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Volunteer with Sustainable New Jersey urges Matawan council to back coastal climate-adaptation bill
Summary
A volunteer affiliated with Sustainable New Jersey urged the Matawan Borough Council to support a New Jersey coastal climate-adaptation bill that would let municipalities apply for resilience funding, citing declining federal aid and noting other municipalities have already signed on.
A volunteer identifying affiliation with Sustainable New Jersey urged the Matawan Borough Council to support a state coastal climate-adaptation bill that, the speaker said, would let municipalities apply for funding for climate adaptation and resilience projects.
"This is a great opportunity," the volunteer said, urging the council to help move the bill forward so Matawan — described in the comment as a near-coastal community — could access state funds. The speaker told the council the bill had already passed both chambers of the state legislature, saying that municipalities would be able to "apply for the funds raised by the act." The volunteer added that other Monmouth County municipalities have already signed on and that federal funding that previously supported such projects is declining.
The comment framed the bill as a way for local governments to pursue adaptation projects "at no cost to tax[payers]," according to the speaker. They asked the council to consider support so Matawan could compete for those resources.
Council members did not take a formal vote on the comment; the meeting record shows a public hearing elsewhere on the agenda scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 20, and staff did not announce immediate follow-up steps tied specifically to this comment during the exchange.
