July 20, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 23 Park Windmill Board of education to meet The Midland Park Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, July 19 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held in the DePreker Media Center at Highland School. Library board to meet The Midland Park Memorial Library Board of Trustees will meet July 20 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the library located at 250 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park. Meetings are open to the public. MPCE offers day trips The Midland Park Continuing Education program is offering a variety of day trips this summer. Programs and trips are open to adults from Midland Park and surrounding communities. A trip to Mount Airy Casino and Resort is planned for July 26. The cost for the day trip is $45 per person and includes $35 in slot play. The bus will depart from Midland Park High School at 10 a.m. and return at 7:30 p.m. On July 23, a Brooklyn & Manhattan Tour will include Chelsea Piers, and the High Line and Fulton Ferry parks. Dinner at Old Fulton Restaurant is included. The bus will leave the high school at 8:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. The cost is $89 per person. “Spend the Day in the Poconos” on Wednesday, July 27. Attendees will visit the town of Milford, the Columns Museum, and Grey Towers. The cost of the trip is $69 per person. The bus will leave Midland Park High School at 8:30 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. Head out to the ballgame on Aug. 10 when the Yankees play the Angels. Seating is on the grandstand level in Section 409. The bus will depart the high school at 4:30 p.m. Game time is 7:05 p.m. Cost to attend the game is $49 per person. To register for these events, call the Midland Park Community Education office at (201) 444-2030 or visit mpcedu. com. Alliance provides summer counseling The Midland Park Alliance Committee, in cooperation with the Midland Park Board Education, will provide counseling for Midland Park students this summer. Craig Rush, student assistance counselor for Midland Park Public Schools will be on hand for students in kindergarten through grade 12 on the following days: July 20 and 27, and Aug. 3, 10, 17, and 31. Hours are from noon to 4 p.m. in his office at the high school, 250 Prospect Street. Students or parents may schedule a summer meeting by calling (201) 444-7400, extension 206, or by e-mailing CRush@midlandparkschools.k12.nj.us. Pet photo benefit set Keith Hopkins Photography’s “Dog (and Cat) Days of Summer” event will be held Aug 2 through 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the studio at 216 Godwin Avenue in Midland Park. The event will benefit the Ramapo-Bergen Animal The Midland Park-based Ajax Soccer Club Girls U12 team won the spring 2011 Northern Counties Soccer Association’s ‘A’ flight championship. After opening the season with two losses in its first three games, the team went on a sevengame unbeaten run to finish with a seven win, two loss and one tie record, scoring 29 goals and conceding 14. Winning season Refuge, Inc. Participants who make a $25 donation will receive a 15-minute photography session, a 5x7 portrait of their furry friend, and can be entered in the Cutest Pet Contest. Appointments are limited and book quickly. Call (201) 670-9559 or e-mail keith@khopkinsphoto.com. Food Drive to benefit CFA Kid’s Clubhouse will continue its Food Drive for the Center for Food Action in Mahwah throughout the summer. Donations may be dropped off Monday through Friday during camp hours through Aug. 31. Kid’s Clubhouse is located at 85 Godwin Avenue. Vacation Bible School coming up The Midland Park United Methodist Church will offer its Vacation Bible School, “SonSurf Beach Bash,” Aug. 8 through 12 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Breakfast will be served each morning. To register, call the church office at (201) 445-3787 or e-mail mpum@verizon.net. The church is located at 269 Godwin Avenue. Application fees (continued from page 4) will be $1,250. The fee for a conceptual site plan of subdivision will be $250. The fee for soil removal permit will be $250. Fence permit fees remained unchanged at $75. The increases in fees averaged about three percent per year from the baseline figures established in 2003, although some increases were larger. The changes, especially the changes of more than three percent a year and usually those in the lower fee range, reflect the increased cost of doing business. For one instance, the minor subdivision application cost $275 in 2003 and is now $350, an increase of 3.41 percent per year, reflecting wage increases. The same costs were involved in preliminary site plan and minor site plan fees. Those fees involving added work time typically added larger fees. Three fees that rose from $175 in 2003 to $250 in 2011 were the fees for variance applications other than those for the Wyckoff Board of Adjustment, interpretation of the zoning map or ordinance and appeals, and application for a waiver not involving new buildings. Fees for a preliminary plat for a major subdivision plus fees for the lot rose from $50 to $100. Fees for a final approval also rose from $50 to $100. The fee for a special public hearing rose from $1,000 in 2003 to $1,250 in 2011. The single greatest increase was 18.75 percent per year, but that affected only the lowest fee in the schedule, the combined preliminary and final site plan for multi-family residential plus fee to each proposed dwelling unit. That fee went from $10 in 2003 to $25 in 2011. J. KOSTER