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Applicant:  Borough of Manville, Somerset County

Park Name:  Lincoln Avenue Park

Park Location: Various lots/blocks bordering Lincoln Avenue, including Block 303, Lots 10 through 15.

Proposed Action:

The Borough of Manville, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey has filed a request with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration, proposing an amendment to its Recreation and Open Space Inventory (ROSI) to remove property located in the Borough of Manville identified as a portion of Block 303, Lot 1 (being that portion of Lot 1 referred to as additional Lots 10-15 totaling 0.344 acre) on the tax map of the Borough (Property). The Property is located at the intersection of South Arlington Street and Lincoln Avenue. The Borough asserts that the Property consists of a pre-existing sanitary sewer pump station known as the South Arlington Pump Station and was erroneously listed on the ROSI since it is not held for recreation and or conservation purposes.

The tax map covering the area proposed for removal from the ROSI is here.  The area to be removed is outlined in the public hearing notice linked above.

Hearing Date/Time:  June 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Hearing Location:

Manville Municipal Building
325 North Main Street
Manville, New Jersey 08835

Public Comments Accepted Through:  July 7, 2025

Please see public notice linked above for information about how to submit written comments.  Emailed comments to the Department are preferred.  Please include “RA1811002 Lincoln Avenue Park” in the subject line of any comments emailed to the Department.

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Applicant:  Township of Hillsborough, Somerset County

Park Name:  Auten Road Farm Property

Park Location:  Block 150, Lot 4Q (Auten Road)

Proposed Action:

The Township of Hillsborough, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey has filed a request with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration, proposing an amendment to its Recreation and Open Space Inventory (ROSI) to remove property located in the Township of Hillsborough identified as Block 150, Lot 4Q on the tax map of the Township (Property). The Property is a 57.172-acre parcel located on Auten Road. The Township asserts that the Property is held for and restricted to agricultural uses under a pre-existing Somerset County Agricultural Development Board restriction and was erroneously listed on the ROSI since it is not held for recreation and or conservation purposes.

Additional information about this request may be found at:  https://www.hillsborough-nj.org/government/documents/bid-documents/notices/776-07-14-2023-auten-road-farm-property-letter-to-njdep/file 

Hearing Date/Time:  August 22, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Hearing Location: 

Hillsborough Township Municipal Building
Courtroom
379 South Branch Road
Hillsborough, New Jersey 08844

Public Comments Accepted Through:  September 5, 2023

Last modified on May 25th, 2022 at 11:27 pm

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Applicant:  County of Monmouth

Park Name:  Unnamed Parkland in Tinton Falls, Monmouth County

Proposed Action:

The County of Monmouth will hold a public hearing on a request for an Amendment to its Recreation and Open Space Inventory (“ROSI”) to decrease the total square foot area/acreage by removing 3,719+/- square feet (0.085+/- acres) from a 88,551.461+/- square foot (2.033+/- acre) parcel located in the Borough of Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The property is identified as Block 60.01, Lot 3.01 on the Borough of Tinton Falls Tax Map and is located adjacent to the Swimming River and Monmouth County Bridge S-14 to the north, and County Route 50 (Swimming River Road) (“CR 50”) to the west, at the northerly boundary of Tinton Falls that adjoins the southerly boundary of the Township of Middletown and the northeasterly boundary of Colts Neck.  This request for a ROSI amendment is made to designate 3,719 +/- square feet (0.085 +/- acre) to be added to the future width of CR 50 according to formal Resolutions and directives issued by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders for Monmouth County’s Road Plan for CR 50 prior to the County’s acquiring the property.  See public hearing notice for additional details.

Hearing Date/Time:  June 1, 2022 at 6 PM

Hearing Location: 

Monmouth County
Mosquito Control Meeting Room
1901 Wayside Road
Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724

Public Comments Accepted Through:  June 15, 2022

Last modified on May 25th, 2022 at 11:24 pm

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Applicant:  Township of Toms River, Ocean County

Park Name:  Block 668, Lot 9 (East Water Street parking lot)

Proposed Action: 

The Township of Toms River, in the County of Ocean, New Jersey has filed a request with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program (DEP), proposing an amendment to its Recreation Open Space Inventory (ROSI) by removing property located in the Township of Toms River and identified as Block 668, Lot 9 on the tax map of the Township (Property) and correcting the acreage listed on the ROSI in connection with Block 668.

The Property is a 0.779-acre parcel located on East Water Street. The Township asserts that the Property is a parking lot which was erroneously listed on the ROSI and was not acquired for, nor used for, recreation or conservation purposes.

Hearing Date/Time:  May 26, 2022 at 5 PM

Hearing Location: 

Toms River Town Hall, Main Level
Lomell Room
33 Washington Street
Toms River, NJ 08753

Public Comments Accepted Through: June 9, 2022