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No. #06-49
Date of Adoption .J;:mtl:'lry 26 J 2006
AUTHORIZING THE CARTERET PLANNING BOARD TO CONDUCT A
STUDY AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER A PROPOSED
WEST CARTERET MINUE STREET RETAIL REDEVELOPMENT AREA-
PHASE II IS IN NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO TIlE LOCAL
REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING LAW, N.J.S.A. 40A: I2A-I,
ET SEQ., AND AUTHORIZING BEACON PLANNING AND CONSULTING
SERVICES TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL PLANNING SERVICES
TO ASSIST IN THIS EFFORT
WHEREAS, by Resolutions #04-337, adopted on October 28,2004, and Resolution #05-
47, adopted on January 27, 2005, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of CafteIct
("Borough Council") authorized and directed the Planning Board of the Borough of
Carteret (the "Planning Board") to undertake a preliminary investigation to detemÜnc
whether certain designated properties ("Delineated Area") met the criteria set forth in the
New Jersey Redevelopment and Housing Law, NJ.S.A. 40A: 12A-l et seg.
("Redevelopment Law"), for being detennined to be an "area in need of redevelopment"
as therein defined; and
WHEREAS, after providing requisite notice, the Planning Board held a hearing on April
27, 2005 to review the results of the preliminary investigation and to solicit public
comment on whether the Planning Board should recommend to the Borough Council that
the Delineated Area be determined to be an "area in need of redevelopment"; and
\VHEREAS, at the public hearing, the Pla¡ming Board considered the testimony of and
exhibits furnished by a license professional planner from Beacon Planning and
Consulting Services, LLC, the author of the Redevelopment Area Assessment Report for
the Delineated Area, dated April 2005, and afforded all interested members of the public
an opportunity to make inquire into and give testimony concerning the boundaries of the
proposed Delineated Area and whether said area should be determined to be a
redevelopment area; and
\VHEREAS, the Planning Board, by a Resolution of Findings and Conclusions,
memorialized on May 25, 2005, recommended to the Borough Council, pursuant to
Section 6 of the Redevelopment Law, that the Delineated Area, excluding Block 50.01,
Lots 27-29 and Lot 32.04, be detennined to be an "area in need of redevelopment",
finding that said properties met at least three (3) of the statutory criteria to be an area
considered in need of redevelopment all as set forth in the Assessment Report prepared
by Victor Funnanec, P.P., of Beacon Planning; and
'WHEREAS, the Borough Council gave due consideration to the recommendation of the
Planning Board and found that the Planning Board's recommendation was supported by
substantial evidence; and
\VHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6(5) of the Redevelopment Law the Borough Council,
by Resolution # 05-227, adopted on July 21, 2005 designated the above-described
portions of the Delineated Area as the West Carteret Minue Street Retail Redevelopment
Area; and
WHEREAS, the Borough desires to detennine whether certain addition properties listed
on Exhibit "A" attached hereto ("Delineated Area-Phase II") meet the criteria set forth in
the New Jersey Redevelopment and Housing Law, NJ.S.A. 40A: 12A-l et seq.
("Redevelopment Law"), for being determined to be an "area in need of redevelopment"
as therein defined and justifying their inclusion in a potential West Carteret Mione Street
Retail Redevelopment Area-Phase II.
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NO'V, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Ca11eret that the Carteret Plam1ing Board ("Planning Board") is hereby authorized and
directed to undertake a preliminary investigation to detennine whether the Delineated
Area-Phase II meet the criteria set [OI1h in the Redevelopment Law, for being dete1111ined
to be an "area in need o[redevelopment" as therein defined.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Beacon Plamung and Consulting Services, LLC,
Colts Neck, New Jersey is hereby authorized and directed to assist with the Planning
Board's preliminary investigation by preparing a Redevelopment Area Assessment
Report for the Delineated Area- Phase II and presenting its findings and conclusions to
the Planning Board for its evaluation and consideration pursuant to the provisions of
Redevelopment Law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the award of a professional services contract to
Beacon PImming for the above-described professional planning services is hereby
approved at a total cost not to exceed $6,500.00, subject to the certification of funds for
the same by the Borough's Chief Finmlcial Officer.
Adopted this 26th day of January, 2006
and certified as a true copy of the
original on January 27,2006.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, RMCICMC
Municipal Clerk
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Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council
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