At the 12/22/11 Township Committee (TC) Meeting, the Finance Committee discussed how the 2012 budget was shaping up. Recall that the Township budget discussed here relates only to about 25% of your total property tax burden. The other 75% goes to fund the school (about half) and support the county (about a quarter).

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COMMUNICATIONS / DISCUSSION 

T-Mobile Northeast LLC & Sectorsite,LLC (Applicants), NJ Conference 7^th Day Adventists (Owner),  501 Tempe Wick Road,  Block 33  Lot  9 

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REFERRALS

HPC Referral # HPC-10-6-11-27, Owner:  Sandy and Shanta Waren, Location:  602 Van Beuren Road,  Block 4  Lot  14.07, Historic District:  Silver Lake – noncontributing, Proposal:  Construction of a swimming pool with related improvements.     

HPC Referral # HPC-10-6-11-30

Owner:  Thomas and Angelina Pecora, Location:  108 Village Road Block 15  Lot  19, Historic District:  N/A   Individual Contributing Lot:  N/A, Proposal:  Enlargement of the existing residence with a covered veranda. 

HPC Referral # HPC-10-6-11-31

Owner:  David and Nena Green, Location:  2 Jenks Court, Block 25 Lot 26, Historic District:  N/A   Individual Contributing Lot:  N/A, Proposal:  Installation of an emergency generator. 

CONSTRUCTION

HPC Referral # HPC-11-6-11-28  (follow-up review), Owner:  John and Sally Quinn, Location:  26 Lee’s Hill Road, Block 49, Lot 7, Historic District:  New Vernon – contributing site, Proposal:  Detached garage 

CONCEPT REVIEW

HPC Referral # HPC-10-6-11-32, Harding Holdings PM, LLC  (formerly owned by Edith Kurland Trust), 679 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Block 27  Lot 2, Historic District:  Tempe Wick – contributing, Review of future development of property

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Applications for GHK reality # HPC-8-4-11-26) and T-Mobile proposed cellular communication tower (# HPC-1-6-11-3) were deferred to subsequent meetings.  The HPC response to the cell tower application will be discussed and finalized at the October meeting.  A special meeting on September 21 was scheduled to discuss and finalize the HPC response for GHK realty.

The previously distributed draft of the revised response to the Board of Adjustment for the Lam application was reviewed.  Discussion indicated agreement with the revised response which reflected reevaluation of the property’s historic status in the context of the McCabe report and criteria.  The response also identified suggested several conditions to be attached to recommended approval to approve use of the historic structure as an accessory residence. 

Please note the Township Committee has rescheduled their Reorganization Meeting to FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.  This date change may require some Township Boards & Commissions to reschedule their reorganization meetings to after the 13^th.  

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What is the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) ? 

The LEPC is part of the emergency management process. Emergency Management should represent our local participation in our nation and states official emergency structure which includes FEMA, NJ OEM, and Morris County OEM. 

What is the LEPC Mission ? 

The mission of the LEPC is to assist in the coordination of township resources to respond to an emergency. Be it man made or natural. 

We will look to: 

Mitigation of risk: eliminate or reduce the risk of a disaster 

Prepare: Plan, exercise, train, and inform the public. 

Response: direction and control to address immediate and short term effects of a disaster. 

Recovery: Restore the township to it's normal state. 

Members of the LEPC are: 

Kevin Gaffney- Chair

Regina Egea, Nic Platt- Representatives of Township Committee

Heston Allocco, Joe Attencio, Craig Curtiss, Kevin Doherty, Richard Graber, Jim Halsey, Diane Hinds, Elaine McHale, Ann Morgan, and Peter Saulnier.

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REFERRAL 

HPC Referral # HPC-8-4-11-24, Owner:  Daniel and Julia Somers, Location:  501 Spring Valley Road Block 12  Lot  8, Historic District:  Green Village – contributing structures, Proposal:  Enlargement of existing barn and authorization of an existing shed.

HPC Referral # HPC-8-4-11-25, Owner:  Juliejane Manley, Location:  35 Meyersville Road Block 55  Lot  7, Historic District:  N/A   Individual Contributing Lot:  N/A, Proposal:  Authorization of an existing sunroom location on the rear of residence.

PLANNING BOARD REFERRAL 

HPC Referral # HPC-8-4-11-26, Owner:  GHK Realty I, II & III, Location:  655 & 665 Spring Valley Road, Block 4  Lots, Historic District:  N/A   Individual Contributing Site:  N/A, Proposal:  Major Preliminary and Final 5 Lot subdivision.  

A brief discussion ensued regarding the status of the formal written response for the T-Mobile cell tower application before the Board of Adjustment.  There has not been a response issued as there is alternate site being considered.   

Discussion Item

Continued Discussion of Lam Referral – 53 Blue Mill Road. Block 19  Lot 11

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