

      
Open Space
Committee
Meetings: Fourth Tuesday,
7:30pm
405 Mine Road Asbury, NJ
08802
Fax:
908.735.0485
Powers and Functions of the Open Space
Committee
Township Ordinance
§34-5 establishes the Environmental Commission's powers and
duties.
A. The Open Space Advisory
Committee shall review, update and submit to the Township Committee
annually or on a more frequent basis, an open space advisory plan of
the Township of Bethlehem.
B. The Open Space Advisory
Committee shall prepare and revise on an annual or more frequent
schedule a prioritized list of properties it recommends that the
Township aquire, and properties for whiuch it recommends that
premanent easements or development rights be
acquired.
C. Together with the Municipal Planning
Board, Environmental Commission and the Agricultural Advisory Board,
the Open Space Advisory Committee will recommend to the Township
Committee properties, aquisitions, easements or development rights
that should be aquired.
D. The Open Space Advisory
Committee shall continue to update the Township inventory of open
space land on the geographic information system (GIS) to include
information that will assist in the monitoring of the open space
program.
E. The Open Space Advisory Committee may
maintain an educational program to inform the citizens of Bethlehem
Townshop of the merits and economic benefits and importance of the
open space program and its
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