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City authorizes Friends of Quality Education to act as agent on remediation case for former Commercial Street lot
Summary
An agreement was presented allowing Friends of Quality Education and its licensed site remediation professional to act as the city’s agent on an existing DEP historic fill remediation case at the former Commercial Street lot (Old Commercial Street lot) on Caven Point/Haven Point; staff said the site is tied to a charter school redevelopment plan.
City engineering staff presented a resolution authorizing an agreement that would allow Friends of Quality Education to act as the city’s agent, through its licensed site remediation professional, on an existing New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) case concerning historic fill at the former Commercial Street lot on Caven Point Avenue (Block 24, Lot 24301/1.02), a site connected to a proposed charter school redevelopment.
Drew Banghardt, deputy director for the Department of Infrastructure on behalf of engineering, said the agreement “is just to let them act as an agent of the city, with their licensed site remediation professional for an existing case on that property.” He explained the DEP already had an open case for historic fill at the site.
Council members asked whether city staff would review the work or if the city was ceding oversight. Banghardt replied the engineering division and the law department would be involved in reviewing and signing documents as the project moves forward.
Staff said the property was transferred through the JCRA process or the entity is the named redeveloper and the city inspected work before agreeing to accept improvements. The item was introduced at caucus for council consideration; no formal vote was recorded in the caucus discussion.
