MINUTES
OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
CRANBURY, NEW
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING
The regular meeting of the Cranbury
Township Environmental Commission was held in Town Hall on January 10,
2005 at 7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
With a quorum present, Pete Sibley,
Chairman of the Cranbury Township Environmental Commission called the meeting
to order and acted as the Chairman thereof, and, Linda M. Scott acted as
Recording Secretary of the meeting.
STATEMENT OF ADEQUATE
NOTICE
Pursuant with the Sunshine Law,
adequate notice in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act (N.J.S.A.
10:4-6) was provided on January 4, 2005 of this meeting=s date, time, place and agenda, was
mailed to the news media, posted on the Township bulletin board, mailed to
those requesting personal notice, and filed with the Municipal Clerk.
MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
James Applegate, James Golubieski,
William Mikula, Thomas Patterson, and Peter Sibley; Chair.
NON-MEMBERS IN
ATTENDANCE
Anna Drago,
Bill Bauder and Committee Members David Stout, Tom Panconi.
MINUTES
The minutes of the December 13, 2004
meeting were reviewed, amended, and approved.
A motion by Pete Sibley, second by James Golubieski, all were in favor.
DISCUSSIONS
Township
Committee has changed their regular meeting schedule to the second and fourth
Mondays. To reduce conflict with the TC
schedule, EC has decided to change their regular meeting date to the 3rd
Monday every month, with the exception of February 2005. The February meeting date will be on the 22nd. Motion to approve made by Bill Mikula, second
by Jim Golubieski, all in favor.
Secretary will inform the clerk of this meeting schedule change.
Tom Witt
and Steve Willard of Shearer Penn Tree Service walked the
NEW BUSINESS
Goals for
2005 were discussed. They are:
·
Active
role in the new Stormwater Regulations. Bill, Tom, and Pete will be involved with
this. The EC wants to have a more active
role. There are several aspects of this
the EC has already taken to achieve a start of the upcoming requirements.
·
Increase
membership-2 regular and 2 alternate members are still needed.
(continued on page 2)
·
Management
Plan for the Cranbury Brook Preserve.
Dave has a draft of this plan. He
stated that there might be monies available from the National Resource and
Conservation Service and offer insight.
Jim Applegate volunteered for this.
Dave will forward a draft copy to Tom.
·
Stream
Corridor Ordinance. This should move
along with fresh water act and flood hazard act. Bill will take the lead on this, reviewing
the sample ordinances that EC has. He
will give an update at the next meeting.
·
ERI
- This subject has been discussed during the past year with no action. Pete would like to get movement on this
issue. Dave states that the TC would
like to update and record the wetlands in the township, both of these can move
in conjunction. This may be a possible
project for the student intern.
In December 2004, the TC approved
guidelines for Volunteer Projects for local volunteer projects. An updated list has been given to John
Kirkenir. Any new lists will need to be
forwarded to Rich Vincellette. He is the
appointed leader for scout projects.
This list includes Trail Maintenance; Gates and Signs; Kiosks;
Storm-Drain Markers. After a brief
discussion of each, Pete will update the list and forward it to Rich
Vincellette.
It was stated that there were two
SUVs driving on the Cranbury Preserve this past week.
Phase 1 of Storm-Drain Markers have
been installed. There are still more
that should be installed. Bill will need
to call MaryJean Mucciarone.
In December, funds from the 2004
budget were encumbered for Dandy Products for the Inlet Protection Devices,
OLD BUSINESS
A letter of interest and resume was
received from John Kobland, which was reviewed by the EC. He will be invited to the February 22nd
meeting. Regarding other possible
mentioned individuals, Dave was to contact Mike Klein, no update. Bill will contact Wayne Wittman. According to Anna, Kathy Easton was appointed
to the Library Board and will be busy with that. Pete will follow up and ask John Persico
about Nicholas Kotschosbey. There will
be an article in the Press asking for interested EC volunteers.
The 2005 grant application for Water
Monitoring in the Cedarbrook above and below the landfill in wet and dry
weather was mailed to the NJDEP for approval.
Notification of approval/denial will take place by March 15, 2005.
ANJEC sends application package for
grants in January. Smart Growth
Assistance Grant application package will be mailed mid January.
EC and the SBMWA will have an Owl
Program held in Cranbury Brook Preserve on January 14, beginning at
7:00pm. There is a waiting list for this
program. EC will sponsor
refreshments. Anna will take on this
responsibility.
The Parks
Commission is working on uniform signage for all township parks. The Preserve is included with this endeavor
and Judy Dossin has asked Pete for input.
Pete put together a draft list of items from the Parks Ordinance. This was reviewed and will be forwarded to
Judy for discussion at the next Parks meeting.
Bill Mikula
has volunteered to attend the Stormwater Management 2 day Seminar at RU in
February.
A letter
from Hatch Mott MacDonald dated October 14, 2004 was distributed to the
EC. Harvey Moskowitz, Tom Witt, Cathy
Marcelli and Dave Stout walked the old dump site on
The RU
intern program is underway and EC should take the steps to secure a
student. Jim Applegate spoke with
Kristen Drushak. She handles the student
process, but one detail that needs to be worked out is whom the student reports
to while here in Cranbury. The cost is
approximately (continued from page 2)
$12. hr. X 40 hrs.wk. depending on the extent of work and
the period of time. A suggestion was
made to talk with ANJEC (Dave) and SBMWA (Bill) to ask for their advice how
best to handle and fund interns. This
person could compile the ERI, perform GIS tasks along with other potential
projects.
Tom
Patterson was asked to represent the EC at the DRC. Dave has served this function in the past,
but is unable to perform now. The DRC
checks for application completeness along with other variables. Tom is conflicted, knowing that the firm he
is employed by will need to make application to this board. He will give this more thought and let Pete
know of his decision. If Tom is unable
to commit, Pete will accept the responsibility, for the time being.
A NOV
update-Bill spoke with Steve Groesh regarding KHOV. Freehold Soil is unable to do anything unless
there is an observance of an off site stream contamination. The outflow of the detention basin should be
monitored for evidence of turbidity and sediment. Bill will email Cathy Marcelli explaining the
ongoing issue of this sediment. He will
ask Cathy, when visiting the site, to check on this detention basin
discharge.
APPLICATIONS
ZBA068-03
Monroe Medical Supplies application was reviewed by EC with no comment. Tom P. recused himself.
PB083-05
Church & Dwight Co. application for the import of 4,000 cu.yds. of soil to
be used with a NJDEP cleanup. EC agrees
with the concept of importing soil; however, the origins, and appropriate
analytical data from a NJ certified laboratory should be provided. Stockpiling the soil should meet with NJ soil
erosion sediment control standards.
DISCUSSION
Bill Bauder
spoke of opportunities for increased effectiveness in 2005. He encouraged the EC to have active
representation at the DRC and Planning Board.
He stated that it is important to get the comments from EC on record at
each level. Bill stated that according
to the EC Ordinance a year-end report should be generated.
Tom Panconi
presented The Times newspaper editorial article dated July 10, 2004 regarding soil contamination written by Jane
Nogaki of Evesham Township; member of the NJ Environmental Federation. At the same time, Hamilton Ordinance #04 011
was given to the secretary. This will be
copied and forwarded to the EC with their next agenda for discussion. Tom would like to have feed back from EC
regarding a soil testing ordinance in Cranbury when there is a change in land
usage when sold.
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
There being no further business, on motion duly made,
seconded, and carried, the meeting was thereupon adjourned.
CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I, The undersigned, do hereby certify;
That I am duly elected and acting secretary of the Cranbury
Township Environmental Commission and,
That the foregoing minutes of the Environmental Commission,
held on January 10, 2005 consisting of 3 pages, constitute a true and correct
copy of the minutes of the said meeting.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed the name of said Environmental Commission
the February 23, 2004.
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Linda M. Scott, Secretary