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Pompton Lakes planning board to weigh low-cost reexamination vs. full master plan amid tight budgets
Summary
The Planning Board agreed to reconvene a master-plan committee to decide whether to pursue a lower-cost reexamination (about $25,000) or a full master-plan rewrite (about $150,000). Committee will refine scope before requesting funds, with housing-element updates flagged as potentially time-consuming.
The Pompton Lakes Planning Board on Dec. 17 agreed to reconstitute its master-plan committee to decide whether the borough should pursue a limited reexamination of its 2017 plan or a full master-plan rewrite.
Kristen of Colliers, who met with the committee on Dec. 3, gave the board a ballpark estimate of roughly $25,000 for a reexamination and about $150,000 for a full master-plan process. Board members said there is no dedicated planning budget set for 2025 and that the committee will meet monthly to refine which elements must be updated before asking the borough council for funding.
The committee will focus on three tasks: updating the rezoning map, reexamining prior recommendations to decide which to keep or revise, and drafting new recommendations. Members said the housing element requires particular attention because ongoing state and local changes could make piecemeal amendments impractical and potentially more costly than a full rewrite.
"We should really review those zonings to make sure that they're what we want for the future," a committee member said during the meeting. The board stressed the goal of narrowing scope so the town does not spend more on piecemeal changes than on a complete plan when that would be more cost-effective.
Next steps include further committee work to define the scope and a discussion with the borough administrator and finance staff to identify a feasible funding plan; the board also discussed coordinating master-plan work with redevelopment planning to avoid duplicated effort. The committee expects to report recommendations early in 2025 so the council can consider any budget request.
