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I call to order the special meeting of
the township committee of the town of

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Amarus this Thursday, August 27th, 2026.
The time is now 6:01 p.m. This meeting

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is being held in accordance with the
open open public meetings act and

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adequate notice of this meeting has been
provided as required by law.

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Specifically, notice of this meeting was
posted on the Township of Mars website

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and under legal notices on Monday,
August 24th, 2026 and posted on the

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bulletin board outside of the clerk's
office. The agenda and resolutions for

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the meeting are available on marstwp.com
under the agenda center. Certain

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portions of this meeting may be closed
to the public for the purpose of

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personnel and/or other matters as
outlined in the sunshine law. Notice to

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the members of the governing body and
the township staff, any use of

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electronic devices during this meeting
shall be used solely for the purposes of

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township business and any communications
are open to the open public records act.

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Madame clerk, roll call, please.
>> Mr. Gazelle,

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» I'm here on Zoom tonight.
here. Mr. Janata

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» here.
>> Mr. Ravitz

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» here in person.
>> Miss Rothman is absent. Mayor Greglia

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» here. Just before we stand for the
pledge of allegiance, I just also want

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to recognize our CFO who's up here on
the days as well for tonight's meeting.

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Sean Ferguson. Please rise if you can
for the pledge.

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I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America.

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in person. We will now open the public
meeting for public comment. We'll hear

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from those attending in person first and
then we'll go to Zoom. Please raise your

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hand on Zoom if you would like to speak.
Before speaking, please state whether or

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not you are a resident or non-resident
for the record. Comments are limited to

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five minutes per speaker. If you have
questions that you would like answered,

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you may yield your remaining time for
the purpose of receiving an answer. Is

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there a motion to open public comment?
>> So moved. Second.

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» All in favor?
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you please approach the podium. Thank
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» Uh good evening uh mayor and members of
the township committee. My name is

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Subraman Vasuan and I'm a resident of 10
Victoria Lane

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Township. Um I'm here because um of the
board of adjustments August 24th

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approval of an application BA 1026
uh for the neighboring property at 8

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Victoria Lane. Uh the board approved a
roughly 625 square ft twotory

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23 ft high detached garage with a
sideyard setback of about 15.64 ft where

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25 ft is ordinarily required. Uh I
objected because of the scale of the

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structure and its proximity to my
property uh the loss of openness and the

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neighborhood character and because
runoff already flows from that property

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towards mine. I was concerned about
adding a substantial new imperous

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surface um near the boundary line uh and
about the increased storm water runoff

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into my property. Uh I was also
concerned that near the end of the

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hearing, the applicant's attorney
inaccurately characterized a private

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conversation between the applicant and
myself. Uh and that statement entered

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the record, but I was not given an
opportunity uh to correct it before the

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board deliberated and voted. Now, I
fully understand that the township

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committee cannot overturn the board's
decision. Uh I'm asking for four other

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things and let me just go over those. Uh
first, please ensure that the zoning and

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construction officials verify this
garage's approved location, setbacks,

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height, grading, drainage, landscaping,
and every other condition of approval.

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And any field change should receive the
required formal review. Basically, I

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have a two-story dwelling between me and
my neighbor as a result of approval. So,

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it's a huge change to me. So, I'd like
to make sure that um it doesn't become

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any worse than it already is. Uh second,
when making future board appointments,

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please consider whether candidates
demonstrate appropriate regard for the

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purposes of the zoning ordinance,
neighborhood character, and the effects

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of variances on adjoining homeowners. I
think it's very important. The whole

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reason I suppose you have a zoning board
is to make it apolitical so they can

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really stand for the law and it
shouldn't just be granting variances,

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you know, um to anyone who asks for one.
Um third uh please review whether the

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ordinance adequately controls the
height, size and placement of large

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accessory structures in residential
neighborhoods. Um if it does not

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adequately protect uh adjoining
properties, they should be strengthened.

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If you go to Victoria Lane now and
imagine the addition of this of this

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additional structure, you have like 100
ft between the first two properties, 100

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feet between next two, 100 ft and then
suddenly down to like you know 45 ft

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between my property and the one for
which this approval has been given and

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that's just really not that changes the
character of the neighborhood. Uh I'm

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not saying that this is good or bad.
Each neighborhood has its character and

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each neighborhood is great. But I think
when you when you buy a place in a

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certain neighborhood, you expect that
character to be maintained. Uh lastly,

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um you know, uh this h put into the
attorney's comments. Uh please review

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the recording of the August 24th hearing
and establish a clear procedure ensuring

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that when an applicant or attorney
attributes a material statement to an

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identified resident, that resident
receives a brief opportunity to correct

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the record before deliberations. So here
what happened is the attorney was

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allowed to close. They made a statement
characterizing my my earlier position

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and then the board voted. There was no
uh chance given to me to comment on the

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charact the characterization of my
position or my conversation with the

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applicant uh because I had spoken before
and that's a sequence there. That

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sequence needs changing in my opinion.
Uh and also um the township should give

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participating residents a simple written
explanation of when they may question

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witnesses offers sworn comments and
respond to statements. Most of us don't

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come to the committee or these boards
you know more than once every few years.

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So it'd be good if we up you know told
up front what the procedures are. I

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[snorts] mean
um so finally just a comment I mean we

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we residents rely on zoning rules when
purchasing and investing in our homes. I

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mean I consciously decided I'm going to
retire here in New Jersey and like every

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one of my colleagues you've all like you
know high tales of Florida. Um but it's

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so we're here for a reason. We have a
beautiful neighborhood uh here and I'd

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like to see that maintained. You know
variances can be justified but there

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should be genuine exceptions. Um I mean
I know everyone who buys a property you

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know you know would want to expand it
and make it bigger. Um but I think let's

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please maintain the character of this of
this township. Thank you. Uh

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» thank you very much for your comments
and we did receive your email as well.

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So um also just want you to understand
at your one of the last comments and

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then I'm going to turn it over for any
other comments. Um I do know uh on a

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planning board um that typically it is
explained to the people who are there in

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the room when they can speak what their
opportunity is. So again we'll make sure

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that you know that's true that if you're
coming in brand new and you might not

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realize how it works but typically I'm
I'm on the planning board so I know

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there they do turn and say this is your
opportunity. This is when when you can

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speak. So
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understand he made it a that being a
quasa judicial body they should have

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immediately got it this like a you know
whatever report somebody else's

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statements and therefore that person
should be allowed to clarify whether or

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not
>> I understand Mr. Quinn

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» and we've also reviewed your your
concerns with the board of adjustment

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attorney um as part of that also. Um but
as you know as you said the board of

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adjustment is a it's an autonomous
board. Um

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the governing body here does appoint the
members but that is pretty much their

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role with it. Um most of those members
have been on for many many years here a

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number of different cases. um they are
volunteers of the community that do go

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through some extensive training and
other things for that. Um and they also

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have the um our professionals the the
attorneys, the planners and the

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engineers to guide them if they have
questions or procedure and those kinds

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of things. So they do do that as part of
it. Um,

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you know, the ones that are between
neighbor to neighbor are often very

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difficult um in their decision-m
um and as I said, they go through a

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process like you were sworn in um last
night to give testimony um and and your

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comments. Um you do have an
administrative remedy as you probably

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know that you do have the right to then
appeal that decision up to superior

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court. Um and I would you know if you
feel on many of these things that might

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be you know good for you that you know
that they also are looking for you know

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both sides when there's an appeal to
come to some type of agreement upon

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themselves so the judge doesn't have to
make that decision if we can get

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agreement between the two parties for
that. Um, but I'd like to address your

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four. I can assure you that our
construction code officials, which is

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building code, sub code, they'll be
doing inspections. Our engineering

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inspectors, they follow very closely
that resolution uh that comes from the

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board of adjustment for compliance. So,
they will be making sure they're very

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strict um in making sure that that is
done on the you know that it's going to

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be the right height, it's going to be
the right materials um and they'll have

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a number of different inspections that
they have to go through. So that is

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something they do on a regular basis
every single day um on these types of

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projects whether they're coming out of
the planning board or the board of

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adjustment. Um they'll also be looking
at the drainage. I think our engineer

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spoke a little bit about the drainage at
the meeting um the other night, but

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that's also another component to make
sure that there's not excessive runoff

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or whatever that's being addressed if
it's um in the resolution that's

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adopted.
Um on your second one, yes, we I mean

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the board members, you know, they are
very capable. I said they've been here

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from for many many years and they do go
through a training process. So um

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they're selected by um the governing
body but they usually have some type of

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expertise already that they're bringing
to that position. Um and then you know

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they learn from the other members of
there. They start off as alternate

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members. Um and they watch how the
procedure goes and then they turn it

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over and then eventually they become
regular members. some people step down

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or they um ask not to be uh reappointed
for whatever because they serve so many

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years. So there is a you know there I
think we have a very good process in our

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selection of uh members and making sure
that they do there understand the

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different codes and you know board of
adjustment is is a challenging one

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because there's a lot of rules and
regulations they have to follow and

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that's where they do also seek the
guidance of our professionals.

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um as to if our professionals, this is
your third one, if our professionals see

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concerns where they think that the
governing body should take a look at an

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ordinance um if something needs to be
modified, if they something some kind of

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new technology comes in or something
that they need to do. So oftent times

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they will be making recommendations to
the governing body um for a ordinance to

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either amend modify or [clears throat]
have a new ordinance um something that

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has come up and they think would be
beneficial for the township as a whole.

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So that's part of our our regular
process with our land use professionals.

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Um as far as the hearing is concerned
your concerns there it's called the

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manual on the land use law mun land use
law. So it's very regulated is how those

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procedures go. Um and I believe it, you
know, your concern was after her the

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applicant summation then they they vote
on which is the normal procedure for

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that. Following that um my suggestion if
you do decide to

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uh move forward with an appeal that you
know you address that in your appeal

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would be your best opportunity to do so
on that. Um but again there is it is

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regulated by the inscellent law how
these proceedings go whether it's the

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board of adjustment or the planning
board and um that's what guides our

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attorneys when they are working with the
board to make sure that that's the way

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our our land use boards are operating.
Um thank you for all those

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clarifications. you know, I have
retained an attorney and um I'm having

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him. He also indicated that superior
courts typically defer to um zoning

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boards. Uh so he was going to look at
the likelihood of my being able to

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prevail before I actually, you know,
file lawsuit. I mean, I um I felt my

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$25,000 of property taxes protect me,
but now I'm going to send an equal

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amount amount of money in court, and it
just seemed like uh kind of not a great

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use of my my resources. But that's
certainly a direction that I would like

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to pursue if it looks like it. I have I
have good grounds to

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» as in the past I've seen sometimes after
an appeal is filed

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often times that brings both sides to
the table to try and reach a mutual

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agreement and that gets put on the
record and that could you know modify or

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reduce some of
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So that that does I'm not saying it's
going to happen in this case, but I've

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seen it happen in other cases where you
know they try and the two the applicant

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and the objector try and work something
out again and and really through their

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respective attorneys
>> and and on the zoning um rules that they

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currently stand. I just imagine Victoria
Lane just driving down it. If I just

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applied the variances given here to
every other dwelling, we'd essentially

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have the neighborhood destroyed. Uh
essentially looks like the rules or with

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variances allow homes to be separated
half as much or maybe even less than

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they currently are.
>> Right. And that's that's a scary

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thought. Um
so but I I thank you. I mean I um I was

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kicking myself after the meeting for not
proposing a remedy. Uh but then later I

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just went to chat GPT and it said the
remedies are supposed to be constructed

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by the by the uh zoning board. Uh I can
only state what I I I s I saw as a

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potential impact on me. Um there were
certainly two gentlemen who seemed very

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informed and they tried to move in that
direction but I didn't see adequate or

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serious consideration of that proposal
by uh by the chair. Um so so one one

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individual in fact just said looks like
the garage is really big. Um um you know

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can we consider making it smaller? And
then the chair said well maybe an F-150

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will you know needs to fit in it and so
let it be that way. I mean that did not

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sound right at all to me. Um so those
are specifics and they can get it

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somewhere else. But
>> I'm sure if you do hire an attorney

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he'll get a recording and a transcript
of the proceeding for you know for when

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he files. I I I've sought that. Yeah.
And thank you very much for your

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comments and your clarifications. I
really appreciate it.

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» You're welcome. Thank you for bringing
your concerns to us. Appreciate it.

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Is there anybody on Zoom who would like
to speak?

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Seeing no hands raised, is there a
motion to close public comment?

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» So moved. Second.
>> All in favor?

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» I.
>> Yes. Oh, Jeff, I'm sorry. [laughter]

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We have two resolutions on tonight's
agenda and before I turn this over, I

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just want to for those who are listening
or here in the room, um they have to do

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with bond anticipation notes. So,
especially um just like our residents

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said, sometimes people come in or are
listening and don't really So, I'm just

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giving a basic um understanding of what
bond anticipation notes are. And very

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simply, they're a way for the
governments to get fast funding for

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projects while waiting for bigger
long-term funding. If we need money for

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a project, but we won't receive those
funds from a larger bond sale until

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later, we issue these bond anticipation
notes, which will provide immediate

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cash. So, it's technically like
borrowing money now with a promise to

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pay it back with future funds. And again
with our AAA rating and the anticipated

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premium I believe like all the prior
years we'll do very well um when we go

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to auction. So that at this time I will
turn it over to Mr. Quinn and Mr.

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Ferguson.
>> Yeah. Thank you, Mayor. It uh something

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that we do annually until we get uh
favorable um interest rates. Um interest

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rates are still up around 4% if we went
to long-term debt. Um so we speaking

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with our financial advisors um which are
our financial advisor, our bond council,

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our auditors and our CFO um we look at
what is the best for the township and um

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it was determined that we should do bond
anticipation notes for another year um

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for this. Normally we would do this at
the regular meeting as our these are

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one-year notes that expire at the end of
September. Um but in discussion with our

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professionals um there is a possibility
that interest rates could rise at the

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September 15th Federal Reserve meeting
um which would put us in a precarious

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position when we go out to for that note
sale. So we've asked for the special

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meeting tonight to authorize the sale.
Um notice will go out to the biders on

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September 2nd and we'll have the sale on
September the 9th. Um and we hope that

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we do very well as we have in past years
and looking at recent uh ban sales and

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also you know going out to full uh
authorized debt their numbers are pretty

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much where they were last year where we
think we're going to be below well below

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3%
um for the bond anticipation notes for

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the one year but I will turn it over to
Mr. Ferguson who'll get the details on

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the sale

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» as uh Mr. when it's covered. Uh the sale
itself,

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we normally go out to bid or the sale is
usually done towards the end of the the

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month. Uh which we can usually cover
these resolutions during our our normal

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committee meetings. And uh we're looking
to just have these resolutions approved

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for the, you know, earlier for the
special meeting in order to go out for

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sale in, you know, on September 9th. Uh,
we're looking to go out for sale for

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2 million

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» 5,000 [laughter]
23 million $5,000

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uh which covers um both
uh General Capital swimming pool and we

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do have some sewer utility that are
carrying over from last year.

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» Okay.
>> Yep. Thank you, Madame Clerk. Please

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read the title of resolution 183-26 into
the record.

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» Resolution providing for combination of
certain issues of notes

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of the township of Morris into a single
bond anticipation note aggregating

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$23,5,000
in principal amount.

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» Are there any questions or comments from
the committee?

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Seeing none, may I have a motion to
approve resolution number 183-26?

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» Second.
>> Madame Clerk, may I have a roll call

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vote, please?
>> Mr. Rabbitz,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Janata,

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» yes.
>> Mr. Gazelle,

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» yes.
>> Mayor Geriglia,

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» yes. Madame Clerk, please read the title
of resolution number 184-26

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into the record. Resolution 18426,
resolution determining the form and

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other details of a 23,5,000
bond anticipation note of the township

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of Morris and providing for its sale.
>> Any questions or comments?

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» Just a just a quick comment on on both
of these from a general perspective. Uh

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to the residents of the township who
might be listening or watching this down

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the road, this is a prudent use of
taxpayer money. We're going out there

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looking for, you know, better interest
rates before, you know, we think that

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interest rates are going to be rising as
Mr. Quinn had said, uh, at the next Fed

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meeting later on in September. So, uh,
this actually, um, is going to be

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hopefully saving taxpayers money in the
long run, and this is why we're doing

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this as, uh, as we are today.
>> Thank you. [clears throat]

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May I have a motion to approve
resolution number 184-26?

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» So moved. Second.
>> Madame clerk, may I have a roll call

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vote?
>> Mr. Ravitz?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Janata?

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Gazelle?

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» Yes.
>> Mayor Griglia?

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» Yes.
>> The time is now 6:23 p.m. May I have a

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motion to adjourn the special township
committee meeting?

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» So moved.
>> Second.

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» Second.
[laughter]

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» All in favor?
>> I.

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» I. The next regular township committee
meeting is Wednesday, September 16th,

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2026 at 7 p.m. in the municipal building
at 50 Woodland Avenue. Uh just a couple

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other dates wanted to just get out there
for people who are listening. Um on

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September 1st, 2026, 6:30 to 7:30, uh
there's a meeting at the Madison Hotel

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on the Madison Avenue development. On
September 9th, 2026, it's the 25th

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remembrance of 911 here at Town Hall.
And on September 13th is Mars County's

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remembrance of the uh county 911 site.
>> It's at Ginty

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» at Ginty
>> near the gazebo.

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» Near the gazebo. Thank you.
>> Other than that, everybody have a great

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night and thank you for being here.
>> Good night, everybody.