##VIDEO ID:UPUSZJG_uy8## what is good you're on record s joh you want announcement is made that adequate notice of this meeting has been given and that it is being conducted in courance with njsa 10 col 4-6 at SEC of the New Jersey open public meetings act roll call please Mr burit I'm here Mr Petty yes Mr ready president chairman grani chair grani we also have our board planner Mr Chadwick our board engineer Mr Lano and board attorney Mr Johnson here would you please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance I United States of America to the Republic for it stands Nation indivisible andice Mr CH can you raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that any testimony that you give the stship of the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes Mr can your right hand please you swear or affirm any testimony that you give this evening should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes I do thank you application 24 colon 61 Greg fante can can you you raise your your right hand please you swear or affirm that any testimony that you give should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth you can have a seat just make sure you use the microphone okay L please go ahead what you Greg fany three book on Drive Mar New Jersey I'm here on part of have a variance for my porch I'm trying to add on to my house with an addition as well is the porch going to be open the porch will be open yes no sides and you agree not to put any closures or that's not in Clos no and you agree not to do that yes this case he meets all the setbacks these coverage is slightly over but it's no is a minimum re yeah they are are there any questions from the board of this applicant no anyone in the audience have any questions to this applicant and his testimony yeah someone like to frame a resolution please uh this is a minimum request uh uh being a good citizen and serving the community with fire department so I'm in favor of this uh let me draw the application 24 col 61 Greg parante 3 BR Drive block 168 Lot number 49 zone r- three to issue or Grant a c to construct a covered covered PCH alter or replace 222 squ ft Landing stairs and walk contrary to section 43-35 column 10 there a second second burit yes Patty yes ready yes grani yes application is approved you'll be notified and once you get your approvals and we agree approve your application you have 10 days that you will be getting your uh your paperwork you can come in for your construction and thank you so much thank you enjoy the holiday well thank you very much application 2462 aw contractor LLC 171 Old bloomfields Avenue can you raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth for whole nothing but the truth can you state your names spell your last name please and how do you spell that last name want to put your appearance on do you want to put your appearance on the record Mr P thank you very much uh David penel on behalf of the applicant um I proceed um Mr Vasquez um you work for um a and and are you a principal in that company yes thank you what does the company do um build new houses okay do BU old house and turn them over either by improving them or or knocking them down and building new how long have you been in business uh 14 years have you done any work in pfy before Oh yes would you move a little closer to the microphone can you pick it up me or us they're wiress closer that's okay um approximately how many homes do you have an idea of how many homes you've done in pany before about 10 okay um did you come to buy 171 Old Brookside or Bloomfield Avenue excuse me in prony yes I did uh and uh did you make application to uh pull a new house on that yes I did and what happened when you made the application um Z dis approv saying the WID is not uh what they require so is the is the zoning District 100 ft with yeah only need uh 100 people and and what is the width of this lot uh 79.5 okay um I have an exhibit I'd like to Sure uh and that was not part of your initial submission correct right so that'll be A1 please thank you Mr Vasco is I'm going to show you what's been marked uh A1 before the board and I'll ask if you can identify it yes uh did you take that picture yes I did and do that fairly and clearly and accurately depict the house as it looks today yes okay and how would you describe the condition of that house it's uh very old and it's ugly for the neighborhood and is it pretty much a knockdown yes absolutely uh and that's the best way to improve this this property yes okay what do you intend to uh improve it with um building a new house for a better look for the saor I like to mark this is A2 this wasn't part of the submission not okay Mr rasz I'm going to ask you to look at what's been marked A2 can you identify this yes this is the house what I'm planning to put over there on 171 hold and how many pages does it consist of um three three yes and and does it uh truly and accurately detect uh the house that you want to build it shows the front side and back elevations yes uh what do you think of this house compared to the other house but by way of Aesthetics does it look better oh absolutely yes how do you think it'll help the neighborhood um Tove the look in those since better okay um I'd like to see surrounding homes there now by this this particular house looks fairly large um if you put it on this lot will you meet all the setback requirements the front the back and the sides yes absolutely and you'll meet the coverage yes is there is there anything other than the width that would be at odds with the zoning ordinance m no just the width is problem right now and the width is an existing issue correct correct and you um the house is on either side of you or excuse me the Lots on either side of you do they have houses on them yes and it would it be possible to acquire a strip of land to bring this into compli your property into compliance no no and and that was because that they're they have the bare minimum of yardage also yes they have the same see is um can I interrupt one second the houses to either side of the same width as this one uh no it's a little wider the new one will be a little uh wider but with but within the set Miss understood you have a lot that's 75 butt something around yes the Lots on either side of you how wide are those do you know um about the same 79 in fears yeah yeah M all right so so they they couldn't buy land from them anyway no I can't so it's an isolated lot the where you can cure the I'm having trouble hearing it's an isolated lot there's no way you can cure the that's corre you can't hear it yeah fine can can we know you have any questions you completed have you complet your testimony does the board have any questions of this applicant yeah what you know why this big house is needed in the large size do you have any reason yeah I guess different Zone where uh require uh 100 ft wide other other other properties I I used to build a 60 a 70 but for some reason this one there requirement is 100 ft wide I think he's ask asking a different question he's asking why is the house so large and why didn't you make it smaller and I'd assume if I could partially answer is that there's an economic reality to these houses uh being replaced um it costs a lot of money to knock something down to buy the initial house and then you need to have some return obviously to the developer so there is an economic uh issue driving this in part the other uh consideration is it's it's not so big because it fits all of the zoning requirements every setback is is taken care of the lot just happens to be a little Dar we the case really doesn't involve what the house is going to look like at all it all involves is whether or not you can build on an otherized lot yeah the this exhibit I don't think the board's going to approve or disapprove this house but you're not asking no we're not asking you're not asking for any bulk variances other than a pre-existing condition period that's correct okay any other questions from the board to this applicant I have one but I forgot oh the houses on either side of you will this will this house fit in aesthetically with the two houses that are on either side is that gonna stick out like a sore thumb in the neighborhood um I'm sorry I didn't understand that question all right because this going to be I'm sorry is the house that you've going to build similar to the houses that are already there that are next door um no this one will be uh two story house and the um the other ones are only one floor one store oh still one story yeah but if I'm not wrong there is uh couple houses down uh somebody else is a BL is applying to build a brand house over there okay okay you don't own any of the adjoining Lots right you just ow this spot yes all right I have nothing else excuse me what is the increase in impervious cover with the site uh it's within the it meets the coverage I don't have the the calculation in front of me but it does does Meet The Zone yeah I'm not asking for lock I'm asking for the for the purpose of storm water right because pany has would probably qualify this as a minor development for storm water which is a process that has to happen um St uh dry Wells and drain system Steve um Smith from Jam engineering has prepared the plans which we submitted at the application and that does uh address that issue and there's a proposed dry well in the rear yard okay I have other questions M CH anyone in the audience have questions to this applicant on his testimony only I'm sorry just asking if there was anyone in the audience oh okay that has a question pardon my hearing that's okay all right my son signed me up to go for hearing news I haven't gone yet you'll get it as a Christmas gift sure anyone uh on the board would like to uh yeah this is a oh yes anyone this is a good application uh that is enhancement to the neighborhood and all the stuff and yeah the applicant has a hardship to find the neighboring place to acquire and make it uh in compliance however this is good application I'm in favor of yes okay thank you can I go with the uh yes please resolution application 24 col 62 a contractor LLC 171 Old blimpfield Avenue block 693 loot number 16.02 Zone R-3 to issue or Grant a c to construct a new twostory single family dwelling with covered front for and open Deck with States contrary to section 430-3500 you know what dat that is I think it's the eth right is it the E second Wednesday I think it's uh first January 8th the 8 first thank you very much Happy Holidays thank you mer Christmas happy New Year application 24 colon 63 Andrea glin okay Raise Your Right hands please are you both going to testify well just in case you have something to say sure just where are affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yeah okay state your name spell your last name starting with you please Andrea gosin g o SS e l i n you sir and Robert Goin go s s e cont thank you just make sure you use the microphone sure we're just looking to replace our existing fence that's chain link with the uh vinyl fence that's it that's it the fence the fence is too high for the it's in a front yard Street front but it's way that back from the corner right well the the way zoning is anything that part of you lot that that bus of street is the front yard doesn't make any difference which way the house faces what have you lot of people just say it's crazy but that's so with the rulers okay so you need a variance for a fence in the front yard the chain link I assume was there when you bought the house yes and it also encroached into the RightWay and you're removing that the the way the plan is drawn you're going to pull the fence back from the curb by a to be about 10 feet right now your chain lake is probably five or six feet from the curb yeah okay yeah so that's moving back do you anticipate putting this fence one side you have coming off the corner of the house and down to the street then you're going to go along the street yep and just stop there are you do you think you might be carrying it back no there's already a tall fence there between us and the neighbor house so that we were just going to leave going to butt up to that and that's okay because if you were that's could now it's part of the varing yeah okay yeah but you're not going to no we're just going to go up to that trying to say coming back and being a friend to you sure I don't have any other any questions from the board of this applicant no anyone in the audience has any questions to this applicant's application see none same thing is a reasonable request any public comments either for or against the application anyone have any comments for or against this applicant from our audience is ready yes uh this is a reasonable request uh they are replacing the exist one existing one with the new one I'm in favor of this uh can I go please application 24 col 63 Andrea Goslin 6 Ral Cod block 313 Lot number 10.02 Zone r-4 to ISS you are Grant a c variance to install a 4T High solid vinyl face with 1T high lce on top total 5ot High friend contrary to section 43-11 A and B second place second bur burkit yes T yes ready yes bring yes application is approved you will be notified and and at that time you can uh go for your permits the application will be approved at our next meeting which is January the great okay thank you happy holiday what do we have five minutes we adjourn the 7 o00 case I need it someone make an adjournment please for the 7 o' meeting second second ready okay okay you're on record announcement is made that adequate notice of this meeting has been given and that it is being conducted in accordance with njsa 10 4-6 at SEC of the New Jersey open public meetings act roll call please Mr buret here Mr Petty yes Mr ready pres uh chairwoman grani pres we have our board planner Mr Chadwick board mayor Mr L monowitz and our board attorney Mr Johnson would you please join us stand pledge of leave I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Amica and to the Republic for which it stands one nation indiv okay is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak on something other than what is in our agenda this evening see none Tom uh resolutions application 2458 United Methodist Church block 764 lot 35 uh apologize um my resolution age uh would anyone like to make a motion some Moe second please second burkowitz yes ready yes gani yes and our final resolution application 2054 Danny realy block 770 lot one would anyone like to make a motion so Mo second please second yes so burwitz yes ready yes grani yes thank you Nora application 24 col 42 Andreia n m can you raise your right hands please do you swear or affirm the testimony that your v g should be the truth the whole truth the truth uh state your name spell your first and great thank you you can be seated just make sure you're close to the microphones okay go on please sir yeah it's for um a variance on the construction of a front porch an 8 by8 space um right in the front by the main window upstairs will that P be enclosed or will be open uh there will be an opening uh close to the uh stairs in the front and the front door well it's going to have walls uh uh it's just going to have Windows is it closed in it there's going to be a small entry on the side um but around they'll be the four posts so it'll be open so it'll be open yeah yeah they'll have an opening space so it's just a space to have out door go outside correct yes can you get to it from the house without going outside are you going to have a door from the regular from the ex this thing all into the porch uh once you leave the front door it would be located on the left side so you'd have to leave the house before you get to okay the actual spot yeah is yeah yeah what's there now grass yeah dirt actually we we took up the grass it's just dirt do there okay the board have any questions well I have a question the concrete pad in the back what's that used for uh actually right now is is it the area separate from the house itself all the way back next to the shed yes yeah that area um it's not really used for anything we do have a a table right there at the moment and two chairs that's about it it's hard they ever used it's not connected to the house itself therefore we hardly use it I didn't know it wasn't being used and you took it up and might you would need a variance you would need a variance oh it we love the front view okay the back is kind of enclosed um there is that open lot next door but there's fencing in the back the neighbor's fences in the back with the shed no but no saying if the pad wasn't there then you wouldn't need a a variance to put the porch up by you correct right exactly and then yeah and there's no there's no entry through the back door so there's that you have sufficiently less coverage exactly you use that pad to just hang out in the backyard have a cup of coffee no actually we never use it that's the thing it's it's honestly back it's just back there yeah it's too far away cuz there's a side entrance and exit and then there's a front entrance and exit my point but we would just love to be in the front if if the house itself was bigger then you're right then we could actually connect it to that area in the back by the shed but there's it's not necessary it's too far away oh I understand yeah think that's a different point I think the point that M Mr burer was making is that if you were to remove that concrete pad you wouldn't have needed a variance to build your porch you would have then been in compliance right because of coverage yes correct because that's counted in the coverage yes anyone in the audience have like to make a comment what's the of this witness either for or against are there any more questions from the board no nope ready you're on today application 24 col 42 Andress newer 9 moan Place block 526 lock number 11 Zone r-4 to issue or Grant a SE to construct a front porch contrary to section 43-35 col 30 you make it oh Oh I thought you were still giving your reasons I'm sorry done second second burket yes uh Petty excuse me ready yes yes application is approved it will be um formalized at our next meeting and at that time you'll be notified and you can go through your construction and Zoning holds okay thank you so much good evening have a safe holiday thank you you as well thank you application 2427 Russell and Joan brick for Wildwood Trail can you raise your right hands please sorry you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth great you can sit down can you stay your name and spell your last name please Russell Frick f i j Frick F thank you go ahead and tell us what you like we um apply for variant to add a second car garage a second driveway well expansion on the driveway and a p how you you're also asking for a patio yes how are you going to construct the patio is it going to be papers or says proposed P or patio do you know whether they're going to be what we refer to as dry laid meaning if you put a hose on it the water would go down through it or is it going to be crowed grouted means you would not be able to the water would not be able to get through yeah the water would go down through that's the way you're going to construct it so if they put the resolution to prove this the patio would have to be a dry Aid patio you understand that yeah okay I assume the driveway is going to be a standard drivewood black top drivewood you don't have it existing garage at the present time one car garage I'm sorry one car garage yeah the garage Edition is going to have the same sighting or architecture as the house yes same whatever it is yes it is yes yes is there anyone in the audience that would like to ask a question of this witness on his application see none anyone on the board like to uh have any questions not Madam chair just two things minor um it looks like this will also qualify for a minor development for storm water so that would have to be reviewed by the township engineer also it looks like the chain link fence across the back of the property is as much as 11 ft over the property line so I would suggest that the resolution make note of that and and uh make a point that the board does not uh and the board's action if they choose to approve will not legitimize that encroachment what does that are you aware of the fence is so do you have your plans in front of you do you have your survey in front of you yeah you have that no sorry no I didn't realize the plan the plan shows Bor mine so you so you see what he's talking about we just moved it you know we're not so just wondering why prior own would build the fence 11 ft over can you speak into the microphone I'm sorry just wondering why the owner would do that is that their so if you see the top of that front page there uh you see your property line and then above that is the fence you see what Mr L Mano is talking about your property line is labeled with n 56400 w100 and the Double Dash line under that's your property line above that where it says chain link fence that appears to be your fence it's tough to tell but just by looking around the property it looks like that's your fence and you can see it's on the other side of the property line there is a a fence behind our fence with a public Public Access so there's like a public wall access in the back of our property for utilities okay well you know it's not you know the survey doesn't show that all all it is to say that basically it's protecting the board that if that person comes by and says we want you to move your fence and you say no but to approved it it that doesn't count that's all I'm saying is that so we're not the board is not okaying that they're not making any comment on it it is what it is and that's all that's for that's just a just a protection for the board that's all I have onair thank you thank you what what is this call we have to make a regation yes how to put this just just forget about yeah don't worry about that yeah yeah I'll take care of that in the resolution application Mr Johnson will take care of that in the resolu take can I go with the please yep application 24 callon 27 razel and John prick four Wildwood Trail block number 435 Lot number three Zone R to Grant a seance to construct a on story Edition driveway expansion and Patio country to section 43-35 column 10 second place second burit yes Tedy yes ready yes grani you guys are too fast you're approved yes first meeting in January we will approve your app location and at that time you will be notified and you can come and get your zeling permits okay lots of luck happy holiday welcome you're welcome to town yes yes welcome thank you application 2448 Dave and Tess Lewis okay can you raise your right hands please uh do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to get tonight shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth State your names by your last name starting with you please you can have a seat just make sure you speaking to the microphone please oh I guess we're requesting a variance um we have a basketball court that was reported by my neighbors back here that um I guess I didn't have a permit um that was done over 30 years ago uh when we bought this house um one of Mr mossberg's Trucks almost ran over one of my kids and I was hysterical and uh he helped me secure a blacktop in the backs of the kids provide the back the bikes in the back of my property and I guess I was just notifi that is too close to the T after 30 after 30 years after 30 30 years all all these may I add if I can apparently there's a we never got a permit for our deck I'll explain that in a second and there's also on the other side of these neighbors that reported us against the stone wall there's a little violation of our patio which I believe is not impervious but there's something on that side as well all these things are from 19 early 1990s right after we bought the house and with the deck when we bought the house Mr Mossberg got a COO uh remarkably without a back deck so you walked out our back door and there's a 4ot drop we had little kids so we slapped that deck on there as fast as we could I guess we didn't get a per but they were supposed to do it I thought they did yeah anyway that's a little background on all these violations I'm not quite sure but I guess this is good that we're here because when we go to sell the house there'll be no issues with any of this stuff you want to make it in a compliance pardon want to make it right yes correct what triggered this I think one of our neighbors on the one side I don't know who I you like the basketball after 30 years honestly I don't know why we're here but looks like we're going to find out yes I guess so all right never been a complaint in the whole 30 years from this particular neighbor about any of this is a court basketball court still being used no well the youngest is 29 the grandchild the grand kid you know when they're here yes is there anyone in the audience that has any questions of this application would you like to be please come forward this is time that you ask you you you will be asking questions of their testimony only if you have other issues it will be afterwards not now well as regards to their testimony hold on if you're going to ask questions you need to come up yes please come forward please we' appreciate it yes thank you just s minut does every board member have the pictures stay at the microphone so that when you answer the question you can be picked up by the microphone all the members have pictures yes and so this is your opportunity to ask questions of the witnesses if you have comments that you want to make either in support of or against the application there'll be another point in time as soon as we're done with questions where I will swear you in and then you can make comments okay okay do you understand okay so do you have any questions of these Witnesses no okay all right the board have any questions of this witness the basketball court is there any light light yeah no okay so the basketball's only during the day cor okay now it's grandkid using you guys IDE my my grandkids live in Puerto Rico so it's one they visit okay it's really not used so much for a basketball court anymore it's kind of that basketball hoop is kind of broken down it's just a place to ride bikes and pl okay when they show up when they show up all right at this time is there anyone in the public who would like to speak in support or in opposition to this application please come forward forward uh yeah just make just make sure they can Pi get picked up by the microphone so if you want to stand to the side that's fine I'll stay here they you okay can you ra are you going to are both of you going to speak okay then both of you raise your right hands please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth okay state your name spare your last name and give us your address please Patrick Pinto p a t r i c k p i n t o 34 Battle Ridge Road Mars CS yeah t c l a i n B okay great you could sit down just make sure the microphone is picking you up okay um may I please so we moved into the property in 1992 that's when Powder Mill Village was developed and we had no drainage problems whatsoever our problems did begin when a basketball court the yards are in two tiers a top tier and a lower tier and their particular particular case they have like a sloping uh area that's all mulch so when they put the basketball court in I'm guessing that the area that they covered we we know it's 25 ft width we don't know the length but it's an area of about 1,000 to 1500 square ft that was covered and that's when we initially started having problems where when it would rain there was a natural drainage there's a little dish between the two yards where they adjin that would drain and we would get puddling at the bottom of of the corner of the house Let It Go subsequent to that we put up a 6 foot wooden fence um they planted on the other side of the fence they planted four pine trees evergreen trees why is that relevant every year they would mulch that area as well as the hill every year the mulch got deeper there's now about this much dirt on the other side of the fence it's caused the fence to rock it's caused the fence to pull out it's actually an isore but we can't take the fence down because if we were to take the fence down all that dirt could come tumbling into our probably quite a few cubic feet of dirt so we're not we have not been able to remove the fence and with those trees and with that mulch every time it rain the property is pitched we're on their North Side south to North so and and we're lower than they are so when it rains the rain comes down into the mulch drains into into our backyard or side jar and with it comes a pile of mulch so every time it rained my husband would go out with a couple of buckets in a shovel and shovel up The Mulch and remove it and yes we did not make a lot of complaints we tried to be nice neighbors there was a patio on the lower deck which now is a much larger patio than it was before that and fact that there's now a drain pipe a 4in drain pipe which we did talk to them about they told us they were going to fix it they put a couple of rocks and some tape on it but they have the drain pipe that runs across their property and it's headed right for our property right towards our fets about 6 8 ft in where that discharges in addition to that there's two drain pipes on the side of their house front and back that also drained towards our house our concerns really started real serious concerns started about a year and a half two years ago when we had some heavy downpours large amounts of water started coming so as it's coming through the fence down into the back corner I end up with literally 3 to 4 Ines of standing water in my backyard during the rain I apologize I didn't know how to get information to you I have photo document and many videos of all of this as you can see the water literally pours through the fence down and then along side of our the side of our house we have a little garden there it's like literally a river that runs but the concern really started when that water that was running down the side of the yard is going down our foundation our garage floor is about 4 ft lower than that and it's going into a garage and then running out of the garage and down the driveway it's also as it comes down side the house it turns the corner there's a little stairwell there and that water runs through it's a block stairwell with cement on it it's running through that our concern is that if this condition is allowed to continue and exist we're going to have some serious structural issues that's why we're here is there a possibility of you two your neighbors is there any possibility of together so that you may possibly come to an agreement to fix this problem there's not a chance in that no why have you tried have you spoken to them yes I have yes I have I just want to mention that in 30 years EXC me in 30 years they have not once and I mean not once until 2023 excuse me not once once once until 2023 have they brought this up not once so you me to tell me 28 and A2 years all of a sudden this is now a problem all of a sudden this gushing water and this destroying of your house now is the problem that really hard to photographs I've sent him videos spoken with his wife ask your wife I Tex it can I okay just please to do something can't have the we have to go we we have to go in a certain order in order to preserve the record in case this goes any further than tonight okay so um right now were you done with your testimony um I have some questions the there's a before you answer that question there's a process the township is in in place I don't know if it's too active too active right now but there's a mediation process and several years ago I think we had two or three cases that the different parties sat down and discussed it and I think that's probably the most productive thing we have here because this board isn't designed to be a mediation board it's not like we're going to figure out how to make this everybody hold that's the process that's through a mediation process and that's not what we are so I my suggestion to I think Bill is the board suggest to sign up for mediation session with the township and see what happens does that Pro nor are you aware if that process is still available is that is that something you're aware of to be a a mediation Resolution Group to the municipal court right I don't know I don't even know that exists anymore but you you were on the board we had a couple of these number years ago I mean it was really cats and dogs that those yeah well I got my question have you ever contacted a Township engineer about this I have has he been to the property I I don't know I know that he came I would think he know you no no no one ever came to my houseand told okay when did you contact the engineer you remember about a year ago okay well just start off with just calling the township have called the township I think the township engineer needs to go to the property to give us a report yeah all right I was told somebody from the town was going out but I don't know who will RAR well we could find out if they went or not they probably had the code enforcement officer go out she made a complaint that's who would have gone out did right they did do that which I realized are you I don't know Town engineer if they not come out to your if they didn't come out to your property you should give them again the township Engineers give them a call again so have them come out to my property no well both because of the got to see both properties so they can they can you know have it understanding of what's going on you're you're complaining about the flood and issues you should call them let them come have them come out on a rainy day um you know they'll address the issues with you both I I already did that I already went I to call me house okay you said you called about a year ago and no one ever came not to my house they came to my house was it the code enforcement officer or was the township engineer no did he get I have his name Michael regier yes that's the code enforcement officer I'm talking about the township engineer the township doesn't sound like the township engineer went to her house only the code enforcement officer who does has nothing to do with your water issues he's there just to you know have things corrected like they had they their items without permits he's there to make sure they get the permit and things get corrected but you should call the township Engineers off office again so they can come out to your house see what the issues are and you know work with both of you to get this address um Mr and Mrs Lewis there's your neighbor has a concern about flooding um this board takes flooding concerns seriously so um it may be in your best interest to ask the board to carry this application until such time as you can get the town engineer out to your property to see if in fact there is a flooding issue and what you might be able to do to alleviate that flooding issue rather than I'm happy to can I just make a couple of statements she did call text me about a year it was actually um a year ago summer um that there was water that she could hear water gushing um my father was very ill he subsequently died I was in Puerto Rico and I said to her I'm in Puerto Rico I don't know what I do right now she called me again um said I hear water test whatever my um son and daughter-in-law were happen to be at the house they had come to visit but I had to fly to Puerto Rico to see my dad it turned out that my husband had been watering the flowers and shut the hose by the you know how you can do it by the handle but not the and the hose exploded and that was water immediately we shut it off and that was that oh that like an accident correct and then I thought that I had solved the problem that summer because I wasn't at home I spent four months in Puerto Rico I didn't mulch which I think also had was a rainy summer now the fence between our two properties are wooden fence her fence is over 25 years old is wood and is rotted I know she blames my mulch for such a thing but wouldn't face this after 25 years blck now my the fence is still there so no mulch is going into her property at all they have a koi fish pollen actually next to these pine trees that somehow burn down one by one and we replaced it with Evergreens so that no needles would go into her and we never complained we never did anything so if she has a complaint I you know what one time one of my kidss did something broke a um a window I left a note for her I replaced the window I buy expense I am a good neighbor I have no problem with any of my neighbors I've called them all about the situation I'm happy to do whatever the board I I think Miss Lewis I think the suggestion yes it's fine Mr Johnson no problem then you'll then the engineer will be able to assist you in determining if there is in fact a water runoff issue and if there is what might be done to mitigate be great I'm happy to so you're asking the board to carry this application until such time as you can have the township engineer out to your proper absolutely okay so do you understand that this application is going to be coming back on another date y that they're going to talk to the township engineer determine if the township engineer thinks there is a water runoff issue and if so how they might be able to address that I would just like to just make a little description have to grab the microphone please you got to get closer to or pick up the microphone so whatever you say we can look at it later we live on the side of a mountain okay basically Battle Ridge Road is uh way up on the hill uh on on Route 10 Powder Mill Powder Mill States uh it's very hilly area from the road to the back end of our property okay there's about a 20 foot elevation increase in elevation so you can you can just get an idea of how much sloping there is on these properties okay the soil there on the mountain is about 50% rock it doesn't the soil does not perk well because of the rock content and it's very difficult for water to get absorbed into the ground the basketball court that was put up in the early in in about 93 I guess um takes up over a th000 square ft of natural drainage area in the backyard I think it's closer to about 1,50 Square ft but they could tell you exactly how big the the mam pad is that they put up there and it's at the very top edge of the property in the backyard so water that hits that has no chance to soak into the ground because it's a it's a p solid the pad is not level either it's pitched it has a downward pitch from the south end to the north end of it we're at the North Side ofs property so it pitches off and all the water runs towards our yard our backyard I understand that you understand that the application is not going to be decided today we're coming back can I just again it's just a description of the property and the problem that developed it's not just the basketball court we have an extreme water runoff problem there that comes out of the Lewis yard into our yard there their house is at a higher elevation than our house we we are just about the lowest elevation on the whole block on Battle Road and I I was able to cope with the the runoff from the basketball court okay but then later on they did another home Improv movement project and they put a patio on the ground on the lower level of their yard basketball basketball court is at a higher elevation in the yard and then they have some flat backyard right in back of the house where they built a patio with stone uh um like flagstone type material on top of crush Stone and if you look at the square footage of the the court and this patio it's over two 2,000 square ft of natural drainage that's been taken up that water cannot percolate into the ground there so the water runs from their backyard down down into our yard and floods the whole uh South Southeast corner of my around my house and all that water has got to come out between the two houses and get to get to the street but it's a torrent of water I can show you videos it's literally a waterfall coming out of their backyard into my backyard well possibly the videos can be shown to the uh officer when he comes to your home the engineering and one more thing I have to mention the they have a problem keeping their backyard dry themselves and I think water actually that keeps their patio wet because it just doesn't circulate into the ground so they put a 4in drainage pipe along the their patio and led it over again LED that pipe towards my backyard so they're draining their backyard into my backyard with a drainage pipe as I said it's not true but no no whatever it is the engineer is going to see his eyes and give us a report so we can know I just want to state that I'm happy to have the engineer okay that's okay I'll do this when was we're going to carry the application to was built way after the best all right this application will be so I I would say Nora what is the date please the application is being Carri to March 5th 2025 okay folks folks F we're up we're wrapping up March 5th this application sir sir the application March 5th is the next hearing on this application March 5th and please get in touch with the cont engineer well I think yes I would yes yeah you should contact the town because it's mostly your property that he's going to come on to so you got to give him permission to come right so so you're asking for the application to be carried and you're granting the board all all extensions in order to consider your application correct all right thank you thank you you understand you won't get another notice you have Stu here so I want to make sure I keep uh I want to make sure he has he has a this one you think so that's what somebody wants to the second I want to say Merry Christmas and happy year happy Hanukkah and I want to thank all of you very much I've had a lot of fun this year I really appreciate it and I thank you all ding be careful no C want to wish everyone a happy holiday stay safe and