March 27, 2014

James T, Kyle approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Mr. Kyle stated that he is a professional planner licensed in the State of New Jersey and has testified before this Board many times. Mr. Pryor stated that the planner’s report that was submitted to this Board was prepared by another person, He said that Mr. Seidel, the person who prepared the report, was unable to attend the meeting tonight. Vice Chairman Buechler accepted Mr. Kyle’s credentials as an expert in the field of professional planning and stated that although Mr. Kyle can testify he cannot reference a report that someone else prepared. He asked Mr. Kyle if he had anything to do with the preparation of the report submitted to the Board; he replied no. Vice Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Kyle how many times he was at the site; he replied one time for approximately twenty minutes today. Vice Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Kyle if he thought that a twenty minute site visit is adequate time to visit a site; he replied yes. He said that typically he would not spend more than twenty minutes on any site. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Kyle if he reviewed all of the prior resolutions of approval for this site; he replied yes and said that he reviewed all of the reports also. Mr. Pryor asked Mr. Kyle what planning elements does he take into consideration to recommend approval of this application; he replied as long as a “D” variance is not required and no changes are being made the applicant would be eligible for a site plan waiver. Mr. Pryor asked Mr. Kyle if he had any other comments. Mr. Kyle said the addition of the two antennas is not the visual impact; he said that the visual impact is the tower. Vice Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Kyle what the color of the antennas will be; he said some are white and some are grey, similar to what is on the tower now. Vice Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Kyle what color the 6’ antennas on the tower are now; he said that he did not inventory the color of the antennas. Mr. Neuer stated that Mr. Kyie’s testimony is that there will be no visual impact. Ms. Weiss asked Mr. Kyle what color he would suggest for the antennas; he said that the radome of the dish is white and the back is grey for the majority of the dishes. There were no further questions for Mr. Kyle from the Board or the Professionals. Vice Chairman Buechiler asked if there were any members of the public

e back is grey for the majority of the dishes. There were no further questions for Mr. Kyle from the Board or the Professionals. Vice Chairman Buechiler asked if there were any members of the public who had any questions for Mr. Kyle; there were none.

Mr. Pryor stated that he was going to have Mr. Collins testify to the FCC compliance but his testimony is not needed; Mr. Neuer said that the Board will make compliance as a condition. Mr. Pryor summed up stating that because Mr. Bohlinger could not testify to the structural integrity of the tower, Mr. Keenan testified that they will apply for the appropriate permits and the Board should leave it up to the Township’s Construction Official to determine to structural safety of the tower. Vice Chairman Buechler said that this Board is concerned because some of these towers are aging. He said that they were built in the 1970’s and they should be checked periodically. Vice Chairman Buechler suggested that the Board would be willing to accept the applicant providing them with a letter from the owner of Richland Towers acknowledging the condition regarding the removal of antennas that are no longer in service have been removed; provide the Board with a new owner consent form and a letter from one of the two gentlemen who signed the structural engineer report that was submitted to the Board stating that it is structurally sound and complies with the ANSI/TIA-222-G standard. Vice Chairman Buechler asked if there was any public comment; seeing none the Vice Chairman. closed the hearing and opened it up to discussion from the Board. Mr, Neuer said that this application does not work for him because the applicant is not going to be here after the antennas are put up. He suggested that Mr. Pryor take an adjournment and come back before the Board with the items that Vice Chairman Buechler suggested instead of having the Board adopt another resolution with conditions that require monitoring and enforcement. Vice Chairman Buechler said that he agrees with Mr. Neuer. He said that the Board suggests that the applicant adjourns and present the Board with these four items when they come back and then a vote will be taken on the application. Mr, Bullock said that the Board is limited on enforcement powers and he agrees with receiving the required information up front. Mr. Pryor said that if he cannot get the certification that all of the antennas that are out of service have been removed, can he give the Board a time frame as to when they will be removed because the applicant has no control of that. Vice Chairman Buechler said that the Board will cross that bridge when

ve been removed, can he give the Board a time frame as to when they will be removed because the applicant has no control of that. Vice Chairman Buechler said that the Board will cross that bridge when they come to it. He said that Richland Towers will not get any new antennas placed on the tower unless the antennas that are out of service are removed. Vice Chairman Buechler stated for the record that this application will be carried over to the Zoning Board meeting on April 17, 2014 and no further notice will be required.

The meeting was adjoumed by Vice Chairman Buechler at 9:33 pm. Adopted: April 17, 2014 thy Lt’ Rose DeSena Zoning Board Secretary