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No. . _ 14 -198
Date of Adoptio 0 - , tobex 2, 1 2014
AUTHORIZING THE CARTERET PLANNING BOARD TO
CONDUCT A PRELLNHNARY INVESTIGATION AND MAKE A
RECOiMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER THE PROPERTIES
IDENTIFIED AS BLOCK 2701, LOTS Il AND 12 ON THE TAX
MAP OF THE BOROUGH CONSTITUTE AN AREA IN NEED OF
REDEVELOPMENT, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, A
CONDENINATION REDEVELOPMENT AREA, PURSUANT
TO THE LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING LAW,
N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -1 ET SEQ.
WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -1 et seq.,
as amended and supplemented (the "Redevelopment Law") provides a process for
municipalities to participate in the redevelopment and improvement of areas in need of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Redevelopment Law, particularly N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -6, no
area of a municipality shall be determined a redevelopment area unless the governing
body of the municipality shall, by resolution, authorize the planning board to undertake a
preliminary investigation to determine whether the proposed area is a redevelopment area
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A: 12A-5; and
WHEREAS, the Borough of the Carteret (the 'Borough ") wishes to assign the conduct
of the preliminary investigation and hearing(s) to the Carteret Planning Board (the
"Planing Board ") pursuant to the provisions of the Redevelopment Law; and
WHEREAS, in the event that the Planning Board shall determine that the properties
qualify as an area in need of redevelopment, the properties shall be deemed a
Condemnation Redevelopment Area in accordance with the Redevelopment Law, and
such determination shall authorize the Borough, or such other redevelopment entity, to
utilize all the powers as set forth in the Redevelopment Law for use in the Condemnation
Redevelopment Area, including without limitation, the power of eminent domain.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
Section 1. The Planning Board is hereby authorized and directed to initiate and
undertake a preliminary investigation and hearing(s) to determine whether tine properties
identified as Block 2701, Lots 11 and 12 on the tax map of the Borough constitute a
redevelopment area, and more specifically, a Condemnation Redevelopment Area, in
accordance with the Redevelopment Law.
Section 2. The Planning Board is hereby authorized to utilize the services of
Beacon Planning and Consulting Services, LLC, as previously authorized, to assist the
Planning Board with the preliminary investigation and hearing(s).
Section 3. The Planning Board, upon completion of the preliminary investigation
and hearing(s), shall make a recommendation to the Mayor and Council in accordance
with the Redevelopment Law, particularly N.J.S.A. 40A:12A -6(b), as to whether the
properties referenced herein satisfy the criteria as an area in need of redevelopment, and
more specifically, a Condemnation Redevelopment Area, in accordance with the
Redevelopment Law.
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Section 4. To the extent the Planning Board shall determine that the properties
qualify as an area in need of redevelopment, the properties shall be deemed a
Condemnation Redevelopment Area in accordance with the Redevelopment Law, and
such determination shall authorize the Borough, or such other redevelopment entity, to
utilize all the powers as set forth in the Redevelopment Law for use in the redevelopment
area, including without limitation, the power of eminent domain.
Section 5. The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward this
Resolution to the Planning Board for action consistent herewith.
Section 6. This resolution shall take effect at the time and in the manner prescribed by
law.
Section 7. Upon the adoption hereof, the Borough Clerk shalkforward certified
copies of this resolution to Matthew C. Karrenberg, Esq., DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, & Cole,
LLP, Special Redevelopment Counsel to the Borough.
Adopted this 2 " day of October 2, 2014
and certified as a true copy of the
original on October 3, 2014.
LINDA A. RIVERA
Assistant Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
X - Indicate Vote AS Aldem NV Not Voting XOR - Indicates Vote no Oveodde Veto
Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
Cxtotmr 2 2014
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