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Residents press council on Salt Brook erosion; council adopts county hazard-mitigation plan
Summary
Residents urged faster action on Salt Brook erosion and a damaged county pipe; council adopted the Union County multi-jurisdictional natural hazard mitigation plan (required for federal grant eligibility) and staff said permits are secured with on-site scoping to follow.
Residents and council debated Salt Brook erosion and a damaged county-owned pipe that several speakers said threatens private property and requires urgent stabilization. The council adopted Resolution 12392 to accept the Union County multi-jurisdictional natural hazard mitigation plan, a document that supports future federal grant applications for flood and erosion projects.
Public commenters described property damage and asked the city to push for faster remediation and to include recent actions within the mitigation documentation. One resident said federal-level advocacy has put Salt Brook on the Water Resources Development Act list for emergency stream-bank erosion and shoreline protection, and that a $4 million regional funding request has been submitted to Congress for a Passaic River mitigation project.
City Administrator Tammy Baldwin said the city obtained the required DEP permit and that engineers and DPW would meet on-site in the next week or two to scope the work. Council members urged the city to pursue available federal funds and emphasized the need to stabilize banks so the county will repair the damaged pipe. The resolution adopting the hazard plan passed with council support and the city clerk confirmed the plan is publicly available via the agenda packet link.
