Renewing Keyport’s Waterfront and Downtown A Citizen’s Plan for Re- Development.

Renewing Keyport’s Waterfrontand Downtown

A Citizen’s Plan for Re-Development

Keyport in a Regional Context

Keyport Has Natural Treasures.It’s Waterfront, Beaches,

Wetlands, and Harbor

Remarkable Architecture

And the Only Public Undeveloped Waterfront on the Bayshore

A Downtown with Amazing Potential

A Harbor and Wetlands and Beaches

A New York Ferryfor Keyport?

Or should we be thinking of alternatives?•Water Taxis and Shuttles to Belford and South Amboy?•Can Parking be Managed Better with Alternatives?•Can the Ferry be Owned Locally?•Should it be A Municipal Utility?•Can it Better Benefit the Community?

Alternatives to a New York Ferry

Other Communities have utilized water taxis for inter-and-intra-community travel

And a New Waterfront and Downtown Smart Growth Planning Process

Just Starting

This is a Once in a Lifetime Plan Giving All Keyport

Residents the Opportunity to Guide Our Town’s Development

and Re-development For Several Years

This plan will guide:•Transportation•parking•aesthetics•parks and open space•ferries•residential and commerical redevelopment•waterfront access•environmental improvements•quality of life improvements•has implications for taxes and tax relief•will affect schools, water and sewer•has implications for property owners in

redevelopment areas•and will be incorporated into our zoning ordinances

A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Redevelop the Aero Marine Property

Should it be residential?Industrial/Commercial?A museum of Maritime and Aeronautics History?Restored Wetlands and Public Park?Or Some Combination?

A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Redevelop the Aero Marine Property

What are the alternatives to the contamination problem?Should the property be condemned?How would a public re-development agency handle the

redvelopment?Should the re-developer be steered in a different

direction?

A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Redevelop the Aero Marine Property

Which re-development plan is better for traffic, safety, commerce, schools,, quality of life and the environment?

What if:•The present owner was responsible for cleanup?•A developer could be found who was interested in a lower

impact development?•A small aquarium, Aeromarine Museum, and Raritan Bay

Heritage Museum was the Centerpiece of The AeroMarine redevelopment?

Why not?

Why not?

Could AeroMarineBecome A Raritan Bay

Heritage Museum?

Could AeroMarineBecome A Mixed Use

DevelopmentIncorporating the Best

Of All These Ideas?

Other Waterfronts Some Ideas for Ours

A Blank Slate

A Waterfront Should be Public, Accessible, Attractive, Useful, and Diversified

Keyport’s Waterfront Is Our IdentityOur Heritage and Future

A Waterfront is Made Up of Elements Working Together

But Most Important is the Abilityof People to Access the Water

In Redeveloping DowntownWe Must Incorporate the Bestof the Past, While Still Making

It Attractive for Residents and Visitors

TODAY MODEST BUT INNOVATIVE CHANGE