Honorable Judge denies Residents request to rescind OtPB approvals
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Honorable Judge denies Residents request to rescind OtPB approvals
T. 917 592 6397
residents need to be heard, to effect change!
Save32Acres
New Jersey today is the most densely developed State in our Nation. Enough is Enough. Ocean Township's Zoning and Planning Boards continue to approve changes that are substantially inconsistent with Ocean Townships Master Plan,. They' have allowed one of Monmouth County's most historic woodlands to be destroyed. OT's Mayor allowed the clear cutting to begin, whilst litigation was still pending. When the Honorable Judge returned their decision, there was nothing left to appeal.
NEIGHBORS, THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS REAL THIS LOSS, OF OUR ENCHANTED FOREST, IS SAD.
OCEAN TOWNSHIP'S PLANNING BOARD, CONTINUES TO APPROVE DEVELOPER'S REQUESTED ZONING CHANGES.
Pedestrian Safety Concerns
If you drive, walk or ride your bike on Deal Road, PAY ATTENTION! The overdevelopment of Deal Road brings great safety risk for OT pedestrians using Joe Palaia Park.
SHOW UP, SPEAK OUT, NEW FACES NEED TO BE SEEN, & VOICES HEARD!
THANKS to all who donated to Save32Acres. We heard you, OT's Council & Planning Board did not.
We the people challenged the planning board's approval because of safety concerns #1 & how it will negatively impact Oakhurst flooding, & pedestrians along Logan, Deal Rd, Dwight, Marissa Court, & Joe Palaia Park.
WE ALREADY HAVE A SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION IN OAKHURST TODAY
VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
- WE must show up as a community.
- WE must engage the press.
- WE must make known our family's concerns about safety, specifically when walking or biking to Little League, the Library, our Family Center or JOE PALAIA PARK !!!
DID YOU KNOW THE PLANS FOR DEAL ROAD EAST OF 35 WERE SUBSTANTIALLY INCONSISTENT WITH OCEAN TOWNSHIPS MASTER PLAN, AT THE TIME OF IT'S APPROVAL. WE LEARNED YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL, BUT YOU CAN VOTE IN CHANGE .
SO OCEAN TOWNSHIP'S MAYOR & COUNCIL HAD TO APPROVE & ADOPT ALL ZONING CHANGES IN ORDINANCE #2303, in order to
CUSTOMIZE THE LAND USE of the 32 acres of the Historic Native American farmland,
to meet the needs of the developer's plans.....
WHY DID THEY DO THAT????
GREEN ACRES FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO EXPAND JOE PALAIA PARK.
WHY DIDN'T OUR MAYOR ACCEPT THE OFFER FROM MONMOUTH CONSERVATION FOUNDATION?
WHY THOSE REMAINING 32 ACRES WERE SO IMPORTANT TO OCEAN TOWN
HISTORY
In the 1930’s, Matilda Woolley, then in her seventies, provided information as to the connection between the Woolley's and the original Native American inhabitants. Mrs. Woolley was the daughter-in-law of Edwin Woolley. In the late 1840’s, it was Edwin Woolley who discovered the Indian cave dwelling which had been used by a pioneer property owner. Matilda Woolley reported that the 1847 home(the current museum) was built on original 1667 foundation stones. Those field foundation stones remain to this day and is made of potential Native American filler materials. That entire house foundational area and its three wells should be examined and protected. Mrs. Woolley also refers to a large, but lost, collection of Indian relics accumulated during Woolley use of the property. She indicated that the Woolley's owned the property during the time of the Indian occupation. She indicates that the Indians were friendly and may have eaten with her ancestors. Obviously this represents the earliest of European CONTACT experiences and vice versa. Trading of materials was common. Besides an uncommon amount of bog iron on the property, Matilda Woolley revealed that the tract contains marl deposits. When those clay deposits were agitated for fertilizer, numerous native American relics were recovered. The marl also contained an abundance of Bone artifacts. She did not know what kind of bones these were but they were likely dinosaur fossils(since marl is a natural preservative), or of Native American origin. Matilda was convinced that the small pioneer cave dwelling discovered by Edwin Woolley was a common Native American sweat lodge. Very limited archaeological study has been given to the large Woolley Tract. A large L-shaped border of the property is under State review. Artifacts recovered in the late 20th century are consistent with Matilda Woolley’s assertions. The remaining undeveloped portion of the Woolley tract should be thoroughly examined for information important to the history of the Historic/Contact period, its relevance to the OT 170th anniversary observance, and the property’s potential to yield information important to paleontology. It’s pretty clear that the site has importance on a local, state, and national level.
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thIS green slice of the pie was OT before clearING 32 aCRES.
OCEAN TOWNSHIP experienced a reclassification recently from Suburban to Urban, due to our shrinking mature tree canopy. Today Ocean Township's mature tree canopy is below 38%. OT's Urban development, taken from a recent Rutger's study is noted here in RED.
OCEAN TOWNSHIP experienced a reclassification recently from Suburban to Urban, due to our shrinking mature tree canopy. Today Ocean Township's mature tree canopy is below 38%. OT's Urban development, taken from a recent Rutger's study is noted here in RED.
OCEAN TOWNSHIP experienced a reclassification recently from Suburban to Urban, due to our shrinking mature tree canopy. Today Ocean Township's mature tree canopy is below 38%. OT's Urban development, taken from a recent Rutger's study is noted here in RED.
THE RESIDENTS OF OCEAN TOWNSHIP & OTHERS, WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT,
LET THEIR CONCERNS BE KNOWN.
BY SENDING LETTERS TO THE THREE PEOPLE MENTIONED HERE,
1. DIANNE DOW, DIRECTOR OF DEP,
2. VINCE MAZZEI, MANAGER OF FLOOD & WATER CONCERNS,
3. CHING WAH LIANG, "THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE APPLICATION"
MR. WAH LIANG WAS HELPFU
THE RESIDENTS OF OCEAN TOWNSHIP & OTHERS, WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT,
LET THEIR CONCERNS BE KNOWN.
BY SENDING LETTERS TO THE THREE PEOPLE MENTIONED HERE,
1. DIANNE DOW, DIRECTOR OF DEP,
2. VINCE MAZZEI, MANAGER OF FLOOD & WATER CONCERNS,
3. CHING WAH LIANG, "THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE APPLICATION"
MR. WAH LIANG WAS HELPFUL IN EXPLAINING WHAT AREAS THE DEP COVERS &
HOW THOSE WHO OBJECT CAN PROCEED.
BY WRITING TO ALL THREE DEP EMPLOYEES
AT THIS ADDRESS.
WE DID....
BUT....YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL!
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 501 EAST STATE STREET, 2ND FLOOR, TRENTON, NJ 08625
We reached out to all who are noted here for help, because our mission was time sensitive,
OCEAN TOWNSHIP experienced a reclassification recently from Suburban to Urban, due to our shrinking mature tree canopy. Today Ocean Township's mature tree canopy is below 38%. OT's Urban development, taken from a recent Rutger's study is noted here in RED.
OCEAN TOWNSHIP experienced a reclassification recently from Suburban to Urban, due to our shrinking mature tree canopy. Today Ocean Township's mature tree canopy is below 38%. OT's Urban development, taken from a recent Rutger's study is noted here in RED.
WE SENT LETTERS AND FOLLOWED UP WITH PHONE CALLS TO ALL WHO ARE NOTED HERE
- DIANE DOW, DIRECTOR
- VINCE MAZZEI, MANAGER OF FLOOD & WATER CONCERNS
- CHING WAH LIANG, THE PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE APPLICATION.
WE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON
FLOODING & STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, 501 EAST STATE STREET, 2ND FLOOR, TRENTON, NJ 08625
MAKE SURE TO CALL OCEAN TOWNSHIP'S MANAGER TO REPORT INCREASED STORM WATER FLOODING IN YOUR AREA, DUE TO THE CONTINUED LOSS OF OCEAN TOWNSHIPS MATURE TREE CANOPY
OCEAN TOWNSHIP experienced a reclassification recently from Suburban to Urban, due to our shrinking mature tree canopy. Today Ocean Township's mature tree canopy is below 38%. OT's Urban development, taken from a recent Rutger's study is noted here in RED.
MAKE SURE TO CALL OCEAN TOWNSHIP'S MANAGER TO REPORT INCREASED STORM WATER FLOODING IN YOUR AREA, DUE TO THE CONTINUED LOSS OF OCEAN TOWNSHIPS MATURE TREE CANOPY
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS & LAWN SIGNs displaY
MOST IMPORTANT, OCEAN TOWNSHIPS MASTER PLAN HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY UPDATED SINCE 1990. THEY ARE REWORKING IT NOW. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ASK QUESTIONS. GO TO BREAKING NEWS TO VIEW OCEAN TOWNSHIPS CURRENT MASTER PLAN. ALTHOUGH IT HAS HAD SEVERAL ZONING CHANGES, THE OFFICIAL MASTER PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT AND SHOULD BE RESPECTED.
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY REQUIRES A COMPLETE REVIEW AND NEW DRAFT OF THE OFFICIAL MASTER PLAN EVERY TEN YEARS.
THE PLANNING BOARD AND COUNCIL ARE MAKING SERIOUS REZONING DECISIONS, BASED ON A MASTER PLAN THAT IS 28 YEARS OLD.
WE THE PEOPLE MUST STAND UNITED, to push back against the townships decision to slaughter what is left of our historic woodland, open space, habitat for wildlife, and wetlands.
SAVE 32 ACRES aims to raise awareness, within Monmouth County, and Nationally that recent zoning changes in Ocean Township NJ, including ordinance #2303, are not consistent with the Townships 1990 Master Plan. The latest zone change, in ordinance #2303 was specific, and necessary FOR THE DEVELOPERS in order to accommodate a super size WaWa gas station with convenience Store, to be constructed in Wetlands Territory. The Official Master Plan has no commercial property on Deal Road & 13 Acres only on Rt. 35N, more in scale with a professional building/ Doctor's office.
B R E A K I N G N E W S
NOTE IMPORTANT PIE CHART FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, ON OCEAN TOWNSHIP, FROM OCTOBER 2017
This study was done before the clear cutting on West Park and Hope Road
- RED 75% URBAN
- GREEN 7.9% FOREST
- BLUE 15% Wetlands
In November 2017, Ocean Township residents agreed and voted two to one to an additional tax to protect open space.
The wetlands & mature tree canopy, protect our neighborhoods from flooding.
The WETLANDS, are an intricate part of Ocean Township's natural watershed system. Rainstorms WILL spill TOXIC CHEMICAL WASTE, from the proposed GAS STATION'S impervious ground cover, aka blacktop parking lot, into the surrounding soil, in this case surrounding wetlands, which drain into Poplar Brook, which runs through our recreational parks and neighborhood yards, into the Atlantic Ocean, 2 miles from the toxic source.
RESIDENTS MUST COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT,
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, WHO OPPOSE THE SLAUGHTER OF WHAT LIMITED OPEN SPACE IS LEFT , SHOW A UNITED FRONT AT THE NEXT TOWN COUNCIL ELECTION.
We need clean Oceans where our children swim, and non toxic water running through the parks, where our children play.
How did we get here?
A PIECE OF OUR TOWNSHIPS "QUESTIONABLE" HISTORY ALLOWED FOR THIS VALUABLE , YET FRAGILE, HISTORIC WETLAND FOREST, TO RECEIVE ITS FIRST COMMERCIAL OVERLAY ZONE, WHICH WAS DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FROM OCEAN TOWNSHIPS OFFICIAL MASTER PLAN,
AFTER THIS ZONING CHANGE AND OTHERS, THAT FORMER MAYOR OF OUR TOWNSHIP WAS FOUND GUILTY AND INCARCERATED FOR REZONING TOWNSHIP PROPERTIES, SPECIFICALLY TO MEET DEVELOPERS NEEDS.
Show up, Speak up, for preservation over contamination
SAFETY CONCERNS FROM THE DOT
VOTE FOR CHANGE,
SO YOUR VOICE CAN BE HEARD!