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Members discuss combining vacant lots into pocket parks, DPW access sites and green infrastructure
Summary
Committee members suggested combining small vacant parcels to create pocket parks, fields or rain‑garden/green‑infrastructure sites and identified a Laurel Court lot and Gilbert Place as candidates that could improve DPW access or deter illicit use.
David (Committee member) asked whether some of the vacant parcels on the list could be combined to create more than flood easements — for example, a set of three lots turned into a field or a pocket park that could still be designed to flood occasionally but provide community benefit.
Alex (Chair) said the township retains more flexibility than state buyout programs: a locally led acquisition can be converted into a pocket park, passive recreation area or managed open space and could purchase parcels that just touch the floodway. Members noted a DPW‑access parcel on Laurel Court as a high‑value acquisition because it would improve access to waterways, and Gilbert Place (Green Acres‑encumbered) was identified as township‑owned but underused land that might be spruced up.
The group agreed to have an intern map candidate parcels and to draft criteria for combining lots into multi‑lot projects that balance flood mitigation and recreation.
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