TN ‘ K'WMfcilWW I 133dS0yd ST - N 3 a i s a y &0 * * ± d O S 3&ld W ednesday, June 27, 1984 Planning firm hired to map revitalization Keyport gets grant for waterfront plan By Regina Frejer The waterfront revitalization plan'will The committee is not a decision-making The borough wants to determine if the KEYPORT focus on an area from Luppatatong Creek to group, he said. It will only supply the firm cost can be reduced, Gillen said. The borough has received a $7,500 grant Church Street. with ideas regarding the master plan. from the State Dept, of Environmental Pro­ At the firm ’s request, the council will ap­ “The firm ,” Bergen said, “wants to know After he has met with the contractor, tection for a waterfront revitalization plan, point a citizens advisory committee. what residents think should be included in Gillen said he will give his recommenda­ the Borough Council announced last night. Bergen said he will request the Zoning and the plan.” tions to the council at a meeting Tuesday The grant will be used to retain a planning Planning boards, Chamber of Commerce, night.. After the Planning Board accepts the firm, Kopple, Sheward and Day, Philadel­ Harbor Commission, and Historical Society He may suggest that the council modify phia, to design the waterfront revitalization each to designate a representative to the ad­ prepared plan, he said, the council will have the final approval. the bid or reject it and solicit other bids, plan. visory committee. Gillen said. The council also will spend $11,000 to have Also serving on the committee will be The plan is expected to be completed by the firm prepare a waterfront recreation David Thaler, publisher of The Indepen­ Aug. 31. Four other contractors, he said, have ex­ and development plan and revise the master dent, Councilman Richard B. Ely, and pressed interest in bidding for the ramp con­ plan. Bergen. In another matter relating to waterfront struction contract. They did not submit bids The borough’s master plan was completed The council agreed to request that the development, Borough Engineer Tim Gillen by the deadline last week. more than six years ago. Planning Board appoint Ely, who is a board said that he will meet Tuesday with Thomas Proctor Inc., Long Branch, the only bidder Borough Attorney Gordon Litwin said that “The waterfront revitalization plan,” member, as its representative so that he can he had also spoken to a contractor who was Mayor Richard Bergen said, “is phase one serve as a liasion between the council and for a proposed municipal boat-launching ramp contract. interested in bidding for the contract. Ap­ of an update of a section of the m aster plan, the board. parently, the contractor had not been aware which encompasses the waterfront area and The committee will begin meeting the sec­ Proctor bid $533,890 for the construction that the borough was accepting bids last business section.” ond week of July, Bergen said. contract. week, Litwin said. Agreem ent m ay be signed within two w eeks P ort A u th ority w orkin g w ith cou n ty on stu d ies By Judith McGee Feeney state, and county will sign an agreement The county’s $100,000 would come from that the money be used to help keep the Nat- The Port Authority of New York and New within two weeks to authorize the study. money already budgeted to the Dept, of co Rail Spur in operation. However the re­ Jersey is working with state, county, and A private consultant would be contracted Economic Development, Shaffery said. quest was dropped after Conrail abandoned local officials to draft specifications for two to conduct the study. The federal Community Development the Natco Spur. studies to be done in the Bayshore area. The study would focus on nine funds were to be used for special projects, In one study, the Port Authority and the municipalities, Shaffery said. They are Shaffery said. The Community Development Block county would recommend ways to stimulate Aberdeen, Matawan, Keyport, Hazlet, But the county received only one proposal Grant Screening Committee still must ap­ economic development in the Bayshore area Union Beach, Keansburg, Middletown, for a special project. International Flavors prove using the money for the development and create a unified development plan. Highlands, Atlantic Highlands, and the and Fragrances, Union Beach, had asked study, Shaffery said. The other study would explore the Gateway National Recreation Area at San possibility of expanding commercial fishing dy Hook. ports at Belford, Middletown. Gov. Thomas Kean announced May 15 a t ; town meeting at Middletown High School Work on Van Brackle Rd., The county has submitted proposed South that the Port Authority had approved specifications for the Bayshore develop­ the development study. ment plan to the Port Authority, according The announcement surprised local ol Cliffwood Ave. to start soon to Paul Shaffery, director of the County ficials, who then wondered if the Pori Dept, of Economic Development. Authority had its own plans for the area. ABERDEEN the road a few feet on each side, he said. “We sent a preliminary scope of services But Shaffery has said that the authority The state and county will pay the cost of Although the township owns the road from to the Port Authority,” Shaffery said. “They wants only to assist development in the two construction projects which will begin Route 34 to Line Road, said Mayor Burton are preparing a legal agreement for the Bayshore. soon in the township. Morachnick, the section from Arlene Ter­ study to be signed by the state, county, and Under the tentative proposal, Shaffery Van Brackle Road will be widened and re­ race to Line Road does not need reconstruc­ Port Authority.” said, the county would supervise the con­ constructed from Route 34 to Arlene Ter­ tion. The authority is also expected to respond tractor. race, according to Councilman Eugene Sa- A pre-construction meeting will be set in to the proposed scope of services, he said. The authority had earmarked $100,000 to dowski. July, Coren said. The authority and county plan to split the study the Sandy Hook bay area and has Township Manager Mark Coren said last Also set to begin is the installation of $200,000 cost of the development study. agreed to use that money for a study of the night at a council meeting that he has asked sidewalks on Cliffwood Avenue, from Smith Shaffery said he hopes the authority, entire Bayshore. a representative of the State Dept, of Trans­ Road to Matawan Avenue. portation to discuss the construction of the The Planning Board voted last week to road with the governing body at its next ask the County Board of Freeholders to in­ meeting. stall the sidewalks, Coren said. According to Coren, the council is waiting At the Planning Board’s request, Coren for confirmation of the construction bids will draft the letter. from the Federal Highway Administration. “The county seems to be reluctant to add “The state controls the contract,” Coren sidewalks on roads which are not county said. roads,” Sadowski said. “It is up to the township,” he continued, Several councilmen pointed out, however, “to ensure that the quality of the construc­ that the portion of Cliffwood Avenue be­ tion is consistent with our standards since tween Smith Road and Matawan Avenue is we (the township) maintain the road.” owned by the county. The state-funded project was originally The area already has some sidewalks and expected to cost $1 million, Sadowski said. the planned construction will complete the The project will include the widening of section, said Councilman St. Clair Parris. Vote on zoning law delayed By Tina Briscione ington would protect the township from de­ HOLMDEL velopers claiming vested rights in the ordin­ The Township Committee has again post­ ance before the committee completes the re­ poned a voteng on an ordinance designed to visions. A developer would assume the risk make local zoning laws comply with the of the ordinance being changed, he said. State Supreme Court’s Mt. Laurel II deci­ In addition, the construction of housing sion. units with a “density bonus” would be The vote has been rescheduled for July 9. limited in the first two years of Phase I. It was delayed on the advice of Township “Density bonus” refers to the allowance of Planner William Queale. The ordinance will more units per acre than the zoning code be revised again before it is submitted to a normally permits. It would be available to Pet Show vote. , developers who build lower income housing. Jenny Lynn (left), owner of It’s A Dog’s Life, examines a kitten entered by Heidi Vaughn Queale advised the committee to desig­ Only five percent of the total number of (right) Saturday at the Matawan Junior Woman’s Club Fourth Annual Pel Show. Ms. nate the measure “interim ordinance.” The units to be built in a development could be Lynn was a pet show judge. See related photo. Page 2. (Photo by Les Horner) designation, said Township Clerk John Wad- constructed in each of the first two years. Find A ndy, win Sewerage hookup ban Local real estate t\S. Postage Paid Bulk Rate free dinner for two: 3 may end soon: 14 report: 34 Monmouth Communications Corp, Page BI-2 THE INDEPENDENT June 27, 1984 Hazlet Committee delays decision in Hilton hearing HAZLET gun in a bar. He was charged Hilton asked for reinstate­ Grand Opening The Township Committee with violating the Police ment. unanimously agreed last Department’s rules of con­ Hilton’s attorney, Jerome Under New Ownership and New Experienced Staff week to delay a decision for duct.