Planning Board Meeting

WALDWICK PLANNING BOARD FORMAL SESSION January 8, 2025 The Formal Session of the Waldwick Planning Board was held on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. and was called to order by Mayor Giordano, who made the announcement of adequate notice of all meetings. ROLL CALL: Ms. Badalamenti present Mr. Vervoort present Mayor Giordano present Mr. Oravetz present Mr. Ramundo absent Mr. Schatz absent Mr. Mysliwiec present Mr. Fink present Mr. Posillico absent Ms. Panfile present Mr. Kowalski absent Also Present: Cliff Singer, Board Attorney Joyce Sinclair, Board Secretary REORGANIZATION: Mayor Giordano proceeded with the Reorganization portion of the meeting. Reappointed members Joe Mysliwiec, Adele Badalamenti and Cory Panfile were sworn in. New Member, Matthew Fink was sworn in. Nominations were accepted for Chairman of the Planning Board. A motion was made by Mr. Vervoort and seconded by Mr. Panfile for Adele Badalamenti as Chair. A unanimous vote was taken. Chair, Adele Badalamenti, proceeded with the meeting. A nomination was made by Mr. Mr. Oravetz and seconded by Mr. Mysliwiec for John Vervoort as Vice Chairman. A unanimous vote was taken. The appointments of Cliff Singer as Board Attorney, Boswell Engineering as Board Engineer, Phillips Preiss and Grygiel as Board Planner and Joyce Sinclair as Board Secretary were made. Cliff Singer, Esq., was sworn in as Board Attorney. GREETINGS TO THE PUBLIC: No one appeared. 1 APROVAL OF MINUTES: A motion for the approval of the November 25, 2024 informal session and the December 6, 2024 formal session Minutes was made by Mayor Giordano and seconded by Mr. Vervoort. The Minutes were approved as submitted. . RESOLUTIONS: None APPLICATIONS: HALWAGY 6 Birch Lane SM-24-4 Block 163.16, Lot 18.03 Soil Moving Permit NEW APPLICATION Cory Vandervalk, Applicant’s Engineer, appeared before the Board. He noted the proposed construction of a single family home on a lot created via a minor subdivision, which needs a major soil moving permit. They will be importing 149 cu yds. plus 90 cubic yards. The plan will be revised to address that. There will be 650 yds. of movement in the yard. There are no variances with the construction of the new home. The dwelling will have underground electric and sewer. There will be no increased run off as the storm water will be collected and stored underground. Boswell Engineer’s Review letter dated Dec. 20, 2024, was noted. The applicant will address and adhere to all items and take no exception to any of the items. The trees have already been removed, so there is no new tree removal. Plans by Schwanewede Hals and Vince - 2 sheets, July 23, 2024 were marked as A-1. Mr. McGinnis questioned the trench drain. Boswell needs to approve the drainage calculations. The applicant has agreed to the sidewalk replacement as requested by the Engineer. This will be made part of the resolution. There will be additional silt fencing once construction begins. The conditions of the Resolution will include: - drainage calculations which are not complete will be submitted to Boswell for approval - entirety of sidewalk abutting property will be replaced - any trucks on and off will not track dirt from property into streets - silt fencing maintained - full compliance with storm water requirements - no trees other than those already removed will be taken down 2 Rocco Palaia, 42 Van Dyke Road, appeared before the Board. He noted when he purchased his home in 1992 he was not aware of the high water table and his back yard flooded. He put in drainage and a swimming pool and sump pumps under pool. He is concerned that the proposed soil movement will reroute any drainage. The Birch Lane property is higher than his property. Mr. Vandervalk, noted that every hard surface area will be collected and discharged into the land, pulling some of the water to the front of the house. The southern side water will go to his property and another portion directed to the front of the lot - will be redirecting a portion of the water from the property. Mr. Palaia expressed concern because the water he gets comes from underneath the ground. Mr. Vandervalk noted that the volume of run off into the ground is minute - it will raise the amount of water that goes to his property. It will not raise the elevation. Mr. Singer noted that currently it drains back, now a portion will be directed to Birch. Between the water being redirected towards Birch and being retained on site, it will reduce what is flowing to Van Dyke. Mr. McGinnis noted that the calculations will be approved by Boswell Engineering. A motion for approval was made by Mr. Mysliwiec and seconded by Mr. Vervoort. A unanimous vote was taken. The Application was approved. NEW BUSINESS: -The 2025 Schedule of Meetings was adopted by the Board with a motion by Mr. Panfile and seconded by Mr. Vervoort. -Mr. Vervoort requested to be excused from the March meeting. -The Board congratulated Mr. Vervoort for receiving the Citizen of the Year award. OLD BUSINESS: None ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made for adjournment by Mayor Giordano and seconded by Mr. Panfile at 8:25 p.m. Joyce C. Sinclair, Secretary 3