An e-mail from GrowSmartDover.org asks for our support for an independent expert analysis of the Cricket Valley DEIS as submitted. I agree wholeheartedly and wrote:
I believe that your call for an independent expert to represent the citizen's best interest is timely and crucial to the application process. If the following information is correct, it will be important to inform the public that the independent expert must be funded by the developer, and will not be a financial burden to the community.
Under the recently adopted Assembly bill A08510, it appears that the developer would be required to fund an intervenor account up to $750,000-
"TO BE DISBURSED AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION, TO
47 DEFRAY EXPENSES INCURRED BY MUNICIPAL AND OTHER LOCAL PARTIES TO THE
48 PROCEEDING FOR EXPERT
49 WITNESS, CONSULTANT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL FEES,
It may be advisable to included this information in the petition as well
The Coalition have addressed this issue in their blog and I believe that it is imperative to compel the developer to make this important financial commitment to the community. Here's a good legal summary of the Article X provisions (credit and thank you to GrowSmartDover)
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