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Good evening everyone and welcome to the Bridgewater Township Planning Board meeting agenda for Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Adequate notice of this meeting has been given in accordance with the open public meetings act NJSA 104-6.

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On January 21st, 2026, proper notice was sent to the electronic news sources of record filed with the municipal clerk of the township of Bridgewwater and posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building. Please be aware of the planning board policy for public hearings. No new applications will be heard after 9:30 p.m. and no new

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testimony will be taken after 10:00 p.m. Hearing assistance is available upon request. Accommodations will be made for individuals with a disability pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA, provided the individual with the disability provides 48 hours advanced notice to the planning department

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secretary before the public meeting. However, if the individual should require special equipment or services such as a cart transcriber, 7 days advanced notice excluding weekends and holidays may be necessary. I would ask that everyone please rise to salute our

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flag. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands nationy and justice for all. Good evening, Miss Probes. Can I have a roll call, please?

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>> Chairman Vesio >> here. >> Mayor, Mr. Vanjouro, >> I'm here. But Mr. Chairman, you might want to make another announcement about the wheat worked property. >> Thank you, Mr. Pjono. That's in due

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order. >> Thank you, >> Councilwoman. Mr. Papis >> here. >> Mr. Mcgora >> here. >> Mr. Wang >> here. >> Miss Sakora >> here. >> Mr. Banga

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>> here. >> Miss Chardich >> here. >> Mr. Chowy >> here. >> Mr. Atkins >> here. >> And our board professionals except for our board attorney Mark Peek were excused this evening. Mark Peek

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>> here. have a quorum. You can proceed. >> Thank you, Miss Propes. Before we proceed with the agenda this evening, a very important announcement this evening. If you are here for the Wheatsworth Properties Urban Renewal LLC, that's application 2526-PB.

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That will be adjourned to July 21st, 2026. That will be carried without further notice. And the reason for this is because the applicant is not here this evening. Therefore, any public commentary on that application this evening will not be heard. At this time, if there are any members

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of the public that wish to address the planning board on any item that's not on the agenda other than the Wheatsworth Properties renewals, please feel free to come forward at this time. And if you could please sign in and state your name and address for the

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record once it's complete. Okay. Good evening um to the board. Thank you for allowing us to have a moment of your time. >> I'll need your name and address for the >> I'm so sorry. Lori Le Perry and this is my husband Anthony Le Perry. Uh we reside at 196 Orchard Street in

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Bridgewater. >> Um we've lived at 196 Orchard Street for 28 years. Uh my father built the house at 215 Orchard Street and I lived there for the first 26 years of my life. Therefore, I have lived on Orchard

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Street in Bridgewater for the last 54 years. We've raised our two children, both of which are here this evening, and they both own their homes on the corner of brid of uh Orchard Street and Hillside Avenue. They are currently raising our four

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grandchildren in their homes. We love our neighborhood and Orchard Street has always been a dead-end street. The reason we are here for this meeting tonight is concerns over the parcel of property located at the end of Orchard Street, the end of the Culdeac, which is

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part of a recently listed house sale located at 619 Foothill Road, block 536, lot 12. We share our entire acre of property with this parcel of wooded land. We only found out about this property becoming

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for sale because trucks and vehicles we did not know were entering our culde-sac and parking at the end in front of our house and walking into the wooded area. These people were clearly not interested in the house built in 1941 that was for sale on Foothill Road, but the 5 acres

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of wooded property attached to that house sale. Our concerns which are many are fears of an extension of our culde-sac at the end of foot of Orchard Street and development of the property and possible extension of Orchard Street

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all the way to Foothill Road. Per our property survey in 1998 and per the township master plan updated and approved in 2025, there are currently no plans to extend Orchard Street or connect it to Foothill Road. However,

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given the house on Foothill Road was built in 1941 and has 5 acres of property attached to it, the potential to knock down this house and build a development or even worse a through street is a valid concern for me, my husband, and all of our neighbors.

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We attended the zoning board meeting on June 9th and were told by that board that applications to extend our road, make a cutthrough street or develop this property would be by way of application to this board. We as a neighborhood have

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some serious concerns about development to this property, which are not limited to cut through traffic from Foothill Road, which could mean hundreds of cars passing through our neighborhoods daily. Safety concerns. There are no sidewalks

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at all in our entire development. Water drainage and flooding to our roads and properties, which are already persistent and well doumented concerns, especially for our neighbors and residents that live on Brian Drive, whose homes back up to this parcel of property.

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Our property will all be devalued because our road will no longer be a culde-sac if a road is permitted to go through to Foothill Road. A builder or land developer would not put out $1.5 million the asking price for this property without knowing if the

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footprint without knowing that this could be developed further than the footprint that already exists. We have submitted an Oprah request request number 26-1495 regarding this parcel of land and ask some questions. We have not yet received

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a response. So therefore, we are here tonight to ask the board some questions. Have any applications been submitted to anyone on the board to develop this property or extend Orchard Street? That's our most serious concern.

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>> Mr. Chairman, I can respond to that. There have been no applications made either board. >> Okay. Um, it's my understanding that an application can be submitted to the

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board uh for a extension of our road or property that property to be developed before the land is actually finalized and sold by a builder. Is that correct? >> You can answer if you'd like, >> Miss Propes. um at the board of

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adjustment meeting which they attended the process was outlined the engineering piece of it which they're talking about um explain that that's an engineering function. So they would have to it's part of the

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application. It wouldn't it wouldn't preede the application to the board for site plan or variances or whatever the case may be. It's part of >> So what you're saying is that if somebody wanted to develop the property,

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it would not be done peacemeal that any road application would be a part of the overall >> the developer >> development application. But no, there's been no development application made. >> Correct. The developer would would

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discuss that with their design team. Um, and they would reach out and do the research to find out whether that road could be opened. It's part of a it's part of the due diligence process. >> Yeah. But right now, everything's pure speculation, >> right? We don't have a

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>> no idea. >> We don't have anyone >> application filed. We have no jurisdiction. This board certainly isn't going to arbitrarily descent to extend a road. It would only be done in the context of somebody coming to this board having purchased that property and and

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looking for a subdivision of some sort. Uh which would involve which would involve everyone has a right to make an application. Anyone can make any application about anything. The question is is does it comply with the township zoning ordinance? If it doesn't,

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and you know I I I this is the first I'm hearing about any of this. If it doesn't, they're going to have many, many, many hurdles to get over before any of the concerns you voiced come to pass. But right now, it's entirely speculative. You have a property that's under contract or that's been sold or or

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or I don't know, but there's again been no application made. So, we don't have any knowledge. Yeah. No, there's no jurisdiction. There's no knowledge. There's no nothing. >> So, if I might ask then, who would make that decision? Would it come before this

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board? >> Well, ultimately, right, if somebody if somebody has an interest in the property, either the owner or a contract purchaser decides they would like to do something with the property, develop, try to develop it or or subdivide it or

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whatever, then determine uh depending on what they're looking to do. Yes, it would wind up either before this board, the planning board, which has jurisdiction over site plans and subdivisions, and this board's charge is limited to implementing the township

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zoning ordinance. If what they're looking for is not compliant with the zoning ordinance and they need variances, like a use variance, something like that, then they would have to go to the board of adjustment and get their application taken care of there. So

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>> nothing until they file an application. >> So are you saying if I was a builder before you tonight and I was asking questions and said I'm looking to purchase this land and I'm inquiring whether or not it could be to subdivided. This is the reason we started with the zoning. >> There was a bill. We tell them look at

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the zoning ordinance. >> Okay. That was why we went to the zoning meeting first. >> And they wouldn't come to this board meeting. They would come. They would contact Miss Probst. They would likely ask for a meeting with the township engineer and the township planner. It's called a concept review committee. Miss

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Prob, Mr. Burr, and Miss Sarmad. The three people meet um if if u if a request is made uh and then they are able to share a concept that they may have and then those professionals will

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then advise them which board would they likely have to apply. But none of that has happened here. >> But you are not ruling out that this property could potentially be developed or could potentially be a cutthrough to Foothill Road given that the owner and

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the house is located on Foothill Road and the property attaches to Orchard Street. >> It's hard to say. >> I I'm not familiar with the property. I don't know uh particulars. I'm not disputing what you're saying, but that has not not come to me as township administrator. I've not heard of this

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before. This is this is something that's as Mr. PC said is speculation on this board >> and you don't know if somebody's buying it. You know, they may ultimately conclude that under the zoning their best chance would be maybe knock down let's there and build one big house or maybe they want to subdivide it into two

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lots, put two houses on. Maybe their plan is maybe they want to put a road through and try to put a condominium. We don't know. But we don't know that anyone has the right to ask for whatever they there's no gatekeeping thing that says no that's too much to ask for. You

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can't make that application. Anybody unfortunately if it's their property, they can make the ask. >> But if it's not compliant with the zoning ordinance, >> that ask. >> So, so this this is my concern. This is my my very real concern. The owner that

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is selling that property also owns the property next to it. Okay. Paris Skindle, I'm sure you've all heard the name. They've lived in the in Bridgewater since 1960. The house was built in 1941 that they they lived in. They passed away. It's on to the children. The children are looking to

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sell it. They have a buyer. It's for sale by owner. Even though it's listed in multiple listing, they have a buyer for the smaller house. The realer of the buyer buying that house has reached out to you as a board to see if they could increase the footprint somebody in the

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Bridgewater Township. >> Again, this is not the you're you're getting way ahead of things. This board only sees something if there's an actual application made. If there's a developer or a potential purchaser of a property who may want to develop it, just as part

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of their due diligence, they're going to study the zoning ordinance. They're going to reach out to the municipality and say, "Hey, what can we what can we do with this property? What can we get here? We're thinking we would like to do this. Is this feasible?" The all normal everyday occurrences that happen with

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property. I don't even know if they've gotten I don't know where they are because this again until you got up and brought this up first I'm hearing of this. >> Mr. Mr. Peek, if I if I could, Miss Leari, I appreciate you coming out tonight. I understand your concern. >> I just like to point out that these are all of my neighbors who live on that

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street who will come up one by one and I mean so we really don't want to take up the time of the of the meeting. I know we're all allowed 5 minutes, but as an R40, we are looking at worst case scenario of what will happen to our neighborhood. If I could if I could make this simple, I appreciate you coming out

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and it's fantastic that everybody came out to represent the neighborhood this evening. I truly appreciate that. Anytime that we have an application that's before the board, we encourage everybody to come out. The fact of the matter is that this evening, what you're stating here, the this board has absolutely zero knowledge of what's

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being discussed. As a matter of fact, some of the facts that you're giving us here that that could be ruled as testimony right now. We're not even aware of an application. We're not aware of the neighborhood. I'm not sure who the gentleman is that you mentioned that owned the house. I've been conspicuously very quiet here because I'm listening. I understand from our township

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administrator and our our um our attorney here. He's trying to keep us right here. Our board secretary is telling us we have not had an application before us. Therefore, this board is not authorized. We don't have jurisdiction to speak about this case this evening. We're happy to hear public questioning, but it's going to go

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nowhere this evening. We can't even we don't even have an applicant here this evening that's able to give you any feedback to what you're going to ask. And if I may, we also we can't engage in prior restraint. Like we can't tell somebody >> like you're prohibited from making

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increase about this property. Anybody can make increase about the property. >> We can't say you're prohibited from making an application regarding this property. They have the right to make someone will have the right to make an application with that property. It's

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then up to whichever board that it comes to to apply the law, apply the zoning ordinance. Your whole neighborhood, I'm sure, will be out if and when an application is made. And that is the proper time. Now, there's nothing. We have we have speculation. We have

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concerns pro, you know, perhaps wellfounded concerns, but that's all it is. There's nothing there's nothing that we can we can talk about or do at this moment until an application is filed and comes to this board. Mr. >> And you will get noticed.

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>> If I might just Mr. Leari came into the office >> prior to the zoning board meeting. I met with him at the counter >> and I explained that we don't we don't provide we don't confirm whether a lot is buildable. That's for you to hire an

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engineer to to explore. I explained the process would need a copy of the survey. Um I also offered and this is you know something that I offered to him and would offer to anyone aside from waiting for an application to hit the agenda. I

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gave him my card and I told him he could call me any time to check the status of you know you could call me every week. Did you get anything this week? We don't mind that. That's what we're there for. So they have my information. I'm happy to share it with anyone here. Um, and so

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they don't have to wait until it hits the agenda and >> based on where you live, you would get prior notice for that application that'll be heard before any board. >> We would get prior notice. >> It depends on where you live >> within 200. You you'll get personal notice of any

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any and [clears throat] before any hearing is conducted, you'll have personal notice. >> That's when the application is first submitted or when the application prior [clears throat] to the hearing, right? >> So that's why it would make sense for you as Miss Pro indicated >> to keep track. Yes, I understand.

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>> Yeah. Just, you know, stay on it and and and see what happens because again, we don't know and there there's absolutely nothing we can do about it. But if and when something's filed, when they file, they'll have to submit all sorts of plans. So then you can see the plans and you can see just what's being proposed

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and then you can figure out what you want to do about it. You can also >> we hope this board understands understands what our what our basic concerns are. We >> we we understand the concern. We've lived >> there for a long long time. We have four grandkids which are going to go down the bus stop. So that's why we started at the beginning. You know,

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>> we don't but we there's nothing for us to talk about. There's nothing we can do, nothing to talk about. We have concerns. That's all we have. There's nothing concrete. There's no plan. There's no application. There's no nothing. >> I have one last question. Are you telling me that the Bridgewater zoning

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board and the Bridgewater Planning Board cannot tell me that a parcel of property that is in R40 what what they could build in there? Is that is that what you're saying? >> Not I would need to know. I'd have to look at the zoning ordinance and we'd have to look at the

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>> Well, can I get on the agenda for for next meeting because I'd like >> Excuse me. This is not this is not for the board. We have Miss Prost could tell you and give you a copy of the page of the zoning ordinance that will delineate what is permitted in the R40 zone for that parcel.

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>> I gave that Mr. Leari that day and I also gave him a handout that I created for people for that they could kind of do their own um walk through. Okay, first do I have the lot size? Looking at the survey, then okay, do I have the lot

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width? then they know whether it's coming to the planning board as a conforming application or the zoning board as a non-conforming. >> And if they want an interpretation of the zoning ordinance for what it means, there's actually a provision in the municipal land use law, which is the New Jersey statute that covers all of our proceedings and you can make an

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application to the zoning board and they can have a formal proceeding where they will formally interpret the zoning ordinance for you. But otherwise, you're free to read it and make your own conclusions. You can also go on ecode360.com and it'll and you can search for

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Bridgewwater New Jersey and it'll show you all the regulations and all the zones and what's permitted. >> Okay, >> Miss Laare, as you can see, we have a very engaged board. So, we encourage you to get in touch with Miss Probes. We can go through the motions, get ahead of that before any application were to come out. We're happy to hear it. We

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encourage the public input. Please do come out that night eventually when it does come before the board. We encourage everyone to come out. The public input is very important to this board. Will just the neighbors that border that property be notified >> within 200 feet within 200 feet of the parcel involved in the

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>> basically me and my neighbor across from me. >> Well, 200 feet 200 feet from every corner of the property. >> It is 5 acres of property and they >> 200 feet 200 feet and the tax assessor gives the applicant a listing of all of the properties within 200 feet.

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>> It also goes on the municipal website and there's also like tap into Bridgewater. You would you would likely get a certified letter from the attorney likely for the applicant giving you the information about the time and place of the hearing.

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>> So basically at that point it's sold. >> Yeah. So you >> it's excuse me it's the law. That's what the applicant would be obligated to give. This board is not permitted. This township is not permitted to go beyond that which the New Jersey statutes lay

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out. So, it's two every property owner within 200 feet of the property line of the subject property gets personal notice. That's the law. >> Okay. Well, I I'm leaving with as many answers as I left the zoning board meeting with. I'm sorry to say.

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>> I just got to tell you, we we don't have anything and we can't I understand your concerns. We don't have the application, so we can't know what they're even trying to do. We would speculate based on what you're telling us, which isn't right either. >> It would be highly inappropriate. >> It would be not right either. If it

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comes in front of us, you will get an announcement. And it seems like you're all really close, which I love that. And I do encourage you to come out. We if you listen to some of the minutes, we ask a lot of questions. We are very engaged and involved in in uh approving or denying

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um applications. So, I'd encourage you to listen to that ahead of time. I understand that the um the fear of the unknown exists. I understand that you've been there I think you said 52 years. That that's a 54 years. That's a lot of years. I understand you want to change

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that. I know it's an emotional change. We all live in Bridgewater, too. I mean, I'd be concerned if it was my if it was my area, too, but we just don't know enough. So, we can't say anything else about it. when that does come up, if it does, if or when you'll get notified.

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You can share with with your neighbors, too, and they can anybody can come out that lives in Bridgewwater to make comment. We we were just trying to preemptively put it on the radar so that if something does come before this board, there are many neighbors here who would have a great deal of issue with

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development of that property or connection to Foothill Road. It's all I'll say about it, but if anyone else likes to speak, I'll certainly yield the floor. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I would definitely encourage you guys to contact Nancy, Miss Propes weekly if necessary. And then also if anyone's if

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you see anyone on the property, just ask them like, "Oh, what are your plans?" Like I'm a realtor. I see people on properties all the time. I see other I just ask questions and you'll be surprised at what people will share with you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chowitz. Any other members of the public wishing

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to address the board? Uh, same topic but more of a process question. >> You'll have to uh write your name down and >> Frank Relle, 134 Warren Avenue. I'm around the corner. >> Just do that again, please. >> Frank Rashelle, 134 Warren Avenue. >> Okay.

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>> So, um, I've gotten some contrasting kind of comments about process. Um, so zoning board obviously, where does it go from zoning board to planning board to town council for instance? Does the town council actually have to make the decision on a road? That's what I've

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been told. >> Yeah, if they're going to accept it into the municipal road network and take responsibility for it. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Papis, but that's basically if the mun if it goes into the township road network, then the township has to plow it responsible for storm, but

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streets can remain private streets. >> Okay. Okay. So, yes and no. >> It's a yes and no. [laughter] >> Yes. Okay. Yeah, as many >> just want to see where the process is. We don't miss anything. >> So, it doesn't mean that they'll go to zoning and planning. I think you said zoning and planning. It doesn't

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necessarily mean that they'll go to both. It depends on what the application is. >> Okay. All right. So, so for us to stay in stay informed and in touch with everything, you know, rather than come to every single meeting of zoning and planning, >> but I would suggest we have uh the ability to have residents can sign up

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and get agendas sent to them via email. You can get on a list. Uh Miss Props can probably provide that information to you and you can be added to the list and you would be notified for each board's agenda. you provided that.

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>> All right, great. That helps. Thank you. Appreciate it. Just want to stay on top of things. >> Absolutely. >> Same concerns obviously as we all do. >> Completely understood. >> All right. This is like only half the people. So, there's another half that >> bring them on. >> While everyone is here, if whoever wants to be on the list, if you want to pass that around, make sure it's legible.

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>> Okay. >> And then we'll make sure that um >> Great. Thank you. Appreciate it. Once again, any members of the public with the questioning just heard based on the non-existent application, I would encourage everybody to please contact

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Miss Probes for any further questions regarding that subject. >> If Mr. Chairman, if I may, the the email list, the the uh agenda notification that I've mentioned would have to be provided to you via email, not through regular mail. So, I'm not sure if there's a spot to put email addresses on

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what you're distributing >> if it's okay. Okay, we don't need your physical address and your email address. If you're just signing up to receive the email, just your name, your email address, and your phone number in case we can't read your email address.

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>> Thank you, Miss Propes. Anybody else? >> Sure. Name and address for the record, please. >> AJ Le Perry, 1170 Avenue. What's the typical timeline let's say from you as you were saying there's no application yet. What would be the timeline from an

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application to when the you know there would be a meeting forward I guess >> could be six months could be six months or more depending >> yeah well it depends from when the application gets filed the board has 45 days to determine whether or not they've filed

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>> or the staff right when I say the board I'm speaking the the in the royal sense but uh but there's 45 days to determine whether or not the applicant submitted what's called a complete application Every application has a checklist associated with it and that's set by

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municipal ordinance and that's all the various submission requirements that need to be done and it's not on you again there's 45 days to determine whether or not it's complete. Once it's determined to be complete, then it gets scheduled for a public

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hearing, which would depends, you know, the next month, next two months, depending on where there's room on the agenda. But it's not unusual for an application to be submitted and it's not complete and there's additional submissions that are required. They need to bump things up. So, you know, if

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everything's perfect, 45 days and then it gets scheduled for a hearing. Uh, but to get to the point of filing an application, again, I don't know what's going on with the property. I don't know how long people have been poking around, but depending on what they have to do, there's all sorts of testing they would need to do, all sorts of engineering,

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and that can take six months, a year, uh, just to do that with the various, you know, perk tests, soils, checking with the various utilities and, you know, all the various uh, hoops that would have to be jumped through. So that I don't know what their design timeline

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line would be, but from when they're done and ready to to file the application, it would be that 45 days to completeness and then they get scheduled, >> you know, assumed thereafter, usually a month or two uh for the public hearing. >> Okay. And then and then

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>> depending on what >> the nature of the >> the nature of the application is if it has variances then it has to be decided within 120 days. If it's just a conforming um

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subdivision, it's 45 days. But I mean, it could go, you know, the last application, if you want to for purposes of familiarizing yourselves with the process, you've watched the last meeting from the YouTube video, that application took a year and a half to get to

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hearing. So, it can go anywhere from, like Mr. Peek said, 45 days if it's a perfect submission to you know, upwards of two years. Yeah. Infinity. That's true. >> And then the notification to us would

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happen at what point? >> That by law is required to happen not less than 10 days before the hearing. It gets it's supposed to be personally served or and published at least 10 days prior to the hearing. >> At least 10 days. Okay. And all the

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materials have to be available for the public to review and inspect at least 10 days before the hearing. >> So you could have you or your agent could come in to the municipal building and and review the plan. >> Okay.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. And once again, if and when an application or such an application should come before this board, as you heard from many of our board members this evening, we encourage your fellow neighbors, your fellow residents to come out at that occasion. Nothing gets streamlined past this board. We're very thorough.

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>> Yes, please. One more question. >> In other words, we don't get notified for 10 days, but if we know that there's an application put in, but it doesn't it won't come up to the board until it's been approved by them already. Zoning and planning. What I'm saying is you're

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saying we're get 10 days notice after it comes to the board, which means most of everything has already been done through the township zoning plan. no >> construction. None of that stuff is already done. >> Going to follow one of two one [snorts] of two paths. If it's a

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conforming application, it's a different process than if it's nonconforming and requires variances. >> Okay? >> One is going to take substantially longer than the other. One is going to come to this board, one's going to come to the other board. So, it there's too

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many variables to to um really nail down timelines. If it comes in as a zoning permit um and it gets denied because it needs variances, so it doesn't conform with

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the ordinance, then it's automatically kicked over to the zoning board. But it will take them time to put something together. And um if it's fully conforming, then they would submit directly to the planning board. But either way, if you're monitoring it and you're

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monitoring the listing, >> right? >> And once you see it's under contract, anyone can see that in, you know, realtor.com, that's when I would think you'll, you know, step up and contacting me. Um

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>> we couldn't come before the board once we find that out. You can't come before the board, but you can come into my office, view what's there. You can have your own engineer, attorney, any of your own team, anyone you chose to hire on your behalf would be able to come in and view the materials or you can come in

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like you did yourself and I'll put them out for you and you can see what's um in the package. >> Okay. Thank you. >> And then just so since we are talking about process once the hearings do start and the applicant and again this is all this would apply to any hearing. We

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don't know if anything will ever be filed for this particular property, but the way it works is the applicant will put on their witnesses. They'll have like an engineer, a planner, a traffic expert, whoever. But if they put each witness up, when their witness is done with their testimony, the public has the

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right to ask them questions and cross-examine them about their testimony. And then when all the witnesses are concluded by the applicant and the public had the right to question each of them, the public has the right to put on their own case. So if you feel

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very strongly against an application and you feel, hey, maybe we want to hire our own professionals, our own engineer to challenge, you know, their storm water, their traffic, whatever, you know, whatever they have. Then you would then have the opportunity to put on your own

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case. And then when that's done, the public just has the right to generally comment. Whereas during the course of the hearing, you're restricted to just asking, cross-examining the witnesses about their testimony, but then when everything's wrapped up, then you can

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make a speech, you know, and and just I like this, I don't like this, and here's why. You know, that sort of thing. So that's just so you can tuck it away in the back of your head. That's how that process would work. >> And when Mr. Peek references the case the law that we are that regulates what

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the boards have to do that's also available from the planning and zoning office. We have statutes that we can you know share so that it makes sense when he says it's only required 10 days in

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advance that's under the statute give you that information and it's all online. So it's the municipal land use law >> and the Supreme Court said we can't deviate from that. Well, it's it's uniformity throughout the state. The state legislator legislature has decreed

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this is how it shall be. So that's how it is. We're not allowed to say otherwise. >> Board would deliberate and then vote. Correct. And that could take several meetings. >> Not the deliberations. >> Not the deliberations. That's the final

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final piece. But the hearings could be here for quite a few meetings. >> Okay. Thank you, board attorney, Mr. Peek, and thank you, Miss Prost. Anybody else? Okay, moving along this evening to our board minutes. We do have a set of

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minutes here from May 20th, 2026. Are there any questions, comments, or changes to the record? I have one comment. I need to just uh revise the date on and it should be 519 instead of 520. >> Okay, we will strike the 20 and that is

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May 19th, 2026. >> And I'll >> Mr. Papas first. A second please. >> A second. >> Miss Sakura. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bonjouro >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Papus, >> yes.

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>> Mr. McGora, >> yes. >> Mr. Wang, >> yes. >> Mr. Sakora, >> yes. >> Mr. Chowry, >> yes. >> Mr. Atkins, >> yes. >> If you weren't called, you were not present according to my records. >> Thank you, Miss Pros. Moving along to our resolutions portion of the evening.

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The first is going to be the appointment of a board professional, Oustard Associates, an acoustical engineer. Miss Pros, would you like to bring up bit of review on that? The pilot fiber resolution was um from a

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hearing on the 5th of May. Um that is >> day window >> was not a hearing. Um it was a concept review. Um so we did prepare Mr. Pek prepared a resolution just memorializing the board's actions that evening.

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>> Okay. >> And I can let you know who's eligible to vote if you'd like. Please do. >> Mr. Bonjouro, Mr. Magora, Mr. Wang, Mr. Banga, Mr. Chowry. >> We had a lot of >> pilot fiber

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pilot fiber. Any questions? >> And Mr. Vasio, Chairman Vasio, you're also eligible. >> Thank you. >> If not, I'll take a motion to adopt that resolution for pilot fiverr.

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>> It's Mr. Chowry. Second >> Mr. Bjouro >> Mr. Vessio Chairman Vesio the motion >> Mr. Bonjouro >> yes >> Mr. Maggora >> yes >> Mr. Wang >> yes >> Mr. Banga

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>> Mr. Chowy >> okay I'm going to move along to application 2525 PB ps there any questions comments or change to the record for this resolution If not, I'll take a motion to adopt said resolution.

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>> I move it. >> That's Mr. Wang. >> Yeah. >> A second, please. >> Mr. Chowry. And could I have a roll call, please? >> Chairman Vasio. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bonjouro? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mora? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wang? >> Yes.

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>> Mr. Banga? >> Yes. >> Mr. Chowy? >> That's it. Okay. New Jersey American Water is pending. Rand Moshe is pending. >> Yeah, I'll have uh those for the next next meeting for sure. >> Excellent. I'd like to return to

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>> Sorry. SRVSA is also pending. >> SRVSA is also pending. Okay. Thank you. And once again, returning to the last resolution, that's the appointment of a board professional for acoustic engineer.

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>> Yes, we are going to follow suit with um the board of adjustment appointment of Auster Guard Associates if um you'd like to. >> I'm I'm aware of them. They're very well regarded. They've been uh been around for years.

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It's [snorts] a small pool to choose from in that field also. So, >> thank you, Mr. Papas. Second, please. >> I second it. >> That's Mr. Wang. Could I have a roll call, please? >> Chairman Bessio.

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>> Yes. >> Mr. Vanjouro. >> Yes. >> Mr. Papis? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mora? >> Yes. >> Mr. Wang? >> Yes. >> Miss Sakura? >> Yes. >> Mr. Banga? >> Yes. >> Miss Chardawitch? >> Yes. >> Mr. Chowdery? >> Yes. >> Mr. Atkins.

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>> Moving along. Once again, we've heard that the application this evening will not be heard for Weatssworth Properties to be adjourned to 72126 without further notice. That'll close the application portion for the evening. Are there any general comments or questions beyond behalf of the board?

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Miss Propes, what does the calendar look like? What's our next engagement? July 7th, we will be hearing a lot line adjustments, the Muller application. Okay. >> And Visco Fan uh which is a commercial

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um expansion site plan with variances. >> Um and Wheatsworth will continue on the 21st along with one July 21st along with one residential application, another lot line adjustment >> at the Hogan. That one is um Tropiano

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Hogan has uh been scheduled for Jul I'm sorry August 4th and then we're booked out through 818 with another residential ly the minor uh subdivision.

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>> Very good. >> Uh into August we have the date of August 4th. Anything further than that at this point? The only thing on the August the schedule for August 4th is the estate of Anita Hogan. >> Okay. If I could just do a quick quarum for

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the next few summer months. Uh is July favorable to the board at this time? Are there any uh not notable absences in the month of July? I'll start on this side here. >> July 7th. >> Uh so July 5th and July 21st. >> July seventh.

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>> July 5th. >> Seventh. >> July 7th. >> July 7th. >> Seventh. My apologies. >> 7th and the 21st. >> Okay. >> I should be. >> Okay. Mr. Banga,

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>> I should be here. >> Okay. Mr. Charter, >> I should be here. >> Yeah. Sakora, >> I likely will be here for both. >> I should be here for both. >> I should be here. Okay. I should be here. >> Good. Okay, that's two. Uh for the month

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of August, that August 4th meeting, start on this side. Charger. >> Good Mr. Banga. >> Um fourth and the what? Just >> uh just the fourth at this time. >> Yes, I'll be here.

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>> Okay. Mr. August is going to be tough [clears throat] >> the whole month. >> Travel and actual travel. >> Okay. >> Later the fourth >> August 4th.

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>> Mr. Ryan, Mr. Bjouro. Um, I don't know yet, but I'll see. >> Very good. >> War is looking tough. >> War is looking tough. Um, I will be out of the country from about the 31st to the 23rd of August. So, I definitely

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will not be here for the 4th. Um, so we'll check to see if we have a quorum I guess three weeks prior to. How much notice is required for that application? If you if anyone else knows that there'll be a way for a specific set of time, if you could just email me.

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>> Okay. >> I can put it in the folder for that meeting and then >> Great. [clears throat] >> We'll we'll assess for quum sooner than we normally would. should.

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>> Okay. We'll we'll touch base regarding August if I can. One last announcement. Um we do have uh two proposed dates for this board. Um a welcome to SK to uh visit the New Jersey American Water Site. That's going to be on uh June

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26th, which is a Friday, and June 30th, which is a Monday. Uh they've been so kind as to essentially have a rolling engagement both on Friday and Monday, so we choose. I propose that we give them three time slots. I think it'll make it easier so long as not we're not more

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than four people per visit. Um it wouldn't uh trigger any issues. >> June 30 is a Tuesday. >> Is it a Tuesday? Yeah. So then, uh >> either Monday the 29th or Tuesday, >> they they did say the 30th. Yes. So that would be Friday, July 20. >> Oh, July 26th.

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>> June. I am sorry. I am thinking about getting out of here faster tonight. I'm sorry. Uh so June 26, which is a Friday, and then June 30th, which according to Mr. Peg, >> it's Tuesday. >> Is a Tuesday. >> Excellent. Okay. Does that work? They work for

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everyone either day. >> We just don't have any times yet. >> So the times will be proposing the times. >> Yes, >> they have given us an open time. So we can we can discuss off record as to >> Yeah, we can take care with Nancy as to the logistics of it all and the access

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to the site as well. >> Okay. >> June 30 is June the Friday. I could >> perfect and some Let Nancy know which day you prefer. >> If you're flexible both days, then I

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don't need to know. If you have a a definite no like Henry, then let me know as soon as possible. We'll Mitzio and I discussed it with the quarry tour previously. we kind of assigned the time slot and then rather

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than all the go back and forth if at the last minute you need to switch with someone you work that out amongst yourselves and that worked out really well. >> Yeah. >> And regarding the quarry, uh there will be tour access as well a few weeks further down the road from that as well.

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So we'll be keeping every situation as well. So, I'll email everyone about the water um tour and then after we're over that hump, then we'll uh discuss the quarry.

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>> Work out the dates with them. Any other questions? I'll take a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make the motion. >> Miss Sakura. Second, please. >> I'll second. >> Miss Chartitz. All in favor? >> I have a good night, everyone. All

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right.