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The regular meeting of the Board of Health came to order at 7:30 p.m.  Present for this meeting were Tracy Carluccio, Les Hamilton, Tim Martin, Ted Peyrek, Jim Russo, L. Tatsch and David Wang-Iverson.  Tony Berberabe and Michael Stanbro were absent.

 

In compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act, this meeting was advertised as a regularly scheduled meeting in the January 24, 2008 issue of the Hunterdon County Democrat.  Notice of the meeting was sent to the applicants, filed with the Township Clerk, posted on the bulletin board, and sent to the Hunterdon County Democrat and Trenton Times on March 12, 2008.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS/AGENDA REVIEW

 

D. Maksymovich announced that the reason T. Berberabe is not in attendance tonight is because he is testing for his Senior Yellow Belt in Tae Kwondo this evening.

 

D. Maksymovich added the following items to the agenda:  item 5.D.2 Letter of March 14, 2008 from Greg Scibilia re:  response to March 7th letter; item 5.E.2.  Letter of March 12, 2008 from D. Maksymovich to J. Fisher re:  request to attend meeting; item 6.B.1.a. Arsenic Well Testing data.  D. Maksymovich announced that item 5.B.2. is being removed from the agenda to be rescheduled for a later date.  

 

D. Maksymovich informed the Board that there is a student from Cook College in attendance tonight, Jeff Nickel.  She said that he is working on a school project about Boards of Health.   T. Carluccio welcomed him to the Board of Health meeting.

 

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

 

The February 19, 2008 minutes were approved by L. Hamilton, seconded by L. Tatsch and was carried by unanimous vote.

 

The February 19, 2008 Executive Session minutes were approved by L. Hamilton, seconded by L. Tatsch and passed with D. Wang-Iverson and T. Martin abstaining.

 

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

There being no comment from the public T. Martin motioned to close to the public, seconded by L. Tatsch and was carried by unanimous vote.

 

UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS

 

A.            HUNTERDON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH INSPECTOR’S REPORT.  Daniel Wyckoff, Hunterdon County Department of Health representative was present for this portion of the meeting.

 

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            1.            MTBE VICINITY OF ROUTE 202/31 & ROUTE 514 OLD YORK ROAD – UPDATE.  D. Wyckoff had nothing to report.  T. Carluccio reported that the Board of Health sent a second letter requesting the Board be copied on the MTBE Sampling Report to the Supervisor.  That was February 22nd; hopefully the Board will receive a response.

 

            2.            MESZAROS, LINDBERGH ROAD – UPDATE.  D. Wyckoff had nothing to report.  L. Tatsch reported that the Grant for the environmental investigation of the site was approved a few months ago.  He said the Township has not actually received the check.  He said it looks like the Township has everything in place so the Township should be receiving the funds fairly soon, within the next several weeks.

 

            3.            SCHAEFFER, BLOCK 5 / LOT 9 – SPETIC SYSTEM NOTICE OF VIOLATION – FINAL NOTICE.  T. Carluccio stated that this is a Notice of Violation.  She asked D. Wyckoff the status of the remediation.  D. Wyckoff told the Board that an Engineer has been contacted.  He will follow-up for next meeting   

 

            4.            MEMORANDUM OF MARCH 1, 2008 FROM D. MAKSYMOVICH TO D. WYCKOFF RE: MAILING ADDRESSES AND PERMIT NUMBERS FOR FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS IN EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP.  T. Carluccio explained that this was a list of the East Amwell Township food establishments.

 

B.            PREVIEW COMMITTEE

 

            1.            KING INTERESTS, BLOCK 38 / LOT 16 – REQUEST TO HYDROFRACTURE WELL.  T. Carluccio remarked that this is a request to hydrofracture a well in the Sourland Mountain District.  William King, property owner identified himself for the record.  He gave the Board a brief background of this property.    

 

Regarding the well, W. King stated that Stover Wells and Pumps drilled the well in 2002; he was stopped by the NJDEP because the agency was concerned he was drilling in a Wetlands Transition Area.  He contacted Lou Catuna of NJDEP asking him to review the site.  The response was that the buffer to the Wetlands did not apply in his case because the property was subdivided before the New Jersey Freshwater Wetlands Act.  Therefore, the transition area did not apply in his case.  He said he has a letter to that effect and sent that letter to the Board of Health about 3 years ago.     

 

W. King explained that he then brought Stover’s Wells and Pumps back on site and continued to drill.  The driller had stopped at 300 feet; however he continued to drill to 500 feet.  The well had a low yield, 0.2 gallons per minute.  He explained he brought other professionals on site to determine a good location for the well.  He stated that one of his consultants, a hydrogeologist, Tony Hauck, III is in attendance tonight.  T. Hauck, III came forward and identified himself for the record.  W. King said at the time he called in T. Hauck, who recommended that the well be hydrofractured.  W. King confirmed that

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 Stothoff was on site to do the hydrofracture in December of 2007.  W. King provided a copy of a site plan that was developed by T. Hauck, III.

 

T. Carluccio added by way of background the Board of Health has had a Water Supply Ordinance in place since 1989.  The Board has had a provision in the Water Supply Ordinance prohibiting blasting, (which is different from hydrofracturing) and procedure that will in any way compromise the casing or the seal on the well.  There is also a requirement for a 250 foot separation distance between a hydrofractured well and the nearest existing well.  She gave an overview of the Ordinance development.  She stated that D. Maksymovich provided to the Board a summary of the Board’s minutes and the history of the well ordinance and the history of the 250 foot minimum separation distance in the ordinance since the applicant is asking for a waiver of the 250 foot separation distance.  A discussion followed.   

 

T. Carluccio then told the Board that T. Hauck will present the very technical documents he has worked up; she told T. Hauck that the Board members are not scientists but are willing and interested to listen.  She commented that if the Board does want to delve into the technical issues then the Board probably should hire and engage our Consulting Hydrogeologist, Vincent Uhl, to review T. Hauck’s documents and attend an open public meeting to discuss them.  She explained in order for the Board to bring V. Uhl in W. King would then have to pay a certain fee so the tax payers of the Township do not pay for his services.  She stated he would be able to review these very technical matters for the Board if necessary. 

 

T. Hauck gave a very lengthy technical discussion regarding this site using his two reports as reference; T. Hauck had the well hydrofractured and developed the reports (attached). Further hydrofracturing and well development is recommended by T. Hauck in order to increase well yield.

 

T. Carluccio thanked T. Hauck for his interesting presentation.  She said that the Board’s main concern is what impact the hydrofracturing is going to have on the neighbor’s well. She reiterated the Board is being asked to waive the 250 foot distance requirement between wells for hydrofracturing.  She stated that one of the things the Board does know about hydrofracturing is that it is not an exact method and no one is certain what it does to the surrounding wells; that is the Board’s concern.  The Board set the 250 foot separation distance from a hydrofractured well and the nearest existing well requirements based on these concerns and input from the Township’s professionals. 

 

L. Tatsch said that T. Hauck reported the fractures tend north/northwest and therefore felt that would not affect the neighboring property.  He asked T. Hauck if he would expect those fractures to also trend in the reciprocal direction, south/southeast.  T. Hauck responded that was correct.  L. Tatsch stated the hydrofracturing was done illegally, in violation of the Water Supply Ordinance.

 

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T. Martin commented that it was a very interesting presentation but as L. Tatsch said the Board has an illegal situation outside of the Water Supply Ordinance and he does not see any way the Board is going to waive any additional hydrofracturing.   T. Carluccio said that she would like to point out that W. King still has the option of drilling another well; she also pointed out that W. King is going to need to redo the well certification test. 

 

T. Carluccio opened to the public.  William Ciupinski, 102 Lindbergh Road, Lot 16.01, identified himself as the owner of the neighboring property. He said that he is very concerned because, as he heard tonight, this is not an exact science, that it is an educated guess, but it is still a guess.  He told the Board that he is here to strongly oppose a variance or waiver to hydrofracture this well.  He remarked that the Township’s Ordinance states 250 feet separation for hydrofracturing but it also says 200 feet between wells.  He stated that this well is only 182 feet from his well.  T. Carluccio asked when the well was put it; it might have been put in before the Water Supply Ordinance increased the separation.  The Board will have to research when the separation distances were introduced at 200 and 250 feet and when the well was drilled. 

 

W. Ciupinski stated that the real reason he is here is because he is really upset that this well was illegally hydrofractured and that has him concerned greatly.  He said if they do anything else with this well at this point how is he going to be guaranteed that the damage is not already done?  He said that he has no idea what the remedy could be to make sure that his well has not been damaged.  He has a great well right now; he has never had a problem.  He stated that the original well on W. King’s property was drilled by Stover’s Wells and Pumps and then Stothoff came on site, obviously without the Board’s knowledge, without the knowledge of the ordinance; he was not the one who executed the original permits either.  W. Ciupinski urged the Board to uphold the ordinance to reduce the possibility of any damage to his water supply and his property value because if something does happen there are legal liabilities.  He said that W. King does have other remedies; drill another well and make sure it meets the ordinance requirements.  He said he has no problem with that but does not want the Board to disregard the ordinance where it jeopardizes his property.  He thanked the Board members for their time.

 

L. Tatsch said that he would be interested to try to identify where the well is located with regards to the neighboring well.  The site plan was reviewed.  Discussion followed.

 

At the conclusion of discussion L. Hamilton made a motion to not to grant the waiver to hydrofracture the well under the required 250 foot separation distance, seconded by L. Tatsch and carried by unanimous vote. 

 

L. Tatsch declared that the Township has another issue.  What does the Board do with the situation that now exists?  He has concerns and he thinks at a minimum the Board would want a very rigorous retesting of this well and perhaps a four hour pump test would not

 

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be adequate to fully determine what impact this well is going have on neighboring wells.  He thinks the Board has to address the situation of already having a well that has been artificially affected without knowing what that affect is on the neighboring wells.  He does not think the Board will know that information unless a very rigorous pump test is done.  He would recommend that the Board do an 8 hour pump test on this well. A discussion followed. 

 

T. Hauck asked what about the selective pumping he has recommended; where he said you go down 180 feet, you pump until it goes dry, see how fast it comes back in, fill it up with water, during the second or third time, go down to 340 where he sees attributing the most improvement with pumping; pump until it goes dry, fill it up with water from the tender, see how fast it comes in and do that and finally 480.  T. Carluccio asked what would be the purpose of that.  T. Hauck responded instead of pushing water in, it would suck it out.  T. Carluccio said that she thinks that the Board should get input from the Board’s Consulting Hydrogeologist.  L. Hamilton commented that that could improve the yield at that well and sacrifice the neighboring wells.  What might be good for this well may be bad for the neighboring wells.  L. Tatsch said that ultimately if they were to do something like that if our consultant felt that was a reasonable thing to do, nevertheless, at the end of that work the Board would want a very rigorous test.  D. Wang-Iverson said that the Board would still require the 3 Part Pump Test. 

 

W. Ciupinski interjected that the well was illegally fractured; whatever damage is done is done and if anything is done on this well he will take any legal actions he needs to take to protect his property.  W. Ciupinski said that a proper remedy would be for W. King to drill another well and abandon the hydrofracted well. He said that all he needs is for someone to guarantee him 100% there has been no change in his well at this point since the King well has been hydrofractured and 100% guarantee that he won’t have an issue 6 months or 1 or 2 years from now.  L. Tatsch said that the only way we could come close to doing that is at this point repeating the constant rate test and measuring W. Ciupinski’s well.  L. Tatsch said if no further development of that well occurs; he still has this nagging concern that fractures were opened up and we know that fractures do tend to get packed with material; he’s heard that many times from P. Demicco and other hydrogeologists.  L. Tatsch said the question is, over time as that well is used and these fractures tend to open up more will those fractures “steal” water from the neighbor’s well; that is why he is suggesting a very vigorous test.  D. Wang-Iverson said that is why he feels that it would be better to test the well now and then run the interference test and if it interferes with the neighboring well then W. King can not use that well.  L. Hamilton said that if that happened the first well could not be used in conjunction with a second well.  T. Carluccio agreed.

 

W. King suggested that he do the more rigorous test and then whatever the yield is try to find another well that would make up the difference so he could build a 4 bedroom home.

T. Carluccio reiterated that W. King said he would run the pump test, finding out if there is any change in the draw down in the neighbor’s well and to use the results of the pump

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test to certify this well; if he can not get the amount he wants then he will need to drill another well. 

 

At the conclusion of the discussion Mr. King agreed to provide the information to the administrative officer regarding the re-testing of the well and to start the paperwork to drill a new well.

 

            2.            PANTEL/RYNEARSON, BLOCK 2 / LOTS 2 & 9 – PRELIMINARY AND FINAL MAJOR SUBDIVISION.  This item was removed from the agenda.  Will be rescheduled in the future.

 

C.            PEREHINYS, BOCK 6 / LOT 26 – REQUEST FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT EXTENSION, INDIVIDUAL SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM.   T. Carluccio explained that this is a request for construction permit extension for the septic system.  Michael Textoes identified himself for the record as representing R. Perehinys regarding his request for an extension. The regulations have not changed since the septic design was approved.  A brief discussion followed.

 

At the conclusion of the discussion L. Tatsch motioned that the Board extend the permit from October 26, 2007 to October 267, 2009, seconded by T. Martin and was carried by unanimous vote. 

 

SCIBILIA, BLOCK 11 / LOT 26 – UPDATE.

 

T. Carluccio commented that this is an update.  She said the Board sent a reminder letter to G. Scibilia about the material/information that the Board needs for our files.  She said the request was basically for the septic system to be marked in the field and a map of where it was located with triangulation to be filed in the file.  That is because the system is bisected by the lot line formed at the time of the Farmland Preservation agreement.  She said that the Board wants to make sure the system is protected.  She commented that there is a letter the Board received tonight where Mr. Scibilia says, “Using the maps submitted….”  The Board took the time to read the letter.

 

T. Carluccio commented that G. Scibilia submitted a map saying, “if you look at the map any two people with a tape can locate it off of the corners of the existing packing shed”.  The letter also states, “…and our obligation was to locate the field on a map...”  T. Carluccio said that the Board wanted the system to be surveyed according to customary engineering practice.  The customary practice is to either triangulate or use a survey.  It is not acceptable to mark the location by using a shed that might be moved.  T. Carluccio said that she spoke with S. Souza and he said he offered to do this for G. Scibilia for free: he has an engineer on staff.  L. Hamilton suggested the Board ask G. Scibilia to talk to S. Souza and make him aware that the Board wants this done the same way as all property owners. 

 

 

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L. Tatsch said that it is not appropriate to submit a map/survey with a shed as a marker.  L. Hamilton said to explain to G. Scibilia that sheds move.  L. Tatsch said furthermore the Board does not want people to have to go out in the field with a tape.  We want to have the records in our files.  T. Carluccio said that when the lot line adjustment comes before the Board the Board will need this information in order to settle the property through the Farm Land Preservation Program.  L. Hamilton commented that other departments will want it done properly besides the Board of Health.  L. Tatsch said that the Township is trying to get this wrapped up by June.

 

T. Carluccio said that G. Scibilia had a lot of issues related to Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Board and the Farm Land Preservation Program independent of the Board of Health.  She said the Board’s concern is the septic system and the location of the septic system and the well.  She stated that the Township needs a site plan to be accurately located according to customary engineering practice and there is an engineer volunteering to do it for free. 

 

L. Tatsch commented that the Township is losing about the same amount of money as the Governor is taking away from us this year because there has not been a final contract that G. Scibilia will sign.  L. Tatsch said that it will cost $160,000.00 for wrapping up this Farm Preservation site.  T. Carluccio said the Township cannot get the check for Farmland Preservation payment until this is resolved.  L. Tatsch said the Township is far from resolution because there have been ongoing problems over and over and over again.  It is just a shame because this is such a small trivial part of the contract.  L. Tatsch the Township will continue to try to get G. Scibilia to sign the contract.

 

AMWELL VALLEY VINEYARD, BLOCK 17 / LOT 16.03 – UPDATE.  T. Carluccio told the Board that a letter was sent by D. Maksymovich reminding the Fishers of the meeting that the Board of Health had with them where the Board discussed all of the various Board of Health issues that needed to be addressed in order to bring the use of the property into compliance with regulations.  They were also invited to come tonight to discuss this; they did not come.  She asked the Board how they wanted to proceed on this.  She said that she had D. Maksymovich check to make sure that when they are having events that they are getting port-a-potties; they say they are. 

 

D. Maksymovich commented that last month the Board instructed her not to issue any permits until the violations were addressed.  L. Hamilton remarked that last month we discussed there were also outstanding violations regarding the Construction Officer and the Zoning Officer; there are other issues outside of the Board of Health.  L. Hamilton said that D. Maksymovich was going to talk to others to see if there was a joint approach to take with the Fishers.  D. Maksymovich commented that the Township Committee and the Township Administrator received a copy of the Board’s February 6th letter where the various violations on the property are listed.

 

 

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L. Hamilton said that a push from the Construction Official and Zoning Officer where fines can be levied as well as a push from the Board of Health where permits will not be issued in the future might be enough to get them to attend a meeting.    

 

L. Hamilton motioned that the Board does not provide any food permits for Amwell Valley Vineyard until some effort is make to reconcile the Board of Health violations, seconded by L. Tatsch.  L. Hamilton asked if the Board legally could do that.  T. Carluccio responded yes.  D. Wang-Iverson said that the motion was too vague.  T. Martin said the Board went out of its way to work with the Fishers; T. Carluccio and T. Martin met with them for a few hours.  T. Martin said that the Fishers got a lot of high quality information from the meetings but there has been no response.  After further discussion the motion was withdrawn. 

 

L. Tatsch said that the things the Fishers have to do are onerous and is going to take them a long time.  D. Wang-Iverson asked if there were are some things they can do in the short term to demonstrate good will.  T. Martin said that was the approach the Board has already taken with them.  L. Tatsch said there is the issue of the septic system and one thing that the Board could use as a bench mark is that they have to hire an engineer.  The various Board of Health violations were discussed.

 

L. Tatsch said the Board could make a motion that if within 30 days they have not engaged an engineer and who has started the process of evaluating the present system, the Board will not issue any further permits.  T. Carluccio said the Board could say the evaluation is just the first step to expeditiously dealing with this issue because it is now more then a year old; it was old when the Board found out about it.  The first step of hiring the engineer and having him review the site and develop a plan for how to do the analysis should be able to be done in 30 days.  L. Tatsch said the Board could require that the engineer come before the Board to discuss his plan.  T. Martin said that is specific.  T. Carluccio said if this is not done then the Board would not issue any further permits for special events.  It was determined that the May meeting would be the date that the Fishers and their engineer are to attend the Board’s meeting.

 

L. Tatsch motioned that the Fishers engage an engineer to evaluate the illegally installed septic system on the property and confirm that the approved septic system for the house is functioning properly and is designed to process the volume of wastewater flow that it receives from all hook-ups; the Board is to receive a report from the engineer regarding the septic systems.  The motion was seconded by T. Martin and was carried by unanimous vote.     

 

ITEMS OF DISCUSSION

 

 

 

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A.            SOURLAND MOUNTAIN SMART GROWTH/SOURLAND REGIONAL STORMWATER PLAN/EAST AMWELL MUNICIPAL STORMWATER TASK FORCE. 

 

Sourland Mountain Smart Growth:  T. Carluccio reported that the plan itself is now being written based on the meetings in all of the municipalities.  About a month ago it went to each municipality to have scoping sessions.

 

Sourland Regional Watershed Plan:  T. Carluccio told the Board the title of this group was changed to Sourland Regional Watershed Plan from Stormwater Plan.  The plan has now been completed.  It is being reviewed by DEP.  She said the committee had their last meeting last month and there will probably be a few final edits and then the plan will be complete.  There is a copy of the final draft of the plan available from Terri Stahl, Municipal Clerk.

 

East Amwell Municipal Stormwater Task Force:  T. Carluccio reported they had a meeting last night.  They are continuing to work on the revisions to the LMO to make it consistent with the Township’s Stormwater Ordinance and the Task Force is working on other issues related to our Stormwater Coordinator review of applications that come before the Zoning Officer.  Other work being done includes the Township’s educational program and the requirements the Township has under our General Stormwater Permit.  The Township Stormwater Coordinator, D. O’Neal, Township Engineer, files an Annual Report on July 1 and the Task Force is working on meeting all for that.  

 

B.            EDUCATION AND HEALTH ISSUES.

 

            1.            ARSENIC WELL TESTING – MARCH 3 – MARCH 14, 2008 – UPDATE.  T. Carluccio commented the Arsenic Well Testing announcement.  She said it looks great on the web-site.  D. Maksymovich reported that the Board sold 35 kits.  She reported that so far the Township has had 299 households take advantage of the testing without these 35; so the total is 334 kits sold.  T. Carluccio said that what she thinks we may be reaching saturation; if a well got a good report the owner is not likely to test again soon so those people are not going to come back.  T. Peyrek commented that he and his wife would like to do it but they cannot get to the municipal building during the hours it is open for business.  D. Maksymovich remarked that on Tuesday evenings the Municipal Clerk’s office is open from 7:00 p.m. through 8:30 p.m. and there where two Tuesdays during the testing period.  A brief discussion followed.  

 

            2.            WINTER ROAD TREATMENT.  The correspondence as listed on the agenda was reviewed and briefly discussed.  T. Carluccio told the Board that she is serving on the Stormwater Municipal Advisory Committee at the State DEP because they are going to be revising the Stormwater Regulations and in going to those meetings she realized that the Township is doing this “optional measure” (the tracking of the salt).  It was discussed at the Stormwater meeting last night.  She asked that this documentation of

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the Road Salt SOP’s worked up with the road crew be placed in the Township’s Stormwater file that T. Stahl, Municipal Clerk keeps.   She stated that when the report is sent in it can be added as an extra measure that the Township is doing in order to protect non-point source pollution because salt on roadways is considered to be a source of pollution to waterways and wells.  One of the goals of the Stormwater Management Program is to reduce the amount of salt that gets into waterways or into wells and the SOP’s help to prevent pollution.  Discussion followed.

 

T. Carluccio asked that T. Martin get a copy of the SOP’s and give it to T. Stahl, Municipal Clerk.   

 

            3.            HUNTERDON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH – LINCS.  T. Carluccio reviewed the correspondence as listed on the agenda.

 

C.            CONSULTING HYDROGEOLOGIST FOR EAST AMWELL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF HEALTH.    T. Carluccio informed the Board that we did get in touch with Vincent Uhl was informed of his being chosen and the other applicant that she and D. Wang-Iverson interviewed was informed of the Board’s decision. 

 

D.            BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION # 02-08 – APPOINTING WILLIAM ZICK AS WELL WITNESS

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BOARD OF HEALTH

RESOLUTION # 02-08 BH

           

            BE IT RESOLVED by the East Amwell Township Board of Health that William Zick is hereby appointed as a Well Certification Witness for the Board of Health.  The Drilling Discharge Test payment will be $50.00; a Three Part Pump Test payment will be $120.00.

                                                                          By Order of the Board of Health,

 

 

                                                                          ____________________________________                                                                           Tracy Carluccio, Chair

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SECRETARY’S ORAL REPORT

 

Environmental Newsletter Article:  D. Maksymovich reported that she drafted an article for the newsletter.  She told the Board that she has to have the final copy to the Environmental Commission’s secretary by March 20th.  The Board will review the draft and e-mail D. Maksymovich any edits.

 

 

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There was a brief discussion regarding the well permitting process and enforcement of regulations. 

 

CORRESPONDENCE

T. Carluccio said that it was suggested to her regarding The Ridge at Back Brook that Board send a letter to the Planning Board and the Zoning Board to let them know that if lodging is going to be approved it will mean a change to the septic system.  She gave an overview of the site; The Ridge had to get an NJPDES Permit which was intended to be used for the Club House; now The Ridge at Back Brook is considering the possibility of 8 residential units.  T. Carluccio said that the addition of 8 units could create a substantial increase in the wastewater flow.  She said it may require another septic system just for the lodgings therefore requiring another NJPDES Permit.  She told the Board this would mean another amendment to the Township’s Wastewater Management Plan which requires a public hearing and a public review process.  She stated that The Ridge at Back Brook would also have to go through the Planning Board and there would have to be an amendment of the Ordinance because the Ordinance that allowed the golf course specifically says no lodging. 

 

T. Carluccio said the NJPDES permit and Wastewater Management Plan Amendment involves the Township’s participation. The Township Committee has to vote to amend the plans and certify that it is in concert with all of the Township’s regulations.  Since this would be a process involving other Township and State approvals it makes sense that the Board inform the Township right away.  It was determined that the Board would send a memo to the Planning Board and the Zoning Board focusing on the fact that the Township will need to be engaged in this.  L. Tatsch said that approach would be reasonable.

      

BILLS OF THE EVENING

 

L. Hamilton motioned to pay the bills of the evening, seconded by T. Martin and passed with D. Wang-Iverson abstaining.

 

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

There by no public in attendance T. Martin motioned to close to the public, seconded by L. Tatsch and was carried by unanimous vote.

 

ADJOURNMENT 

L. Tatsch motioned to adjourn the meeting at 9:46 p.m., seconded by T. Peyrek and was carried by unanimous vote.

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                                                                                                   Tracy Carluccio, Chair