The Jackson Township Council is scheduled tonight to hold a public hearing and vote on final reading to approve Mayor Reina's proposed land swap with Mordechai Eichorn.
White Road residents who would be receiving the new schools in their neighborhood, will attend the council meeting to oppose approving the land swap.
Back in October, as previously reported here on FAA News, the Jackson Planning Board heard testimony on a proposal an application submitted by Bellevue Estates, LLC, which is owned by Lakewood resident Mordechai Eichorn, to build 4 schools on a 30-acre parcel of land at 443 Leesville Road between Burke and Diamond Road.
Thereafter, as previously reported here on FAA News, Mayor Reina broke the news that in order "to protect existing neighborhoods within Jackson Township and to protect and honor the rights of all Jackson residents", he "successfully negotiated to acquire Eichorn's farm [to keep it for open space]."
At a "town hall" Reina subsequently hosted for residents in the Leesville area, he clarified that the acquisition would be in the form of a land swap for Township owned land near the Lakewood Cross Street border, and that the swap requires and awaits approval from the Township Council.
Subsequently, Mayor Reina announced that "negotiations between Jackson Township and Bellevue Estates regarding a land swap agreement have concluded successfully and an ordinance authorizing the same has been prepared and presented to the Jackson Township Council for introduction."
The Council has already voted on first reading to introduce the Ordinance which would approve the land swap. They are scheduled to hold a public hearing and final vote on the matter at tonight's meeting which begins at 7:30pm at Town Hall.
The White Street residents who would be the neighbors of these new schools, are planning to attend the meeting to oppose the proposal.
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