The Board and staff of PlanSmart NJ, the new name of the Regional Planning Partnership, have been evaluating public policy and advocating proposals for change since we were established in 1968. Although many of those positions are still relevant to today's issues, PlanSmart NJ has not had the resources to prepare many of these documents for the web. The letters, statements, speeches and articles posted here are recent, but do not represent the full range of PlanSmart NJ's positions. For more information about PlanSmart NJ positions, see the Core Issues section.
If you have any questions regarding any of PlanSmart NJ's positions - whether you see them posted here or not - please do not hesitate to get in touch with us, either through e-mail, or by phone at (609) 393-9434.
Recent Additions:
- Hearing on the Permit Extension Act: A-2867
- PlanSmart NJ’s Testimony on Regional Contribution Agreements A-500
- June 15, 2007 Comments on COAH's Third Round Rules and Future Direction
- July 27, 2007 Comments on DEP's Proposed Soil Standards
- June 1, 2007 Letter to Public Advocate on Eminent Domain
- Proposed amendments to NJAC 5:94-4.4(c) and NJAC 5:94-2.3 (c)
Eminent Domain
Land Use
Local Planning
- Letter to Hopewell re: Sewer Plan 1998
- Statement on Hopewell's Sewer Service Plan 1998
- Local Role in Cross Acceptance 1998
- The Pitfalls of Downzoning 2002
Regional Planning
- Comments on Draft Highlands Master Plan
- BPU Rules
- Conditional Veto of S1368/A3008: Permit Streamlining in Smart Growth Areas
- RPP supports the Highlands Water Protection and Preservation Act
- County Role in Cross Acceptance 1998
- State Planning Rules, Proposed Amendments N.J.A.C 5:85
Proposal for Regional and State Planning Legislation
- Speech to State Planning Commission 1998
- State Planning Implementation Agenda 2000
- Memo to State Planning Commission on Priorities 2001
- Letter to the Governor on Closing the Office of State Planning 2002
- Planning by Numbers - Presentation to State Planning Commission 7/24/02
- Position on the State Plan
- Property Tax Testimony
Transportation
Energy
Congestion
Transit
Access Management
Highway Improvements
- Route 92 DEIS
- Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment of the Penns Neck Area Improvements
- Protect the Elms 1996
- Urban Design for Route 29 1998
- Route 92 Scoping Hearing 1999
- Support for the Penns Neck By-Pass 2000
- Against Easy Rhetoric 2000
- Why Route 92 is consistent with Smart Growth 2003
- Transit Villages 2006
Financing Transportation
Water Resources
- Management Planning is Key, not "Frivolous"
- Lost Water: The Drought, Development and Detention Basins
- Strengthening Watershed Planning
- Water Quality and Watershed Management Rules (NJAC 7:15)
- Implementation of Septic Rule (NJAC 7:15-8)
- Letter to DEP on New Watershed Rule 2002
Affordable Housing
- PlanSmart NJ’s Testimony on Regional Contribution Agreements A-500
- Proposed amendment to NJAC 5:94-4.4(c) and NJAC 5:94-2.3 (c)
- Comments on Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) Ruling
- Housing and Growth in New Jersey: The Case for a Comprehensive Statewide Policy
- Comments on the COAH Rules
- Proposal disregards affordable housing needs
- COAH Third Round Policy Issues and Rules
- Friend of the Court Brief Filed in Toll Brothers vs. Township of West Windsor
- Housing and Jobs Bond Act 1998
- Toll Bros. v. West Windsor 1999
- Board Memo on Toll Bros. amicus 2001
Governance
- RPP Supports Tax Reform in New Jersey to Achieve Smart Growth Goals
- Death and Taxes 7/96
- Abbott v. Burke Amicus
- Board Memo on Timed Growth Ordinances 1998
- Brake Speech at the November 15 Property Tax Reform Symposium 2002
- Byrne Speech at the November 15 Property Tax Reform Symposium 2002
- Summary of November 15 Property Tax Reform Symposium 2002
- Comments Made to Whitman Commission on Property Tax Reform 1998
- Board Memo on Property Tax Reform and Constitutional Convention 2002
- Constitutional Convention on Tax Reform 2002
- RPP Letters in Support of Projects
Open Space
Economic Development