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PUBLIC COMMENT OPENED, RESOLUTIONS ONLY (No one came forward)

MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING, RESOLUTIONS ONLY BY: KAFTON MOTION SECONDED BY: BRESSI YES: KAFTON, RIVERE, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI & MARTIN

RESOLUTION NUMBER 394R-10 TITLE: RESOLUTION SUPPORTING SENATE BILL S-744 AND ASSEMBLY BILL A-2598 AMENDING THE FARMLAND ASSESSMENT ACT

MOTION TO APPROVE BY: KAFTON MOTION SECONDED BY: BRESSI YES: KAFTON, RIVERE, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI & MARTIN

WHEREAS, there is now pending in the New Jersey Legislature Senate Bill S-744 and Assembly Bill A-2598, which would amend the Farmland Assessment Statute; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Farmland Assessment Act allows for reduced property taxes for property that qualifies, however, minimally, as a farm; and

WHEREAS, the pending legislation would help ensure that the Farmland Assessment Act would benefit true farmers and not those who are using the law to avoid real estate taxes by doing the minimum amount of “farming activity” to receive a tax reduction; and

WHEREAS, the pending legislation would raise from $500 to $1,000 of minimum gross sales qualifying standard for the Farmland Assessment on the first five acres of land; and

WHEREAS, this amount would also be reviewed every three years to make the assessment applicable to true farming; and

WHEREAS, the pending legislation would establish new and more stringent standards for land to qualify for farmland assessment; and

WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of Jackson strongly believes that in light of the fiscal constraints that exist in the State of New Jersey, farmland assessment should be revised so that only land that is truly farmland be given the benefit of the reduced tax assessment.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey does hereby support the passage of S-77 and A-2598 for the aforesaid reasons.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Municipal Clerk shall forward certified copies of this resolution, upon passage, to Governor Christie, the New Jersey State Legislature, Ocean County Board of Taxation, Municipal Administrator, Municipal Tax Assessor and any other interested parties.

DATED: 9/14/10

ANN MARIE EDEN, R.M.C. TOWNSHIP CLERK

RESOLUTION NUMBER: 397R-10

TITLE: CONSENT TO THE FILING OF TREATMENT WORKS APPROVAL (TWA) APPLICATION NO. 10-0244 TO THE NJDEP DIVISION OF WATER QUALITY FOR JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX LAKEHURST (JB-MDL)

MOTION TO APPROVE BY: RIVERE MOTION SECONDED BY: UPDEGRAVE YES: KAFTON, RIVERE, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI & MARTIN