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Millburn says 9 Main Street affordable housing will move off DPW site after agreement in principle; special meeting set
Summary
After more than two years of litigation, the township announced an agreement in principle with RPM to relocate the contested 9 Main Street affordable housing project to township-owned land; the proposal includes 93 units (75 deed-restricted affordable rentals, 18 market-rate) and will be detailed at a special meeting slated for July 29.
Mayor Sacramandy announced that the township and RPM have reached an agreement in principle to relocate the long-disputed 9 Main Street affordable housing project off the Department of Public Works site and onto township-owned property.
"After more than 2 years of litigation, I'm pleased to report that the township and RPM have reached an agreement in principle to move the affordable housing project off the DPW site at 9 Main Street and on the township owned property," Sacramandy said. He described the move as resolving residents' concerns about the original contaminated site and the project's concentration of affordability.
The development as described by the mayor would contain 93 residential units in total: 75 deed-restricted affordable rental units consistent with the original proposal, and 18 market-rate units. The plan would include commercial and retail space on the ground floor. According to the mayor, moving the affordable units away from a site with a documented history of industrial contamination reduces litigation and public-health risk.
Township officials said they are finalizing settlement documents and will release full terms to the public in advance of a special meeting to present the agreement in detail, provide public comment, and hold a committee vote. The mayor said the meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 29 and that the township will issue a press release once documents are finalized; he added the township is not ready to disclose specific financial terms yet.
The mayor framed the arrangement as comparable in overall township cost to proceeding with the original 9 Main Street project and said the mixed-income design avoids creating a 100% affordable, income-segregated building. He also said township counsel and committee members met multiple times with RPM principals and counsel to reach the agreement.
Next steps: settlement documents will be finalized and posted before the special meeting so the public can review them prior to a formal committee vote.
(Reporting note: the committee announced the tentative special meeting date and the unit counts during the July 14 meeting; financial and contract terms were described as "not specified" pending final documents.)
