HomeMy Public PortalAboutr 97:167No. 97-167 Date of Adoption MAY 15, 1997
ENDORSING STATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS NOS. 41 & 60
REGARDING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
WHEREAS, the Borough of Carteret determines that abandoned properties
create a significant burden to the taxpayers of the State of New Jersey, and
WHEREAS, many of these properties are abandoned due to real or perceived
environmental concerns including the presence of underground storage tanks containing
hazardous substances, and
WHEREAS, the municipality in which the abandoned sites generally becomes
responsible for these abandoned properties and the underground storage tanks thereon,
and
WHEREAS, removal and remediation of these underground storage tanks places
a severe financial and administrative burden on the municipality,
WItEREAS, the People of the State of New Jersey approved in a vote on the
November, 1996 ballot, the State Concurrent Resolutions Nos. 41 and 60 which dedicates
four percent of the revenue annually received from the Corporate Business Tax Act for
certain specific environmental purposes, and
WHEREAS, the State Concurrent Resolutions Nos. 41 and 60 dedicates a
minimum of one third of the dedication be allocated to underground storage tank
upgrades, replacements, and closures as well as site remediation costs resulting from a
hazardous substance discharge from an underground storage tank, and
WHEREAS, this proposed legislation would stimulate the interest and
development of these abandoned site by removing many of the real or perceived problems,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Council of the
Borough of Carteret endorses the Concurrent Resolutions and urges the State Legislature
to incorporate within the necessary legislation a mechanism that would provide
municipalities the opportunity to obtain grants to remove and remediate those
underground storage tanks at properties that a municipality, through no fault of its own,
becomes responsible for through the abandonment of the site.
Adopted this 15th day of May, 1997 and
certified as a true copy of the original on
May 16, 1997.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY,
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
-- ' YE~ NO NX7 COUNCILMAN
COUNCILMAN --
BIALOWARCZUK ~_fi 7. EKAS
-- FEINGOLD
~Dll PON~T --
FAILACE~ GUTOWSKI
X - Indicate Vote AB - Absenl NV - Not Voting XOR o Indicates Vote to Overrule Veto
Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council MAY 15, 1997