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Environmental advisory committee to present Earth Day programs; township updates wildlife-easement review
Summary
Parsippany (Troy Hills) Environmental Advisory Committee will present Earth Day recycling programs at Parsippany Hills High School and host a conscious-consumer fair April 26. Township officials said a drafted easement for a wildlife preserve is under review and the sewer utility plans improvements that will require easement access.
The Parsippany (Troy Hills) Environmental Advisory Committee will present Earth Day recycling programming at Parsippany Hills High School and is organizing a conscious-consumer fair on April 26, township officials said on April 1.
An advisory-committee representative said the April school presentation will teach students why and how to recycle and that the conscious-consumer fair on April 26 at the Parsippany library will run from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., include presentations, and offer an accessory swap. The committee encouraged public attendance.
Separately, Business Administrator Jamie Scribe provided an update on a proposed easement for a wildlife preserve: “They have agreed, to well, they’ve agreed in principle to review an easement, which I’ve already drafted. Joe Beckmeyer has reviewed it. He’s got it back to me with some changes, so we’re gonna send that over to him.” Scribe said the Sewer Utility also wants to make improvements that will require additional access to the easement area.
Council members questioned whether the improvements included replacing manholes; Scribe said the work appears to be to improve access so future repairs can be made rather than wholesale replacement. Council discussion noted the township’s historical easement across two properties dating to the 1960s, and that county records relating to the easement had been destroyed; a lis pendens had been filed in the past, the transcript says.
One council member said property owners had requested substantial payment related to the easement (the transcript records someone saying “a million dollars”), but the administration did not confirm a final compensation amount at the meeting.
The meeting also included routine community announcements: the mayor noted an Easter event at Town Hall April 5, and a senior tax-benefits session April 17 at the Parsippany Senior Center. The transcript did not include event flyers or registration details beyond dates and times.
No formal council action on the wildlife easement or sewer-utility improvements was recorded in the public portion of the meeting; the township said reviews and drafting were ongoing.
