PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED AT HIGHLANDS COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 19, 2014

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1 PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED AT HIGHLANDS COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 19, 2014

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72 Meeting on June 19, 2014 by Wilma Frey Page 1 of 1 To: Margaret Nordstrom, Acting Executive Director c/o Annette Tagliarini NJ Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council From: Wilma Frey, Senior Policy Manager, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Re: June 19, 2014 Highlands Council Meeting Approval of Plan Conformance Committee Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2014: Sparta Township Checklist Ordinance approach As per the discussion at the last Council meeting on June 19, I am submitting in writing, as requested, the following comments I delivered orally at that time. Please include these comments with the minutes of the June 19 Highlands Council meeting. Thank you. The Plan Conformance Committee met on June 12, 2014, and according to its minutes, the staff s recommendations for the use of the Checklist Ordinance approach for Sparta Township was the extremely limited development potential of the town. The minutes indicate that Sparta Township development potential [in the Preservation Area] is confined to 1 parcel/213 acres. We are concerned about inappropriate use of the Checklist Ordinance approach in Sparta Township. The Checklist Ordinance Approach memo for Sparta Township notes that 5,046 acres of land are preserved in the Township s Preservation Area; however, more than half of the Preservation Area 56 %, some 6,422 acres, is not preserved land. Furthermore, a quick and incomplete review of the Highlands interactive map for Sparta Township revealed a number of additional larger parcels that could be subject to development. See the list below. In our opinion, the checklist approach should be reserved for situations with genuinely limited development potential. Block 7, Lot 86: acres, Hawthorne Park Club Block 19, Lot 6: 118 acres, 583 Houses Corner Road, S. Tilton, Address in Upper Montclair Block 19, Lot 110: acres, Mountain Ridge Estates, Inc., address Dover, NJ Block 19, Lot 66: acres, 429 Lafayette Road, Sparta Evangelical Free Church Block 6, Lot 110: 88.1 acres, 272 Glen Road, Newton Water Commission Block 7, Lot 5: 72.9 acres, includes Green Ridge Lake; 64 Ridge Road, Michael Nestico Block 7, Lot 70.01: acres, GAD Solomon family Partnership, NYC address Block 7, Lot 69: acres, William and Janet McGovern, Lafayette, NJ Block 3, Lot 69: acres, 83 Ridge Road