Site Improvement Advisory Board

The Site Improvement Advisory Board is a regulatory board that takes action on regulations that govern residential development in New Jersey. 

There are 12 members, each of whom holds a designated seat, as follows:  professional planner for a governmental entity; professional planner in private practice; New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers; New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers; New Jersey State Association of County Engineers; New Jersey Planning Officials; New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing; New Jersey Builders Association; New Jersey Institute of Technology; New Jersey League of Municipalities; Commissioner of Community Affairs (ex officio); and Director, Division of Codes and Standards (ex officio).  The terms are four years; the membership list follows:

 

Membership List 

NAME
Seat held

Acting Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez
Ex-Officio

(Represented by Kevin Luckie, Assistant Director, DCS)

Edward M. Smith, Director
NJ DCA, Div of Codes and Standards
Ex-Officio

Valerie A. Hrabal, Chair
NJ Builders Association

Janice Talley, Vice Chair
(professional planner for a governmental entity)

Joseph Staigar
(professional planner in private practice)

Thomas O’Shea
NJ Society of Professional Engineers

J. Timothy Kernan
NJ Society of Municipal Engineers

Joseph A. Femia
NJ State Association of County Engineers, Inc.

VACANT
NJ Council on Affordable Housing

Thomas J. Olenik
NJ Institute of Technology

Suzanne Walters
NJ State League of Municipalities

Jason Kasler
NJ Planning Officials

The following dates (all Thursdays) have been set aside for meetings of the Site Improvement Advisory Board. If the Board decides to meet on these dates, the meetings will be held at 10:00 a.m. virtually until further notice.  When in-person meetings resume, they will be held in room 129 at the Department of Community Affairs (William Ashby Building) at 101 South Broad Street in Trenton, New Jersey.

2024 Board Meetings

Mar 14 - Cancelled
Jun 13
Sep 12
Dec 12

2023 Board Meetings

Mar 16 - Cancelled
Jun 15 - Agenda; Minutes
Sep 21 - Cancelled
Oct 19 - Agenda; Minutes (to be approved at next meeting) 
Dec 14 - Cancelled

2022 Board Meetings

Mar 17 - AgendaMinutes
Jun 16 - AgendaMinutes
Sep 15 - Cancelled
Dec 15 - AgendaMinutes

2021 Board Meetings

Apr 15 - AgendaMinutes
Jun 17 - AgendaMinutes
Oct 21 - AgendaMinutes 
Dec 16 - AgendaMinutes

Previous Board Meetings

2020 - 2016
2015 - 2011
2010 - 2006
2005 - 2002
2001 - 1997