Aberdeen Seeking COAH Certification with Questions Or Concerns,” He Affordable Housing Added
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Areduced to 174 units and has a Under the new plan, Aberdeen three-pronged plan to fill that is seeking a 95-unit “lack of land” quota. adjustment since it claims to have The Fair Share Plan, which only 144 acres of suitable sites for includes 49 age-restricted units at inclusionary housing. a former Church Street industrial In order to fulfill the remain site and 44 rental units on County ing 174-unit obligation, the town Road, was submitted to the state ship would use a diversity of Council on Affordable Housing options. It would provide low- (COAH) for certification last and moderate-income units week. AUGUSTO F. MENEZES through two municipally spon If the plan is certified by sored construction programs, pos Tess Cafro, 3, of Keyport, watches closely as Henry Vitale, safety chairman of the Knights of COAH, the township’s affordable sibly with nonprofit corporations. Columbus Chapter No. 12232, adjusts her bicycle seat at a Bicycle Safety Rodeo Saturday in housing obligation will be Keyport. For the story, see page 22. One plan is to acquire the reduced by 95 units, from 269 to approximately 13.9-acre former 174. Hank Levin & Co. Inc. manufac “We have to file to get a turing operation on Church Street reduction in our obligation,” between Gravelly Brook and the Planned Brookdale C.C. land Township Manager Mark Coren Conrail Railroad right of way and said. “They will come back to us sale sparks fierce protest Continued on page 25 Residents w ant Last Wednesday, the college Hintz, a Lincroft resident for eight accepted two bids, one for years and one of the originators of tract preserved $730,000 and another for $1.5 a petition drive. million. The low bid came from The petition, which was deliv B Y L I N D A D e NICOLA C.J. Hesse Inc. of Belford and the ered to the Township Committee Staff Writer higher bid was submitted by Site early last week with 900 signa Development Inc. of Mount tures, opposes the plan to auction rookdale Community Laurel. the 5.88-acre lot and asks resi College’s plan to sell off a No formal action will be taken dents to join in “opposing this lat: 5.88-acre parcel to build a until the college trustees meet on est attempt to continue the over BStudent Life Center has met with development of the Lincroft Town July 7. fierce opposition from Lincroft Center and its associated increase residents. Related story, page 3 in traffic and congestion...” Residents plan to do every According to Louise Horgan of By Friday another 100 or more thing in their power to prevent the the college president’s office, the people had joined the petition college from selling the land to a college does not require that bid drive and the movement was con* developer, preferring that it ders tell them what they plan to tinuing to expand, Hintz said. The remain open space. build. The bids can be rejected for initial 900 signatures were accu The tract is located on Phalanx legal reasons, she said. mulated over 12 hours “right after Road and Route 520, next to the The proposed land sale has we found out about the sale on Amoco gas station on the south angered Lincroft residents and June 2,” she added. JACKIE POLLACK west comer of the Middletown- Middletown High School North seniors (l-r) Amanda Albaladejo, triggered a grass-roots movement “There is a major traffic issue Matthew Kilar and Alison Ahrens cheer for Assistant Principal Lincroft Road-Route 520 intersec to stop it. here,” Hintz said. “When tion. The Lincroft Elementary Charles Best during graduation ceremonies Monday at the PNC “There is a ground swell of Brookdale is getting out and the Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. For more on Middletown gradua School is just west of the vacant opposition,” said Mary Ellen tions, see page 16. wooded parcel. Continued on page 24 2 INDEPENDENT, JUNE 24, 1999 HOME & GARDEN c a t * O H V t S H O W P L A C E s s Q - y - w . $ 4 W e ’ r e Y o u r W A T E R GARDENING Large selection of Pond Liners, MEGA S a le SPECTACULAR Headquarters Accessories. 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