Residents question River Road redevelopment plan, cite contamination and density concerns
Summary
During public comment, residents urged clearer comparisons between current zoning and the proposed River Road redevelopment plan and raised concerns about known contamination on the River Road site and the plan's incentives for density.
Several speakers used public comment on April 27 to press the council for more information about the borough’s River Road redevelopment plan. Val Clark said the consultant’s report felt recycled from prior work and noted there was "no mention of the existing known contamination on River Road," offering to share a 2019 seller disclosure report.
David Andresen asked the council to direct staff to prepare a concise comparative table showing what the current overlay zoning allows versus what the redevelopment plan would permit—maximum units, allowable first‑floor retail or other uses, and public‑use set‑asides. He also requested the council instruct counsel to draft an ordinance to bar rezoning that would turn single‑family lots into connecting cut‑throughs to non‑single‑family parcels.
Council members acknowledged those concerns and said revised plan materials would be posted in the future; the mayor said the plan will not be reopened in a way that alters the legal protections the borough’s professionals recommend. The transcript records requests for specific numeric limits and contamination disclosures that the council did not supply at the meeting.
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