[CPEO-BIF] Entron project, Marlboro, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

From the desk of the Marlboro mayor
Marlboro Mayor Jon Hornik delves into the issues of the Entron  
property, and explains why the township commtitee chose not to  
develop on farmland.

Column by John Hornik
Marlboro Patch (NJ)
August 29, 2011

Recently, there have been some questions raised about a residential  
project in Marlboro Township known as "Entron."  Although it appears  
that these individuals would prefer to return to the old ways of  
developing the remainder of our open space and farmlands to satisfy  
our affordable housing obligations, I could not disagree more and see  
things differently.

The Entron site is an 18.2-acre parcel located at the corner of Route  
79 and Beacon Hill Road.  The property is actually a contaminated  
brownfield site, with the cost of clean-up estimated at nearly $5- 
million dollars.  Currently, the property owner pays annual taxes of  
approximately $94,000; about $15,000 of which the municipality  
retains for annual use in the municipal budget.  The location has  
been the subject of litigation for many years.

Prior to 2005, the property was the subject of a builders' remedy  
lawsuit as well as two negotiated settlements that called for the  
development of a total of 365 affordable and market rate units.   
Prior administrations agreed to the zoning of the property for that  
purpose and included those agreements in the Township’s COAH Fair  
Share Housing plan.


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For the entire column, see
http://marlboro.patch.com/articles/from-the-desk-of-the-marlboro-mayor

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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