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No. 10-56 Date of Adoption FebUl'lr)' 4. 2010
RESOLUTION OF THE BOROUGH OF CARTERET DECLARING
THE PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS BLOCK 10, LOT 11 AND
BLOCK 11.01, LOTS 6, 7, 9, 15, 16,27,48,53 AND 54 ON THE TAX
MAP OF THE BOROUGH AS AN AREA IN NEED OF
REDEVELOPwIENT PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL
REDEVELOPwIENT AND HOUSING LAW, N.J.S.A. 40Al12A-1 ET
SEQ.
WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-I ef
seq., as amended and supplemented (the "Redevelopment LawH) provides a process for
municipalities to participate in the redevelopment and improvement of areas in need of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 09-238, duly adopted on November 23, 2009, the
Mayor and Council of the Borough of Carteret (the "Borough Council") authorized and
directed the Planning Board of the Borough of Carteret (the "Planning Board") to
undertake a preliminary investigation to determine whether those properties identified as
Block 10, Lot II and Block 11.01, Lots 6, 7, 9, 15, 16,27,48,53 and 54 on the tax map
of the Borough (the "Properties") meet the criteria set forth in the Redevelopment Law as
an "area in need of redevelopment" as defined therein, and
WHEREAS, after providing requisite notice, the Planning Board held a hearing
on December 2, 2009 to review the results of the preliminary investigation and to solicit
public comments on whether the Planning Board should recommend to the Borough
Council that the Properties be detennined to be Han area in need of redevelopment"; and
WHEREAS, at the public hearing, the Planning Board considered the testimony
of and exhibits furnished by a licensed professional planner from Beacon Planning and
Consulting Services, LLC, the author of the Redevelopment Area Assessment Report for
the Properties (the "Assessment Report") and afforded all interested members of the
public an opportunity to make, inquire into, and give testimony concerning the
boundaries of the Properties and whether said Properties should be determined to be "an
area in need of redevelopment"; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board, by a Resolution of Findings and Conclusions
dated January 27, 2010, has recommended to the Borough Council, pursuant to Section 6
of the Redevelopment Law, that the Properties be determined to be "an area in need of
redevelopment", fInding that the Properties have met one or more of the statutory criteria
in the Redevelopment Law; and
\VHEREAS, the Borough C01IDCil has given due consideration to the
reconunendation of the Planning Board and further fmds that said recommendation is
supported by substantial evidence; and
WHEREAS, the Borough Council further concludes that there exists within the
Properties sufficient criteria for the designation of "an area in need of redevelopment" hi
accordance with the Redevelopment Law, including without limitation, N.J.s.A.
40A:12A-5, as more fully described and delineated in the Assessment Report and as
found by the Planning Board.
NO. 10-56
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Borough Council
as follows:
Section 1. The Properties shall constitute \Ian area in need of redevelopment"
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Redevelopment Law and all other applicable
law.
Section 2. The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward
this Resolution to the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community
Affairs.
Section 3. The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward
this Resolution to the Planning Board.
Section 4. The Borough Clerk is hereby autllOrized and directed to forward
this Resolution to each and every owner of the Properties.
Section 5. The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish
and post notice oHhis Resolution as required by applicable law.
Section 6. The Borough Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to maintain a
copy of this Resolution and the Assessment Report on file in the Office of the Borough
Clerk for public inspection.
Section 7. The BoroughCouncil hereby directs the Planning Board to prepare
a Redevelopment Plan for the Properties in accordance with the Redevelopment Law.
Section 8.
prescribed by law.
This resolution shall take effect at the time and in the manner
Section 9. Upon the adoption hereof, the Borough Clerk shall fonvard
certified copies of this resolution to Matthew C. Karrenberg, Esq., Deeotiis, FitzPatrick,
Cole & Wisler, LLP, Special Redevelopment Counsel to the Borough.
AdoptEd this 4th day of February, 2010
an::! certifiEd as a true coW of the
origirnl on February 5th, 2010.
KIillJJ.EliN M. BAR'lEY, t<<;
M.miciral Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
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Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council February 4, 2010
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