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TOWNSHIP MEETING MINUTES
MARCH
19, 2007
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SPECIAL MEETING
HIGHLANDS MEETING
MARCH 19, 2007
A special meeting of the Mayor and Township
Committee of the Township of Oxford was held on
March 19, 2007 in the Oxford Township Municipal
Building, 11 Green Street, Oxford, New Jersey.
In attendance were Angelo Accetturo, (arrived at
4:20 PM), Alex Lazorisak, Bonnie Riley, Joseph Nalio,
Michael Finelli, Michael Lavery and Sheila L. Oberly.
Mr. Lazorisak called the meeting to order at 4:10 PM
and announced that the meeting had been properly
advertised in compliance with the OPMA of 1975.
Mayor Lazorisak thanked everyone for coming and
stated that the purpose of this meeting is to review
with the Highlands Council our concerns, ideas, etc
during the review period on the regional master
plan. He thanked Chris Danis and Jeff LeJava of
the council for scheduling and attending this
meeting.
Ms. Danis gave an overview of exactly where the
Council is at this point. She said she is meeting
with municipalities, and counties, during the
comment period of the Regional Master Plan,
gathering information and comments in writing,
emails and during a series of public hearings. As of
this date, there have been seven public hearings,
the last public hearing, which is the eighth meeting
scheduled will be on March 21st, at the Bernard
Township High School. This will be the last
opportunity to speak in a public hearing format for
the draft that was released. The Council will
continue to have open meetings and to meet with
municipalities. The next Highland Council meeting is
March
22nd at which time the Council will consider whether
to close the comment period on April 2nd, the
originally scheduled cut off date or extend it to
May 11, 2007.
The Land Use Capability Map has three colors-green,
purple and brown. Oxford has two colors out of the
three, one is the protection zone-that area has the
greater resources identified regionally and the
other area is both planning and preservation. The
map was designed blind to the line-no municipal or
county boundaries were used to construct this map.
This map that is out now, the map that will finally
get adopted will change during
the conformance process. Ms. Danis stated that in
2002, the Council recognized eighty-eight towns -
860,000 acres, shown on this map.
Jeff LeJava said that the first phase of the TDR
program should be in place by the end of November.
This first phase is so the property owner who is in
a sending zone (preservation property owner) who is
unable to develop, lost development potential
because of the act; can submit an application to the
council to get a determination how many credits
their property is entitled to. At that same time
council will establish what a minimum credit value
will be giving an idea what these credits may be
worth.
Mr. Lazorisak opened the meeting to the public for
questions. There being no questions, Mr. Lazorisak
stated that the Committee will send their comments
down to the Council.
The Committee thanked Chris Danis and Jeff LeJava
for attending the meeting and answering all their
questions.
Mr. Lazorisak informed the Committee that he met
with the school board today and the proposed
increase is $526,000. One reason is the tuition
regarding Warren Hills Regional High School. Oxford
Central School is billed on an estimated basis and
receives the actual bill three years later. They
were averaging $9,800 per student and the actual
cost per student was $10,400, plus missing were
eleven to twelve students that
were never paid for. The actual cost they owe Warren
Hills, plus cost for the additional students is
around $250,000. The other estimated $250,000 is
basically increases -$20,000 allowance to repair the
existing roof-an increase in special education
students, to hire an additional teacher and busing.
The school board will attend a meeting with Mr.
Lazorisak and Oxford Textile, LLC to discuss what
impact the construction of their property will be on
the school system.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
WHEREAS, Section 8 of the Open Public Meeting Act,
Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, permits the exclusion of the
public from a meeting in certain circumstances, and
WHEREAS, this public body is of the opinion that
such circumstances presently exist.
1. The public shall be excluded from the discussion
of any action upon the hereinafter-specific subject
matter.
2. The general nature of the subject matter to be
discussed is a personnel matter with the minutes
made available at such time the Township Committee
determines there is no danger to the Township by
disclosing those minutes.
3. It is anticipated at this time that the above
stated subject matter will be made public at the
conclusion of the litigation. The motion carried
with the following roll call vote.
On motion by Mr. Lazorisak, seconded by Mr.
Accetturo and passed unanimously on roll call vote
to enter into Executive Session at 6:00 PM.
Mr. Lavery stated that the Committee entered into
open session at 6:20 PM. where the committee
discussed one attorney/client personnel matter and
no official action was taken.
On motion by Mr. Lazorisak, seconded by Mr.
Accetturo and passed unanimously on roll call vote
to adjourn the meeting at 6:25 PM.
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