Voorhees Committee approves resolution of need for proposed 60‑unit affordable housing and directs planning‑board review

The Voorhees Township Committee on Dec. 8 approved resolution 366‑25, memorializing a 'resolution of need' for construction of a proposed 60‑unit affordable housing project on a portion of Unit 1A, Block 198, Lot 7, and approved resolution 367‑25 directing the township Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to consider whether part of Block 198, Lot 7 should be delineated as an area in need of non‑condemnation redevelopment under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (cited in the transcript as NJSA482A‑1).

The Chair read the resolutions into the record and the committee moved and seconded approval of the listed resolutions; the motions carried on roll call. The resolutions as read initiate municipal review steps: the 'resolution of need' expresses the committee’s determination that a project meeting certain affordable‑housing objectives is needed for the site, and the Planning Board preliminary investigation will examine whether the study area meets statutory criteria for designation as an area in need of redevelopment (non‑condemnation).

The committee did not record detailed debate or public testimony on the housing project at the Dec. 8 meeting; the resolutions primarily authorize next procedural steps rather than final approval of site development. Any subsequent redevelopment designation or approvals would proceed through Planning Board hearings and statutory notice requirements.