West End ave. project, Valley ave., reconstruction discussed
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ously agreed upon, Bee proposed
to rehabilitate them and turn them
into townhouses due to their quality structure and similar framing
to the plans Bee went over with
his engineers. Bee believes changing the settlement agreement
would make great sense fiscally.
“We’d rather rehab than spend
$60,000 on knocking down a
building just to spend $100,000 on
rebuilding it,” Bee said.
Joining Bee during the meeting
were landscape architect of
Marathon engineering and environmental Services Karen ingram,
civil engineer of Marathon engineering and environmental Services Jason Sciullo and attorney
and former town solicitor Brian
Howell, whom Bee said was instrumental in helping him outline
his proposal back in its infancy.
Howell was optimistic about the
long-running project being addressed again and said its redevelopment will be a good thing for
the town.
“this project has had a long career, and it’s actually somewhat
heartwarming to see it taking
shape. from the Hammonton perspective, we’re anxious to see
bricks and mortar there in that
neighborhood; i think the neighborhood can really benefit from
that. a lot of people put a lot of
time and energy and not the least
of money into the project. it’s
good to see this coming to
fruition,” Howell said.
the proposed townhouse project would contain 59 three-story
units. Bee found townhouses in
Long Branch that he found aesthetically pleasing and met with
their architect, whom he said is
excited about the prospect of rehabbing the properties on West
end avenue.
Mayor Stephen DiDonato reminded Bee that he still needs to
go through an extended process to
move the proposal forward, a
process that cannot be expedited
or avoided by the PWtC/WSC.
“We cannot circumvent the
process. it has to go through the
process, which is Pinelands Commission, Planning Board, zoning
Board, whatever the case may be.
these are some of the things i
have concerns about,” DiDonato
said.
fifteen of the 59 units (25 percent) were planned to be affordable housing units per the
requirements established by the
Council on afforda