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“Security design and good design are not mutually exclusive ideals,” said Nancy C. Somerville, executive vice president of ASLA, regarding the decision to make the document available at no charge to the general public. “Security response plans must be compatible with the practical functionality of where we live, work, and travel. They must also respect the beauty and accessibility of our public realm, which represents our nation’s values as an open and democratic society.” The Safe Spaces abstracts contain practical information and case studies demonstrating risk assessment, planning, construction methods and materials, and policy tools for determining appropriate responses. Much of the publication is devoted to reinforcing security in public spaces, such as federal buildings and parks, and includes an overview of FEMA’s newly published Risk Management Series, which provides building design guidance for mitigating potential terrorist attacks. “A law enforcement official who attended the Safe Spaces symposium two weeks ago told me this program was an eye-opener for him and that the information will be incredibly useful in planning his community’s security response,” Somerville continued. “We want this information to reach public officials and employees, law enforcement professionals, developers, business owners, and other key decision makers so they will have more tools at their disposal to plan for our long-term security. There are ways to secure our cities that won't turn them into armed camps. Working together, we can do it the right way." The Safe Spaces abstracts are available for downloading in .pdf format at www.asla.org/abstracts/. Co-sponsors of the symposium included the American Planning Association, the U.S. General Services Administration, The American Institute of Architects, the National Institute of Building Sciences, and The Infrastructure Security Partnership. Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects representing more than 14,200 members. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship. For more information, visit www.asla.org.
It is estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. While we have made significant strides in our quest for the cure, we still have a way to go. Everyone has something that they can do and your participation, at any level, is the first step! You can be a participant, volunteer, or sponsor of this important community event. Proceeds from this event will benefit cancer research at Rutgers University. For more information, please go to: www.gelmanfoundation.org
Please "Celebrate Rutgers" with alumni and friends around the world on November 10, 2004, Rutgers' 238th birthday. Show your Scarlet Pride that day by wearing something that says "RUTGERS." Brooklyn Botanical Gardens “Children’s
Garden” Program Celebrates 90th Birthday If you have a story or photograph that you would like to share for the upcoming alumni reunion, please e-mail Ted Maclin. Book Review Gardening for the Earth and Soul: A Practical Guide for Family and Community Gardening by Heather Dean and Tom Benevento, Brethren Press, 2004.„B ISBN: 0-87178-053-4, 180 pages, $18.99. Useful and beautiful, inspiring and down-to-earth, The Church of the Brethren has published one of the best gardening books of 2004. If you’d like to pursue organic gardening as a family activity or dream of starting a community garden in your community, this book will gently and lovingly guide you on your way. In the most religious section of the book, Julie Garber, editor at The Brethren Press, explains: Why is a religious press publishing a book on gardening? Because gardening, both metaphorically and practically, figures centrally in our faith. The biblical account, after all, begins and ends in a garden, and contained in the primordial garden of beginnings and the eschatological paradise of the end is the essential story of faith and how to live it in the present . . .Since gardening is a metaphor for life, this book on gardening is really a book about a way of living. (The Church of the Brethren, the Amish and the Mennonites are the three Anabaptist Protestant immigrant traditions from 18th century Germany who are often referred to as the ‘Pennsylvania Dutch’. For more about “Another Way of Living”, go to http://www.brethren.org Full Disclosure: My maternal grandfather belonged to the Brethren and my mother and I have found that almost all of our thoughts about gardening, caring for the earth and making up our own minds go right back to him and the Brethren.) Garber then hands the book off to Heather Dean, a community gardener in Washington, DC, who, like my grandfather, narrates the “how-to” gardening sections of this book with practicality and affection and Tom Benevento, the General Board’s Latin America specialist, who penned both the sidebars on spirituality and the lovely line drawings that brighten the cover and every other page of the book. Dean and Benevento want the book to be useful: each chapter contains a ‘Just for Kids” activity, a profile of a non-profit organization whose goal mirrors the chapter’s, and a resource section of books and websites for further reading. The chapters themselves cover site design/planning, soil care, seed starting and saving, plant care, food storage (with recipes), flower/herbs, overviews of the major vegetable families and creating and maintaining a community garden. Through Benevento’s drawings and Dean’s text, the authors squeeze in extra charts and tables packed with information, yet the pages never look or feel crowded. Dean and Benevento want the book to be inspiring: Both authors draw from personal experience and conversations with other gardeners to simply, yet poetically, explain what working with the earth means to them. Following 300+ years of Anabaptist tradition, sidebars include relevant passages from the Bible as well as thoughts about peace from relevant thinkers. Throughout the pages, Benevento’s drawings illustrate, illuminate and uplift. Don’t overlook this book because it comes from a small press that is not listed on Amazon. It is remarkably complete on its subject for only 180 pages and while inspired by its authors’ Christian faith, Dean and Benevento simply share their thoughts and experiences to inspire others to share (or dream) their own. Order the book directly from the Brethren Press at http://www.brethrenpress.com/ or call them at 1-800-441-3712. Those who are looking to bring their families and/or their communities closer to the earth through gardening will find both a kindred spirit and a practical guide. Reviewed by Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John’s United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden, Phoenixville, PA More Asian Longhorned Beetles Found In Carteret, Rahway Border Numerous trees in a wooded area along Blair Road near a commercial zone on the Carteret-Rahway border were found to be infested with both adult beetles and eggs. In addition, a second tree in Carteret was found to be infested. The first, in a residential area of Elm Street in the borough, was found on August 2. The second infested Carteret tree, on a residential area of Dalpert Street near a county park, was discovered this afternoon, as tree climbers, surveyors and other specialists began their first day of visiting properties and inspecting trees within a one-mile radius of where a beetle and an infested tree were found on August 2. The second infested tree is about one mile from the first, on the outer edge of the quarantine zone established to keep firewood and other wood trimmings from being moved out of the area. New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus said finding the new infestations underscored the need for the team to investigate all trees within the quarantine zone to halt the beetle’s spread. “This is an invasive pest and it is not welcomed in any community in New Jersey,” said Secretary Kuperus. Experts looking for the beetle moved from the Dalpert Street site to a nearby wooded area in Rahway and found several trees infested there with adult beetles, said Paul Kurtz, the NJDA’s coordinator of the search effort. Earlier today, the Secretary and members of the search team outlined for the media the work that will be done to locate and eradicate the beetle. The Secretary said the effort was an example of cooperation among the Department, the USDA and local officials, and urged residents to help the experts do their jobs. “One thing that is very important in the effort to eradicate this pest is cooperation,” said Secretary Kuperus. “The town has been very, very cooperative, giving us access to the Mayor’s office, the Mayor has been sending out letters. This really is a cooperative effort of the municipality, the county, the Legislative leaders in this area, the state, NJDA and USDA. We’re hoping this is a small infestation, but we won’t know until we go through the process.” The beetle, native to China and North Korea, can wreak havoc on hardwood trees such as maples, chestnuts, birches and elms. The female bores into the bark to lay her eggs. Once hatched, the grub-like young burrow deeper into the tree until finally reaching the woody tissue. The beetles colonize the tree until it is killed from the inside out. Asian longhorned beetles have caused serious tree losses in New York State and Chicago, but have been found attacking trees only once before in New Jersey. In October 2002, an area within 1½ miles of a 9-acre site in Jersey City was quarantined to prevent the spread of the insect. More than 100 infested trees at that site were removed to eliminate the beetle. Barry Emens, director of the USDA’s efforts to eradicate the beetle in New Jersey, said residents like the one who found the first Carteret beetle will be important in the coming months and years as the effort continues to ensure the beetle does not spread. “It’s people like that homeowner that we need more of,” said Emens. “There are only so many of us, but the public has many, many eyes.” Diane Leonard, a USDA tree-mapping specialist, said residents might notice small orange dots painted on trees that have been examined by tree-climbers. That dot simply indicates the tree has been inspected, and should not be seen as a sign of infestation or that the tree will have to be removed. Restrictions on the movement of firewood, tree trimmings and nursery products have been instituted in a one-mile radius around the property where the beetle was found. Tree services in the area have been contacted by the search team and informed of the specific handling of wood products from any tree trimmed or cut down within the quarantine zone. Asian longhorned beetles are about 1 to 1.5 inches long and have a shiny black exterior with white spots. Their name comes from their long antennae, which are banded black and white. The beetles typically attack one tree, and migrate to others when their populations become too dense. Signs of Asian longhorned beetle infestation include: - Large round holes anywhere on the tree, including branches, trunk
and exposed roots Anyone suspecting the presence of this beetle should contact the NJDA at 1-866-BEETLE-1 or (609) 292-5440. For more information, visit the APHIS Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov and click on Asian longhorned beetle under "Hot Issues" or visit the Rutgers Cooperative Extension web site at www.rce.rutgers.edu/presentations and click on Asian Long-Horned Beetle under “Plant Agriculture.” |
International Green
Roof Congress The International Green Roof Congress in Stuttgart/Nuertingen (14-15
September 2004) offers a platform for green roof experts from all over
the world in a quality and composition never seen before. More than 25
speakers (landscape architects, scientists, planners etc.) will discuss
trends and challenges of the future green roof market. Please visit the website of the International Green Roof Congress - www.greenroofworld.com - which contains the detailed congress programme, short biographies of the speakers, an overview of the subjects as well as an online registration form.
Riparian Advisory Committee Meeting
Minutes In attendance: Grace Messinger, Colin Clavadetscher, Nick Tufaro, Dave Schaaf, Judson Bennett, Mike Fee, Wayne Martin, Dan Mull (joined later)
Phase 2 site design and planting took place end of April. Belvidere HS students and Robert & Jim Bishoff assisted on this site. Over 300 trees and shrubs were planted. Herbaceous beds will be planted in the fall, locations were determined for beds after planting was done. Phase 3 of the project needs to be designed.
Dam removal project should be proceeding this summer/fall.
RC&D contracted out to Amy S. Greene Consulting firm to create design for site. Planting was done end of May with help of 2 volunteer groups: NJ Youth Corps and North Warren High School FFA class. Over 400 large trees and shrubs were planted in about a ½ mile stretch along Paulins Kill. This was a very large planting project. We need to review maintenance guidelines & watering needs with Blairstown and have town pass resolution about planting.
Met with Landscape Architect about designing planting plan, we were able to get her 2002 aerial photos to work off of. Grace contacted her to see status of project and has not heard back from her yet. We would like to have plan for site and plants ordered so that something can be done this fall, with the majority of the planting being done in Spring 2005.
Need to walk site with NRCS rep and get Warren Rod & Gun club to sign up for CREP.
NJDEP granted conditional approval of this site based on North Jersey RC&D staff meeting with other township groups (recreation commission, township board, planning board, Department of Public Works) to present & explain what a riparian restoration is, benefits of it, what is involved with such a project, maintenance and follow-up commitment from township to getgranted pending their committees approval and letter of commitment. We will have the township pass a resolution documenting the long term commitment to the project and its maintenance. Since it is a very popular fishing site, RC&D will contact Trout Unlimited to assess the best access for fisherman.
Since the January RAC meeting a few things have been cleared up in reference to funding projects on private property. RC&D has officially gotten a letter from NJDEP stating that 319(h) funds can not be spent on private property/lands. “Any lands on which improvements are made through 319(h) funding must be public, whether it be municipal, county or state owned.” The letter states unless it qualifies as a “demonstration project”- meaning new innovative methods to address NPS pollution. Riparian plantings do not fall into this category.
Site 1- Meadow Breeze Park, Washington Township, Warren County-Brass Castle CreekCONDITIONAL APPROVAL- till we North Jersey RC&D meets with other township groups (recreation commission, township board, planning board, Department of Public Works) to present & explain what a riparian restoration is, benefits of it, what is involved with such a project, maintenance and follow-up commitment from township to get their committees approval and letter of commitment. We will be looking into having the township pass a resolution so that future questions or issues regarding maintenance of the site will not occur at the sacrifice of the site. Site Evaluation Visibility- High, large community park Landowner Commitment- Commitment from Watershed Association high (applicant). Presented to town council, recreation board is committed to project, just need to meet with and discuss logistic details with town council rep. Need to determine amount of invasive removal needed- any permits (wetlands) needed to do so, etc, and see if DPW willing to do in-kind or will have to be taken out of grant. Need to double check with Jenn and NJDEP enforcement so town not liable for anything in future. Maintenance Commitment- Make sure township knows and understands commitment to maintenance, 1st year critical. Put up signs for park users to read and understand what is going on- provide education to municipality Diversity of Site- High- park/recreation site, added fishing use Applicant Integrity- High, PCWA has participated in riparian buffer projects in past as well town recreation commission- existing RCD project site within township. Site Access for demonstrations- High, public park Diversity of Buffer- Community Park, in Warren County, Brass Castle Creek. Need to discuss what type of buffer township would like to have installed, this will determine what types of vegetation gets planted- more shrubs, trees, etc, would need to put up snow fence or fence of some sort to protect site and to define no mow zone for maintenance issues Site2- Mountain Lake Bog Preserve, Liberty Township, Warren County, Mountain Lake Brook Committee wants more information concerning project size and what applicant wants to be restored-what type of buffer and what size (want wet meadow or forest-like restoration to what was originally?). Once get this information and sent to committee, more than likely conditional approval will be given. Site Evaluation Visibility- High, by firehouse and outlet of lake (especially after fence taken down) Landowner Commitment- High, NJ Natural Lands Trust and Liberty Township. The NJNLT is willing to include $5000 toward project for dumpsters to remove debris from site. Maintenance Commitment- Good, township already has group of volunteers ready to assist with jobs in area, Mountain Lake Community Association and could contact school for assistance as well Diversity of Site- Need to determine what expect/want out of buffer- when looking at 1939 photos of site- it was full forest- what want to recreate at site- forest or wet meadow? Isolated wetlands? Applicant Integrity- High- NJNLT willing to put fund towards improvement of site. Liberty Township- has history of working in area for benefit of watershed and protection of natural resources Site Access for demonstrations- High, site is publicly owned and accessible Diversity of Buffer- Wet meadow or forest or combination? Need to know what applicant envisions as restoration buffer at this site? Site 3- San Francisco Site, Swartswood State Park, Stillwater Township, Sussex County, Neldon’s BrookCommittee felt nomination of this site is pre-mature due to the property just being taken over by the state park system. The lower portion of the site would need a good amount of prep work- fill would have to be brought in (can’t use this money for that, remove impervious surface (park would do- but where does it fit on their priority list?). The upper portion of the site would be a more ideal area and would benefit more from plantings. Committee would like to know what State Parks’ plan is, and get a better understanding of the Parks’ timeframe in getting their portion of the work complete. Committee would like more information about site and future use of site so that work we could do wouldn’t be jeopardized. Site 4- Lubbers Run, Byram Township, Sussex CountySite is not eligible for funding due to private property issue.
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Transportation Division Of Procurement Rule
Proposal Proposed Amendments: N.J.A.C. 16:44A Authorized By: Jack Lettiere, Commissioner, Department of Transportation. Authority: N.J.S.A. 27:1A-5, 27:1A-6, 52:34-9.1 et seq., and 45:3- 1.1(f). Submit written comments by September 4, 2004 to: Miriam Crum, Administrative Practice Officer The agency proposal follows: Summary Because the Department has provided a 60-day comment period for this notice of proposal, this notice is excepted from the rulemaking calendar requirement, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 1:30-3.3(a)5. Social Impact CHAPTER 44A << NJ ADC 16:44A-1.1 >> 16:44A-1.1 Applicability The provisions of this chapter shall apply only
to contracts for architectural, <<+landscape
architectural,+>> engineering and land surveying services which
are in excess of $25,000 and subject to the procurement provision requirements
of N.J.S.A. 52:34-9.1 et seq. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude
the Department from using procurement processes other than those prescribed
herein if those processes have been approved by the Federal government
or other State statute or if an emergency has been declared by the Commissioner
of the Department of Transportation. << NJ ADC 16:44A-2.1 >> 16:44A-2.1 Definitions The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. ... "Compensation" means the basis of payment by an agency for professional architectural, <<+landscape architectural,+>> engineering or land surveying services. ... "Professional firm" means any individual, firm, partnership,
corporation, association or other legal entity permitted by law to provide
professional architectural, <<+landscape architectural,+>> engineering
or land surveying services in this State. << NJ ADC 16:44A-3.1 >> 16:44A-3.1 Criteria for the selection of the most highly qualified professional firms (a) Prior to the solicitation of technical proposals pertaining to the procurement of professional architectural, <<+landscape architectural,+>> engineering or land surveying services, the Department shall publicly advertise its need for such services. The advertisement shall conform to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 52:34-12(a) and (b), or be publicly advertised through electronic means. The advertisement shall either include a statement of the criteria by which the Department shall evaluate the technical qualifications of professional firms and determine the order of preference to be used in designating the firms most highly qualified to perform the services or identify such criteria by reference to the provisions of this chapter. (b) In selecting the most highly qualified professional firms with which to contract for architectural, <<+landscape architectural,+>> engineering or land surveying services, the Department, where applicable, shall consider the following criteria: 1.-5. (No change.) (c) (No change.) 36 N.J.R. 3236(a) |
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