involved with no guarantee that they were ultimately going to give their blessing. Therefore, in lieu of spending several years to pursue that, the applicant decided to amend the original site plan. Atty. Rubin told Mr. Kelly that the Sewer Authority has asked that the developer donate a piece of land to their plant and asked Mr. Kelly to point this out on one of the drawings to show the Board where this would approximately be. Mr. Kelly said this piece of land is approximately 50 ft. wide immediately adjacent to the road as you come into the Sewer Authority Treatment Plant.

Kenneth Newman, Traffic Engineer came forward. Mr. Newman said, by reducing the number of units from close to 1200 to roughly 750 and eliminating the golf course, the traffic generated by this development is reduced approximately 40%. Mr. Newman said, they had identified minor deficiencies at three intersections in proximity to Rt. 287. Previously, these potential deficiencies could still be there and they feel that is a no billed, for the most part, that’s a timing modification. They have already submitted that request to NJDOT and this applicant is committed to following through with the timing modifications. There was one other recommendation for a second left turn lane from Ringwood Ave. Mr. Newman went on to say, that at this time while there might still be a potential deficiency at full billed, its not nearly as significant as it was before. The applicant will be willing to convert the stripped median into a left turn lane should the need ever arise. Mr. Newman said he feels that this should be deferred and the resolution can require the applicant to provide whatever guarantees. The only other intersection that at one time had been a potential problem was Doty Rd. and they recommended redesign of this new intersection. There will really be no significant impacts at Ringwood Ave. & Doty Rd. Atty. Rubin mentioned the construction of a traffic signal at the corner of Highland Ave. & Ringwood Ave. and Mr. Newman said that is still the intent.

Ken Simons came back to the microphone and responded on an earlier question as to what price range these units would be and Mr. Simons said in the mid $240,000 range. Mr. Simons added that a member of his team met with the North Jersey Water District people today about the turning lane on Ringwood Ave. Atty. Rubin said that the easement for the left turn lane is a viable potential for this project.

Atty. Rubin announced that they will be meeting next week with the Passaic County Planning Board and Atty. Rubin knows the main thrust of their concerns is the traffic on Ringwood Ave.

Chairman Foulon asked about the lucrative ratable the Borough was going to get from this project. Mr. Simons said it will be reduced by about 1/3^rd .

Chairman Foulon also wanted to know, who is going to own and maintain the ball fields that Pulte is installing on this site. Atty. Rubin spoke up and said there was an ordinance that was recently adopted which reads: A residential community provided for permanent residence which includes at a minimum a public recreation facility to be utilized and controlled by the Borough of Wanaque, etc. Atty. Rubin said the word utilize and controlled are the main words of the ordinance. The Borough would utilize it and control it. Chairman Foulon asked if it was being deeded to the town and Atty. Rubin said no. Chairman Foulon then asked who has the liability of it and Mr. Kelly said the municipality and some kind of easement or license agreement would be drawn up to let the municipality operate, maintain, control, modify and do whatever would be appropriate.

Margita Batistic, Professional Engineer from Boswell Engineering came forward and was sworn in by Atty. Veltri. Ms. Batistic told the Board she is a Civil Engineer and holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering and was involved in the design and development of the plans. Ms. Batistic responded to a question by Mayor Hagstrom that was “what is a conspan bridge”? Ms. Batistic explained it is a type of the arched culvert that they are proposing to cross over the streams and is made out of concrete. Ms. Batistic said this bridge is part of the DEP Application.

Member Platt asked if the fire hydrants were marked on the plans. Ms. Batistic answered and said yes, they are marked on the plans.

Mayor Hagstrom asked Mr. Kelly, if all the roads are private, who is responsible for the garbage collection? Mr. Kelly answered and said he believes this would fall under the “Kelly Law” where the municipality provides collection.

Member Di Meglio asked how is the water going to get to the ball fields if they decide to install restrooms later on. Mr. Kelly said these discussions are still taking place with the Borough, but he believes one area such as the restrooms, the applicant has agreed that they will install the necessary restrooms and obviously water going to the facility and that would be connected into the sewer system for the project.

Mayor Hagstrom asked how is the garbage going to be picked up and if there were going to be dumpsters. Mr. Simons answered and said the buildings are designed to have garbage shoots which sends the garbage to rooms downstairs on the parking level where there are compactor facilities.

Atty. Veltri told Atty. Rubin that the original approvals were conditioned upon numerous conditions, about 29, will the applicant abide by all the conditions previously cited in the prior approvals? Atty. Rubin answered yes, unless modified to this application. Atty. Rubin went on to say, things like Passaic County Planning Board Approval, DEP Approval, Traffic Issues etc., those things just don’t go away.

Atty. Veltri said one of the conditions dealt with a COAH contribution, and wanted to know if the applicant stands by the contribution in the original resolution. Atty. Rubin said he doesn’t believe that has changed and asked Mr. Simons to step forward. Mr. Simons said yes, they will abide by the original COAH agreement.

Atty. Veltri said, one of the things that has happened since the preliminary approval is that the Borough has received substantive certification from COAH. One of the concerns is that if COAH looks again at the site and revises our COAH numbers, would the applicant accept the condition that this approval would be based upon their review and that the numbers stay the same, because our formula may change

as a municipality as a result of this amendment. Atty. Rubin responded by saying, what they have said before as to this application and being their contribution is going to remain the same both as to a RCA and/or actual building of units. Atty. Rubin said they are not changing their position and they do understand that there has been some correspondence between COAH and the municipality as to these issues and the applicant doesn’t know the outcome and either does the Borough. Atty. Rubin said, they will stand by what they said before and will do what they said before.

Mayor Hagstrom told Mr. Simons that the Borough is plagued by a tremendous odor coming from Environmental Renewal and if they get approval for this project when will they be closing up Environmental Renewal? Mr. Simons said they have a tentative closing date of September 24, 2002 and then there is a 9 month period that they have to vacate. Mr. Simons said the way they have structured the acquisition of the property is in two stages; the second payment doesn’t take place for 18 months and if they have not properly cleaned it up, the applicant can offset anything they have not cleaned up against the applicant’s second payment. In this way, the applicant is protected as well as the Borough.

Engineer Michael Cristaldi said most of his review really dealt with the general site concerns. Mr. Kelly read Eng. Cristaldi’s letter and any concerns Eng. Cristaldi had Mr. Kelly is willing to make the amendments, therefore, Eng. Cristaldi is satisfied. Eng. Cristaldi went on to say, most of the other items are covered by the Borough’s other professionals.

Jill Hartmann, Professional Planner said she prepared a review dated August 28, 2002 which was passed out tonight to all the members. Ms. Hartmann said the applicant is correct in stating there are no variances required. There are just a few items that are minor in detail but need to be addressed. One of the items is in regards to signs. Ms. Hartmann said she didn’t see any details for the entrance sign and needs to have details in regards to location, size and style and meet the ordinance requirements. A landscape plan has been submitted, and Ms. Hartmann recommended to the Board that any approval the Board grants should be subject to the Borough’s Landscape Architect’s review and approval. A lighting plan was submitted and a detail of the proposed types of lights should be provided. Review and approval, by the Borough Engineer, of the proposed lighting type can be made a condition of any approval. Ms. Hartmann said everything is consistent with the Borough’s Ordinance. Atty. Rubin asked the one item they would like relief on which was in the earlier resolution was to delete the Jitney Bus due to the reduction in size of the project and Atty. Veltri moved on that request.

Chairman Foulon told Mr. Simons last time they were here, Mr. Simons got into negotiations with some of the neighboring properties as far as landscaping and buffering etc. Chairman Foulon wanted to know if anything in that aspect has changed. Mr. Simons said he had representatives from his organization meet with the neighbors on that side and understood what their desires where which was a chain link fence and Pulte has agreed to do that. Chairman Foulon told Mr. Simons he received a letter from one of the neighboring residents complimenting Mr. Simons on his cooperation with them.

Al Litwornia, PE PP of Litwornia Associates, Inc. submitted a report dated August 23, 2002 that was passed out this evening. Mr. Litwornia said the first thing to point out in his report is that the traffic volumes are substantially lower because of the reduction in size of the number of units. The second thing is the numerous site plan comments he had and the applicant has basically agreed and they are minor such as: stop sign location, some street widths in the area where they would be needed for fire safety and another issue would be the parking. The parking analysis shows 513 outside parking spaces, but Litwornia’s review shows 513 plus 50 spaces at the ball fields. The plan should be modified to show the correct number of spaces. One item that wasn’t in the report was about the baseball fields and that is, there is one driveway that goes into the parking field. Mr. Litwornia rather have two driveways one at either end so people can circulate through as oppose to coming in and then going up halfway and having to back up. Basically it’s to have two driveways instead of one. Mr. Litwornia also mentioned, they had requested the sidewalk from the development on one side of Highland Ave. and not on both sides. Mr. Litwornia said that decision would be up to the Board. Mr. Litwornia mentioned the Traffic Analysis part of his report that mentions various intersections affected such as: Ringwood Ave. & Doty Rd., Ringwood Ave. & Union Ave. & Ringwood Ave. & Highland Ave., Union Ave. & I-287 SB Ramp, I-287 & Northbound Ramp.

Mr. Litwornia added, that the applicant has stated that when these units are built, there will be some timing changes required. Another item Mr. Litwornia mentioned is his concern on how the Borough’s garbage trucks are going to get into the project to collect the garbage. Mr. Simons spoke up and said there will be a Developer’s Agreement and that would be one of the items addressed.

Chairman Foulon asked Borough Attorney, Tony Fiorello if he had any comments and Attorney Fiorello said he had none and was taking notes. Chairman Foulon asked Jill Hartmann if she wanted to address the COAH issue. Ms. Hartmann said COAH has no impact on the Pulte Application. The original preliminary approval approved 60 units for the Pulte site based upon a series of RCA’s on-site building. However, there is a provision in the rules and regulations of COAH that talks about substantial changes in a development, and whether or not this particular site has substantial changes, could in fact result in a change and a reversion of the requirement of this site to meet the substitute approval certification. Chairman Foulon wanted to know if these changes jeopardize the Borough’s certification. Ms. Hartmann said, at this particular point, she has no idea.

MOTION TO OPEN MEETING TO PUBLIC DISCUSSION: made by Member Graceffo, seconded by Member DiMeglio, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Chairman Foulon, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Brindisi, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.

Sandy Lawson, 28 Haskell Ave. stepped forward. Ms. Lawson asked about the ball fields and wanted to know how many. Mr. Kelly answered by saying, they will be multi-use fields. He proceeded to show her on the plan where they were; one would be a soccer field and two would be ball-fields and they overlap. Ms. Lawson also asked about the parking and how many spaces would it hold and Mr. Kelly said approximately 50 spaces. Ms. Lawson wanted to know if that would be enough parking if two of the fields are being utilized and Mr. Kelly said he thinks so and this would be worked out with the Borough. Ms. Lawson wanted to know if the fields could be further away from the wetlands buffer. Mr. Kelly said there is a potential to relocate them. Ms. Lawson wanted to know the size of the parking spaces for the units. Mr. Kelly said these spaces are 9 X 18 and the design criteria for these spaces falls within the Residential Site Improvement Standards which is used statewide. Ms. Lawson asked where the access to the mountain was going to be for the hikers. Mr. Kelly said right now the property is privately owned and there is no access to the public. Mr. Kelly went on to say, the proposal by the applicant is to provide the necessary easements and access to the public to make for a proper ability for the public to access the property. Atty. Rubin spoke up and said, they are not going to allow members of the general public walk through this gated community. People who want to enjoy the mountain would be using the access from the state park. Ms. Lawson wanted to know if the swimming facility was going to be open to the residents of Wanaque and Mr. Kelly said no. Ms. Lawson wanted to know if a Water Allocation Permit has been granted yet and Mayor Hagstrom said no. Ms. Lawson wanted to know what they were going to pay for the sewer hook up fees and Mr. DiMeglio said it will be $6,125.00 per unit. Another concern of Ms. Lawson was the capacity load on the Sewer Authority and asked if it was possible for Pulte to reduce their numbers. Mr. Kelly said the numbers that they are talking about tonight have been developed in concert with the Wanaque Valley Regional Sewer Authority. Ms. Lawson wanted to know how many of the affordable housing units are actually going to be built and she was told 10 units. Mr. Simons said the price of these 10 units would fall under the COAH guidelines.

Diana Schlesinger, 2 D Brookside Heights came forward. She told the Board this is the second townhouse that she has lived in and when anything goes wrong, the first thing people say is how did the township let them get away with this. Ms. Schlesinger said under every building you have 100 cars and garbage and that’s a

lot of impervious surface with a lot of wetlands involved. Ms. Schlesinger wanted to know when the calculation is made on the sewerage plant does that include the cleaning off the runoff from the impervious surfaces or is that strictly based on x

number of units, x number of people or number of cars. She was told it is based

on the number of people and not vehicles. Ms. Schlesinger asked if there was only one way in and out of the complex and she was told there is an emergency exit also.

Ms. Schlesinger wanted to know who will own the stream study and she was told the Sewer Authority. Ms. Schlesinger wanted to know what happens to the other 50 units of COAH that Wanaque is responsible for and Atty. Rubin explained it is taken care of with money paid out and units will be built in a receiving community that needs help in building up their housing stock such as Paterson, Passaic and Newark etc.

Lori Bull, 14 Prospect St. came forward. Ms. Bull wanted to know if these buildings are any closer to existing buildings on Grove St. than the prior plans. Mr. Kelly said they are not any closer and all the required setbacks are still being met with. Ms. Bull asked about the clubhouse because on the drawing it doesn’t look very far away from the next building. She was told it was 92 feet between the clubhouse and the next building. Ms. Bull thought it would be a good idea to still keep the Jitney Bus idea active because Wanaque has plenty of seniors that could use it.

Victor Purrazzo, 716 Ringwood Ave. came forward. Mr. Purrazzo said he heard a chain link fence was going to be installed along the property line. Mr. Simons said that was regarding specific residents along Grove St. and those residents requested it. Mr. Purrazzo said he also heard two lots were obtained along Ringwood Ave. and Highland Ave. Mr. Simons said they have obtained the corner property on the north east side of Highland Ave. & Ringwood Ave. along with the railroad easement and they have no plans for that property.

James Bull, 14 Prospect St. came forward. Mr. Bull mentioned the unused portion of the property and if it will be used in the future. Chairman Foulon said it is the same as the last agreement and it was reiterated earlier tonight. Mr. Bull wanted everyone to know that on a good day the traffic is horrible and traffic is not a ratable.

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC DISCUSSION: made by Mayor Hagstrom, seconded by Member Slater, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Chairman Foulon, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Brindisi, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.

RECESSED AT 10:00 P.M.

RECONVENED AT 10:10 P.M. WITH A ROLL CALL: Members DiMeglio, Chairman Foulon, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Brindisi, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.

MOTION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL SITE PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SITE PLAN PREPARED BY STEPHEN T. BOSWELL OF BOSWELL ENGINEERING DATED AUGUST 1, 2002 CONSISTING OF SHEETS 1 THROUGH 22 AND THE AMENDED APPROVAL

WILL BE FOR A TOTAL OF 755 MULTI FAMILY HOUSING UNITS SUBJECT TO AND CONTINGENT UPON THE APPLICANT COMPLYING WITH ALL THE PRIOR RELEVANT CONDITIONS FROM THE PRELIMINARY AND FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVALS WITH RELIEF OF THE JITNEY BUS AND THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLY WITH ALL CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE BOARD ENGINEER’S REPORT DATED AUGUST 28, 2002, AND THE BOARD PLANNER’S REPORT DATED AUGUST 28, 2002 AND THE BOARD’S TRAFFIC REPORT: made by Member DiMeglio, seconded by Member Balunis, voting yes were Members DiMeglio, Chairman Foulon, Graceffo, Mayor Hagstrom, Brindisi, Platt, Slater, Verba and Balunis.

MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 10:15 P.M.: made by Member Slater, seconded by Member Brindisi. Carried by a voice vote.

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Gerri Marotta

Secretary to Planning Board