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The Grass is Greener with a

Sustainable Jersey Grant

New Jersey League of Municipalities Conference

November 13, 2018

Speakers

Samantha A. McGraw, Program Manager, Sustainable Jersey

Russell J. Furnari, Manager of Environmental Policy Enterprise, PSEG

Alexander McDonald, Business Administrator, Millburn Township

Randi Rothmel, Environmental Advisory Committee/Green Team Chair, Mount Holly Township

Catherine Busch, Chair, Cape May Point Environmental Commission and Green Team

What is Sustainable Jersey?

• Voluntary certification program for municipalities and schools in sustainability

• Provides framework for action

• Positive impact on the community

• Move toward a sustainable future

• Recognize and reinforce progress

Benefits of Participation

• Three key components:

– Identifies actions to become more sustainable

– Provides tools, resources and guidance to make progress

– *Provides access to grants and funding*

SchoolsMunicipal

ProgramParticipants

448 towns, 210 certified314 Districts, 806 Schools,

242 schools certified

Municipal Grants

Since 2009 nearly $3 million in municipal grants have been provided

Funding Levels & Usage

• $2,000 grants - general operating support and direct expenses for green teams

• $10,000 and up - fund all or part of a project that will score points for an action in the Sustainable Jersey program

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Sponsor Announcement Application Deadline

Gardinier (Energy) Late Summer End of October

The Nature Conservancy Mid-October Mid-December

PSEG Mid-November End of February

*Please note funding cycles are subject to change and an official announcement will be made when funding cycles become available

Grants Available

Roots for Rivers Reforestation Grant and Technical Assistance

Program

Partnership with The Nature Conservancy and The Watershed

Institute for floodplain reforestation initiatives

Application Deadline:

December 14

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The PSEG Foundation is contributing $200,000 to support

the Sustainable Jersey Grants Program

Four (4) $20,000 grants

Eight (8) $10,000 grants

Twenty (20) $2,000 grants

Application Deadline:

February 15

For more information visit: www.sustainablejersey.com/grants-resources

Eligibility Requirements

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• Registered with Sustainable Jersey

• Active green team

• Use funding to implement an action eligible for points in the program

Visit Our Website for More Information!

www.sustainablejersey.com

Sustainable Jersey Municipal Sponsors

Grants Program

Program Underwriters

Corporate SponsorsPlatinum

Silver

Bronze

Questions? Call Us!

• Grants Program

– Kaitlyn Vollmer, Program Coordinator, 609-771-3189 or grants@sustainablejersey.com.

• Municipal Program

– Maureen Jones, Program Assistant, 609-771-2938 or info@sustainablejersey.com.

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Funding Your Sustainability Initiatives

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Who we are

• Public Service Enterprise Group

• Founded in 1903 as PSE&G

• Parent company of four major

operating companies

• Approximately 13,100 employees in

New Jersey, New York, Connecticut,

and Maryland

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PSEG Vision

Being a recognized leader for:

• People providing

• Safe, reliable

• Economic and

• Greener Energy

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Corporate Citizenship

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Corporate Citizenship and the PSEG Foundation

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Energy & Environmental Resource Center

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PSEG & Sustainable Jersey

• Providing the path and the means to enact change

• PSEG Foundation has provided $1.9M in operating

and grants program funding for municipalities and

schools

• Municipal grants - $20k, $10k, $2k

• Schools grants - $10k, $2k

• 210 Sustainable Jersey Certified Municipalities –

158 at Bronze & 52 Silver level, 1 Gold Star

(Woodbridge Twp.)

• PSEG is the grants underwriter

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Sustainable Jersey

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Why Municipalities?

• Promote environmental stewardship

• Sustain and strengthen communities where we

serve customers

• Provide the means to enact positive changes &

grow sustainable practices.

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Sample Projects

Green Infrastructure ◊ Sustainability education ◊ Recycling ◊ Farm stand &

farmers markets ◊ Food Waste Recycling ◊ Rainwater collection & rain

gardens ◊ Green team support ◊ Tree & Conservation Easement Inventories

MAPSOMIL

Sustainable

Jersey Grant A more sustainable take out option

Green Team Collaboration

MAPSOMIL – consists of three (3) Green Teams from

neighboring communities

Maplewood

South Orange

Millburn

Applied for Sustainable Jersey Grant and was one of 8

municipalities awarded a $10,000 grant

Green teams are working together to complete the

project – Millburn is acting as lead agency to administer

the funds

The Project and Goals

Working with local restaurants to encourage more

sustainable take out container options

Make a determination of how much a restaurant’s

commitment to sustainable practices weighs into

consumer choice

Show positive impact of sustainable take out

Where is the project at now?

Each municipality has chosen a restaurant

The green teams have engaged the restaurants and received their commitment

Containers have been chosen and are in the process of being ordered

A website has been purchased to promote the program

Challenges So Far

Choosing a container

Sustainability of the

commitment

Driving excitement from

the consumer

Next Steps

Distribute containers

Survey consumers

Give feed back to restaurants

Continue to encourage practice

Maybe work with downtown business districts to offer an option or at least champion sustainability

Advertise initiative

Operation Green Sidewalk

The Conflict Between Trees and Sidewalks

2016 $10,000 Sustainable Jersey Grant Funded By The PSEG Foundation

Randi Rothmel, Environmental Advisory Committee/Green Team Chair

Mount Holly Township

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Trees and Sidewalk Damage

• The Problem: 1. Damage from trunk or root

flare where the trunk or root flare lifts the sidewalk

2. Damage from shallow lateral roots cracking or lifting sidewalk

• The Solution:1. Remove Tree

2. Cut Roots

3. Move sidewalk to curve around tree

4. Shaving the top of the concrete

5. Create a ramp using asphalt or concrete to meet uplifted concrete

6. Bridge over the tree roots

7. Use of “tree” root compatible materials such as permeable / pervious materials

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• The Cause:1. Lack of space for trunk /root

flare

2. Shallow and surface roots displacing sidewalk as they grow and search for air and water

Project Outline

Identify Porous / Permeable Test Materialso Porous concrete

o Porous asphalt

o Permeable pavers

EP Henry Clay bricks

o Pour-in-place permeable paving

Porous Pave Rubber Way

KBI Flexi-pave Xeripave

Filterpave

Find local Contractors Get Pricing / Quotes for Projectso Grass Masters – EP Henry installation and Excavation of sidewalk

o Splash Sales – Porous Pave

o Pervious Paving Contractor, LLC – Filterpave

o Measure-Line – Flexi-pave installation

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Project Outline

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Identify Demo Sites

Three Sidewalks– Use Tree Inventory to

Identify Lifted Sidewalks

– Reach Out to Resident

– Contract with Resident for Demo Project

Sidewalk Tree Pits

Material Selections

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Porous PaveKBI- Flexi-Pave

EP-Henry Permeable Pavers

Filter Pave

Filter Pave – 17 Thornton

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Porous Pave – 408 Buttonwood

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EP Henry Permeable Paver – 1 Harmon

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Tree Pits

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Tree Pits Step One – remove existing grateStep Two – put in coarse stoneStep Three – fill with porous KBI Flexi paving

Education

• Green Infrastructure Workshops– Paul Pogorzelski, PE Hopewell,

Twp

– Evan Stone, Landscape Architect from T& M Associates

• Brochure

• Video– https://www.facebook.com/Mt

Holly.environmental.committee/videos/1979164432103532/

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http://www.twp.mountholly.nj.us/content/386/426/428/2289.aspx

Filter Pave – Recycled Glass and Binder

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Porous Pave – Recycled Tires and Binder

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HP Henry– Permeable Pavers

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Budget

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Proposed Sub Actual Sub

SALARIES, WAGES, AND FRINGE BENEFITS

2 Speakers stipend Workshop $500 $500 $0 $0

SUBCONTRACTORS/CONSULTANT COSTS

Ken Scibilia - CTE $1,000 $1,000 $0 $0

OTHER

Printing $1,010 $1,010 $210

Budget

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Pro Sub Actual SubITEMIZED ITEMS

PorousPavematerial and installation $1,400 $1,380.03 Demolition $0 $1,400 $800 $2,180.03

Filter Pave material and installation $1,400 $2,500 Demolition $0 $1,400 $1,100 $3,600

KBI- Flexipave (excavation) NAmaterial and installation NA $2,150 Demolition NA $0 $800 $2,950

SUM $10,000 $10,740 *$530 - township $210 - donation

Pro Sub Actual Sub

ITEMIZED ITEMS

Church Brick pavers $315 NA

Installation $945 $1,260 NA $0

EP Henry pavers $315 donate

Installation $945

Installation / Demolition $0 $1,260 $1,800 $1,800

Xeripave Pervious Pavers $770 NA

Installation $1,400 $2,170 NA $0

Partners

• EAC / GT membersRandi Rothmel, Nick Sodano, Johannus Franken

• Paul Pogorzelski – Hopewell• Evan Stone – T&M Associates• Steven M Heiner - Grass Masters (EP Henry Pavers)• Thomas Carroll – Flexipave• Jim Daulerio – PorousPave• Kevin McBee - Filterpave• Heidi Winzinger – Videographer• Mt Holly homeowners

Stefan Brandecker - 17 ThorntonMarianne Healey - 1 HarmonJan Delgado - 408 Buttonwood

• Township of Mount Holly

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Borough of Cape May Point

Catherine Busch, Chair

Environmental Commission

Green Team

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Green Team Capacity Building2017 $2,000 Sustainable Jersey Grant Funded By The PSEG Foundation

Borough of Cape May Point

• One of the smallest municipalities in NJ

• 192 acres, .3 sq. miles

• 54 acres Open Space

• Seasonal community

• 597 housing units, 117 occupied

• 214 residents, ranges from <100 winter and >2900 summer

• Median age 73.3

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Borough of Cape May Point

Municipal government:

• 3 Commissioners

• 10 Part-time admin. employees including Clerk and Administrator

• 3 Full-time, 1 Part-time Public Works employees

• Seasonal Beach Patrol

• Multiple shared services

• Sending School District

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Borough of Cape May Point

Green Team process:

• Feasibility study

• Chose goals most suited to Cape May Point

• Monthly working meetings

• Partnered with municipal and community groups

• Used SJ resources -webinars, certified municipalities’ reports, attended SJ Summit

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Borough of Cape May Point

Focused on:

• Animals in Community

• Emergency Management and Resiliency

• Energy

• Green Design

• Natural Resources

• Waste Management

Applied for $2000 Capacity-building Grant from Sustainable Jersey

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Borough of Cape May Point

SJ Capacity-building Grant:

• Hired a consultant to assist with updating 1999 Environmental Resources Inventory (ERI)

• 2017 ERI Re-examination and Update approved by the Environmental Commission

• Adopted and incorporated into the Master Plan by the Planning Board

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Borough of Cape May Point

SJ Capacity-building Grant:

• Consultant developed lists of native and invasive trees, shrubs, and plants

• Environmental Commission adopted lists for public lands

• Plan to include lists in revised landscaping ordinance and new tree protection ordinance

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Borough of Cape May Point

Partners:

• Environmental Commission co-sponsored Backyard Composting workshop

• Taxpayer’s Association assisted with publicity through weekly bulletin and online calendar

• Volunteer Fire Company provided meeting space

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Borough of Cape May Point

Challenges:

• Small team, limited availability off-season

• Technology, some members found website difficult to navigate

• Time needed to complete actions

• Publicity

• Maintaining effort and enthusiasm

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Borough of Cape May Point

Advice:

• Feasibility study before commitment to project

• Increase expected timelines to allow for municipal processes

• Continuously recruit new members to join team

• Refine work process as team proceeds

• Set realistic goals

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Borough of Cape May Point

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Outcome: Success! Bronze Certification in 2017