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The Herald and The Lantern

Wednesday, July 2.1*80

Strict Tines Plan Seen Cape’s Ruin

TRENTON ~ The Pinejand* Management Plan being propoaed by the •tate would result In Cape May (ounty becoming 'half pine barrens and half urban sprawl," according to Sea Isle City Com missioner Andrew Bed

narek

Testifying May 29 before the joi ♦ Assembly Com miners on Energy and Natura Resources, and Agriculture and En .vironment, Mr. Bednarek continued. "You will be destroying one to preserve the other; neither will survive " The resort commissioner told the committee members. "You have us backed against the sea Permit orderly growth of our beautiful area, our entire area. Help us tc preserve not wily the K nelaiids, but also the rmlands, the beathes.

the waterfront - the entire ecology and environment of Cape May County Here are the rest o. Commissioner Bodnarek's

remarks:

THE PROPOSED Comprehensive Management Plan for the Pinelands is designed by those who wish to protect a naturSI environment, a serene area and way of life that are In stark contrast to the''megalopolis within minutes to the north, west and south of us. Unless properly amended, this plan will destroy that Serenity, and the existing

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once a year to see what nature used to look like. We should approach our geographic treasures with a comprehensive management plan that encompasses our forests, lakes, farms, streams, beaches, bays, inlets, historic sites, recreation area, residential communities and economic

environment.

CERTAINLY IT is not the intent of Ut» legislature to destroy our fertile farmlands, our rich shellfish beds, our world renowned beaches, and an industry which has con-

way of life will become ' tributed more than Its indistinguishable from — share of dollars to preserve

Cape May County is — Pinelands, islands, farms

and waterfront.

RESTRICTING the unstoppable population growth to non pinelands

exclusively wtll:

1. Severely reduce the re-sale value and therefore the tax base of the privately owned pinelands, shifting virtually all cost of services to the current

residential areas.

2. Severely increase

such as Sea Isle City, and in other existing communities, decreasing tourist-available housing on, the islands, and changing the rural characteristics of the mainland. J. Cause major Increases In demand for 12month. services such as schools, medical care, social services, fire and police protection, etc. which wiH raise the cost of living as it is displacing the tourism industry which provides the income of the

residents so they may pay the taxes to provide the

Pinelands Plan Called ‘Greatest Land Grab’

and an extension of — that

in the megalopolis

The idea is more than just to save a few trees, to turn a forest area into a fenfced-off curiosity tq, which children from highrise cities can be taken

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the stability of state government. As presently constituted, the Comprehensive Master Plan for the Pinelands will devastate the County of Cape May, economically, socially, physically, and — yes r- environmentally. Just what it seeks >to prevent, it will surely bring

about!

SOUTHEASTERN New Jersey is experiencing the first throes of a major population expansion {Casino gaming is projected to increase the area population by almost one million over the next two decades. Proportionally for Cape May County, that is an increase of 10 percent or more, per year, for 20 years! Local planning and zoning must control the distribution of this growth or the above disaster will surely occur. If Pinelands density is restricted to 17 families per square mile — 39 acres per family — 100 percent of the population increase will be on the islands, on the farmland and on the waterfront, for that's all Upsala Graduates Two from Cape EAST ORANGE - Patricia O’Donnell of 123 W 26th St.. North Wildwood. was graduated cum laude at commencement exercises recently at Upsala College. Miss O'Donnell was awarded a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry and psychology. Patricia Marie O’Neill of 126 West Crocus Rd., Wildwood Crest, was awarded a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.

WASHINGTON - Congressman Bill Hughes has charged that the proposed Pinelands Management Plfcn represents "the greatest land grab ever contemplated in the history of New Jersey." Mr. Hughes has asked the Pinelands Planning Commisaion to go back to the drawing board and put together "a more responsible conservation program — one which provides for environmental protection along with orderly growth in South Jersey. IP THE Commisaion refuses to modify the existing proposal, Hughes said he intends to oppose it as strenuously as passible. "I had hoped that the Pinelands Comihission would recommend a conservation program that was fair and reasonable, and that was structured along the lines of the federal Pinelands legislation which I supported In Congress,”* Hughes stated, in a news relmise. "THAT LEGISI.ATION was built upon the principle of protecting the lands and waters of tiie Pinelands through public acquisition, and not by taking people's property through regulation The right to own. possess and enjoy property without unreasonable goverqment encroachment is central to our system of government. "Yet this plan just runs roughshod over the people of South Jersey, and destroys their property rights. It unsurpe the concept of home rule — a principle that has served our country well for more

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According to the South Jersey lawmaker, the plan is "unfair, unworkable, and in my judgment, it is

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4. Place farmers under increasing pressure to fragment their holdings. Economically un-viaMe 39acre family farms will become the rule 5. Bankrupt fixed income senior citizens and low income minorities who will be unable to survive in the environment of increasingly expensive bedroom communities, forcing social service programs to be hard pressed to keep up with increased demand for

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•. Create such housing demands on noo-pineland waterfront land that verticil construction will destroy the natural ecology and beauty of the areas. 7. Forfeit local zoning and planning power to the state, bringing further disruption to orderly growth and municipal

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