Meet Your Committee
Committeeman Curtis T. Corson, Jr.,
Mayor
Responsibilities:
Revenue and Finance, Clerk’s Office, Construction Code, Engineering, Zoning and Planning, Personnel, Housing, and Lifeguards
Committeeman Victor W. Nappen, II,
Deputy Mayor
Responsibilities:
Public Safety, Emergency Management, Division of EMS, Information Technology, and Communications
Committeeman Zachary H. Palombo
Responsibilities:
Department of Public Works
Committeeman Samuel J. Palombo
Responsibilities:
Sports and Recreational Programs, and Public Buildings and Grounds
Committeeman Tyler C. Casaccio
Responsibilities:
Municipal Court and Animal Control
UPPER TOWNSHIP — A sweeping development proposal for Beesleys Point should go to a subcommittee of the Township Committee before being discussed at a public meeting, Mayor Curtis Corson said Monday.
The developer wants an amendment to the township’s redevelopment plan for the property.
Representatives of the Beesleys Point Development Group had said they expected the first public vote on plans for the site of the former B.L. England power plant to take place in April.
At the April 28 meeting, township officials said it would take place May 12, but it was not listed on the agenda for the Township Committee then, either.
“They don’t set our agenda. We do,” Corson said Monday.
A subcommittee of the governing body has been working on plans for the site, and the township also has retained counsel on matters related to affordable housing. A new project of the scale under consideration for Beesleys Point would be obligated to include affordable housing.
Plans for the site of the former B.L. England power plant will come before the Upper Township Committee on May 12, not April 28 as previously planned.
In a previous interview, Parks outlined extensive development at the site, while making clear that approvals would likely take at least a year, and the full plans would take far longer.
“Crystal ball, it’s going to take at least 10 years for everything to get built,” he said in an earlier interview.
Those plans include a 180-room hotel, along with extensive retail space and construction of 400 condos, along with age-restricted units and affordable housing.
Late last year, the township amended its requirements for the redevelopment area, to include a minimum height for some construction. A consultant working with the township on the redevelopment plans said at the time that the change came at the request of the developer, in order to better conform to the CAFRA process.
In the coming weeks, Upper Township will receive a formal proposal for extensive residential and commercial development for the former site of the B.L. England power plant.
“At no point in this process will our team be speaking unless asked to do so by the township,” Parks said.
Township Committee member Tyler Casaccio had previously said the matter would come up at the first meeting in May, because the entire committee could not attend the final meeting in April. Casaccio cited a scheduling conflict.
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