The Fountains Project Back On Howell Council Agenda For Tuesday

HOWELL, NJ — The Howell Township Council is meeting in person at the main meeting room on Tuesday and the regular session will start at 7 p.m.

The resolution for the approval of a developer's agreement for 100 age-restricted units on Route 9 is back on the agenda after the council struck it down in September.

Township attorney Joe Clark warned council members that because of previous settlements the developer might be able to build a larger amount of units if the council continues its efforts to block the current plan. Know as The Fountains, the development has been in the works for decades.

The resolution resurfaced and was tabled at the last meeting because Mayor Theresa Berger and Councilman John Bonevich were not present.

Here are some other items on the agenda:

• Ordinance to purchase a vacant parcel of land, designated as Block 3, Lot 8on the Tax Map of Howell and located at 2822 Lakewood Allenwood Road in the amount of $350,000, in order to enhance the health and welfare of its citizens and to advance open space preservation and natural resources conservation within the Township of Howell.
• Ordinance granting to the County a deed of easement and deed of dedication across property owned by the Township for the reconstruction and maintenance of the Monmouth County Bridge HL-73 on Lanes Pond Road.
• A Bond Ordinance appropriating $400,000 available in the Township’s Open Space and Recreation Trust Fund for the acquisition of real property, located at 2822 Lakewood Allenwood Road, identified on the Howell Tax Map as Block 3, Lot 8 (A/K/A The Wainwright Tract) for the purpose or Open Space.

The full agenda can be seen here.