Warehouses

[anon-p3o1]

Perhaps people think the silly historic houses are the ugliness of the town. The nerve of some that think the council has any right to just haphazardly say they want one thing or the other. Warehouses were here before some your low property taxed mansions.

[anon-p0q2]

The issue is past TCs tried to strike a balance. They preserved the Kurek and the Stults farms on the other side of 130. The current TC hasn’t preserved any land and 4 of them are now in years 3-5, said they would do better to mitigate the sprawl and has done even less.

They were elected based on a promise and haven’t done anything except focus on bike paths that will actually pave over more farmland.

[anon-8457]

Does anyone have links or documents about the proposed warehouses? Can’t see anything from the planning board or zoning about applications or approvals for a new warehouse near the hamlet. Only thing you can see is that the majority of the area around the hamlet is zoned as light industrial, and that’s nothing new. Would definitely be beneficial to see what’s being proposed and where.

[anon-p3o1]

Preserving land costs $$$$$$ and usually the county helps out as well. Buttttt the land owners must be willing to settle for a lot less then a what the property is actually worth. So, show me in this day and age what rational person would really settle for a lot less simply to help out a township and the entitled residents, that all of a sudden decide that warehouses aren’t for them. How much money do you think the town has?

[anon-opr0]

[anon-n8s0]

The points you make are fair.

That is what Glenn, Dave, Dan and Jay all said and tried to explain many times over. As Mayors Glenn first then Jay tried to buy the land in question. The developer told them no it wasn’t a good deal for them. Those on the TC today argued Jay, Glenn and Dan were the problem to the warehouses and they would be the solution. So how can you blame voters for wanting the solution promised to them, instead of just being ignored?

The TC in the past preserved many farms. But nothing in the last five years. Why is that?

[anon-ron0]

Because Glenn repeatedly said that there is only one or two parcels left.

Protinick was a deal based on keeping taxes low. Could have been preserved.

Penske truck deal was good for Art since he had his buddies on the TC and in charge of the planning board when that passed. Environmental impact could have been lessened; plenty of discussion and protest back then.

[anon-opr0]

[anon-p0q2]

There is still land in the agricultural zone not preserved. The county has a roster of land they feel is valuable in town. So yes, a warehouse developer would likely be too high. But the other farms may not. For example, the land in Cranbury Neck Rd where the fence used to be is not preserved, but could be.

[anon-p0q2]

[anon-n5qs]

[anon-p0q2]

[Real estate-s02s]

By law the town can't offer more than the assessed value. A developer can offer as much as they want. The towns hands were tied.

[anon-p6q7]

With that the township will never be able to buy any land a developer is interested in.

[anon-r24s]

That is true. That is why the town has to be proactive and go after land before the developer. They tried with Protinick and almost did it. They have done it with many other farms on both sides of 130. But you can’t just sit around you have to reach out and have discussions.

[anon-roq2]