Planning Board Reorganizes
The Planning Board held its annual reorganization Thursday and approved Ken Robertson for another term as chairman.
Ron Scott Bey was named vice chairman and Rosalind Miller will continue as secretary. Longtime Planning Board attorney Michele Donato was named for another term and the board welcomed F. Robert Perry of Remington & Vernick as planning consultant for 2008.
The Planning Board is gearing up for a year that could bring significant development. Barbara James, the mayor’s designee to the board, said Thursday, “There is a lot we have to do in the city. There is a lot we want to do. We have ideas we want to place out there and have them materialize.”
Among projects or proposals in various stages are the Landmark plan to redevelop several blocks around the main train station and the Marino tract proposal that may include a major supermarket. There are more than a dozen others that have been detailed on Plaintalker over the past two years.
There are four vacancies on the board. The terms of board member Donna Vose and alternate William Toth expired Dec. 31. A one-year City Council liaison has not been named and a one-year city official appointment must be made. Councilman Cory Storch was council liaison for the past two years and one of the mayor’s bodyguards, Police Officer Richard Brown, served last year as the city representative.
The board usually meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Its next meeting is Feb. 7 in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave.
--Bernice Paglia
Ron Scott Bey was named vice chairman and Rosalind Miller will continue as secretary. Longtime Planning Board attorney Michele Donato was named for another term and the board welcomed F. Robert Perry of Remington & Vernick as planning consultant for 2008.
The Planning Board is gearing up for a year that could bring significant development. Barbara James, the mayor’s designee to the board, said Thursday, “There is a lot we have to do in the city. There is a lot we want to do. We have ideas we want to place out there and have them materialize.”
Among projects or proposals in various stages are the Landmark plan to redevelop several blocks around the main train station and the Marino tract proposal that may include a major supermarket. There are more than a dozen others that have been detailed on Plaintalker over the past two years.
There are four vacancies on the board. The terms of board member Donna Vose and alternate William Toth expired Dec. 31. A one-year City Council liaison has not been named and a one-year city official appointment must be made. Councilman Cory Storch was council liaison for the past two years and one of the mayor’s bodyguards, Police Officer Richard Brown, served last year as the city representative.
The board usually meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Its next meeting is Feb. 7 in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Ave.
--Bernice Paglia
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