Vision Plan Report
Presented to the Somerville Planning Board on January 10th, 2007

Introduction

The landfill Vision Plan Report was presented to the Somerville Planning Board on Wednesday the 10th of January 2007, by Mr. Rob Lane of the Regional Plan Association.

Mr. Lane was the project leader for the public process that led to the creation of this report. This final comprehensive document explains the process used to create the public vision and continues to detail the vision itself.

Following the presentation of the report, Planning Board was asked to vote on accepting this vision plan and that it be forwarded to the Borough Council with a recommendation that it be adopted as the official Vision Plan for the Landfill Redevelopment Area.

This plan and report was presented to the Borough Council at its meeting on January 16th, 2007 held in the council meeting room at South Bridge Street.

Mr. Lane made a short presentation explaining how the Plan and Report was generated. The meeting was opened to the Public for questions. Following question time the adoption of this plan was voted upon by the council, it was adopted unanimously and now is the Official Vision Plan for the Landfill Redevelopment project.

The Planning Board will now commence revising the Landfill Redevelopment Plan to include the concepts and principles contained in the Vision Plan.

Copies of the Vision Plan are available to download through the Borough web site at www.somervillenj.org, and available in print from the Borough Administrator’s office.

Questions or comments relating to redevelopment can be forwarded:
By Mail, address to, Redevelopment, Somerville Borough Hall 25 West End Avenue Somerville, NJ 08876,

By e-mail, send to redev@somervillenj.org or click the “Ask a question” link in the Redevelopment Information menu to open the e-mail box, click submit when ready to send your message.

Alternatively, you can leave a voice message by phone at 908-725-2300 extension 1905.  

Click here to download the entire report