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[Music] Good evening. Welcome to the Township Howell Planning Board meeting for Thursday, June 19th, 2025. Eileen,
opening statement, please. I hereby declare this meeting of the Howell Township Planning Board to be open. adequate notice have been given pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public P public meeting act in the following manner. First, on January 3rd, 2025, a copy of said notice was emailed to the Asbury
Park Press and the Star Ledger. Second, on January 3rd, 2025, a copy of said notice was hand delivered to the clerk of the township of Howell. Third, on January 3rd, 2025, said notice was posted in the office of the planning board and on the bulletin board in the Howell Township Municipal Building, 4567
Route 9, Howell Township, New Jersey, in accordance with the fire prevention code. And for your safety, please be advised that this facility is designed with two emergency exits at the front and rear of the meeting room. Furthermore, smoking is not permitted in the municipal building. Please take note that this meeting is being videotaped
for possible future broadcast on Howell Township TV77. Thank you. Thank you. Roll call, please. Mr. Bato, here. Mr. Greenfield is excused tonight. Mr. Carbonic is excused tonight. Mr. Mercer
here. Mr. Tannen House is absent. Mr. Reubel is excused tonight. Councilman Nadell here. Mayor Leio is excused tonight. Mr. McNicholas is excused tonight. Mr.
Freriedman here. and chairman Huster here. You have a quorum. Thank you. Would everybody please rise for the pledge of allegiance? And afterwards, a moment of silence for our men and women who served both here and abroad. Thank you. Okay. First, we have the approval of
minutes from the regular meeting of May 8th, 2025. Eligible voters, Mr. Mercer, Councilman Adele, Mr. Bato, and myself. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion. Mr. Mercer, do I have a second? Second. Councilman Adele.
Mr. Bato. Yes. Mr. Mercer, yes. Councilman Nadell, yes. And Chairman Huster, yes. Minutes approved. Thank you. Eileen, is there any correspondence? No, no correspondence tonight. Okay. All right. Resolutions. First is case number SD3021,
A Life Residential LLC. It's a resolution granting preliminary and final site plan and subdivision approval. Eligible voters are Councilman Nadell, Mr. Bato, and myself. Do I have a motion? Motion. Councilman Nadell. Do I have a second?
I'll second. Thank you, Mr. Badel. Yes. Mr. Rubel, I mean, Councilman Adele. Yes. And Chairman Hasser, yes. Resolution approved. Thank you. And do we have to vote on the
resolution for the fair share housing? Not yet. We have We have to have the hearing and then vote on it. Got it. Okay. Submission waiverss. S which one are you? That the first one. The first one. We'll get you. All right. All right. So, first submission waiver is
case number SP1139 Atlantic Health System and submission waiver. S. Good evening, Mr. Chairman. Good evening. Thank you all for moving so quickly. Salvatore Alfiry on behalf of the applicant. I'm going to defer the Mr. Chair. I probably can jump in. Um, uh,
Laura issued a letter dated May 15th and identified a number of submission waiverss. Uh, the applicant has agreed to provide all of the items identified in Laura's
letter with the exception of the the EIS which she has no issue with the waiver being granted. Okay. Any questions? So the downstream analysis and the balance on them have been a commitment to prov
like according to them that everything was agreed to be provided except for um the environmental impact statement. Well ju just to clarify so in the report paragraphs three you have the report in
front of you Jen? I have it. Okay. So we we agreed to provide 3A, 3B was the waiver and we've already provided 3 C. Correct. But she also identified additional items and those were all providing there. No, it was will
provide. Yes. Is what we've been told. Yes. So the only waiver that you're asking for is the natural resource inventory. Correct. Everything else is either going to will be provided. Yes. So they're good. That's correct. Okay.
Any questions? Seeing none, do I have a motion? No. I'll make a motion. Mr. Mercer, do I have a second? Second. Councilman Adele. Mr. Bada.
Yes. Mr. Mercer, yes. Councilman Nadell, yes. Mr. Freriedman, yes. And Chairman Huster, yes. Submission waiver granted. Thank you very much. Good night. Stay safe out there. Bye. Okay. Second submission waiver this
evening. Case number SP1140 C Free Plaza LLC. Good evening. Good evening. Thomas Hirs on behalf of the applicant. Hi, Tom. Mr. So, Mr. Chair, I probably can cut through this. Uh, I spoke to Laura.
Okay. She said the EIS, the downstream analysis and the NRI will be provided. The balance of the waiverss requested, she takes no exception to counselor. Good with that. Yeah, we submitted uh an EIS. Okay. But you also need the downstream analysis and the NRI and the
NRI. That's what that's what Laura said she wanted. I said we gave it to you. We'll work it out. But those are the three items that Laura wants. The balance of those items, she's happy to wave. Okay. As long as they're provided, I think we're okay with that. No worries. Any questions, gentlemen? All
right. Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion. Mr. Mercer, do I have a second? Second. Councilman Adele. Mr. Bad. Yes. Mr. Mercer, yes. Councilman Adele, yes. Mr. Freriedman, yes. And Chairman Husser, yes.
Submission waiver granted. Thank you, gentlemen. Stay safe. Good evening. Okay, last submission waiver. Case number SP 3022. This is Cody Milch 2011 trust. So, Mr. Chair, I know Michael Vidiello
will be Go ahead. M Michael Vidiello on behalf of the applicant for the Mil Trust tonight. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm going to let Miss Beam So, there's two items that Laura wants. the conceptual
development plan and the yield plan. They both basically are the same thing. That's what she wants. That needs to be submitted. Other than that, the balance, she's happy to wave for submission purposes. Mike, you good with that? I am good with that. Okay. Any questions,
gentlemen? Make a motion. Mr. Mercer, do I have a second? Second. Councilman Indell. Mr. Bum. Yes. Mr. Mercer. Yes. Councilman Nadell. Yes. Mr. Freriedman. Yes. And Chairman
Huster. Yes. Submission waiver granted. Thank you. Thank you. Good night. Okay. Miss Jennifer Beam. Uh yes, sir. So, this is the big um master plan hearing this evening for the fair share and housing element. This is
a public hearing on the fair share and housing plan element of the township master plan prepared by Jennifer's employer Leon Esavakian dated June 2025. Jen, the floor is yours. Okay. So,
we um are now into round four. And Ian, I know you know this because you've been involved, but we've been negotiating with prospective developers for months,
months, and months. Correct. So, the DCA came back in October with numbers for the entire state under this new legislation that was adopted last year. They gave us an obligation of 338.
We entered into dispute resolution and negotiated it down to 304. That's our settlement number with fair share. The court agreed. That's our number. So we have
in addition there's a 63 unit rehab obligation. So there's two different things. 304 new construction, 63 units rehab. the rehab obligation. We engage with our administrative agent which is community grants and planning. We enter
into an agreement with the county's program. That's all we have to do for the rehab obligation. The 304 unit obligation is new construction separate and apart. We
have had the ability to extend deed restrictions on existing affordable units to the tune of 91 units. They're in Friendship Gardens. Basically, they're the jurisdictions are
scheduled to expire. We're extending them and therefore we get credit for them. Again, no new construction, but we do get four bonus credits out of it. In addition, we had a surplus from the last round of eight units.
We have a number of group homes which is considered supportive needs housing. Um, and you get credit per bedroom. We have 38 bedrooms that we have not gotten credit for before.
We are able to take 23 bonus credits against those bedrooms for a total of 46. And we have an assisted living facility, Woodmont assisted living. The Medicaid beds are eligible for affordable housing
credits. So we get 13 Medicaid beds, six and a half bonus credits for a total of 13. Those are what we have currently. That's minus the three from 304. Correct. Got it. In addition, we have the
site on for the foreman site as we called it which you guys approved the the warehouse. The zoning has already been changed. They came in, you guys gave them uh approval for
uh their their project, which gets us 56 affordable units, which are eligible for 28 bonus credits for a total of 84 units. The last piece of it is the piece
of of property down on Route 9 at Estelle Lane. We refer to it as Dr. Roberts on Estelle Lane. There will be 29 affordable units, 14 and a half bonus credits for a total of
29 credits. Our plan yields us 311 credits against the 304 obligation. So, we have seven bonus credits moving into the next round. Good deal. Question. Yeah. When
you say bedroom, is that a multi-unit dwelling? Group homes and any supportive needs housing. Group homes are generally a single family house that has four bedrooms, right? We get credit per bedroom for supportive
needs housing. You answer my question. The inclusionary development is units. Supported needs housing is bedrooms. Is are all nursing homes considered that? So nursing homes are required by law to have 10% of their total beds Medicaid
beds. Oh, interesting. And we get we get credit for the Medicaid beds. Wow. So we're in good shape. We are in excellent shape. Wow. So everything in this plan except for the proposed development on
the Aselain property are either existing or already approved. Wow. There's no more approvals for the rest of the year or for 10 10 years. Yeah. What? So what's the next round? When is that? 2035. Is the end of this round. So we do this,
we submit it to the court, we get a judgment of proposed. We're good till 2035. Wow. Well done, town council. And those surplus credits don't go away. We're eligible to take credit for them in the next round. That's awesome. Well, I I you know, I think it a big kudos to
the town council and to to your firm. Like you guys really did well with this. That's that's outstanding. We're up to the wire. Um no, it's it's it's a stressful stressful times and so we have to approve it. We do. So, well, it's a
public hearing, so we have two people in the audience this evening. Uh do you have any comments about or any questions? No. Thank you. Okay. Ma'am, no. Thank you. Okay. Um, gentlemen, any questions for Jen?
Yeah. Thanks, Jen. So, I need you to approve the document and then we have to approve and then we have to approve the resolution. Yes. Okay. So, I have one question. Sure. So, what happens about the um people that are acquiring houses and making those
into group houses? What do you mean? So, if someone created an LLC and they bought a house and they started subdividing it into bedrooms, would this also be considerate or no? No. So, when I say group home, they're licensed by
the state under health and human services or subsidized the like developmentally disabled. It's not just like you you're a bunch of people living in a house. They're they're categorized as develop like most of the group homes are
for developmentally disabled adults, autistic or cerebopal pausy, those type of things. Correct. It's not just a group of people living together. That's that's that's not what that is. Yeah. So the council actually adopted an ordinance last year
where single room occupancy and those boarding type houses are prohibited under zoning. So those shouldn't be here anyway. And if they are, sorry, I just wanted to get that clarified. Just No problem. Thank you. Cool. All right, gentlemen. I will entertain a
motion. It's an easy one. I'll make a motion. Mr. Mercer, do I have a second? Second. Councilman Nadell. Mr. Bad. Yes. Mr. Mercer. Yes. Councilman Nadell. Yes. Mr. Freriedman.
Yes. And Chairman Huster. Yes. Approved. Great. And now we will go as that is approved to a resolution granting the housing element and fair share element for Howell Township. I know this is a little uncomfortable, but based on the legislation that was passed governing
the this whole entire thing, the housing element and the resolution have to be submitted to the court within 48 hours of you guys adopting it. That's what I thought. Yeah. And well done on the scheduling, too, because I know we talked about that early in the year and
You know, here it is uh mid June and we're done. So, do I have a motion? Yes, I'll make a motion. Mr. Mercer, do I have a second? I'll make the second. Mr. B, sorry. Yes. Mr. Mercer, yes.
Councilman Adele, yes. Mr. Freriedman, yes. And Chairman Husser, yes. Resolution approved. Thank you. Hey Jen, do we have any master plan updates? No, that was a joke. No.
Okay. Uh, I don't think there's a reason for executive session as far as I know. Right. I know. Last time. I don't know if he has I could do it tonight. It's only I know he had the attorney had something that he passed on
last time. No, you weren't part of Oh. Oh. Is there any reason for executive session now? Do you want to update? Not that I'm aware. Okay. From the last time you had the Mr. Mercer saying that there was something passed at the last meeting discussed. Not that there's nothing new to the I
don't remember what we discussed, but there's nothing about the the shoot. I'll have to go back and Okay. Okay. Oh, right. Yeah. So, I don't know. He wasn't here. Nick wasn't here. I Yeah. I was on a baseball field losing the playoffs.
Yeah, I don't think I don't think we have anything more. Okay, we're not While we're all Well, while we're all here, um Eileen, what is the July schedule if if you have it handy? Um I don't
think I brought it tonight, but I believe I have two submission waiverss and maybe three applications. What What are the dates I'm more concerned with? Uh the next meeting is July 17th. Is there only one in July? Yeah. Okay.
That's what I thought. Um it's going to be cancelled because it's July 4th. Yeah. Yeah. I remember there was because July 4th July 4th would have been our Yeah. Uh I will not be here. I will be in Coopertown playing baseball. Um well, not myself playing Coopertown. I'll be at the Hall of Fame. We're going to
All-Star Village. You'll like it? Yeah. I went there with my son when he was 12. Yeah, absolutely. So, all right. I will entertain a motion to adjurnn at 7:22 might be record time. Motion to adjurnn. Councilman, do I have a second? Yeah,
second. Second. Thank you.