MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD

OF THE BOROUGH OF MOUNTAIN LAKES

September 23, 2010

 

Chair Sandy Batty read the Open Public Meeting Advertisement Notice adopted at the annual meeting on January 28, 2010:  Adequate notice of this meeting was given to the Citizen and the Daily Record, posted with the Borough Clerk and on the Bulletin Board and made available to all those requesting individual notice and paying the required fee.

 

ROLL CALL:

Members Present: Batty, Nix, Lewis, Jackson, Bravo, Zamierowski, Bailey, and Kane

Absent: Selver, Nachshen, and Holmberg

Also Present: Attorney Peter Henry

Also Absent: Engineer Bill Ryden

 

REVIEW OF MINUTES: George Jackson made a motion to adopt the minutes of the July 22nd meeting.  John Zamierowski provided the second; the minutes were approved by voice vote of all eligible voters. Bravo, Lewis, Jackson and Kane abstained.

Blair Bravo made a motion to adopt the minutes of the August 26th meeting. Barry Lewis   provided the second; the minutes were approved by voice vote of all eligible voters. Bailey and Kane abstained.

 

RESOLUTIONS:

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Blair Bravo made a motion to adopt the resolution of approval; Barry Lewis provided the second. The resolution was carried by a vote of 6 to 0 with members Batty, Nix, Bravo, Lewis, Jackson and Zamierowski voting in favor.

 

PUBLIC HEARING:  

MASTER PLAN

 

2. Statement of Objectives, Principles, Assumptions and Policies Underlying the Master Plan

Chapter 2 was reviewed and the Board added the phrase “opportunity for mixed use” to the section pertaining to Commercial/Retail Development.

 

 9. Recycling Plan

George Jackson thought the Borough could do more to recycle plastics. The Board agreed the Borough should continue to expand the items to be recycled. The section pertaining to Maintain Commitment to Recycling was revised to reflect this.

 

Sandy Batty asked if there were any public comments; there were none. Peter Henry had a resolution prepared for the Board to adopt both Chapters 2 and 9 at one time. The Board read the resolution presented by the Borough Attorney. A motion was made by Barry Lewis to adopt the resolution; Blair Bravo provided the second. The resolution was carried by a vote of 8 to 0 with members Batty, Nix, Bravo, Lewis, Jackson Bailey, Kane and Zamierowski voting in favor.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE – The following Chapters were presented:

Chapter 1 - Community Characteristics

This was the first time the Board was reviewing Chapter 1. After some discussion it was decided to take the suggestion made by Sandy Batty to hold this element until the Borough received the 2010 census information.

 

Chapter 7 – Community Facilities and Utilities Plan

The Committee was presenting this chapter for a final review by the Board before holding a public hearing. George Jackson asked if the Committee had run this element by the school board, the library and others using our facilities. Joan Nix told Mr. Jackson that the committee had done so.

 

Facilities and Utilities Overview/Background

George Jackson said the chapter contained incorrect information about the dams in the Borough.  All 4 major dams have been updated but Sunset Dam has not. Barry Lewis added that Sunset Dam has had minor work done on it but it is not up to the new 500 year standards.  It was decided we should mention the Borough’s water consumption pattern in this overview.

 

Community Facilities

It was thought that the Public Schools section should be review by the school officials again and the School Enrollment table should be updated.  The Library should list the Borough Archives Room in its 2006 renovations. Sandy Batty suggested a change clarifying how a resident can access the County Library System. It was decided the Court Room in the Borough Hall should be called the Council Chambers since the court has moved to Denville. Barry Lewis will get the current fire rating for the Borough so it can be included under the Fire Department. It was determined the Board needed Bill Ryden, the Borough Engineer, to review the section on the Public Potable Water again.

 

It was determined that Elements 1 and 7 were not ready for public hearing at this time. Joan Nix said the committee was unable to review three chapters of the Master Plan per month as requested at the last Board meeting. Two Chapters were better for the committee, one short chapter and one longer chapter. She said they would try to bring back Chapter 7 and have Chapters 8 and 5 ready for a second review in October.

 

Other Business

Corey Nachshen will be showing the Board the MCPRIMA site and how to use it at our next meeting on October 28th. Sandy Batty requested the Board put his presentation 1st on the agenda for the next meeting.

 

Sandy Batty told the Board there was really nothing new to report on Affordable Housing. She also informed them that Byram was the first town to have their plan approved by the Highlands Council.

 

Sandy Batty made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The Board adjourned at 9:40 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

                                                                                    Cynthia Shaw, Secretary