Agenda The Highlands Borough Council will meet at the Robert D. Wilson Community Center for its regular meeting Tomorrow Night, Wednesday December 3 at 7 P.M.
Mayor and Council have moved the meeting from its regular site at Borough Hall in order to accommodate the crowd anticipated to both listen and speak at the regular meeting because of specific items on the agenda.
The governing body plans to hold the public hearing and take action on the proposed ordinance which would approve the application for a long-term tax exemption for the former Shadow Lawn Trailer Park property off Route 36. The ordinance also would authorize executing a financial agreement with the current owners, who plan to construct on the site. The land, currently vacant, for decades was the site of a trailer park, one of two in the borough. The second trailer park was located off Shore Drive in the area of current high end condo units.
Under terms of the proposed code the redeveloper of the property, designated as an area in need of redevelopment would enter into an agreement under the law to be tax exempt. Rather, the redeveloper would pay an annual service charge to the borough quarterly, based on percentages of its income from the units, a move estimated to mean millions of dollars to the borough over ten years.
Planned construction is for 292 units of which 15 per cent would be designated for affordable housing.
In other business, Council plans on awarding a contract for the South Peak St. drainage improvements project, as well as a contract to Forerunner for its software platform. It also plans to approve a resolution in opposition to moving Monmouth Medical Center from Long Branch to Oceanport.
The public will have opportunities to speak both on the proposed ordinance as well as on all other matters that come before the governing body during the meeting.
Council will have one more meeting this year, the regular meeting set for December 17 at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall.
Reorganization of the governing body, and the swearing in of incumbent Mayor Carolyn Broullon, who recently was elected to aa second term as mayor, will take place at noon on January 1.
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