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No. 05-359
Date of Adoption DecemJ>er 1, 2005
OPPOSING NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE CONDEMNATION OF
PROPERTIES
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 02-05, approved on March 7, 2002, authorized the adoption
of the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan (the "January 2002 Redevelopment
Plan) for the Landfill Reclamation Improvement District in the Borough of Carteret (the
"District"); and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 04-28, approved on October 7, 2004, later authorized the
adoption of a Redevelopment Plan (the "2004 Redevelopment Plan") describing a
Landfill District Redevelopment Area; and
WHEREAS, the 2004 Redevelopment Plan was intended to reflect certain revisions of
the January 2002 Redevelopment Plan related to the land area related to a certain
Redevelopment Agreement between Titan-PDC Carteret Urban Renewal, LLC and the
Borough of Carteret (the "Titan Redevelopment Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the 2004 Redevelopment Plan was not intended to supersede the January
2002 Redevelopment Plan or alter the permissible land uses prescribed and contemplated
by the January 2002 Redevelopment Plan in the areas of the District that were not the
subject of the Titan Redevelopment Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Borough Council was advised by its staff that the 2004 Redevelopment
Plan may have inadvertently superseded and altered the permitted land uses for portions
of the January 2002 Redevelopment Plan, specifically for the permitted land use for
Block 1 1.03, portions of Lots 56, 59, and 61, Block 11.04, Lot51; and
WHEREAS, the Borough Council, following the recommendation of the Carteret
Planning Board, adopted Ordinance No. 05-45 adopting the Corrected Redevelopment
Plan to clarify that the January 2002 Redevelopment Plan continued to govern
redevelopment of Blocks 11.03, Lots 56, 59 and 61 and Block 11.04, Lot 51 which
Redevelopment Plan authorizes the land uses for said lots and blocks as approved by the
Carteret Planning Board and as contemplated by said Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Borough Council is in favor of the redevelopment of said lots and
blocks pursuant to the approvals for the same issued by the Carteret Planning Board; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is now seeking to exercise its power of
eminent domain to acquire said lots and blocks pursuant to a roadway program.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Carteret as follows:
1. That the Borough is in favor of permitting the land uses for Blocks
11.03, Lots 56, 59 and 61 and Block 11.04, Lot 51 as approved by the
Planning Board and as contemplated by the applicable Redevelopment
Plan.
2. That the Borough opposes the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's efforts
to condemn the aforementioned properties.
Adopted this 1st day of December, 2005
and certified as a true copy of the
original on December 2,2005.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1035 PARKWAY AVENUE
RICHARD .J. CODEY
ACTING GOVERNOR
P.O. BOX 601
TRENTON, N.J. 08625-0601
609-530-3535
.JACK LETTIERE
COMMISSIONER
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January 12,2006
Kathleen M. Barney, Municipal Clerk
Borough of Carteret
61 Cooke Avenue
Carteret, New Jersey 07008
Dear Ms. Barney:
Thank you for forwarding a copy of Resolution #05-359 which is opposing New Jersey
Turnpike Condemnation of Properties. I appreciate the opportunity to be of assistance.
Given the nature of your correspondence, I have taken the liberty of forwarding your
correspondence to Michael LaPolla, Executive Director of the New Jersey Turnpike
Authority (NJT A) for his review and reply to you. He can be reached at:
P.O. Box 1121
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903
(732) 247-0900
Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.
Sincerely,
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Commissioner
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Michael LaPolla, Executive Director
New Jersey Turnpike Authority
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