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Ford
Avenue |
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Do
you want the Ford Avenue site to be redeveloped? |
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Yes |
81% |
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No |
15% |
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Not
Sure |
4% |
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Should the entire Ford Avenue site, along with
the sediment and the ground beneath the Mill
Pond, be sampled, cleaned up and the
contaminants removed before any construction
begins? |
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Yes |
90% |
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No |
9% |
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Not
Sure |
1% |
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Do
you believe, when all is said and done, that the
redeveloped Ford Avenue site will be a financial
boom or bust to the residents? |
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Bust |
41% |
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Boom |
31% |
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Need
More Information |
28% |
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Should the residents of Millltown try to
ascertain if there are redevelopment options we
can pursue, other than the Berger or Boraie
plans, that would be more beneficial to the
borough? |
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Yes |
80% |
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No |
6% |
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Not
Sure |
14% |
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Should the Borough of Milltown hold a forum to
discuss the entire matter, so that everyone is
clear on the issues, and be in a better position
to decide what our development options are? |
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Yes |
90% |
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No |
8% |
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Not
Sure |
2% |
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What
is your biggest concern about the Ford Avenue
project? |
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Either there is a lot of
misinformation out there, or most residents are
starting to get a bit concerned about the whole
project.
Here is a sampling of the
comments:
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Low income housing. |
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Too many school age children. |
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Traffic nightmare. |
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The strain it will place on our existing
emergency services. |
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The ability of our infrastructure to handle the
new construction. |
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The ultimate cost to the town. |
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Will the environment be adequately cleaned up? |
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Another tax increase to the already strapped
residents. |
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Not preserving the existing history of the site. |
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The smoke stack and water tower. |
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What happened to age-restricted only? |
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Housing will become Section 8 bringing drug
addicts and crime! |
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Political influence. |
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No rental units; too many apartments. |
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No firehouse in plans. |
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Pollution, noise, quality of life. |
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The cost to buy the property. |
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Clean it up ASAP. |
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Inadequate recreation opportunities. |
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Losing our "small town feel". |
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The agency is afraid to pursue other avenues. |
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Too much money in, not enough back to the town. |
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I am confident it will work! |
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High density housing. |
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Number of units way too high. |
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That it won't get done. |
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Lack of input by the residents. |
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We painted ourselves into a corner; and now we
must choose the lesser of two evils. |
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It will be defeated by some uninformed residents
and Berger will build his 550 units. |
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Do
you approve of the way the Ford Avenue
Redevelopment Agency is handling the project? |
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No |
66% |
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Yes |
4% |
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Not
Sure |
30% |
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If
possible, what you like to call a "Do-Over"? |
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Yes |
67% |
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No |
11% |
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Not
Sure |
22% |
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Additional Ford Avenue Comments: |
From
the comments I received, it appears the Borough
Council and the Redevelopment Agency have their
work cut out for them.
Here is a sampling of the
comments:
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When it first began I was a believer, but one by
one Charlie Jegou's prophecies are coming true.
I have lost all confidence in the rude and
bullying tactics of the agency. |
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No plan is better than a bad plan. |
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Start the process over, limit housing to senior
housing, more open space and put the new
firehouse on the site. |
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The health, safety and welfare of our
environment and children should be the town's
highest concern. However, this does not seem to
be what is happening here. The agency, borough
council, etc. only have the profits of the
builder in mind. |
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Save building #5 for a community center/theatre. |
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No eminent domain. |
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Save the smoke stack and water tower. |
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Don't do it. |
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Leave site as is. Why do we need to redevelop
the site? |
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Current plans no longer reflect the original
plan. |
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Milltown seniors will not be able to afford to
live in these new units. |
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The whole thing is now looking like a
bait-and-switch. |
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What happened to only age-restricted housing? |
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Replace the whole agency. |
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Build more commercial; they pay for their own
services. |
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Let's get moving. |
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Keep the trucking firm, United Way and the dance
studio. |
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Needs to be redeveloped; open space is not
viable. |
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I do not wish to reap the consequences brought
on by the agency, borough council, etc. |
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Let's just get it done! |
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Build a high school. |
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Just do the environmental clean-up and let the
site be. Oh yeah, have the town remove all the
"hazardous" trees at no charge. |
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Build something for the kids. |
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We must defend ourselves against Berger's 550
unit plan. |
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