Bond In Investing Savings Local officials are calling for more input and incentives from the state in the formation of a preservation and development plan for the Highlands Region.
acre wooded tract in the Highlands, saying it is environmentally unsound and violates agreements the Sussex County borough has with the state.
Bond Investment Toledo Toledo The Sussex County Freeholders have sent state officials a five-page list of recommendations they would like to see considered with the findings of the Highlands Task Force. The governor-appointed body has until March to create a smart growth plan for the region, which includes parts of 13 Sussex County municipalities.
Stop the mad rush to pass the Highlands bill! The people of the seven counties affected by the bill are the only people with the legitimacy to pass judgment on the issue. Every landowner should be notified by registered mail of this massive zoning change, then the issue should be fully vetted in regional meetings. It should then be put on the ballot in November, but only in the seven Highlands counties. Let's see what the people most affected, not the politicians in Trenton, want done.
James Bond Trading Card The freeholders expect the task forces plan will have significant impact on the county and the surrounding region. So theyre asking for their say.
Would you be willing to pay an extra buck a year on your water bills if the money were used to buy and protect land in the Highlands You'd be getting a real bargain. The North Jersey District Water Supply Commission is considering an idea that would add a dollar a year to its customers' water bills. The money would go to paying off some $25 million to $30 million in bonds that would be used to buy unprotected Highlands land.
Bond In Investing Stock For representation and revenue, said Freeholder Susan Zellman. To be at the table, to make sure the landowners receive equitable payment for their land, and basically, compensation.
DeSapio said "a formal investigation of the techniques to draw lines" member council's "first official action." The Highlands legislation became law in August. The Highlands Council is responsible for developing a master plan for an area of more than 800, 000 acres spread over seven counties in northern New Jersey. Development is prohibited in the 398, acre preservation area and is expected to be mapped out in the planning area.
Municipal Bonds Investment Micah Rasmussen, a spokesman for Gov. James E. McGreevey, said while the specifics for the task forces findings are not determined, public input will be weighed.
Legislators from other parts of the state have no right to decide land use in the Highlands without the consent of those who will have to live with the result. At the very least, the bill should be delayed for a year so Highlands residents can understand all of the unintended consequences of such a massive law. Special interests have driven the agenda and had their say. Let the people of the seven counties have their say and choose their own fate.
Bond Terms Trading The task force has held two public hearings regarding preservation and development in the Highlands Region. Rasmussen said the hearings will not be the end of public input.
Bond Debt High In Inside The need for continual public input is a major part of discussion of the panel, he said.
Bond Greenville Greenville In addition to state officials, the freeholders have sent the recommendations to local municipal officials seeking their support. The recommendations originated with the Five County Coalition, a group of county officials from Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon and Somerset counties.
Trading Stock And Bonds Vernon Mayor Ira Weiner and Sparta Mayor James Henderson are two of the local officials seeking more say with the Highlands Task Force.
Bond Investing Municipal If theyre going to turn this into a regional authority, theyre going to bankrupt the area very quickly, Weiner said. Anytime you take zoning decisions out of the hands of local folks, it ends up being detrimental.
Basis Bond Finance Hill Weiner said he supports preservation of the Highlands Region in certain areas, but not without compensation to the municipalities in those areas.
Bond Explained Terms Trading Its inherently unfair until they restructure the financial end, he said.
Bond Business Investing Stock Vernon, along with Hardyston, lost a significant amount of state watershed aid due to the moratorium on development in the Newark Watershed.
Bond Houston Houston Sparta is already experiencing some state opposition to the expansion of sewers in its town center and officials hope they will not receive more.
Stock Bonds Day Trading Were very concerned about what happens in the Highlands because the state seems to be going in the direction to stop all development, Henderson said.
Bond Corporate Investing Henderson said he finds a number of officials on the Highlands Task Force to be reasonable, however, there is much unknown about what the state will do with the task forces findings. p> We just hope reasonable people will prevail, he said.
Investment Bond Uk Other Sussex County municipalities which lie in the Highlands Region are Andover Borough, Andover Township, Byram, Franklin, Green, Hamburg, Hardyston, Hopatcong, Lafayette, Ogdensburg and Stanhope.
Bond Trading Strategy By Lynn Olanoff
NJ Herald - 2/3/2004
Topic: Highlands
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