HomeMy Public PortalAboutr 14-071No. 14 -71 Date of Adoptiau PRT�4 (1f1 r 2014
RESOLUTION OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET, IN THE COUNTY
OF NEDDLESEY, NEW JERSEY DESIGNATING CERTAIN PROPERTY
AS API AREA IN NEED OF REDEVELOP- ENT
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 14 -39, adopted on February 20, 2014, the Borough
Council authorized and directed the Borough's Planning Board (the "Planning Board ") to
undertake an investigation to determine whether the area consisting of Block 6501, Lots 1, 2 and
18, and Block 6502, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 on the Official Tax Map
of the Borough (collectively, the `Study Area ") constitutes an area in need of redevelopment
under the New Jersey Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -1 et seq. (the
"Redevelopment Law"); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board caused Beacon Planning and Consulting Services, LLC
(the "Planning Consultant ") to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether the
Study Area should be designated as an area in need of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board received a report and map depicting the Study Area
prepared by the Planning Consultant, entitled "Cooke Avenue Redevelopment Area Assessment,
Block 6501, Lots 1, 2 & 18, and Block 6502, Lots 1 -15, Carteret Borough, New Jersey ", dated
March 2014 (the "Report"), concerning the determination of the Study Area as an area in need of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2014, the Planning Board reviewed the Report, heard
testimony from a representative of the Planning Consultant, and conducted a public hearing
during which the owners of the property in the Study Area and members of the general public
were given an opportunity to present their own evidence and/or to cross- 6samine the Planning
Consultant concerning the potential designation of the Study Area as an area in need of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Consultant concluded in the Report and testified to the
Planning Board on March 26, 2014 that the properties in the Study Area satisfy the criteria for
redevelopment area designation set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -5c, 5d, 5g and 5h; and
WHEREAS, after the conclusion of the public hearing described above, the Planning
Board determined that the Study Area meets criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -5c, 5d, 5g
and 5h for designation as an area in need of redevelopment and determined that it would
recommend that the Borough Council so designate the Study Area; and
WMREAS, on March 26, 2014, the Planning Board adopted a Resolution of Findings
" and Conclusions setting forth such findings and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the Borough Council agrees with the conclusions of the Planning Board
that the Study Area satisfies the criteria for redevelopment area designation set forth in N.J.S.A.
40A: 12A -5q 5d, Sg and 5h and the Borough Council finds that such conclusion is supported by
substantial evidence; and
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WHEREAS, the Borough Council now desires to designate the Study Area as an area in
need of redevelopment, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -6.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Carteret, County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, as follows:
length herein.
The aforementioned recitals hereof are incorporated herein as though set forth at
2. The properties designated as Block 6501, Lots 1, 2 and 13, and Block 6502, Lots
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 on the Official Tax Map of the Borough satisfy the
criteria for redevelopment area designation set forth in N.1.S.A. 40A:12A -5c, 5d, 5g and 5h as
set forth in the Report and such property is hereby designated as an area in need of
redevelopment (the "Redevelopment Area ").
3. In connection with the redevelopment of the Redevelopment Area, the Borough
shall be authorized to use all the powers provided under the Redevelopment Law for use in a
redevelopment area, including the power of eminent domain.
4. A copy of this Resolution shall be forwarded to the Planning Board for action
consistent therewith. -
This resolution shall take effect immediately.
Adopted this 10th day of April, 2014
and certified as a true copy of the
original on April 11, 2014.
Kathleen M. Barney, MMC
Municipal Clerk
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Adopted at a mccting of the Municipal Council
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10, 2014