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Hillside holds Green Acres hearing for Margaret M. Roche Pool Phase II; council authorizes grant filings
Summary
The Hillside Township Council held a public hearing on Jan. 22 for the Margaret M. Roche Memorial Swimming Pool Phase II project under the NJDEP Green Acres process; Business Administrator Hope Smith summarized project scope and an environmental assessment, and the council approved enabling resolutions and related grant submissions. No public speakers addressed the hearing.
HILLSIDE — The Township Council on Jan. 22 held a required public hearing on the Margaret M. Roche Memorial Swimming Pool Phase II Project as part of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres application process. Business Administrator Hope Smith presented the project description and an Environmental Impact Assessment, saying the restoration is intended to return a critical community recreational facility in what the materials described as an Overburdened Community Subject to Adverse Cumulative Stressors (ACS/OBC).
Council President Craig Epps opened the hearing and, after the presentation, the public hearing record remained silent: no members of the public provided comments or questions during the hearing, and the council closed the public hearing. The council then adopted resolution R-25-051, described in the minutes as "Green Acres Enabling," and approved submission of a separate grant application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (R-25-039) seeking funding for park improvements that include Bristol Myers & Korlesky Park.
The hearing materials and the Environmental Impact Assessment were presented as part of the formal application process; the minutes do not include direct quotes from Smith's presentation or technical details of the environmental review beyond the ACS/OBC designation. The council record lists the action as approved on unanimous vote of the five members present (Council Members Lisa Bonanno, Angela Garretson, Andrea Hyatt; Council Vice President Robert Rios; and Council President Craig Epps). Two council members were recorded as excused from the meeting.
What happens next: the resolutions authorize staff to move forward with required grant filings to NJDEP/NJ DCA under the Green Acres and local recreational grant processes. The minutes do not list a project budget, construction schedule, or specific Green Acres grant award amount; those items are not specified in the meeting record.
