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Minutes of Wantage Township 2005 Meetings
Land Use Board
June 21 , 2005


A regularly scheduled meeting of the Wantage Township Land Use Board was held Tuesday, June 21, 1005 at 7:20 p.m. In the absence of Chairman James Smith, Mr. Ronald Slate started the meeting. Mr. Slate stated that this meeting was being held in compliance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Public Laws 1975, Chapter 231. It had been properly noticed and posted to the public.
Mr. Jim Smith arrived at 7:25 p.m.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Mssrs. Smith, Slate, Space, DeBoer, Corrigan, Cecchini, Bono, Cillaroto, Mmes. Kanapinski, Mylecraine, and Gill,
                Mr. David Throast, Planner, and Township Engineer Harold Pellow.
ABSENT: Mssrs. Hough and Grau.

There were no applications to be discussed at tonight’s meeting.

L-26-2003 McEwan
The application has been sent back to the board for further discussion. Notice has been made for a new public hearing. However, an appeal has been filed and the application needs to carried. Mr. Cecchini made a motion seconded by Mr. Slate to carry the application of McEwan to September 20, 2005.

ROLL CALL VOTE:
THOSE IN FAVOR: Slate, Space, DeBoer, Corrigan, Cecchini, Bono, Kanapinski, Mylecraine, Gill.
THOSE OPPOSED: None. MOTION CARRIED.

L-8-2004 John Vandergoot
Block 39, Lot 801.
Mr. Cecchini made a motion seconded by Mr. Space to grant an extension on this application.

ROLL CALL VOTE:
THOSE IN FAVOR: Slate, Space, DeBoer, Corrigan, Cecchini, Bono, Kanapinski, Mylecraine, Gill, Cillarotto.
THOSE OPPOSED: None. MOTION CARRIED.

Mr. David Throast handed out a draft of the open space document. He asked the Board members to review it and discuss it at a later meeting.

Informal meetings with the public will be scheduled to discuss the Route 23 Corridor plan. The first meeting will be scheduled after the week of July 11th.

Ms. Kanapinski informed the Board that Quick Check is now ready to submit new plans. Mr. David Throast said that he would review them first. A meeting was scheduled for July 7th at 8:00 a.m. to discuss the new plans.

Ms. Kanapinski stated that there would only be one meeting in July and one meeting in August. The meeting in July will be July 19th, the meeting for July 26th is cancelled. It will be decided which meeting to have in August, the 16th or the 23rd, depending on schedules and the timing of any applications that are outstanding.

Mr. Smith informed the Board that the application of Justin Vandergroef is on the agenda for next week’s meeting. He cautioned the Board that they do not have to deal with legal matters. The argument is between the property owners. The application will be treated as any regular application that comes in. The Board will concentrate on making sure that it meets our requirements.

It was discussed that new zoning ordinances would be reviewed. They should be implemented as soon as possible.

There was a discussion about the COAH obligation. A meeting is scheduled for June 29th at 10:00 a.m. with Sussex Borough to discuss sharing the COAH obligation.

It was discussed that the plan of compliance with COAH should be presented as soon as possible, and new zoning ordinances and a qualifying map should be implemented. TDRs should not be written off completely.

The meeting was opened to the public. There was a discussion about the Route 23 Corridor and the COAH obligation. The public had some ideas about how to comply with the requirements without having so much building.

ADJOURNMENT
On a motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Stella Salazar
Assistant Secretary

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