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anon-9qpp	Posted: Fri, May 29 2020, 6:56 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending anon-6q96 wrote: Cranbury got a large hit because for years all they did was pay other towns to take their COAH credits. So they wanted the warehouses and tax revenue but didn’t want to have to create affordable housing in town. UNTIL NOW. No more paying other towns for your problems. All they did? Your problem? Clearly you are not informed and not a Cranbury resident. The RCAs helped the cities and towns who needed the housing and the mayors who lost were upset. Cranbury unlike other towns and cities always fulfilled the obligation. It is why we got off well in the courts.
anon-7ns6	Posted: Fri, May 29 2020, 6:27 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending anon-6q96 wrote: Cranbury got a large hit because for years all they did was pay other towns to take their COAH credits. So they wanted the warehouses and tax revenue but didn’t want to have to create affordable housing in town. UNTIL NOW. No more paying other towns for your problems. LOL. Who lives in the town they work in? Most of us who pay to live here commute to our jobs outside of town. A tiny percentage work in Cranbury. NJ has over 600 towns, one beginning at the border of another, unlike most states where there is large swaths of unincorporated county land between towns. It's silly concept that flies in the our warehouses plans to live in our tiny town. I bet the vast majority of those in our affordable housing don't work in Cranbury. So if Cranbury is contributing some of its fair share of affordable housing by paying for housing credits elsewhere, there's nothing wrong with that and in fact it's more in line with helping create the housing where the demand is. Besides, everyone knows that COAH is a scam designed to help developers blackmail towns into zoning for more at-market housing because most communities can't afford to do what Cranbury does and has to rely on the "builders remedy." That's why NJ is the most densely populated state and the most developer friendly. If you really believe the rules are about providing affordable housing, I have a bridge for sale.
anon-6q96	Posted: Fri, May 29 2020, 5:30 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending Cranbury got a large hit because for years all they did was pay other towns to take their COAH credits. So they wanted the warehouses and tax revenue but didn’t want to have to create affordable housing in town. UNTIL NOW. No more paying other towns for your problems.
anon-7666	Posted: Fri, May 29 2020, 3:23 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending I know it's ridiculous how Cranbury is always run over by the state and county officials. We send more money to the state and county than we get back, while the big towns who have Freeholders and state officials from them get all the aid. Just like those towns escaped the COAH hit and Cranbury got a massive number until the courts got involved and stopped the game. We still got a large number, but not as large and the other towns got an equal hit relative to their size.
anon-3792	Posted: Fri, May 29 2020, 2:31 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending Revised N.J. school funding proposal: Cranbury Twp $716,080 $659,587 -$56,493
anon-7666	Posted: Thu, May 28 2020, 11:38 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending Sidewalks are the homeowner’s responsibility and always have been. If the town suddenly repairs all sidewalks not only is it unfair to those who have repaired their own based on the current law in town, but will cost over a million dollars given the number of sidewalks in town. And it is not a one time thing. Once the town owns them the town must do so forever. Which means engineering reviews annual and repairs annually. We have two spots vacant down town. One is for sale and the other being remodeled. High at became a comic shop immediately. With people losing jobs you do not create more township jobs and costs. The town uses surplus to support taxes and our bond rating. It will eventually run out if you keep spending it. These expenses will be covered via tax increases.
anon-po04	Posted: Thu, May 28 2020, 11:19 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Township spending Now is the time to get infrastructure repairs done - sidewalks and such. The spending is responsible since there is a projected surplus coming in from tax revenue. The EDC is VERY important if the village is to survive post COVID-19. Although there is a business association already in place, it's mostly a networking opportunity for small businesses. Larger companies are untapped and the entire association needs help in general. The library is a complete folly that will cost a lot of tax dollars to build and even more tax dollars to maintain forever into the future. It only benefits a very small number of taxpayers, while improving the downtown actually benefits EVERYONE. Infrastructure projects like roads, sidewalks, parks and the lake also benefit many more then a small library with extremely limited hours.
anon-4634	Posted: Thu, May 28 2020, 9:36 am EDT    Post subject: Township spending I have watched the library thread, but it strikes me that that spending is small compared to other projects the TC is looking to do quietly. We have a recession and high unemployment, but the TC just this week: - tried to create an economic development committee with paid staff and a budget to hold business networking events and other programs. That is what the Cranbury Business Assoc does at no cost to us. - agreed to have the lawyer talk at the next meeting about the town repairing all sidewalks within the town. Today it is on the homeowner. - Then you have the library which three of the 5 want to spend and build. The TC seems like they want to throw money away and our taxes are going to sky rocket.