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THE REORGANIZATION MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE RGULAR MEETING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WAS CALLED TO ORDER ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2006 AT &;15 PM IN THE LINDENWOLD BOROUGH HALL sunshine announcement Swearing in Of members: John Behan John Imperatore John Kennedy Tony Stankiewicz (alternate)
Present: Mayor Frank Delucca, jr. Kevin becica, pe – environmental resolutions, inc.
Roll call – Members Present:
Councilman kenneth balmer mr. john Behan mr. john imperatore Ms. Nancy Lutz mr. John Kennedy Mr. tony Stankiewicz Mr. matthew Gallen
Members absent:
ms. patti kay wisniewski
mr. gallen entertained for a motion to accept kevin becica, pe from environmental resolutions, inc. as recommended by mayor and council. councilman balmer made the motion to accept, motion seconded by ms. lutz. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
mr. gallen entertained for a motion on nominations for chairperson. mr. behan made the motion to nominate mr. gallen, motion seconded by mr. kennedy. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
mr. gallen entertained for a motion on nominations for vice-chairperson. mr. gallen made the motion to nominate mr. behan, motion seconded by ms. lutz. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
mr. gallen entertained for a motion on nominations for secretary. councilman balmer made the motion to nominate nancy didomenico, motion seconded by mr. behan. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
mr. gallen entertained for a motion to approve the meeting dates, time and location for the year 2006. councilman balmer made the motion to approve, motion seconded by mr. gallen. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
regular meeting
mr. gallen entertained for a motion to approve the minutes from the december 8, 2005 meeting. councilman balmer made the motion to approve, motion seconded by mr. imperatore. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
OLD BUSINESSsite plan checklist – revision and adoption
ms. becica stating this is from last month and she added the environmental issues that were discussed. the third section at the bottom is the new, the energy concern. this is just a checklist, a guidance.
mr. imperatore stating it gives us some consistency.
councilman balmer made a motion to adopt the site plan checklist as presented by environmental resolutions. motion seconded by mr. behan. roll call was unanimous. motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
open space and recreation plan (o.S.R.P.) presentation by mr. tom czerniecki of environmental resolutions, inc.
ms. patti kay wisniewski arrived.
mr. czerniecki stating in 2004 mayor and council were able to get a small grant under dep for open space.
mr. czerniecki stating there is a format that needs to be followed in terms of doing an open space plan and it becomes an element of the master plan. the first thing it revealed is that you meet or exceed national standards for most recreation facilities. the mayor was interested in getting a solid inventory of what currently belongs to the town, what condition it is in. basically that is what the plan does.
mr. czerniecki stating there are (4) recommendatons in the plan.
mr. czerniecki stating in order to complete this plan we need to have this public hearing and another public hearing and then it is goes to the planning board for adoption or rejection.
mr. stankiewicz stating the ratio of square miles of population to amount of miles for each park, if the development of 419 acres of residents is no longer, does that effect any of the parks in the area? mr. czerniecki stating NO THAT speaks only to developed parks.
ms. becica stating to mr. czerniecki can you talk about what this does, once this is approved by the planning board and they make it part of the master plan, then it allows lindenwold to get the grants. those open space grants allow lindenwold to do what? mr. czerniecki stating there are (2) catergories. there is acquisition and park improvement.
mr. gallen stating overbrook lake the dam could be repaired and a nice path could be created around the lake. ms. becica stating overbrook lake is owned by the school. mr. gallen stating is that not considered an open green space. ms. becica stating not in this (tape inaudible). mr. czerniecki stating because you talked about creating linkages you may not get funds specfically for that but if you are able to get permission to do a path, funds can be applied for.
mr. behan stating where it says board of education facilities (middle School), it says 15 acres, is that from the white horse pike all the way down including the ball field? it seems a lot bigger than 15 acres. mr. czerniecki stating he will double check on that.
at this time members discussing overbrook lake.
mr. czerniecki stating if the school is willing to part with the lake and the borough is in the position to accept it, then you can use green acre funds for that purpose.
mr. czerniecki stating you can send correspondence to the school asking them if they would voluntarily agree to encumber that land to green acres so that the borough is in a position to apply for grants. because now green acres becomes an owner. if they are willing to do that without you incurring the liability of owning it. there may be some money to fix it up.
ms. becica stating about the dam, the structure needs to be maintained.
members decide a letter should be sent to the school board and administrator inviting them to the next meeting to discuss the rehabilatation of overbrook lake.
ms. becica stating to get back on the subject of the open space.
mr. becica stating overbrook lake is on the inventory but we can’t get grant money for it.
mr. czerniecki stating the reason we included school property is you need to demonstrate where you stand in terms of offering recreation, but it is not on the inventory that will be encumbered once you apply and accept any money. that list will only include borough owned.
ms. wisniewski stating the boy scout camp is in the wrong location on the map.
at this time members discussing different locations in town, parks, lakes etc.
councilman balmer asking who has the authority to sign off on the agreement, would that be the school board. mr. czerniecki stating yes, an agreement between the school board and borough council.
mr. czerniecki stating the first step is to list it as a priority to be in position to apply for the money, but we don’t want you to be surprised that we are listing it as a priority for purposes of being competitive down the road. i think everyone will be able to agree to that, it doesn’t commit them or you. that is the purpose of a plan it sets you up to do other things.
mr. czerniecki stating there is another grant application attached, the smart growth grant where you can do visioning studies. if there is an interest to apply for that grant, i would like to gather residents that live around all these parks and take them to what is called the vision perference survey.
mr. kennedy asking what can be done with the boy scout camp, i am curious as to why that is listed. mr. czerniecki stating simply because it is owned by the borough.
at this time members discussing grant monies and federal fundings.
mr. czerniecki stating he will make the correctons for the next meeting.
at this time discission of the corner of egg harbor and gibbsboro road. mayor delucca stating how he would like the commission to undertake projects with the kids.
mr. czerniecki stating to review, he will check on the acreage of the education facility, identify the dam as a potential resource, move the boy scout camp, indentify the mua and try to outline some of the water bodies for the next meeting.
mr. gallen opened the meeting to the public and there is no one in the public.
mr. imperatore stating he passed around a lake management course that is being offered by rutgers if anyone is interested.
mr. stankiewicz stating at the overbrook lake clean up, one of the teachers, mike napoli, had the ecology club but the funding was cut. they used to take trips with the kids and i thought the adopt a road program would provide money that the kids could go out and clean the roads. i got the packet from the adopt a road program and it is a volunteer situation. i also spoke with mr. mayer’s secretary and some other people, these kids are looking for something they can work on but need to raise money so they can take some trips, such as batso. if anyone knows of anyway these kids can go out as a group and make money for the cause, let me know. mayor delucca stating you should be able to resource that out of clean communities. mr. behan stating his family does an adopt a road each year in laurel springs and it is $500.00 a year that is given. mr. stankiewicz stating he spoke with someone last week and she said there is no money involved. mayor delucca stating there are (2) programs. mr. behan stating he goes through the county and will get the information. mr. stankiewicz stating he would like to get the information and try to help the kids, they came out in full force and helped us and if we can help them in any way, that would be really nice.
councilman balmer stating speaking of the teachers and students we were given this (showing certificate of appreaciation) at the presentation at the school. the mayor, myself, mr. imperatore, ms. becica and the secretary went. they presented us with this from the kids for allowing us to invite them in and help clean up overbrook lake. councilman balmer stating he would like to see this hung in the hallway so people can see it.
at this time members discussing different programs, recycling and green products, the checklist and the lake lowering.
mayor delucca stating spring is around the corner and he would like to set a date for a saturday morning ride around (town tour) with this board prior to foilage. Setting of date will be decided at next months meeting.
meeting adjourned.
Nancy DiDomenico, Secretary |
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