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No 00-280 Date of Adoption_ September 7_, 2000
RESOLUTION OPPOSING A-2332/S-1450 REGARDING
AIRI'ORT LAND 1)I~;VELOPMi;iNT
VVIIEREAS, Bill .~)qzp
zx .... as an airport land dcxch)pmcnt rights acquisition bill \vould
allow indiscriminate expansion of any public use airport in any municipality in the State
of Ne'.,,' Jersey by thc administrative officials o[ tile Department of Transportation; and
~VIIEREAS, expansion o[ public use ail-ports is [taught with many negative and
dan?rous threats to the public ti)rough air pollution, ground pollution, xkaler pollution,
noise pollution, truck transportation, jet fuel transportation, increased auto traffic in
resiclcntml nci?lborhoods, increased number of flights of more and lamer aircraft over
densely populated re'cas, and increased possibilit> of aircraft crashes; and~
WHEREAS, municipalities haxe protected and promoted the hcallh, safety and welfare
of their citizens frona timse ill effects by imposing reasonable alld responsible regulatinns
on the USC Of Jalld fei' such pkll'pOSOS; Lind
WIIEREAS, the aviation industry has proposed legislation (A-2332/1450) designed to
deicer municipal regulation of hind use by Iransfcrring the power to regulate airport
expansion through purchase of aiIport land development rights to administrative officials
of tiao Ne,~ Jersey Department of Transportation, who are not directly responsible or
accountable to those c~tizens who are directly affected by tile ill effects of airport location
and/or expansion, and
WI IERF~AS. A-2332/S-1450 is directly contI'UF}' [O New Jc sc}' s tradition o£ home rule
zoning and land ese matter: and
WIIEREAS, if enacted. A-2332/S1450 will specifically \,d'estle away' from tile people
tho po,am' to regulate hind use in their own communities in regard to lac)tie), boundaries, '
operation and expansion of aiqoort facilities \~ithin said communities:
NOIV, TItEIIEI?ORI(, BE IT RI;iSOLVEI) tlmt thc Goxcrning Body of tiao Borough of
Carteret docs hereby strongly oppose tile enactment of A-2332/S-1450 by the legislature
of tho State of No~ Jersey intn law and docs hereby urge thc State of New Jersey to
preserve thc authority of local dlizens to regulate land uso in their communi[ies,
including with respect to any part of aiq)orl location and/or expansion of' any kind as
provide fl0r by A 2332/S 1450 and x~e strongly urge Governor Christine Todd
Whit)mn tn immediately VETO this legislation and our legislators to repeal Bill A-
2332/S1450.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEI) that a true copy o[ this Resolution be lbrwarded to
Go\'emor Christine Todd Whitman: Okll' Senate and Assembly Legislators and tiao new
Jersey State League of Municipalities.
Adoptcdthis Vm day of September 2000 and
certified its a true copy of thc original on
September 8th, 2000.
KATi iLEEN M. BARNEY, RMC/CMC
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
COUNCILMAN I YES NO [ NV A.B. Ii, COUNCILMAN. ' YES ~ NO I NV I A.B.
CRILLEY Ix
FAZEKAS X
O'BRIEN Ix
QUINONES Ix I !
~ SANTORO ]X
SOHAYDA ;X
X-IndicateVote ,AB Absent Nb Not Voting XOR-lndicatesVotetoOvcrru[cVeto
Adopted at a meeting of thc Municipal Council
September 7, 2000
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