Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Montclair Housing Commissioners voice their disapproval with the council's move.
The township council will have sole discretion over where Montclair Center Gateway Project’s affordable housing units will end up. The council voted to give itself the power to potentially move the project's 30 affordable housing units to another location. Councilor Renee Baskerville alone voted against the ordinance. “All we [the mayor and council] are saying is, ‘Let’s see if something is out there,’” said Mayor Robert Jackson. “If something interesting comes up that seems like it ... fosters some developments in other parts of town ... and makes sense, the council has the wherewithal to say, ‘...Let’s take a look at it.’” The ordinance allows the council to approve an alternate plan to place the affordable housing units elsewhere…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The commission met on Monday and laid out a series of problems with the Montclair Council's proposal to move those units off site.
The township council's proposal to allow the developer of the Montclair Center Gateway Project to move its mandated affordable housing units elsewhere in town met with resistance from the Montclair Housing Commission on Monday. Housing Commission voiced its disapproval at the start of the week of the council’s ordinance to allow the developer of the six-story CentroVerde project to place its required affordable housing units in another part of town. Harold Simon, a commissioner, said the council was sending a negative message about the township with this ordinance. “[It] is not really a progressive attitude for a progressive town,” said Simon. The council unanimously passed a first reading of the ordinance last week. It was suggested …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Housing Commission member says plan is 'lacking in detail' and has 'no guidelines.'
The township council cast doubt on where the Montclair Center Gateway Project's affordable housing units will ultimately be built on Monday evening. By a unanimous decision, the council passed the first reading of an ordinance which could allow the developer of the six-story CentroVerde project to build the required affordable housing units off site. The development sits on a 3.3-acre site that was once the DCH Auto Group dealerships on Bloomfield Avenue. The nearly 330-unit development in the 3rd Ward is located between Orange and Valley roads. By law, 10 percent of the development's units are required to be reserved for affordable housing. There is currently no plan to move the units off site, said Mayor Robert Jackson. The …
Kay Spiessl
10:08 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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