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BI R M I NGH A M—As Pember ton Township Councilman and Planning Board member Donovan Gardner put it, there is a lot going on these days at (and in the vicinity of) the intersection of Birmingham and South Pemberton roads. With a widening and improvement project well underway on South Pemberton Road, also known as County Route 530, that will eventually see a traffic signal

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WOODLAND—The future of a Woodland Township Committee plan to develop a 101-acre tract that the township owns on the south side of Route 72, bordering the New Lisbon Developmental Center and extending behind Romanza Pizza & Pasta, hinges mostly on whether there is a den(s) of pine snakes on the parcel after two pine snakes were found in the area of interest. During a 9 a.m. July 15 special township committee meeting, Robert T. Zappalorti, the executive director of Herpetological A s s o c i a t e s , I n c., a n e nv i r o n m e n t a l consulting firm retained by the township to per for m a required Th reatened and Endangered Species (T&E) study of the parcel, said that no barred owls or bobcats were found on the parcel after completing a full study examining those specific wildlife as part of the T&E study. In a Wednesday inter view with th is newspaper, Zappalor ti said a few redhe a de d wo o dp e cker s have b e en se en passing through the lot, at edge of the site, but it has been determined that they reside offsite. The Pinelands Commission, he said, uses an endangered species presence and absence system to determine whether a parcel in the Pinelands can be developed

or not for an appropriate use. If the site is determined through the results of a T&E study to be a critical habitat for barred owls, bobcats, certain snakes or red-headed woodpeckers (wildlife the commission considers endangered in the Pinelands), or a place where they hibernate during the winter, the commission could deny a development application for the parcel, according to Zappalorti. During the July 15 meeting, Zappalorti advised the township committee that his firm implanted a transmitter on the two pine snakes found in the area of interest so that they can be tracked for the study. Zappalorti said that the first pine snake, a male, was found in one of several traps installed on the parcel at the end of May. The second pine snake, a female, was found by one of his firm’s employees slithering across a road that abuts the backside of a parcel, which runs parallel with Route 72. “He (the employee) was going to check the traps, saw the snake crossing the road and jumped out and grabbed it,” Zappalorti said. Mayor William DeGroff told Zappalorti that the committee was very concerned with the rising cost associated with the snake study aspect of the T&E study and feared there would be potential blowback from a group of residents who were opposed to the project.

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SOUTHAMPTON—Burlington County’s major political parties, and the Southampton Township political establishment, were jolted Aug. 1 by the abrupt exit of Democrat Christine Bohm from this year’s Southampton Township Committee race. Bohm announced her exit from the municipal race in a 12:29 p.m., Aug. 1 Facebook post. “It is with deep regret that I have resigned my candidacy for Southampton Township Committee,” she wrote. “As many of you are aware, our family has been relocated several times for Thomas’s job (her husband). We received word this morning that another relocation may be in our future. For this reason, it is not possible for me to continue to seek an office, which I may not be able to serve. Thank you for all of your support and encouragement.” The candidate served as “the engine” behind what has been an unusually aggressive Democratic campaign for two Southampton Township Committee seats up for grabs in November. Despite no opposition in the June Democratic primary race, Christine Bohm, and her thenrunning mate, Sylvia Teahan, took out primary political ads in this newspaper. In May, the candidates set up a booth at the township’s Arts in the Village Market Day event in Vincentown—a move unheard of for a Southampton municipal race. In the aftermath of a major flood to strike Southampton in June, Christine Bohm was present when Democratic Governor Phil Murphy came to tour the damage in the municipality. She drove to both Ewansville

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company has divisions which specialize in customs brokerage, freight forwarding, procurement, manufactur ing, financial services, drayage, warehousing, transportation, distribution, fulfillment, cold chain logistics, staffing, construction, consulting and technology. “They don’t own the building that they are in,” said Michael L. Marinelli, Jr., a professional engineer representing Seldat. “They are looking to own a structure which they are going to occupy. The sites they have now don’t exactly work for them. A lot of high-tech conveyance systems would be added to this facility that don’t exist in their other facility.” T h e r e sid ent s of t h e Bi r m i ng h a m neighborhood, many of whom are businessmen or businesswomen, are not necessarily opposed to efforts to bring in new business, but believe the businesses being established near them are disturbing their self-described “hamlet” and are inappropriate for the residential and mostly wooded character of the neighborhood. Pemberton Township declared a portion of Birmingham a General Commercial/Light Industrial (GCLI) zone several years ago, despite it being mostly comprised of singlefamily-detached residential structures. Since a significant portion of Pemberton Township is designated as Pinelands, officials with the municipality have eyeballed larger parcels scattered in and around the neighborhood, which fall outside of the Pinelands, as prime pieces of real estate for development to bring jobs and ratables to the community. “They are parcels that are appropriate uses,” said Pemberton Township Planning Board Engineer Chris Rehmann in a later interview with this newspaper. “The GCLI and PI set certain performance criteria, while allowing development of this nature.” Locals, however, such as resident Mike Kent, contend the existing residences were not taken into consideration and that the neighborhood has been placed at an “inherent disadvantage” by the change in Pemberton Township zoning. The change in zoning designation permits retail sales of goods and services, restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs, department stores, garden centers engaged in the retail sale of living plant material, banks—including drivein facilities—offices and office buildings, theaters, bowling alleys, racquet clubs, swim clubs, skating rinks, pitch-and-putt golf courses and similar entertainment uses (except pinball or video arcades), automobile sales through franchised new car dealers, car washes, service stations, wholesale distribution facilities, along with light industrial uses such as manufacturing, child-care centers, health clubs, fitness centers, funeral homes and taxicab operations, in a large part of Birmingham. Lots along South Pemberton Road, that fall just outside of the GCLI and run along the periphery of Birmingham, are considered part of the Planned Industrial District (PI), which was created by the township with the same development intentions as the GCLI. Marinelli later explained to this newspaper that the PI has different setback and minimum lot acre requirements. Seldat was granted preliminar y and final approval by the Pemberton Township Planning Board on Aug. 1, by a 5-1 vote, with two abstentions, to construct the three-story distribution center, which also includes executive office space for a new company headquarters, at 200 South Pemberton Road, which is one of the lots in the PI. It is not a slam-dunk for Seldat, however, as over 20 conditions were imposed on the applicant, and the applicant still has to seek necessary approvals from various other agencies. But the vote left no doubt that a major hurdle had been cleared for the distribution warehouse. Not only did a 2017 designation of the 30-acre parcel “as an area in need of redevelopment” by Pemberton Township serve to attract Seldat, but also the ongoing South Pemberton Road upgrades. “When I first came out to look at the cross

An artistic rendering of a proposed Seldat warehouse at 200 Birmingham Road in Pemberton Township. section of the property, South Pemberton Road was four lanes, undivided, without shoulders and turning lanes,” said John Ray, a traffic engineer retained by Seldat. “The first thing I thought of was, ‘This isn’t going to work with a big warehouse like this, with truck traffic.’” Then I saw a little sign on the side of the highway and found out about the county’s improvement plan. It is my opinion that when the county’s improvement plan is implemented, the safety aspect of South Pemberton Road is going to be significantly enhanced from what it was when it was four lanes, undivided, without shoulders.” Ray, in his testimony to the Pemberton planning board, said that the distribution center will have 30 to 40 trucks per day going in and out, over two shifts and a 15-hour timeframe, and felt the truck traffic would be satisfactorily handled by the new design of South Pemberton Road. “If you do the math, that is about five trucks an hour,” he said. Project Planner James Miller, and Marinelli, testified to the Pemberton planning board that the business will have 130 employees report daily to its future location, with the possibility that the number of employees on site may grow over time to 300. “We have proposed vehicular parking on the east and southeast corner of the building, with 214 car parking spaces,” Marinelli said. “That meets the township ordinance for required parking. However, because the applicant knows his (other) facilities and who he is bringing to this particular site, he doesn’t need that. He is only going to build 79 of those proposed 214 spaces as part of the initial development.” Marinelli contended that a lot of Seldat’s existing employees already carpool or rely on a van service offered by the company to commute to and from work. “So, in addition to having enough parking, they also have alternate means of transportation to their facilities,” Marinelli said. One caveat, Marinelli said, is that the warehouse plan has provided for some additional office space in the northeast corner of the proposed building for either a “prospective future tenant” or an expansion of the business. When concern was raised that an additional tenant could cause parking limitations, Marinelli said that any street parking violation would trigger the need for additional parking

spaces to be added. Ray, who noted that a traffic study found that 1,395 to 1,440 vehicles pass by 200 South Pemberton Road during the peak of the morning commute, while 2,006 to 2,055 vehicles pass by the parcel during the peak of the evening commute, said that plans call for the facility to have two points of access off South Pemberton Road. Marinelli explained the details of those access points. “One full-movement access drive is on the south-westmost corner of the property; this access is proposed to be mostly for truck traffic coming and going out of the site,” Marinelli said. “It is 36 feet wide.” The second access site, he said, is slated to be installed near the southeastern corner of the parcel. “The intended purpose of this particular access point is for secondary access should it be necessary,” Marinelli said. “This is also for the cars parking around the southeast corner of the building, and up the eastern façade of the building, closest to the office space where most of the employees will be working. This access is under review by the county because County Route 530 is a county road.” He contended that the anticipated traffic signal at the intersection of Birmingham and South Pemberton roads would help create natural gaps in traffic, as well as slow people down, making the two access points off South Pemberton Road “good locations.” As a condition of the Pemberton Township Redevelopment Plan (and now the approved application), an access point cannot be created off Birmingham Road, according to Marinelli and Miller, and that is why the distribution center application does not call for one. However, the representatives for Seldat noted the county had questioned why one couldn’t be made on Birmingham Road and were concerned that queuing (vehicles lining up) may result near the proposed easternmost access point due to the new traffic signal. “We met with the Burlington County Planning Board about this project,” said Michael Gross, an attorney representing Seldat. “Their master plan requires access from Birmingham Road. We said ‘No, we are not going to do that, that is not what the municipality wants us to do.’ There is no access from Birmingham Road proposed in this application. We are continuing negotiations

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with the Burlington County Planning Board to make sure that remains.” Pemberton Township Mayor David Patriarca, who also sits on the planning board, reiterated to concerned residents that the redevelopment plan prohibits access to the site from Birmingham Road. Ray said the applicant is proposing that the easternmost access point for the warehouse be a driveway “right in, right out” and “left in driveway only.” “There would be no left turns out of driveway onto South Pemberton Road,” he said. Marinelli, during his testimony to the planning board, said that two-thirds of the site used to be farmed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, before “Mother Nature took over” and reforested most of it, with the exception of the “front third,” which has been farmed up through at least last year. Five “dilapidated” agricultural structures slated for removal on the site, should the warehouse be built, are currently obscured by the trees. Marinelli, in response to a question posed by the public about the project, noted that “over 50 percent of the parcel” is wooded and that the vegetation will be removed to make room for the distribution center. The parcel, which is about 1.5 miles from the intersection of Routes 206 and 38, abuts several Birmingham residences. Marinelli testified to the Pemberton planning board that the warehouse, with an “elevation above finished floor of 56 feet” and height of 65.9 feet, would have three, 150 square foot signs at the top of it, 15 wall mounted light fixtures and 95 dock doors. He added that a surrounding parking lot slated for construction will include 36 truck storage spaces, and is expected to contain a number of 17.5-foot-high downcasting-3,000Kelvin LED structures. A common theme that came up during resident testimony to the Pemberton planning board was the potential for light and noise pollution that could come from the proposed distribution center and affect the Birmingham neighborhood. Resident Bill Thompson, one of the many members of the public who voiced concerns to the Pemberton planning board, noted that he comes out of his house everyday and gets to look at a “heavily wooded” area with “large mature trees that have been in the neighborhood for decades” and was concerned he will soon see See WAREHOUSE/ Page 22

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GUEST COMMENTARY The Beast Will Fight Like Hell If You Try and Steal Its Supper

New Jersey introduces countless new taxes, fees and regulations every year. Some are far reaching and some are miniscule. They may only affect you slightly, but can pose big consequences on a certain industry. Most of them make it harder for businesses to operate and more expensive for people to live. Some have no purpose other than keeping small businesses out of an already established playing field. Due to the yearly inundation of new expenses, New Jersey has become one of the highest taxed states in the nation and, hands down, the worst state for business climate. It is up to Trenton to start rolling back some of the regulations, fees and taxes that have gotten us where we are today, but I am skeptical that the governing body (state Legislature), controlled by Democrats for the last two decades, is up to the task. With the summer in full swing, it has brought me back to Governor Phil Murphy’s first year in Trenton when the Democrat-led legislature passed a tax labeled the “Airbnb Tax.” Although it was commercially targeted towards the online giant Airbnb, it also hit private renters with a new 12-percent tax. I voted against it at the time and support my decision today. The tax has slammed Jersey Shore renters especially hard. The shore is a place where families often privately rent out their beach houses to other families they know. It provides them a second income, and they don’t do it through any type of market. Now, on top of paying income taxes on the money they make and property taxes on the home, they have to pay another 12 percent, which will most likely be passed on to the renting family, if they can

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still afford to go on their vacation. The Jersey Shore is one of the biggest commercial success stories in the state, to mess with that economic ecosystem is just foolish. The tax was quickly panned and a bill passed through the legislature to reverse it, but we are more than halfway through summer, and the governor still hasn’t signed the bill to take this burdensome tax away from private renters. Once you start giving government new pots of money, it is extremely hard to take them back. I’ll never forget a more personal example of a ridiculous money grab that I learned about during my first year as an assemblyman, last year. A woman called my office to talk about a grievance she had with the Garden State. She explained that she is epileptic and her driver’s license was medically suspended because she suffered from seizures. With help from her doctor, she was able to get on the right medication and prove that she was seizure free long enough to be medically cleared to drive again. But going through medical clearance was not enough to get her license back, because it is never enough in New Jersey unless the state gets paid. The resident had to pay a $100 restoration fee with

the Department of Motor Vehicles before getting her license back. It is a standard fee that is charged to restore any suspended license, whether it was suspended for a medical reason or for a nefarious reason like drunk driving. It, honestly, was unbelievable to me. My wife has a form of epilepsy, and even I have never heard of this fee. It is also terrible. Someone who overcomes a medical issue shouldn’t have to worry about ponying up to motor vehicles. After listening to her story, I worked with my staff to introduce a bill to eliminate the restoration fee for people who had their licenses suspended for medical reasons. That was in January and the bill is still waiting to be voted on. It turns out, in New Jersey, people are really good about coming up with new ways for the government to take your money, but not as great at slashing ridiculous expenses, even ones as obvious as this. It goes to show that we have to be extremely careful in Trenton about passing new taxes, fees and regulations, because the beast will fight like hell if you try and steal its supper. Assemblyman Ryan Peters was elected to the State Assembly, to represent the 8th Legislative District, in 2017. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and obtained a law degree from Rutgers University School of Law. Peters has an extensive military background, serving his country as a Navy SEAL with multiple combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve.

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Southampton OEM Coordinator is Inept and the Committee Must Stop Shirking Their Responsibilities to the Community

In the July 26 edition of the Pine Barrens Tribune, Southampton Township Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Casian offered a fictious account to the newspaper of what happened in Ewansville on June 19 and June 20 during a major flood (Emergency Management Coordinator Claims He Is Taking Steps To Establish OEM, Local Emergency Preparedness Council Following June Flood Debacle, Pine Barrens Tribune: July 26, 2019). How I know it was fictious is because my family and I were evacuated by fire rescue personnel from the Vincent Fire Company. I want to address the misrepresentation in order: First, Casian did nothing to assist, provide guidance or offer anything of substance in regard to the water evacuation that was occurring on the night of June 19 and the morning of June 20. Second, Casian did not arrive on Crystal Avenue at 3:45 a.m. on June 20. Also, he was not standing with Vincent Fire Chief Barry Pratt at that time, at town hall, as he stated, because I was with Pratt on Crystal

Avenue and he never left until all the rescues were completed. This statement is totally and completely inaccurate. Third, Casian did not appear until 7:45 a.m. When he did arrive, he did nothing to assist in any way with the emergency that was occurring. Fourth, in regard to Casian’s “rebuilding of a Local Emergency Planning Committee” statement, it is just another deflective one. If such a committee ever existed within the Township of Southampton, all of the previous floods of 2004, 2007 and 2011 would have been properly documented. Further, the statement that Casian was given this position without the proper facility goes to show the fact that the township committee is not concerned with the safety and well-being of township residents. Casian is inept and has no business being in the position of Emergency Management Coordinator. As quoted by the Township Administrator Kathy Hoffman in the June 29, 2016 edition, “He (Pratt) said he called his (Casian’s) phones and they weren’t

answered. I don’t know if he was sleeping---I just don’t know. This is all I can tell you.” Pratt had to begin the evacuations, which the emergency management coordinator is responsible to do. Also, Hoffman stated that she had to assist Casian with obtaining the proper paperwork to declare an emergency. His appointment was another example of the township committee using their authority for their own gain and not to improve the community. It is time to put a stop to the self-serving attitudes of the township committee. They have no concern for their constituents and only their own gain. My question is simply this: Is it going to take someone becoming a casualty during one of these water rescues before the mayor and township committee realize they are shirking their responsibilities to the community? Larry Foster Southampton, New Jersey

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Brought a Military Employment Tour to Burlington and Ocean Counties: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is a key economic driver for Burlington and Ocean Counties, and Kim met with leaders across New Jersey last week to discuss how he feels business owners can be empowered and jobs can be created. The congressman started by first meeting with leaders at Rowan University about the work they are doing to support innovation for the Department of Defense. Kim then held a veterans and military employment roundtable at Ocean County College to discuss possible solutions to reduce the military spouse unemployment rate and expand opportunities for veterans. He then held an official hearing of the House Committee on Small Business in Moorestown, where he heard from small business owners on how they can be better supported in military communities like ours. Welcomed a New Commander to the Joint Base: Kim joined the community in welcoming Col. Bridget Gigliotti to Joint Base McGuireDix-Lakehurst as the new commander. Held a Town Hall in Riverside: The congressman held his eighth town hall meeting to hear about issues on his constituents’ mind, and provide an update on developments in Congress. Announced More Town Halls: Kim announced that he will be holding three additional town halls for the month of August. Lacey and Burlington townships are among the locations selected for the town halls. Thanked Office Interns: Kim met with interns in Burlington and Ocean Counties and thanked them for their hard work supporting the people of our district. The above feature is prepared by Third Congressional District Rep. Andy Kim’s Communications Director, Anthony DeAngelo, to give readers a summary of the congressman’s activities and voting record of the past week.

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PEMBERTON—Dozens of Pemberton Township residents were welcomed to the “Hundred Acre Wood” on July 31 as mostly elementary-aged students enrolled in the Pemberton Township Schools’ Summer Theater Program presented a rendition of “Winnie-the-Pooh.” The free event began with a special concert by the youth involved with the Pemberton Township Schools’ Summer Band Program. The students, under the direction of instrumental teachers Frank Zintl, Ray Quattrochi, and Amanda Taglairino, played several recognizable songs and received hearty rounds of applause. The faculty members directing the theatrical production were Gavin Knox, Afton Pressley, Esther Sullivan and Scott Galluscio. Their work in preparing this production included securing rights for it, gathering costume supplies and working with the enrolled teens to craft their theatrical skills. The story focused on Winnie-the-Pooh and his love of honey. About four dozen students of varying ages were part of the cast. In addition to the fictional characters of Pooh Bear and his friend, Christopher Robin, along with Tigger, Roo and Piglet, which starred throughout the production, one chorus was made up of student “bees” who

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Tips to Survive on Hydrocodone; Opioids Vicodin and Lortab are two brand names for one of the most popular drugs in the entire world! Generically, the drug is called “hydrocodone with apap,” where “apap” is an abbreviation for acetaminophen (a.k.a. Tylenol). When I worked in a busy Florida retail pharmacy, this medication was on the fastmover shelf because it was dispensed by the thousands each day. Hyd rocodone/apap is a prescr iption analgesic and in the category of “opioids,” which you’ve been hearing a lot about lately. Opioids are man-made drugs intended to act like the natural opiates you make in your own body. The opioid drug binds to the receptor on your cell’s out membrane, and unlocks a variety of feel-good and numbing chemicals, which relax your body, increase pleasurable feelings and suppress pain signals. If you require this medication, there are three important tips you should know about: 1. Never Stop Suddenly: If you’ve been taking this medication for more than two weeks, do not stop suddenly. It has to be weaned. Your body has already grown tolera nt to the medication a nd stopping suddenly could produce dangerous withdrawal effects. Step down your dose for regulation of receptors that normally process important neurotransmitters such as serotonin, acetylcholine, glutamate, GABA and dopamine. 2. Reduce Side Effects: Hydrocodone/apap is known to cause constipation as its number one side effect. You can, and should, anticipate it and take a stool softener such as docusate. I recommend consuming plenty of water each day, and a having a diet that is rich in fiber, with fruits such as prunes. Even include oatmeal. This still may not help with your symptoms, however, and in that case, an over-the-counter laxative, like

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Loving My Mowing Situation I love to mow the yard. Call me odd if you must, but there is just something peaceful about cutting the grass. I think it is the sense of accomplishment, being one with nature and—unlike with the laundry—the ability to do something that stays done for a while. Back when our boys were younger, everyone knew that we had four of them. We lived in town at the time and folks would always drive by and say, “Hey, Lori! Why don’t you make those kids of yours mow the lawn?” “I will tell you why,” I would often respond. “It is because they are inside throwing down over who has to unload the dishwasher and who has to clean the living room, clean the bathroom and tend to the muddy mess they made of the floors after coming in from tunneling under the fence. Meanwhile, I am out here and I hear nothing but the purr of this motor and whatever song that is playing in my head.” They didn’t need to ask that question twice. I have had my struggles with mowing, don’t get me wrong. There was the lawn mower that had a broken wheel and forced me to carry it along the South 40. Worse yet, there was the mower that blew its engine and forced me to rent a one that had a 12-inch cut and looked like it wanted to blow bubbles out of its top. By far, the worst mower situation that I have been in throughout my lawn mowing days, was when the Beast, the largest and most productive walk-behind lawn mower ever made, lost its self-propeller. By then, we were living in the canyons south of town. I am here to contend that pushing a lawn mower across level ground is one thing. Pushing a Beast up a steep hill is quite another. “We need a new lawnmower!” I told Pat, my dear spouse, when he walked in the door at the end of the day. I think the poor man took one glance at my disheveled look, saw my red face and the straw in my hair and thought perhaps this might not be the time to throw out his usual line where he tells me that I am expensive. So, there we were at our local lawn mower store admiring riding lawnmowers. Can you imagine? Riding, instead of pushing? Why, it was a dream about to come true. I stood there thinking about how much I hated pushing the heavy, old beast up steep inclines and how I would never have to do that again. I imagined myself with an insulated cup full of ice

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(Continued from Page 1) Street,” said Herndon during a special July 15 township committee meeting, where all threecommitteeman discussed at length how they were going to handle anticipated complaints over the clear cut and what they knew, and when. “He wanted it to go straight. He took it to Pinelands; and they said, ‘We don’t want you to take it to the street. We want you to make it with a jog in it, a dog leg.” Herndon said during the July 15 meeting that the commission’s request did not make sense to anybody because the whole reason for a cut through was for fire safety. “At that time, former Mayor DePetris said, ‘We have no qualms with you clearing it, but who is going to pave it?’” Herndon recalled. “DePetris said we are not paving it. He said, ‘Well, if I am going to pave it, you have to maintain it.’ That is where it ended.” Herndon, when Worrell appeared before the committee on July 24, again brought up his recollection, but Worrell appeared to suggest the issues are separate. “To me, what we are discussing is for this firebreak,” Worrell said. “It is not the discussion with the road, although it is in the same place as the road.” Worrell told the township committee that he felt a sense of urgency to put in a firebreak after the Spring Hill Wildfire threatened the area. The wildfire, which started on March 30 on the border of Washington and Woodland townships in the Penn State Forest, and eventually spread into the periphery of Ocean County, ended up consuming over 11,000 acres and was the largest state wildfire since 2007. “My family and I were in Florida, and we were watching the television about Chatsworth having a major forest fire,” he said when he was asked why he was so concerned with putting in a firebreak. Worrell said that it was his view that “once the application is completed, then it can become a road,” and that it is not a road without “stormwater work” finished and “all that stuff.” A determination about Worrell’s intentions, and a classification of what he actually made through the woods, will make a difference in how the matter will ultimately be resolved. Paul Leakan, a communications officer for the Pinelands Commission, told this newspaper Wednesday that an application for a road requires commission review. However, he said an application for a firebreak does not require commission review. “There was, overall, some confusion as to what is being proposed at the site,” Leakan said. “Is it a firebreak or road? We are working closely with the town to determine what is being proposed, and are going to work swiftly with the town to find a resolution.” During the July 24 committee meeting, Township Clerk Maryalice Brown informed Worrell that Chuck Horner, director of regulatory programs for the Pinelands Commission, requested that the township issue a citation against Worrell, so that he appears in court. “The suggested judge’s ruling is going to be you file an application within 60 days,” she said. “Mr. Horner said is that if the committee makes a motion to allow you to file the application on behalf of the township, that is the way to go.” Worrell, who agreed on the record to pay any application fees and fines assessed to him or the township, asked if his doing so, and agreeing to file the application immediately, would negate him having to appear in court. “According to Pinelands recommendations, they still want us to file in court, to be sure you file the application, so the judge orders the application to be filed in 60 days,” Brown said. The committee later voted 3-0 during the July 24 regular meeting session to give Worrell approval to file an application on behalf of the municipality. On Wednesday, Brown told this newspaper that the court date was negated because Worrell filed the application. “There has been no fine issued to the township

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WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM or Mr. Worrell,” she said. However, Leakan, also on Wednesday, said Worrell filed an application for approximately 15 dwelling units, but currently the application is incomplete. “We are identifying all the information he needs to complete the application, which would include site plans, wetlands mapping, and relevant information about septic systems along with soil borings to deem application complete,” Leakan said. Most residents, according to Mayor William DeGroff, are actually grateful that a firebreak had been put in. However, as he noted during a July 15 special committee meeting, the Hatfield family is extremely upset over what occurred, not because they are against a firebreak, but because of what they had to go through to put in access to their home—including spending a lot of money and seeking commission approval over a lengthy period of time. When DeGroff told the township committee of the family’s reaction and deliberated with the committee about how to respond to potential fallout, he initially suggested that he didn’t think that the committee had knowledge of Worrell’s intentions. “I don’t think the three of us had any idea,” he said. “I wasn’t aware he was opening that property. He gave us no timeline. I am afraid he will come up and say I gave him the OK. My fear is there are going to be a lot of people here complaining.” Shortly thereafter, however, is when Herndon recalled what was said to the municipality in previous years. Following Herndon’s recollection, Brown said on the record that she was aware of Worrell’s plan. “What he said to me is he is not looking to pave it, and he doesn’t want it graded,” she said. “He actually drove me back there. He said when the complaints come in, you are going to be the one to get them, I want you to see what I am doing. So, he drove me back there and I said to him, ‘After you do this, are you expecting us to maintain it, to grade it?’ He said, ‘No, he doesn’t want any township money spent on it.’” The mayor then altered his story, putting on the record that the township has no control over what Worrell does and that the township attorney sent him a letter saying that the committeeman had no objections to the installation of a firebreak, as long as he received the appropriate approvals. “He came to the three of us committeemen,” DeGroff said. “We told him we have no objections to what he is doing as long as everything was good. The lawyer sent him a letter. There is really nothing we can do about it.” Brown told the committee she asked Worrell if he needed permission from the Pinelands Commission and that he replied “no” because he was putting in a firebreak. “None of us had any idea because he didn’t say when he was going to do this,” DeGroff said. “We should be good because Maryalice emailed him, the lawyer sent a letter we are not objecting to it as long as everything is approved.” Committeeman Matthew Henrich said that when he first discovered Worrell had actually carried out his plan was when he drove by the area. “I said, ‘Holy Hell, he did clear it!’” said Henrich, adding that he believed Worrell was a smart guy and would clear anything like that with the Pinelands Commission before doing it. The mayor again insisted that committee had “no idea when it was going to start” and “what was going to be done.” “Years ago, he said he would like to open it and everybody knew that road would have to be opened eventually,” said DeGroff, before warning his colleagues to be prepared. Henrich said it was “a little sneaky” of Worrell starting the project without notifying the township committee. “He came to everybody’s house and that was his way of tipping us off, looking back on it now,” Herndon said. “He said, ‘I talked to Matt already. I talked to Billy. They don’t have any problem with this, so I want to run it by you.’ I said, ‘Well I remember you came to the planning board years ago and wanted to do this. When

are you planning to start?’ He said, ‘Sometime after the 4th.’” DeGroff claimed the project started the “Wednesday before the 4th.” Herndon said he wondered how many pine snakes “were slithering back there,” a reference to the extensive Threatened and Endangered Species study that the township is having to conduct on a 101-acre tract of land it is hoping to develop. It was at that point during the 9 a.m. special committee meeting—apparently with no public in attendance—that a motion was quickly made to adjourn the meeting and “shut it down.” Worrell, during the July 24 workshop meeting, said that he believed there were “no environmental issues” on the land he had clear cut. “All endangered species have been addressed,” he told the committee. “This has all been done. There are no wetlands on or within 300 feet of this property for a firebreak. I strictly look at this as a firebreak.” Darlene and Milton Hatfield, of Savoy Boulevard, did make the expected appearance at the July 24 regular township committee meeting and harshly criticized officials for what they felt was an unfair situation after all they went through. At times, Darlene Hatfield was emotional and screaming into the microphone. “I want to know why, 24 years ago, we had to go through all kinds of hoops and stuff to put in these roads that Stanley is doing, that is supposed to be firebreaks 50 and 60 feet wide!” she said. “Why can he do all that and then go get a permit? We couldn’t even move to our property until we had all our paperwork! But I know why! Because he is a lifetime resident and I am just a newcomer!” According to Brown, the Hatfields cleared a small portion of Kossuth Avenue to use as access to her property. “But I pay my taxes, did everything I was supposed to do, but yet he can…I want you all to come down, see what we had to go through to get into our properties every day!” she said. “You all have beautiful driveways! I have to go

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around machinery, holes and now Maryalice tells me the township is not even going take care of these roads because they are not township roads. We maintained them for 24 years. Well, I will tell you what, the Hatfields are done! I don’t care what happens to those roads.” Darlene Hatfield then threatened to sue the township. “The day I can’t get into my property, I will sue every one of you and I will own this township!” she shouted. “It is unfair what he is allowed to get away with because he has got money and he is a lifetime resident. I really can’t stand this township, really can’t.” Her comments created a commotion in the meeting room, with someone saying aloud to the family, “Then, move out!” Worrell, however, was much more diplomatic about the Hatfields’ concerns, telling the township committee at the preceding workshop meeting that it was “fine” for the family to complain to the Pinelands Commission. “That is their right,” he said. Most of the trees have already been clear cut, according to officials, with Brown claiming that piles of dead trees are now creating more of a fire hazard. She said the stop work order has meant that the debris cannot be removed. Horner wrote in a July 23 letter addressed to Worrell that the Pinelands Commission has determined approximately 3 acres were cleared. He also said that undertaking the vegetation clearing prior to the completion of an application to the commission constitutes a violation of the application requirements of Woodland Township’s land use ordinance and the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan. He also said that he was “alerting Woodland Township officials to this matter” and asking the assistance of the township in issuing all appropriate municipal violation notices and municipal court summonses. “We had no idea…,” said DeGroff on July 24. “I think it is a great thing. We talked to the firefighter guys; they feel the same thing.”

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the top of a warehouse from his home. Marinelli repeatedly stressed that the applicant was “very cognizant” there were residences on the “eastern side” of the project and contended that “a lot of landscaping is proposed,” especially around the perimeter of the site. “In all, the applicant is proposing 180 shade trees, 480 Evergreen trees, 42 flowering trees, 969 shrubs and over 1,300 decorative ground plantings,” he said. “The majority of those plantings are on the eastern or southern side of the site to beautify it, and secondly, to provide screening to the architecture.” Marinelli added that a 50-foot buffer will be built around the eastern and northern periphery of the site. “In that buffer, there is a berm that ranges anywhere from four to 17 feet in height,” he said. “On top of that berm, we actually proposed a sixfoot-high fence, but at the direction of township professionals, specifically the township planner, it was recommended that we elevate that even more and go with an 8-foot-high, solid fence so that it would provide additional screening to what we had already proposed.” “You take those same trees, bushes, shrubs and Evergreens, and you give them that 10year growth of a foot of year, and the building becomes invisible.” Thompson replied that it is the time in the interim, until the landscaping is mature, that is particularly problematic for the residences. “Noise pollution is a huge concern for me,” he said. “It has been described as a 24/7 operation with five trucks per hour. Trucks will be idling at 10 p.m. With two young children, when they get older, are they going to be able to sleep and study?” Marinelli said that he does not want to plant larger trees at the site because they do not handle shock well and will likely die. He added that a double row of mixed Evergreen trees will provide a year-round buffer, versus a deciduous planting. Marinelli, in consultation with the applicants, who were present at the Pemberton planning board meeting, but did not speak publicly, made a number of concessions related to the noise and pollution concerns, that were later made some of the conditions placed on the approval of the application. One concession was that the signs placed on the southern and eastern sides of the warehouse, facing the residences, are not to be lit. Another was to limit the truck traffic coming in and out of the facility to between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. Initially, Marinelli said Seldat will be open 24 hours of the day, but later said it closes at 11 p.m. each day. The applicant agreed to cease operations between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. and to do everything possible to limit the lighting of the parcel and warehouse at that time. “Light levels are zero at the 50-foot buffer line,” he said. “No light is shed from our proposed design on the eastern side of the design. The (parking lot) lights also have backside shields on them.” Residents, in response to enforcement concerns raised, were told that the township code enforcement officer is able to go out to Birmingham Road and use a meter to check light and noise levels. It was also said that he would be responsible for enforcing the nighttime prohibition on truck traffic. Most of the profound concern with regards to the project, however, centered around water. Marinelli, during in his Pemberton planning board testimony, said Seldat plans to install a 2,000-gallon septic system for the proposed distribution center, on the northern side of the lot. Since the township’s Municipal Utilities Authority does not currently service the area of the project site, two wells and a pumphouse will also be erected just east of the septic field. One well will have a depth of 150 feet, while the other will be at a depth of 300 feet, according

WWW.PINEBARRENSTRIBUNE.COM to Marinelli. “We are showing two wells only because it is possible that we may need two aquifers in order to have enough water to put in our storage tank for fire safety,” Marinelli said. “That tank is a 32-foot-high, 135,000-gallon tank. Again, that is storage water for potential fire protection.” Daily water usage for regular activities, he estimated, will be around 2,000 gallons, which a township official noted was the equivalent of an average consumption by two or three households, per day. Several residents expressed that they owned shallow wells and were concerned that water quality and availability would be impacted. Resident Albert Cantwell, who owns the property that abuts the northern part of the project site, contended the wells were proposed to be only 8 feet away from his property line. Marinelli agreed to have both wells moved further away. Pemberton planning board professionals were not concerned so much with the daily water usage, but were worried that there could be problems if Seldat attempts to fill the storage tank all at one time, particularly using the shallow aquifer. “Once they fill the fire tank, hopefully they will not need it (the shallow well),” Rehmann said. “This is information they still have to supply us. Since we don’t have water in that part of the township, that is a concern.” Rehmann advised Marinelli that the board was recommending that Seldat not fill the storage tank all at once. Residents Kevin Gutherie and Perry Doyle Sr. said they were not only concerned with the project’s impact on their wells, but also with what will happen to stormwater coming from the site, especially in light of recent heavy rains that already caused flooding in the neighborhood. Marinelli testified to the planning board that all on-site drainage would be collected and discharged into two infiltration basins proposed to be built on the property. “We’ve done adequate testing on this site and found that it is really good sandy soils,” he said. “The availability is there to infiltrate runoff via these two detention basins. They meet all of the NJDEP requirements for stormwater runoff.” However, the Seldat engineer has also testified to the planning board that he plans to have spillways erected that would takeover in the event that either basin fail, or overflow from 100-year storm event (or what he estimated to be more than 8.5 inches of rain in a short period of time.) “Those basins would fail in the directions of the roadway and be picked up into the public systems, as opposed to directing them towards any residents of surrounding properties,” Marinelli contended. “There would be no negative impact to surrounding properties.” The basis for that claim, however, was his belief that Birmingham Road had a crown throughout its entire length. After Doyle and Guthrie testified that the water runs down both sides of the road and Patriarca reviewed a map showing that there was part of the road without a crown, Marinelli conferred with the applicant who agreed, as another condition for approval of the project, to install a crown in the areas of Birmingham Road without one. Guthrie and Doyle, however, still did not appear to be satisfied that runoff wouldn’t be exacerbated by the project, even as one of the Pemberton planning board members pointed out that runoff was already a problem in the neighborhood. “It has been an intermittent problem, but one we don’t want to see get larger,” Doyle said. Also concerning residents was the potential for leaking oil from the trucks to get into the aquifers and wells. “The inlets would be designed with a snort system, or basically a valving system, that allows the oils and everything to collect in the inlet and be cleaned from application and not washed downstream, in addition to sumps where additional silt and debris can be drained in the sump and cleared out of the inlet, as opposed to the proposed infiltration basins,”

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An artistic rendering of a proposed Seldat warehouse at 200 Birmingham Road in Pemberton Township. Marinelli said. “The infiltration basins are good as they also provide water quality. So, we are kind of treating the water twice before there is any runoff from the site.” Rehmann noted that as a condition of the approval, the applicant will have to do further testing of the infiltration basins and show data to him that the soil is suitable to work properly. The nearly five hours of testimony and public questioning, spread over two meetings, came to a conclusion on Aug. 1 with Letha Jackson, a member of the Pemberton planning board, pressing Seldat professionals to explain how the project will better the community and put Pemberton Township residents to work. “What are you promising Pemberton residents?” asked Jackson, who left Pemberton Township Council last year. Miller replied that the main benefit of the project is that it is implementing the municipality’s development plan for 200 South Pemberton Road, and that it is also adding an additional ratable for the community, adding an additional industrial use in the municipality and creating the possibility of 300 jobs. “This is going to be a very significant addition to your industrial base,” he said. “There are only seven properties in your township classified as industrial. Currently, there is an imbalance. This will generate employment and contribute to the ratable base. It has an additional benefit of rehabilitating a property in blighted condition.” Additionally, Seldat plans to install curbing and sidewalk on the part of Birmingham Road that abuts its property. “I actually noted on Google Street View, on the particular date that the Google truck that went by the intersection of Birmingham and South Pemberton roads, there were kids and a mother standing on the corner waiting for a bus it appears,” Marinelli said. “A school bus must have been picking up there and they had nowhere to stand. There is no sidewalk or what not.” When Jackson asked if the upwards of 300 employees would be residents of Pemberton, Steven Gouin, another attorney representing Seldat, replied that the answer is “subject to negotiation” with Pemberton Township Council. “There are two agreements for the project being negotiated, a redevelopment agreement and a financial agreement,” he said. Gouin noted that both agreements would also address any longterm tax emptions and potential longterm housing. “I would like to defer it,” he said. Patriarca, during the first night of testimony on July 23, when asked by Kent if rumors were true that Seldat was going to be eligible for tax abatement, said that there was a possibility

that the company would be eligible for a PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) program. “That would bring revenue in the community, but distribute it differently as opposed to normal tax functions,” he said. “It could be negotiated where a larger portion could come directly to the municipality, and not go towards other entities.” Pemberton Township Planning Board Vice Chairman David Cooper made a motion to only give the application preliminary approval, but his motion failed. “This is too complex to just be like, ‘Wow, we are done!’” said Cooper, noting that the application includes 20 conditions and four variances. Patriarca made a motion to give the application both preliminary and final approval, stating that he believed the applicant has agreed to every request of the board and further hearings would only “regurgitate” what has already been said about the project. Jackson cast the lone dissenting vote against approving the application. Colleague Alfred Korndoerfer Jr. abstained, noting he was absent from the July 23 meeting, while Lionel C. Lee Sr. was absent from the Aug. 1 meeting. Notably in attendance at the Pemberton planning board meeting was Southampton Township Committeeman Bill Raftery, who is monitoring the project’s developments closely. Raftery has called on the Southampton committee to amend Southampton’s nitrate dilution ordinance, expressing his belief that it is “handicapping” the development of commercial properties in Southampton, which fall outside of the Pinelands. He contended recently that exempting commercial real estate from the nitrate requirements would provide for “an opportunity” for Southampton “to raise revenue.” “Why can’t we start with something small to find out how it works in this corridor, without jumping in with both feet, blowing up the whole property, to find out if it is going to work?” asked Perry Doyle Jr., a Birmingham resident who is also a Pemberton Township Police Department officer, of the Pemberton Planning Board. “Again, how are the residents benefiting from this? Not one from here will be turning in. They will just be able to drive by it. Then we have talk of significant tax breaks.” Marinelli, meanwhile, contended the employees of the company will use area restaurants. “They (the proprietors of Seldat) bring jobs, tax ratables and people to their locations,” he said.

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(Continued from Page 4) good for the committee.” “If they do hibernate on the site, that will give us a chance to see if there are other snakes using the site,” he said. “That will give us the chance to put a buffer around it.” The com m ittee approved in June an $11,366 expenditure to track the male snake for 164 hours. During the July 15 meeting, the committee authorized a $7,136 expenditure to track the second snake for 114 hours. The snake study will continue through Oct. 31, according to Zappalor ti. T he township committee will be provided with a report by mid-November. D eG rof f a nd Hen r ich expresse d to Zappalorti that they have been concerned t hat represent atives of envi ron ment a l groups who have come to recent township committee meetings to express opposition to the project, or those reading about the project in the newspaper and also opposed to it, could bring snakes to the site to try to alter the results of the study. “We just to have no way of proving…who is to say somebody didn’t throw that snake there…one of these environmental groups,” Henrich said. “It is hard to swallow, or to keep paying for these snake studies.” The committeemen pressed the consultant to explain how the firm could rule out any foul play. Zappalorti advised the committee that the “key to the whole thing” is finding out whether there is a snake den(s) on the property. During the Wednesday interview with this newspaper, the consultant said the presence of a den may indicate that the parcel is a critical habitat for pine snakes. “We can encircle the den and trap the den and we will know every snake in that

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den,” Zappalorti said. “It is something that can’t be fudged. Environmental groups can’t come in and throw in snakes. These snakes have a very specific fidelity. It can’t be something that can be staged or faked.” Corn and timber snakes, also endangered species, have not been observed in the area of interest, Zappalorti told this newspaper. Zappalorti told the committee on July 15 that, so far, the first pine snake, “is moving around a lot” and he is not under the impression that it has gone back on the township property. “As far as I know, it has been staying offsite the majority of time,” he said. “You’ll have a record once it gets plotted for the report.” Paul Leakan, a communications officer for the Pinelands Commission, said that an application or any proposed development must not cause an adverse, irreversible impact to the habitat that is critical to the survival of the local population of species. “Put another way, one snake does not necessarily mean you cannot move forward with your application,” he said. “We look at other things to determine the impact on critical habitat. That includes the number of snakes, where the snakes are tracked, adjacent habitat, f loor snakes, denning sites, a nd nesting sites. T hese a re a ll factored in when deter m ining whether something would have an impact on the critical habitat.” The development project, if successful, would establish an age-restricted housing development to generate badly-needed revenue for the municipality, which has only a few ratables given development restrictions put in place by the Pinelands Commission and numerous foreclosed properties. The town is also suffering from recent cuts to state aid. The town recently implemented a 22-cent increase in the municipal tax levy due to its financial situation.

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