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No. 14 -47 Date of Adoption March 6, 2014
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE CARTERET WATERFRONT MARINA
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERIVHT APPLICATION -
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret strongly support the
proposed Carteret Waterfront Marina in the Borough of Carteret, Middlesex County,
New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the marina project will provide recreational boating and water sports for the
residents of the Borough of Carteret and surrounding region; and
WHEREAS, the Marina Project will facilitate the creation of recreational boating and
water- sports in this region of Middlesex County, where the population is dense and urban
in nature; and
WHEREAS, currently, Carteret and this region of Middlesex County has a void in
facilities for recreational boating and water - sports, while this Marina Project will provide
an expansion and expanded re -use of the Carteret waterfront on the Arthur Kill
Waterway; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Carteret Brownsfield Development Area, this project will
expand the recreational use from a passive waterfront park to an active recreational
boating and water -sports destination.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Carteret are all in support of the Carteret Waterfront Marina and recognize that the
Borough has gone to great lengths in applying for and obtaining frmding for the cleanup
and marina construction and we look forward to the completion of the park as it will be
an enormous benefit to the community.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the US
Amy Corps of Engineers and CME Associates.
Adopted this 6 day of March, 2014
and certified as a true copy of the
original on March 7, 2014.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, MIVIC
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
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Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
March 6 , 2014
AVAILABILITY OF SUPPLEMEN`1'AI
PUBLIC NOTICE
US Army Corps
of Engineers In rcplyingrefer to;
New York District
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building Public Notice Number: NAN -2012- 01198 -EHA
New York, N.Y. 10278.0090 Issue Date: February 7, 2014
ATTN: Reoulatory Branch Expiration Date: March 10, 2014
To Whom it May Concern:
In March 2013, the New York District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an application by the
Borough of Carteret fora Department of the Army perinit fo construct a new 220 - boat -slip public
marina. The permit applicant appealed the application denial. In December 2013, the North
Atlantic Division Headquarters, Corps of Engineers directed that the New York District reconsider
and reevaluate the marina project application. Therefore with this supplemental Public Notice, the
New York District, Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments on the attached more detailed
application work description for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 10 of the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1344):
APPLICANT: The Borough of Carteret
Memorial Municipal Building
61 Cooke Avenue
Carteret, NJ 07008
ACTIVITY: Proposed construction of a new public marina with 220 boat slips.
WATERWAY: Arthur Kill
LOCATION: Borough of Carteret, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
The detailed Supplemental Public Notice has been published on the New York District, USACE
website at:
A copy of this public notice may also be obtained by calling Ms. Naomi Handeil, Project
Manager, at 017- 790 -8523 or by writing to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District,
Attn: Regulatory Branch, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, New York, NY 10278-0090.
Interested parties are requested to express their views, in writing, by following instructions
provided In the public notice.
Jodi M. McDonald
Chief, Regulatory Branch
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