Middletown Planners OK Open Space Plan Waterfront Property, Anyone?
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Community Guide In the swim Run ‘til It Sells! Area swim dubs got together for Now Add A Photo! $4 5 This handy pull-out section can be AUTOMOTIVE CLASSIFIED (private party only) , ^ \ i used throughout the year their championship meet on Saturday (each additional line $7.00) some restrictions apply Page 34 1 -800-660-4A D S Serving Aberdeen, Hazlet, Holmdel, Keyport, Matawan and Middletown A U G U S T 11, 1999 40 cents MiddletownV O Lplanners U M E 29, N U M B E R 32 OK open space plan List of priority sites Instead of a 25-75 percent match, with the township paying now goes to township the 75 percent, the township for final approval would be eligible for a 50 percent matching grant, board member BY LINDA DeNICOLA and Township Committee woman Staff W riter Rosemarie Peters said. “The town would only have to M iddletown’s Open raise 50 percent. How we would Space Preservation Plan do that is the question,” Peters has been unanimously added. approved by the Planning Board . Mercantante said the beauty of The board adopted the plan the plan is that the payments last week as an amendment to the would be paid for through the township’s master plan. special assessment program. The It now goes to the Township open space tax (1 cent per $100 Committee for final approval. of assessed valuation) approved “They have to pass a resolution last year by voters raises approxi of concurrence before it goes to the mately $474,000 per year. state,” said former township The courtroom was full during Planning Director Anthony the hearing, but only a few people Mercantante, who worked with the took the microphone to speak, ad hoc Open Space Committee to possibly because they were implement the plan before his advised that the board would not departure. be addressing the issue of indi “The primary goal is to put vidual properties. ourselves in position for state “We’re not here to talk about JERRY WOLKOWITZ funding. In order to do that, we particular sites,” Mercantante Drew Capichana, 4, of Union Beach, encourages his brother, Jake, 1, to dance during the New need a plan,” Mercantante said. Power Soul concert at Normandy Park in Middletown Thursday. The concert was part of the town explained. Peters explained that site eval ship’s popular summer concert series. With a plan in place, the town uation is a decision made by the ship will be able to acquire Green governing body, not by the Acres funding under a new Planning Board. matching grant program that Peters, who is also a member depends on a dedicated tax and a waterfront property, anyone? plan. Continued on page 21 “The expectation is that the major historic buildings. Some Officers Row, other greatest cost would be toward are used as public museums or Ft. Hancock buildings rehabilitation,” said Lou Venuto, for park system operations; oth division chief of Interpretation ers are already occupied by edu available for leasing and Cultural Resources. “In addi cational and research organiza tion such as the National Marine BY LINDA DeNICOLA tion there would be a service dis Fisheries Laboratory, the New Staff W riter trict fee, kind of like a condo fee, that would provide for common Jersey Marine Sciences T he National Park Service area maintenance and 24-hour Consortium and the M arine is offering long-term leas security provided by park Academy of Science and ing opportunities for 32 rangers.” Technology. historic buildings in Fort Among the buildings included The 32 buildings, totaling Hancock at the Sandy Hook Unit in the offering are 17 houses approximately 270,000 square of Gateway National Recreation along Fort Hancock’s Officers feet, are vacant or underutilized. Area. Row. Fort Hancock is a public “The purpose of this offering The 50- to 100-year-old his park so the buildings are not is to assure the long-term preser toric buildings are all former mil available for private, residential vation of these historic structures itary structures located in the Fort use, Venuto said. though private and public part Hancock Historic District at the A lso included are the Fort nerships,” said Sandy Hook northern end of the peninsula. Hancock Officers Club, gymnasi Superintendent Charles Baerlin. The buildings are available for um, post exchange, barracks, the “The National Park Service development by profit or non ater, chapel, and various ware will consider proposals that rec house and support buildings. ognize and benefit from the profit organizations in return for Peter Miano, an employee at Crystal Dreams and Visions in down their rehabilitation and long-term The Fort Hancock Historic unique seashore character and town Matawan, enjoys a massage by Eileen Smith Betancourt of maintenance. District includes more than 90 Matawan during Matawan’s Downtown Celebration Aug. 3. Continued on page 21 2 INDEPENDENT, AUGUST 11, 1999 M H E R E I T IS...OUR BIGGEST NURSERY S w u m c t ^ e m m t u u t S a t e EVENT OF THE YEAR!!! n e% c k oOFF* n l y on any Nursery Item over 19.99 excludes sale items $%../ , j !/ / •., HOME & CARDEN S H O W_____ P IA C E EVERGREEN & TREE HIBISCUS ^IIM(ll\l BUDDUV &a BLOOM)DLUUIVi;^? 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