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Google satellite view shows the small NJ Transit lot on North Avenue adjacent to the station. |
Plainfield City Council meets Monday at 7:00 PM for its December agenda-setting session.
Amid much routine business -- the annual Free Holiday Parking, a resolution thanking Councilor Cory Storch for his 16 years of service, another by Councilor Davis noting the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans in America -- there are several items of interest.
The proposed NJ Transit agreement may spark some discussion, as well as the health benefits contract.
197 PROPERTIES PLAN - 5th RevisionCity Council meets in an agenda-setting session at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers / Courthouse at Watchung Avenue and East 4th Street. Parking available on the street and in the lot across from Police Headquarters.
Ordinance 2019-28 is removing 28 properties from the remaining total of 78, leaving just 50 in the remaining plan. A scan of the list reveals all but one are now privately owned (several are vacant, undersized lots); the one city-owned property being an undersized lot on Carnegie Avenue. With nearly 3/4 of the properties in the original plan now disposed of, I think we can declare it mostly a success -- after more than 20 years.
MOU WITH THE BOARD OF ED
The City of Plainfield and the Plainfield Board of Education are renewing the Memorandum of Understanding entered into some time back, whereby each is able to use the facilities of the other without fees. This has certainly been a boon for the City when meetings are held that are designed to appeal to the different wards.
SALE OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
Tax Assessor Tracy Bennett is preparing for another auction of city-owned properties. Of the 16 on the current list, 14 are vacant land, one is a 2-family residence, and one is a commercial property.
HEALTH CARE AIN'T CHEAP
A resolution for a short-term renewal of the City's medical and prescription benefits for active and retired employees with Aetna suggests that the City's annual tab for benefits is in the range of $15M per year. As we all know, healthcare ain't cheap.
NJ TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIAN MALL
The City proposes to enter into an agreement with NJ Transit to take over the small NJT-owned parking lot on the North Avenue side of the station as part of the proposed North Avenue Pedestrian Mall project (see satellite view above). NJ Transit is attaching several conditions, including how the City is to replace the displaced parking spaces. In planning for over a year now, I hear constant murmurs of concern from the merchants who will be (along with tenants in upper floor apartments) vastly affected by the proposed mall.
GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT (MUHLENBERG)
The Economic Development is moving quickly to designate the large former Muhlenberg parking lot on Park Avenue across from the hospital complex as a non-condemnation redevelopment area. Anyone want to bet there's someone waiting in the wings? It's a juicy piece of property. Apartments? Retail? Medical offices? Stay tuned.
MISCELLANEOUS
Evona Avenue: Because necessary tree removal in the project is not covered by CDBG grants, the City must make up the $2,000 cost.
Garfield Avenue: The City will use the Morris County Co-op to replace sidewalks on Garfield Avenue for $18,000.
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