River Edge Land Use Board

BOROUGH OF RIVER EDGE LAND USE BOARD MEETING MINUTES ZOOM MEETING June 9, 2021 Zoom - Meeting called order at 7:30 Chairman Caslin made the required announcement concerning the Executive Orders 103 and 104 Open Public Meetings Act and N.J.A.C. 5-39-1.1 to 1.7: Adequate notice of this meeting has been displayed on both the bulletin board at Borough Hall, and published in the Record and Ridgewood News for the people who are interested in this meeting. The meeting is being recorded electronically through ZOOM. No flag salute. Meetings are held electronically via ZOOM. To join the hearing via smart phone, computer or tablet. log in information and a link to the meeting will also be posted on the Borough web site at https://www.riveredgenj.org/. Members of the public may submit written comments in advance of a meeting, which will be read during the public portion of the meeting. Written public comments submitted prior to the meeting must identify the name and address of the commenter8. No anonymous comments will be accepted. Written comments may be submitted via e-mail with the subject line “Public Comment” to the Municipal Land Use Clerk, Ed Alter at ealter@riveredgenj.org or by mail addressed to: Ed Alter, Municipal Land Use Clerk, Borough of River Edge, 705 Kinderkamack Road, River Edge, NJ 07661. E-mailed comments must be received at least forty eight (48) hours prior to the meeting. Mailed comments must be received by 12:00 p.m. the day before the meeting. If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, please press the “Raise Hand” button on Zoom or dialing *9 on your telephone keypad to raise your hand. The Board will address you by name or by the last 4 digits of your telephone number. The Board will unmute your microphone. You must state your name and address prior to making a public comment. You may also mute and unmute yourself by pressing the microphone icon on Zoom or dialing *6 on your telephone keypad. Members of the public are permitted to submit written comments prior to the meeting via mail or email which will be read during the public comments period. Roll call: Mayor Papaleo – Here Chairman Chris Caslin – Here James Arakelian – Here Vice Chairman, Dick Mehrman - Here Lou Grasso – Here  Ryan Gibbons – Excused Michael Krey – Here Eileen Boland – Here Dario Chinigo – Here Gary Esposito – Here Bruce Feffer – Here ALSO PRESENT: Marina Stinley, Esq. · Approval of Minutes – 5/12/21 – Motion – Mr. Mehrman; Second – Ms. Boland - Minutes approved 5/26/21 – Mr. Mehrman had an amendment to the Bergen County Historical Society he wants to insert another sentence after line 18 as follows – Mr. Barrett strongly suggested introducing and prevailing in legal action should the Board not approve the Resolution. Mr. Mehrman's other comment had to do with the Walker application. Addition of – No vote was taken on the Walker application. Typo in 4 th line last page Mr. Motion should be Mr. Mehrman. Motion to approve the minutes as amended. So Moved – Mr. Arakelian; Second – Mr. Mehrman. Minutes approved. · Housekeeping Item Bergen County Historical Society and the Perkins sub-division application have been carried to the June 23, 2021 meeting. · Old Business Brent & Chantele Walker, 164 Webb Avenue, Block 401, Lot 15 Mr. Mehrman recaps the previous meeting wherein the Board was making a Motion when the ZOOM meeting cut off due to a technical glitch with ZOOM. He requests Mr. Arakelian to make a fresh Motion. Ms. Stinley requests an update from the applicant regarding the seepage pit before a Motion is made. Ms. Walker advises the Board that she would like to offer an alternative to the seepage pit by removing the concrete walkway between the front porch and side porch and removing 40 feet from their side porch as well. Taking those two items out it would reduce the improved lot coverage to 40.4%. Mr. Mehrman still believed the seepage pit was a better solution. Mr. Arakelian asks Ms. Stinley that since the applicant is introducing something new where does the Board go with that as fundamental changes are being made other than what was discussed at the last Page 2  meeting. Mr. Arakelian was concerned as to possibly having to renotice because now things are possibly being changed. Ms. Stinley advises that since the Board never took a vote on the Motion so its just a pendingMotion that is out there and since we experienced the technical difficulties and the Board didn't make a decision at the last meeting the Board can consider what the applicant is proposing now. So the outstanding Motion would have to reflect that or it would have to be rescinded. Mr. Arakelian advises the applicant that even with the proposed changes a seepage pit willstill need to be installed because they are over the 35%. He believes that there wasn't a question as to a seepage pit being installed it was how big the pit would have to be. Mr. Arakelian makes the following Motion – On the application of Brent & Chantele Walker, 164 Webb Avenue, Block 401, Lot 15, the proposed extension of lot coverage that the Board approve and accept this application based on a 41.7% lot coverage with the two premises that they will accept the recommendation of the Borough Engineer on water management and possibility of a seepage pit whatever he decides and two, that if the impervious coverage is ever removed and the homeowner wants to replace it they would have to come back before the Board to replicate that coverage. Mr. Mehrman amended Motion as follows – The Walker's design professional submit calculations to Mr. Costa the Borough Engineer and that the Borough Engineer set the criteria and inspects the installation before its covered up and issues a letter of acceptance and that the project certificate of occupancy be contingent upon the Borough Engineer's acceptance. Ms. Stinley confirms that Ms.Walker understands the conditions as presented. Ms. Walker indicates that she understands the conditions. Second – Councilman Chinigo. Roll call – Ms. Stinley confirms that there were four Board members who were not present at all of the hearings of this application, so unless they watched the recording they cannot vote on the application. Those Board members are Mr. Caslin, Ms. Boland, Mr. Grasso and Mr. Krey. Roll call – Mayor Papaleo – yes; Mr. Mehrman – yes; Mr. Arakelian yes; Councilman Chinigo – yes; Mr. Feffer – yes; Mr. Esposito – yes. Motion passes. No new business. Motion to go into closed session. So made - Mr. Arakelian; Second – Mr. Mehrman. All in favor – Aye. Any opposed any abstained. Ms. Stinley does a roll call from coming back in from the closed session – Mayor Papaleo – here; Mr. Caslin – here; Ms. Boland – here; Mr. Mehrman – here; Mr. Grasso – here; Mr. Krey – here; Mr. Arakelian – here; Councilman Chinigo – here; Mr. Feffer – here and Mr. Esposito – here. The Board came back from closed session at 8:18 p.m. Motion to adjourn - So made – Mr. Arakelian; Second – Mr. Mehrman. Meeting adjourned. Page 3