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Commission highlights: $3M land acquisition award, license‑plate funds, staff retirements and other updates
Summary
Commission staff reported a $3,000,000 award from the Pinelands Conservation Fund to the New Jersey Conservation Foundation for land acquisition, announced receipt of several state appropriations and license‑plate funds (~$750,000), and noted two long‑time staff retirements and multiple municipal ordinance reviews.
During routine reports the commission heard several administrative and program updates. Staff reported the Policy & Implementation Committee approved awarding $3,000,000 in available Pinelands Conservation Fund money to the New Jersey Conservation Foundation for a land acquisition in the Medford–Evesham priority area in Burlington County.
The director reported the commission received $69,000 in state appropriations for the Fenwick Manor project and $95,000 in supplemental salary funding to cover contract salary increases; staff also mentioned a larger deposit (reported in the meeting) arriving simultaneously. Staff said license‑plate fund receipts are replenishing the account, which currently holds "just over $750,000," and those funds can be used for Pinelands preservation and land acquisition.
The director announced two retirements: principal research scientist Kim Laidick (with service beginning roughly 1993) will retire Dec. 1, and receptionist Terry Milotic (hired Sept. 1988) will retire Jan. 1; commissioners were invited to acknowledge their decades of service. Staff also briefed the commission on municipal ordinance reviews (11 ordinances reviewed with no substantial CMP issues noted) and several pending applications, including Manchester Township’s telecommunications tower (posted for public comment) and a change‑of‑use advisory for the newly acquired Pine Tree Education and Environmental Center (Highlands Preservation Alliance) that will require an application because it is a change of use in a preservation area.
What’s next: staff will prepare an RFP for Fenwick Manor construction services, continue outreach on municipal ordinances and planned projects, and process public comments on applications posted today.
