TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON
WARREN COUNTY
LAND USE BOARD

Municipal Offices                                                                                                                                      350 Route 57 West
(908) 689-7209                                                                                                                                     Washington, NJ 07882

MINUTES
DECEMBER 20, 2006

Chairwoman D. Pietrangelo called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

ADEQUATE NOTICE was given as follows: Notice was sent to the “Star Gazette” and “Express Times.” Notice was posted on the municipal bulletin board in the township administration building in Washington Township, New Jersey and notice was filed with the Township clerk on December 23, 2005.

ROLL CALL:

Members Present: Mayor Dempski (7:55 p.m.), Mr. Strunk, Mr. Iwaniszyn, Mr. Zaret, Ms. Pietrangelo, Mr. Sodtalbers, Mr. Rossi, Ms. Pflugh, Mr. Klingel (7:50 p.m.)

Members Absent: Mr. Howell, Ms. Belz

Also Present: Attorney S. Gruenberg, Engineer W. Gleba

MINUTES: Minutes from the December 13, 2006 meeting.

A motion to approve the minutes from the December 13, 2006 meeting as written was made by Mr. Strunk, seconded by Mr. Iwaniszyn, Vote: Strunk, Iwaniszyn, Pietrangelo, Sodtalbers, Zaret, Pflugh - Ayes, 0 - Nay, 0 - Abstain, motion carried.

RESOLUTION:

1. Dale Coleman - WTPB#2005-25 - Resolution for a conditional use with bulk variance relief, approval granted on October 11, 2006 for Block 46 Lot 2 located at 138 Railroad Avenue. Eligible to Vote: Sodtalbers, Iwaniszyn, Rossi, Belz

A motion to adopt the resolution was made by Mr. Sodtalbers, seconded by Mr. Rossi,

Vote: Sodtalbers, Rossi, Iwaniszyn - Ayes, 0 - Nay, 0 - Abstain, motion carried.

BREAK: 7:40 P.M. to 7:50 p.m.

The board took a brief recess to wait for additional board members to arrive for Hawk Pointe.

RESOLUTIONS:

1. Regency at Hawk Pointe/Asbury Farms - WTPB#2006-2 - The board has requested a review of this Resolution with the applicant’s attorney for a Preliminary Major Subdivision and Site Plan application with Variance relief, approval granted on October 11, 2006 for Block 65 Lots 2 & 4 Block 65.02 Lot 1 located on Route 31 South. Eligible to Vote: Howell, Sodtalbers, Klingel, Iwaniszyn, Pietrangelo. Mr. Strunk stepped down for the review. The applicant was represented by Mr. D. Polyniak of Gary Dean & Associates. Attorney S. Gruenberg reminded everyone that the hearing was closed on this matter and we are just here to clarify some items on the resolution.

Attorney Gruenberg stated the applicant’s attorney agreed with the resolution as well as the board engineer Mr. Gleba. Attorney Gruenberg briefly discussed with the board paragraph nine of the resolution regarding the traffic signal. Mr. Polyniak confirmed the application with the DOT has been deemed complete for the traffic signal, Mr. Gleba explained the process.

A motion to adopt the resolution as written was made by Mr. Sodtalbers, seconded by Mr. Iwaniszyn, Vote: Sodtalbers, Iwaniszyn, Klingel, Pietrangelo -Ayes, 0 - Nay, 0 - Abstain, motion carried. Applicant R. Cotton thanked the board at this time.

Engineer W. Gleba left the meeting at this time. Mr. Strunk and Mayor Dempski returned to the board at this time.

2. Unity Bank - WTPB#2006-3 - Resolution for a Preliminary Major Site Plan application with Variance relief for Block 78 Lot 9 located at 5 East Asbury Anderson Road. Approval granted on October 25, 2006. Eligible to Vote: Strunk, Dempski, Klingel

A motion to adopt the resolution with changes was made by Mr. Strunk, seconded by Mr. Klingel, Vote: Strunk, Klingel, Dempski - Ayes, 0 - Nay, 0 - Abstain, motion carried.

Attorney S. Gruenberg left the meeting at this time.

3. Jerry O’Brien - WTPB#2006-7 - Resolution for an interpretation for Block 15 Lot 11 located at 482 Route 57 West, approval granted on October 25, 2006.

Eligible to Vote: Pflugh, Iwaniszyn, Strunk, Klingel, Pietrangelo

This resolution was rescheduled to the January 10, 2007 meeting.    

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

1. The Land Use Board Chairwoman opened bids for 2007 from the following:

Finelli Consulting Engineers, Steven Gruenberg LLC, Laddey, Clark & Ryan, Geoscience Services, John Cilo Jr. & Associates.

These bids will be considered at the January 3, 2007 re-organization meeting.

2. Update on COAH 3^rd round petition.

Mayor Dempski stated he would be stepping down as the affordable housing officer.

Mayor Dempski stated the planner should complete the application once a dollar amount is determined by the planner for the COAH third round response petition to be filed.      

PUBLIC COMMENT: No public comment was offered.

ADJOURNMENT: 8:20 p.m.

With no further business before the board and no public comment offered the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,
Margaret Housman, Secretary
Washington Township LUB