TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING
The regular meeting of the Township
Committee of the
In
accordance with Section 5 of the Open Public Meetings Act, it is hereby
announced and shall be entered into the minutes of this meeting that adequate
notice of this meeting has been provided:
(1)
Posted
on
Office at 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, New Jersey and
remains posted at that location.
(2)
Communicated
to the Cranbury Press, Home News Tribune and
(3)
Was
filed on December 2, 2003 with a Deputy Municipal Clerk at the Cranbury
Municipal Office, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, New Jersey and remains on
file for public inspection, and
(4)
Sent
to those individuals who have requested personal notice.
Reports and Communications from Committee
--Sub Committee Reports -
Agenda Additions/Changes
Ordinances
First
An
Ordinance entitled, “Cranbury Township Ordinance # 07-04-15, AN ORDINANCE OF
THE TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, APPROVING
THE CONVEYANCE TO THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX OF TWO THREE-FOOT WIDE STRPS OF LAND
ACROSS A PORTION OF PROPERTY DESIGNATED ON THE TOWNSHIP TAX MAP AS BLOCK 25,
LOT 19.01 (“BARCLAY NORTH”) FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES, THE CONVEYANCE TO THE
TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY OF A SEVEN-AND-A-HALF FOOT-WIDE STRIP OF LAND ACROSS A
PORTION OF PROPERTY DESIGNATED ON THE TOWNSHIP TAX MAP, BLOCK 23, LOT 12.01
(“BARCLAY SOUTH’) FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES, THE CONVEYANCE TO THE TOWNSHIP OF
CRANBURY OF A 20-FOOT WIDE EASEMENT ACROSS A PORTION OF PROPERTY DESIGNATED ON
THE TOWNSHIP TAX MAP AS BLOCK 23, LOT 12.01 (“BARCLAY SOUTH”) FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES,
AND THE
(Continued)
DEDICATION
TO THE TOWNSHIP OF AN EASEMENT ACROSS PROPERTY DESIGNATED ON THE TOWNSHIP TAX
MAP AS BLOCK 23, LOCT 12.02 (“BARCLAY STREAM
CORRIDOR”)
FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES, ALL OF PERMITTED BY N.J.S.A. 40a:12-13(B(1)”, as
introduced for first reading. On motion
by
Ayes: (
(Mayes
(Panconi Abstain: (None
(Stave
Nays: None
Public
Hearing:
WHEREAS,
the Township of Cranbury is a municipal corporation and a political subdivision
of the State of New Jersey, having its principal offices located at 23-A North
Main Street, Cranbury, New Jersey 08512 (“Township”); and
WHEREAS,
N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(1) permits a municipal corporation to convey at private
sale any real property owned by said municipal corporation and not needed for a
public use to any political subdivision, agency, department, commission, board
or body corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS,
the Township currently owns property designated on the Cranbury Township Tax
Map as Block 25, Lot 19.01 (“
WHEREAS, in
October 2004, the Township intends to convey Barclay North and South as deed
restricted farmland to the highest bidder at public auction; and
WHEREAS,
prior to effectuating said conveyance, it is necessary for the Township to
convey property to the County of Middlesex across Barclay North and to itself
across Barclay South for roadway right-of-way purposes for the benefit of the
County and Township, respectively, to convey to itself an easement across
Barclay South for drainage purposes for the benefit of the Township, and to
convey to itself an easement across the Barclay Stream Corridor property for
irrigation purposes for the benefit of the eventual owner Barclay South; and
WHEREAS,
the Township has determined that it is in the public interest to effectuate the
above-referenced conveyances for the aforementioned purposes.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the
1. Pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(1), the Township Committee of the Township of
Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, does hereby authorize the Township of
Cranbury to convey to the County of Middlesex, a body politic of the State of
New Jersey, two three-foot-wide strips of land for roadway right-of-way
purposes across a portion of property designated as Block 25, Lot 19.01 on the
tax map of the Township of Cranbury, as more particularly described on a plan
entitled “Plan to Accompany Deed Filing for Barclay North---Minor Subdivision,
Block 25, Lot 19, Township of Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey,” prepared
by Hatch Mott MacDonald
(Continued)
and dated
2. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(1),
the Township Committee of the Township of Cranbury, Middlesex County, New
Jersey, does hereby authorize the Township of Cranbury to convey to itself a
seven-and-a-half-foot wide strip of land for roadway right-of-way purposes and
a twenty-foot wide easement for drainage purposes across a portion of property
designated as Block 23, Lot 12.01 on the tax map of the Township of Cranbury,
as more particularly described on a plan entitled “Township of Cranbury,
Middlesex County, New Jersey , Plan to Accompany Deed Filing for Barclay
North—Minor Subdivision, Block 23, Lot 12”, prepared by Hatch Mott, a copy of which
is on file in the Office of the Township Clerk, and an easement for irrigation
purposes across property designated as Block 23, Lot 12.02 on the Cranbury
Township Tax Map, as more particularly set forth in the deed of easement
attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, or such other
substantially similar deed of easement as shall be approved by the Township
Attorney.
3. The Mayor, Clerk and Township Attorney
are hereby authorized to prepare any documents and to undertake any and all
other acts as are necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof.
4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon
final adoption and publication, as provided for by law.
Ordinance
First
An
Ordinance entitled, “Cranbury Township Ordinance # 07-04-16, A ORDINANCE OF THE
TOWNSHIP OF CRANBURY IN MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY ACCEPTING THE CONVEYANCE
BY SHARBELL CRANBURY INC. OF A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE
DEDICATION BY SHARBELL OF “UPDIKE PARK”, was introduced for first reading. On motion by
Ayes: (
(Mayes
(Panconi Abstain: (None
(Stave
Nays: None
Public
Hearing:
BE IT
ORDAINED by the Township Committee of the
1. The
Township Committee hereby accepts the following easements and dedication from
Sharbell Cranbury, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, whose address is
(Continued)
A. A
landscape buffer and utility easement across a portion of the premises owned by
Sharbell in the Township of Cranbury and designated (or to be designated) (as
Block 21.03, Lot 4.12 on the Cranbury Tax Map, as more particularly set forth
in the Deed of Easement
(Landscape
Buffer and Utility) attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and upon the terms and
conditions set forth therein.
B. The
dedication of a .978-acre parcel designated (or to be designated) as Block 21,
Lot 4.11 on the Cranbury Tax Map, as more particularly set forth in the Deed of
Dedication (Updike Park) attached hereto as Exhibit “B” and upon the terms and
conditions set forth therein.
3. This
Ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication, as required by law.
Resolution
On motion offered by
Ayes: (
(Mayes Absent: (Stannard
(Panconi
(Stave Abstain: (None
Nays: None
A RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A RIGHT OF ENTRY AGREEMENT WITH CRANBURY HOUSING
ASSOCIATES
WHEREAS, the Township is interested
in providing pedestrian access to members of the public from
WHEREAS, Cranbury Housing Associates
(CHA) is interested in providing pedestrian access across its property located
at Block 33, Lot 26 on the Cranbury Township Tax Map for the sought-after
access to Village Park; and
WHEREAS, CHA and the Township
acknowledge that it is CHA’s intention to eventually transfer the property
designated as Block 33,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by
the Township Committee of the
1. The
Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement with
Cranbury Housing Associates (CHA) that provides for the use of CHA’s
2. In
consideration for this pedestrian access across CHA’s
(Continued)
3. The
Township shall send notice of this Agreement to the owners of the properties
that are adjacent to the
CERTIFICATION
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Resolutions
Consent
On motion
offered by
Ayes: (
(Mayes Absent:
(Stannard
(Panconi
(Stave Abstain: (None
Nays: None
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by
the
A
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT SIDEWALK EASEMENTS
ACROSS BLOCK 23, LOTS 93, 107, 110 AND 117 IN THE
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2004, the
Township Committee of the Township of Cranbury adopted Ordinance 03-04-11
authorizing the acquisition for public use, by purchase, gift, or condemnation,
of permanent sidewalk easements across Block 23, Lots 93, 107, 110, 111, 117
and 118 in the Township of Cranbury; and
WHEREAS, the Township has obtained from Peter E.
Sockler, MAI an appraisal of each property interest sought to be acquired
(collectively, the “appraisals”); and
WHEREAS, said appraisals, using
the Sales Comparison approach, have established a fair market value for each of
the property interests to be acquired; and
WHEREAS, as authorized by
Resolution # R-05-04-099, offers of compensation in the amounts set forth in
the approved appraisals were extended to the owners of the above-referenced
properties; and
(Continued)
WHEREAS, the owners of Lots 93,
107, 110 and 117 have accepted the Township’s offer of compensation to be made
in exchange for the granting of the easements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by
the Township Committee of the
1. The Mayor, Clerk and CFO are hereby
authorized and directed to execute all documents necessary for the Township to
acquire permanent sidewalk easements across Lots 93, 107, 110 and 117 in Block
23 on the Cranbury Township Tax Map.
2. Compensation in the amount of $2,313.00
is hereby approved and authorized for the acquisition of the above-referenced
easement across
3.
Compensation in the amount of
$1,904.00 is hereby approved and authorized for the acquisition of the
above-referenced easement across
4. Compensation in the amount of $3,132.00
is hereby approved and authorized for the acquisition of the above-referenced easement
across
5. Compensation in the amount of $524.00
is hereby approved and authorized for the acquisition of the above-referenced
easement across
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Work Session
a. Public Hearing Liquor License for
Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn
Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn has requested a new liquor
license for their Hotel on Route
130. A public hearing was held on this
application. The Attorney and general
manager for Staybridge Suites were present for any questions.
Resolution
On motion offered
by
Ayes: (
(Mayes Absent: (Stannard)
(Panconi
(Stave Abstain: (None
Nays: None
RESOLUTION ISSUING PLENARY
CONSUMPTION LICENSE TO InterContinental Hotels Group Resources, Inc., t/a
STAYBRIDGE SUITES BY HOLIDAY INN
WHEREAS,
N.J.S.A. 33:4:1-12.20 provides, in pertinent part, that a municipality may
issue a plenary retail consumption license to an applicant who operates a hotel
and motel containing 100 guest sleeping rooms or who is constructing a new
hotel and motel containing at least 100 guest sleeping rooms; and
WHEREAS,
InterContinental Hotels Group Resources, Inc., a Georgia company trading as
Staybridge Suites By Holiday Inn (“Applicant”) has applied to the Township
Committee of the Township of Cranbury for a Class “C” Plenary Retail
Consumption License (“License”) for premises (“Licensed Premises”) situated at
Route 130; and
WHEREAS,
the Applicant is presently operating a hotel which includes at least 100 guest
sleeping rooms and has applied for a license under the Hotel/Motel exception;
and
WHEREAS,
the Applicant has caused to be published the appropriate notice in the
WHEREAS,
the Township Clerk has not received any written objections to the granting of
the License; and
WHEREAS,
the issuing authority affirmatively finds that:
1. The
submitted application form is complete in all respects; and
2. The
applicant has claimed to be qualified to be licensed according to all standards
established by Title 33 of the New Jersey Statutes, regulations promulgated
thereunder as well as pertinent local Township ordinances and conditions
consistent with Title 33, and has stipulated that if any fingerprint reports or
background checks show that any of the principles is criminally disqualified,
the license will immediately be surrendered or the disqualified persons will
immediately be removed from the company and any affiliation with it; and
3. The
applicant has disclosed and the authority reviewed the source of all funds used
in the purchase of the License and licensed business and all additional funding
obtained in connection with the licensed business; and
WHEREAS,
the Township Committee of Cranbury Township held a public hearing on
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Township Committee of the Township of
Cranbury,
1.
A Plenary Retail Consumption License for the sale and service of alcoholic
beverages be and is hereby issued under the Hotel/Motel exception to the
Applicant for use at the Licensed Premises.
(Continued)
2. The
Township Committee agrees to the stipulation in paragraph 2 above.
3. The Township Clerk is hereby authorized and
designated to issue, sign and deliver the license certificate to the Applicant
on behalf of the Township.
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Work Session (Continued)
b. Open Space
and Recreational Development
The Township
Committee discussed the Open Space and Recreational needs for inclusion in the County's Open Space
Master Plan along with recreational projects that could be funded by a
development grant from the Open Space Trust
Fund. Recreation Commissioner,
Work
Session (Continued)
c. Lights and
access at
along
the rear lot line.
as
well as their parking lot. A
recommendation was made to get the School Board’s
opinion of this at their next meeting.
The Township Engineer will send a letter,
from her and the Mayor outlining everything to the School Board.
d.
The Township anticipates awarding a bid
for the construction of the new police station
on 16 August with actual construction not starting till early September. The
construction manager requests that the Holland House be moved from it current location by
e. Wright
South/Zurfluh Water Line
The Township has
gone out for bid on the demolition of the buildings on the Wright South
Property in order to clear the land, abate the soil contamination and build a baseball field. A water line is currently being used by
f. Rock-Cranbury
L.L.C.:
Rock-Cranbury is requesting
that the Township exercise its power of eminent domain and acquire a .03 acre (1300 square feet)
piece of property
on Rock-Cranbury's behalf. This piece of
property is required in order
for Rock-Cranbury to complete the Half Acre Road/Route 130 improvements required by the
Township's Planning Board approvals. The
Township Attorney briefed the Township Committee on the
problem with a company
called Avian not selling an easement to Rock-Cranbury, L.L.C. so they can proceed with the
completion of their Half Acre Road/Route 130 project. A formal
appraisal would have to be done.
Rock-Cranbury would have to pay for both
hard and soft costs if condemnation proceedings go forward. The Township Committee
was unanimous in going forward with this process.
Work
Session (Continued)
g. Drainage
Easement Encroachment (
Proposed
agreement between the
Public
Comment
The Mayor opened the meeting to
public questions and comments on those items not on the agenda.
Mayor’s Notes
Rights-of-Way:
If anyone wants to put something in a Township right-of-way, whether the
Township owns the right-of-way or the
homeowner, the Township does own the right-of-way and controls what goes into it and the person must
come before the Township Committee to get approval. It is the Township’s responsibility to make
sure what is in the right-of-way is safe.
Mayor’s Notes (Continued)
Cranbury Brook (
The
Township Attorney’s office is preparing a draft ordinance for introduction
pertaining to the Cranbury Brook (West Preserve).
Truck
Signage:
a. SADC Easement Purchase Application -
The
State is now asking the Township to pay 20% towards the purchase
application.
Ms.
Marcelli reported that she, Mayor Stannard and
On motion
by
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