TOWNSHIP OF UPPER FREEHOLD

TOWNSHIP OF UPPER FREEHOLD

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

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Meeting is called to order by Mayor Fleischacker at _________P.M.

ROLL CALL:

Stephen J. Alexander, ______; Robert Faber, ______; William E. Miscoski, ______;

David Reed, ______; Stephen J. Fleischacker, ______.

Others present: Dana L. Tyler, Deputy Municipal Clerk, Granville D. Magee, Township Attorney.

FLAG SALUTE:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING: Notice requirements of R.S. 10:4-18 for an "Annual Notice" has been satisfied by the publication of the required advertisement in the Asbury Park Press and the Messenger Press on January 11, 2007 posting the notice on the Board in the Upper Freehold Township Municipal Building and filing a copy of said notice with the Municipal Clerk.

REPORTS: The following Reports have been received and are on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk. Copies are included in Township Committee meeting packet.

Board of Health Report – July & August 2007

Clerk’s Report – July & August 2007

Construction Report – July 2007

Court Report – July & August 2007

Treasurers Report up to 9/6/2007

CORRESPONDENCE: The following correspondence has been received and is on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk. These items will be kept at the counter for review for the next week.

Jersey Central Power & Light – Annual Universal Service Fund Compliance Filing

Cablevision – Tariffs for all of the Cablevision Systems effective August 1, 2007 in all systems the Adult on Demand price has gone from $8.95 to $9.95 per programming block

PSE&G – 2007/2008 Annual Compliance Filing for Charges in the Statewide Electric and Gas Permanent Universal Service End Program Factors within the Electric and Gas Societal Benefits Charges Rates & Notice of Filing and Public Hearings for Proposed Increase in its BCSS Commodity Charge for Residential Gas Customers - Posted

Crosswicks/Doctors Creek Regional Greenway Planning Group – Doctors Creek to Assunpink Creek Trail Feasibility Project Report – http://www.ccdcgreenway.org/index.html

Cablevision – Launch of MavTV and Latele Novela Latin Television waiver request

Cablevision – Addition of Chinese ala carte channels CCTV-4, ET Global NY and the iO Chinese Package; rate increase for TV Japan (new residential customers only).

County Newsletter – Monmouth in Focus – copy attached

Township of Aberdeen, Borough of Sea Bright, Borough of Fair Haven, Borough of Shrewsbury and Borough of Matawan adopted a Resolution opposing Assembly Bill No. 3959 expanding the polling place hours

State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs – Residential Site Improvement Standards

A Check has been received for restitution from an individual caught and prosecuted doing damage at Byron Johnson Park

NJ Transit Public Notice – Public Advisory of Change to the Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link Alignment as described in the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement

State of New Jersey, State Agriculture Development Committee – Proposed New Rules: N.J.A.C. 2:76-22 and 23 Commercial Nonagricultural Activities; Personal Wireless Service Facilities

PSE&G – Notice of Filing and Public Hearings for Basic Generation Service Charges Procured by PSE&G on behalf of its Basic Generation Service Customers and Notice of Proposed Recovery through its BGS Charges of Costs Resulting from Statewide Auction for Basic Generation Service

Bond Anticipation Note – Certificate of Determination and Award

Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders – Monmouth County Comprehensive Farmland Plan – Project Areas and Target Farms Comment Period

State of NJ, Department of Environmental – Notice of Public Hearing for the Proposed FFY2008 Priority System, Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List Document for Clean Water Financing

NJ Turnpike Authority – Public Hearings for the NJ Turnpike Interchange 6 to 9 Widening Program for Middlesex, Mercer and Burlington Counties – posted

JCP&L – Annual Proposal for Basic Generation Service ("BGS") – posted

Opposition from a Resident regarding a portion of Wygant Road being paved

Land Use Notices:

Letter of Interpretation Application – Christian and Kristen DuBois, 17 Rues Road, Blk 16.01, Lot 19.05

Letter of Interpretation Application – John C. Gahler 684 Route 524, Blk 14, Lot 7

Freshwater Wetlands Letter of Interpretation for 169 Burlington Path Road, Block 35, Lot 12, Hugo Dean Sim, Young S. Sim & Yuen H. Sim

Land Use Notices – Other Municipalities:

Twp. of Washington – Public Hearing on September 13, 2007 at 7:30 pm for an Ordinance Amending Specifically Section 142-27 Entitled "OW Office Warehousing Light Manufacturing District"

Borough of Allentown – Public Hearing on September 10, 2007 at 7:00 pm for approval and/or relief from the requirements of the Allentown Zoning Ordinance

NJSLM Membership Alert: - Copies attached to Township Committee Packets

Update and Clarification on PEG Stations on System wide Franchises

Governor Appoints Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh and Michael Wildes to Immigration Panel – Information Requested

Environmental Infrastructure Bills Signed Into Law

Library Levy Cap Issues Update

Federal Census Accuracy Insurance

New Information from the Division of Local Government Services

Police Standards Committee Needs Your Input on Racial Profiling

Municipal Notification of Site Remediation Work

Playground Safety Deadline

Join our "Legislative E-Line" Fast Action Team

Presidential Primary Election Costs

Re-adoption of Vegetation Management Regulations by the Board of Public Utilities

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Looks at Standards Changes

NJ Supreme Court Rules on Limitations of "Progressive Discipline"

Promoting the DRMI to Mayors

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Against Municipalities in Lead Paint Case

Pension Changes per Chapter 103

Treasury Releases Local Employer Pension Bills

Mayor Tim McDonough, Chair League’s Hometown Security Task Force Tour "The Rock"

Update on PEG Stations on System Wide Franchises

NJ Supreme Court Rules on Meaning of "Traumatic Event" Standard for Accidental Disability Retirement

Professional Development Educational Seminars

US District Court of Pennsylvania Rules on Hazleton’s Authority to Enact Ordinances that Regulate the Presence and Employment of Illegal Aliens

News Release on E-Trace

Proposed "Plan Endorsement" Guidelines

Holland Ethics Forum Invitation

Recent Legislative Development

Attorney General Directive Concerning Immigration and State and Local Law Enforcement

Governor’s Invitation

2007 Clean Energy Conference

FEMA Scraps Aid Cut Threat

Special Invitation to our Regional Operations Intelligence Center (ROIC)

Meeting Date Re-scheduled for Police Standards Development September 20, 2007

President’s Initiative On Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis

Procedures for Implementation of Property Tax Levy Cap

MINUTES APPROVED: A motion was offered by ____________, moved and seconded by ____________ that the Regular and Executive Session Meeting Minutes of August 2, 2007 be approved. The motion was approved by the following vote:

Alexander: _______ Faber: ________ Miscoski: ________ Reed: _______ Fleischacker________.

(All Present: 8/2/07)

PUBLIC HEARING – OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION

ORDINANCE 188-07 – PUBLIC HEARING

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING

CHAPTER XXXV, "LAND USE REGULATIONS ORDINANCE",

OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF UPPER FREEHOLD

COUNTY OF MONMOUTH, STATE OF NEW JERSEY

AND SPECIFICALLY AMENDING SECTION 35-611 FARMLAND/OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION CLUSTERS REVISING SUBSECTION C.4. MAXIMUM

NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS PERMITTED

Public Hearing: