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Fort Monmouth Redevelopment
Planning Efforts Move Forward in
Anticipation of Base Closing in 2011
by Henry T. Chou
In anticipation of the closing of Fort Monmouth in 2011, the Fort
Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA)
moved promptly to adopt its “Fort Monmouth Revitalization Plan” on
September 3, 2008. The Revitalization Plan provides proposals for the
reuse of the base and calls for various types of development, including
commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, educational and residential
uses. In December 2008, FMERPA entered into a Memorandum
of Understanding with the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing,
through which the two agencies pledged to cooperate to ensure that
adequate affordable housing will be part of the redevelopment efforts.
The Revitalization Plan also describes the supporting infrastructure,
phasing schedule, and capital improvement programs needed to implement
the land use proposals. While representatives of the local community
assisted in formulating the proposals contained in the Revitalization
Plan, the Department of Defense is responsible for identifying the final
property disposal mechanisms. It is expected that the Department of
Defense will turn over control of the base property to State and local
authorities promptly after the closing of the base in 2011. Numerous redevelopment
opportunities should become available.
If you are interested in following the latest developments of the Fort
Monmouth redevelopment process, visit Hill Wallack LLP’s Fort
Monmouth Redevelopment blog at www.landuselaw.com.
Henry T. Chou is a partner of Hill Wallack
LLP and a member of the firm’s Land Use
Division. His practice is concentrated
in the land development application and
permitting process and the litigation of land
use matters. He has significant experience in
Mount Laurel affordable housing litigation
and administrative matters before the New
Jersey Council on Affordable Housing. He
is also a Member of the Board of Directors
of the Land Use Law Section of the New
Jersey State Bar Association
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