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Middlesex County outlines compressed timeline for cross-acceptance of New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan
Summary
County planning officials briefed the Middlesex County Planning Board on the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan cross-acceptance process, a schedule of public meetings and a May 30 deadline for the county's compiled response to the state.
Middlesex County planning officials on Thursday briefed the county Planning Board on the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan cross-acceptance process and a compressed timetable for county and municipal feedback.
The Planning Director said the state planning commission approved a draft of the plan and has asked counties and municipalities to compare their local plans with the statewide policies and return comments. "It is a process of comparing the statewide planning policies at all government levels," the Planning Director said. "It's an opportunity for the various jurisdictions to come together and feed into the ultimate state plan which will be approved at the end of the year."
The county's schedule includes a public information meeting on March 24 in the county committee room, a planning board update on May 13, and submission of a compiled cross-acceptance response template (the "CARD report") to the state on May 30. The board will consider a final county report at its June 10 meeting before sending it to the state, the Planning Director said.
The Planning Director and staff said the CARD report compiles feedback from municipal cross-acceptance committees. "We reached out to all of the municipalities within the county, asking them to assign two to five individuals on the cross-acceptance committees," the Planning Director said, adding that the county has retained a consultant to assist with assembling the responses.
Board members did not object to the schedule and moved to accept the director's report. A voice vote approved the action.
Background: the state plan as presented includes goals such as economic development, housing, infrastructure, revitalization, climate change and natural and water resources. The planning director asked municipalities to review the plan map for accuracy on shown growth areas, metropolitan areas, preserved lands and agricultural areas and to flag any areas they believe are incorrectly mapped.
The Planning Board will accept public input during the scheduled meetings and will compile municipal responses into the May 30 submission to the state.
