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MINUTES

Madison Environmental Commission

May 1, 2008

Open Public Meetings Act Statement.  The meeting opened at 7:45 PM.

Roll Call:               

Bob Beaman - P                                                                                    Guests:                John Punola

Jim Burnet - A                                                                                      

Jeff Gertler - P

Jim Greene - P

Tom Haralampoudis - A

John Kennedy - A

Roy Redmond - P

Betsy Uhlman - A

George Van Orden - P

Astri Baillie - P

Minutes:  The minutes of the November 29, 2007 meeting are not yet available. The minutes of the February 28, 2008 meeting were submitted for approved.

Guest Speaker:

John Punola – Madison resident. John spoke of his concern about the large deer population and its impact on the environment. He provided recent research documents. Members of the MEC explained that we had completed similar research and prepared a report with recommendations to the Borough Council, at which point all progress stopped. Jim Greene will provide a copy of the MEC report to John Punola. We recommended that John pursue this issue with the Council as a citizen.

Old Business:

·        2008 budget for MEC. No information on the approved amount, but Astri informed us on May 2 that the approved budget is $5,450. This is $250 more than the previous year, but less than the $6,700 requested. The larger amount was requested so that we could provide seed money for some environmental projects that would improve the Borough.

·         Planning Board Case No. P-08-02. Block 3001, Lot 21, 23 Green Village Rd. Preliminary and final site plan approval. Not reviewed.

·         Planning Board Case No. P-08-01. Block 1801, Lots 7 & 8, 10-12 Elmer Street. Preliminary and final site plan approval. Not reviewed.

·         Planning Board Case No. P-07-16. Block 2901, Lot 15, Green Ave and Wilmer St. Concept review. This was originally reviewed by the MEC on March 29, 2007 as PB-07-05. Comments were sent to the Borough on April 5, 2007. The comments were resent on May 7, 2008.

·         Planning Board Case No. P-08-03. Block 3702, Lot 12. 40 Maple Ave. Minor subdivision and variance approval. Not reviewed.

·         Planning Board Case No. P-08-05. Block 2601, Lot 10.03. 10 Prospect St. Change in tenancy. Not reviewed.

·         Planning Board Case No. P-08-06. Block 2401, Lot 4, 233 Main St. Change in use. Not reviewed.

Meeting adjourned at 8:35.