EAST AMWELL

ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT - MINUTES

Municipal Building – 7:30 PM

November 13, 2007

Call to order and compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act

The regular meeting of the Board of Adjustment was called to order at 7:30 PM on November 13, 2007 in the Main Meeting Room of the Municipal Building, 1070 Route 202/31, Ringoes, NJ by Secretary, Gloria Frederick.

In compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, the Administrative Officer announced this was a regularly scheduled meeting pursuant to the Meeting Notice as published in the January 18, 2007 issue of the Hunterdon County Democrat, filed in the Township Clerk’s Office, and posted on the Bulletin Board on November 6, 2007.

Roll Call and Agenda Review

Present: Gloria Frederick

Gael Gardner

Paul Gavzy

Freda Routh

Sue Posselt

Sherrie Binder

Absent: Nancy Cunningham – Vice Chair

Pete Kneski - Chair

Presentation of Minutes

A motion by Paul Gavzy, seconded by Gael Gardner to approve the open session minutes from 10/9/07 was approved with Sue Posselt abstaining.

A motion by Gael Gardner, seconded by Freda Routh to approve the closed session minutes from 10/9/07 was approved with Sue Posselt abstaining.

Presentation of Bills for Payment

A motion by Gael Gardner, seconded by Sue Posselt to pay the vouchers as listed on the agenda was unanimously approved.

Ms. Frederick noted that the correspondence will be dealt with as it comes up over the course of the meeting.

Applications to be Deemed Complete or Incomplete

Giulio Cifelli – AJ-07-07 – Block 35.01 Lot 33.03 – 95 Lindbergh Road, Hopewell

Mr. Cifelli came forward and explained that his application was deemed incomplete at the Board’s meeting in October. Mr. Cifelli noted that he had submitted all of the information the Board requested and updated his site plan.

Zoning Board of Adjustment Minutes – November 13, 2007

Engineer O’Neal presented maps that he had brought to help the Board visualize the extent of the clearing which has taken place on Mr. Cifelli’s property. These maps will be presented again at the public hearing and marked as official exhibits at that time. The maps consisted of the approved site plan in 2001 that Mr. Cifelli obtained to build his home, the “as built” plan from 2004 showing the clearing extending slightly beyond what was originally approved, a third map showing what Mr. Cifelli actually cleared, to date, which is estimated to be approximately 78,000 sq. ft., and a fourth map depicting what Mr. Cifelli is proposing to do to decrease impervious coverage and rectify any stormwater management issues previously noted on his property.

A motion by Sue Posselt, seconded by Gael Gardner to deem the application complete was unanimously approved.

There were no applications for public hearing and no old business listed on the agenda.

New Business

A motion by Freda Routh, seconded by Sue Posselt to approve the requested Board of Adjustment budget for 2008 with two modifications was unanimously approved. The noted changes were: The request for $8000 in the Legal-General line and $800 in the Dues/Meetings/Training line. The total requested budget for 2008 is $47,600. It was noted that this amount is $6695.00 less than the 2007 budget.

For the purpose of the Administrative Officer’s salary in 2008: A motion by Paul Gavzy, seconded by Sue Posselt to make Maria Andrew’s salary for the BOA equal to that of the Planning Board was unanimously approved.

Open to the Public

A motion by Gael Gardner, seconded by Sherrie Binder to open to the public was unanimously approved. No one came forward. A motion by Paul Gavzy, seconded by Sue Posselt to close to the public was unanimously approved.

A motion by Freda Routh, seconded by Paul Gavzy to approve the Resolution to go into closed session for the purpose of discussing personnel matters was unanimously approved.

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The Board went into closed session from 8:02 PM – 8:07 PM

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A motion by Paul Gavzy, seconded by Gael Gardner to return to open session was unanimously approved.

A motion by Paul Gavzy, seconded by Sherrie Binder adjourn was unanimously approved.

The meeting adjourned at 8:09 PM.

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Maria Andrews, Administrative Officer