Document library

What to look for

• The property: 279 Homestead Road near Route 206, Block 200.02, part of Lot 12, and Lots 12.01 and 16. It is not the Homestead Road, LLC warehouse site.
• The procedural history: the township’s complaint (January 29, 2025), its plan filing (June 25, 2025) and Murray’s challenge (August 28, 2025).
• What is missing: the agreement’s terms, including any unit counts.

Filed with the court on March 26, 2026. Settlements with Robertson Douglas Group and an amendment to the Valley Road Realty settlement were approved the same night; their texts appear only in the Committee’s March 24 minutes, without the agreements.

What to look for

• The list of challengers, including Adoni Property Group’s withdrawal on February 10, 2026.
• The Program member’s recommendation, quoted: the plan “is not presently in compliance”, but immunity “should be extended to the Township for a few more months” while the court oversees continued negotiations.
• The January 27, 2026 order, quoted, giving the township the choice between adopting ordinances and adopting this resolution.
• The operative paragraph: the township commits to adopting the ordinances “following the resolution of the disputes”.

Filed with the court on March 11, 2026.

What to look for

• Executive session subjects, as listed: “Affordable Housing” and “Personnel Exception: Contract Negotiation”.
• No action on affordable housing is recorded in public session.

What to look for

• Table 26: the obligations. Present need 33 after the windshield survey (the state said 111), and Fourth Round prospective need 565.
• The Fourth Round Obligation section (pp. 37–39): the adjustments, the RDP of 223 and the site list. One passage reads “three hundred forty-three (342)”; the numeral is correct, and the Unmet Need section says “three hundred forty-two (342)”.
• Table 29: 244 units and 56 bonus credits, 300 credits in all, a surplus of 77 over 223.
• The Homestead Road, LLC entry: 189 and 200 Homestead Road, Block 200.10, Lots 32 and 33, about 90 acres. This is the site of the warehouse plan the Planning Board denied in September 2025.
• Appendix A (vacant land adjustment), Appendix B (spending plan) and Appendix C (windshield survey).

The full plan is on the township’s Google Drive, linked from its master plan page. The copy on the court’s docket has only the first 24 pages, which stop before the Fair Share Plan. The Planning Board’s adopting resolution is posted separately; it records the vote as 9-0, with two members absent.

What to look for

• The recital that the DCA’s land capacity data is “overinclusive” and that “a number of the lands identified by the DCA are not developable”.
• The commitment to 270 is “subject to any vacant land, durational and/or other adjustments” the township might seek in its plan. Those adjustments are how the June 2025 plan arrived at 223.
• The attached memo from the township’s affordable-housing planner explaining the land review.

What to look for

• The methodology for the Land Capacity Factor, the part of the formula Hillsborough disputed. The township’s planner found the DCA’s parcel data “overinclusive” (Resolution R-51-2025).
• Hillsborough’s row in the municipal tables: present need 111, prospective need 565.

What to look for

• The permitted principal uses (section 3.4.1, pages 13–14): solar energy systems, Class B recycling subject to state DEP approvals, offices, self-storage, small-scale storage and distribution, enclosed manufacturing, research and development, lumberyards and building-material storage, contractor facilities, indoor and outdoor recreation, personal services and vehicle service.
• The bulk standards (section 3.4.3): 35-foot height limit, 80% maximum impervious surface, 0.35 floor area ratio. Under section 3.4.4 these may be measured across the whole 14.83-acre tract when it is developed under one site plan.
• The standards any site plan must meet.

The plan is linked from the township’s master plan page as a scanned PDF (42 pages), which also includes the Committee’s designation resolution (R-132-2026) and the Planning Board’s consistency resolution. The ordinance’s introduction text is in the May 26, 2026 Committee minutes.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-07: the Sunnymead Landfill Redevelopment Plan, for public hearing.
• R-210-2026: the Fox Chase Pond Shoreline Restoration excavation contract.
• A packet shows what was proposed, not what passed. The minutes were approved August 25, 2026 but were not posted as of October 29, 2026.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-07 (pages 2–3): the planning director’s statement and the 7-0 vote.
• Valley Road Realty (pages 3–4): carried to July 9, 2026; decision deadline September 11, 2026.
• Campus Associates (pages 4–5): the 23 affordable units by bedroom count.

What to look for

• Specialty Assays (pages 2–3): extension through July 10, 2027.
• 480 Hillsborough Road (pages 3–11): the notice objection and the carry motion.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-07: introduced; hearing set for June 23, 2026.
• R-174-2026: body-camera service. R-175-2026: stormwater maintenance agreement.
• R-170-2026 (health-benefit reform): passed 3-1, with four members present.

What to look for

• Sunnymead report: the landfill is 10.7 acres and Lot 6 about 4.37 acres; the landfill ceased operations in 1985.
• Vote: 9-0 to recommend the designation.
• 303 Amwell Road: withdrawn; the board was told the township had acquired the property.

What to look for

• Harvard Way remand (pages 4–8): the court’s February 4, 2025 remand, the objectors’ comments, the executive session and the board’s deliberation on soil testing, NJDEP permits and the unknown tenant.
• Vote: 5-0 to affirm the denial (page 8).
• Campus Associates update (pages 2–4).

What to look for

• BA-24-05: the application description and the adjournment motion (page 2).
• The Zoning Board is not videotaped; these minutes are the only record.

What to look for

• How the amendment defines small-scale logistics and where it applies.
• The Board’s resolution of adoption, attached to the amendment.

It is the most recent land use amendment before the Envision Hillsborough update.

What to look for

• The problems and objectives the Board identified in 2018, and the changes it recommended.

The township’s page gives the adoption date as both November 29 and November 30, 2018.

What to look for

• Adoption dates for each element, which show how much of the plan has been updated since 1996.
• Links to the June 2025 Housing Plan Element and Fair Share Plan and the Sunnymead Landfill Redevelopment Plan.
• New Envision Hillsborough elements should appear here once adopted.

What to look for

• Purpose (p. 56). “To Maintain Compliance And Participation In The National Flood Insurance Program.” Hillsborough joined the program on March 2, 1981.
• The maps (§ 172-11A, pp. 58–59). Adopts the Somerset County Flood Insurance Study and maps “dated November 13, 2026.” Panels 34035C0137F and 34035C0141F carry the new date. Panels 0163, 0164, 0252 and 0253 keep their November 4, 2016 “F” maps; the rest keep September 28, 2007 “E” maps.
• State rules reach further (§ 172-11). “The regulated flood hazard area in New Jersey may be more expansive and more restrictive than the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area.”
• Who administers it (§ 172-13). “The Township Engineer is designated the Floodplain Administrator.”
• Schedule. The agenda lists the ordinance for introduction on October 27 and a public hearing on November 10, 2026 (special meeting, R-335-2026, p. 55).

This is the draft as introduced. Check the adopted version after November 10.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-10: new “F” panels 34035C0137F and 0141F; the Township Engineer named Floodplain Administrator.
• R-335-2026: special meeting November 10, 2026, 6:30 pm.
• R-327-2026 and R-328-2026: park pavement repairs (Woodfield Park $17,550; Singley Park $16,600).
• A packet shows what was proposed, not what passed. Minutes are not yet posted.

What to look for

• Planning Board business: the PROTECT grant letter of support. The award amount and scope were not found.
• The 2026 Planning Board meeting schedule is on the first page.
• An agenda shows what was proposed, not what happened.

What to look for

• R-194-2026: the Wildlife Management Plan 2026–27.
• R-189-2026: Deer Carcass Removal Service, $14,500.
• R-186-2026: the Bloomingdale Drive Municipal Aid application.
• The posted version is the amended one, approved September 22, 2026.

What to look for

• Item 8 under final approvals: “Township of Hillsborough (Mindel), SADC ID#18-0038-DE, FY2026R4(16), Block 198, Lot 2; Block 198.01, Lot 1; Block 198.02, Lot 1.01; Block 199.02, Lot 1, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, 438.81 acres.”
• The vote: “The motion was unanimously approved.” One member recused from the Hillsborough (Mindel) approval.

The minutes do not give a dollar amount or a closing date.

What to look for

• The land. Block 198 Lot 2 (about 424.275 acres), Block 198.01 Lot 1 (about 4.626), Block 198.02 Lot 1.01 (about 4.581) and Block 199.02 Lot 1 (about 6.845): “Total Combined +/- 440.327 acres.” The October 2025 option resolution swaps the acreages of the last two lots.
• The purchase. The recitals state that “the Township purchased the Property on January 6, 2022 for $14,000,000.”
• The price. The SADC’s formula price of $27,200 an acre, plus $1,700 an acre for a 10% impervious-cover limit and $1,700 an acre for a 2,500-square-foot house-size limit: $30,600 an acre in all, subject to the final surveyed acreage and title.

The ordinance was adopted “upon the call of the roll” on March 24, 2026; the minutes record no dissent.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-03: adopted (roll call; no dissent recorded). The ordinance text gives the acreage, purchase date and price.
• R-131-2026 (Murray Contracting and Homestead Corner LLC), R-138-2026 (Robertson Douglas) and R-133-2026 (Valley Road Realty amendment): the housing settlements.
• R-132-2026: the Sunnymead Road lot designated an area in need of redevelopment.
• Ord. 2026-04 (Dickerson Road parking) introduced; the agenda links Engage Hillsborough for online comment.

What to look for

• Expected payment: “approximately $13.1 million in exchange for the development rights.”
• History: before the township bought it, the property “was subject to proposals for a natural gas power generation facility, high-density housing, and warehouse complexes.”
• Ownership: the township “will maintain ownership of the land for the time being” and “may consider selling the property as a ‘preserved farm.’”
• Dates differ. The announcement says the township “purchased the tract in 2021” and, later, “originally purchased the property for $14 million in 2022.” Ordinance 2026-03 gives January 6, 2022.
• Acreage: “approximately 430 acres,” against 440.327 in the ordinance and 438.81 in the state’s approval.
• Comment: it announced online comment on Engage Hillsborough and the March 24 hearing.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-03: introduced; hearing set for March 24.
• Consent #13 (R-117-2026): the commitment to adopt the Fourth Round implementing ordinances.
• Consent #14: the Belle Mead Depot Solar sublease amendment, extending its timeframes because of the litigation delay.
• Report: Dukes Parkway West repaving set for early spring.

What to look for

• Which towns. Hillsborough, Bedminster and Branchburg in Somerset County, and Union Township in Hunterdon County.
• Dates. Revised preliminary maps released March 7, 2025; appeal period from August 21, 2025; effective date “Fall 2026,” marked as subject to change.

FEMA later fixed the effective date as November 13, 2026, in a Federal Register notice of August 6, 2026 (FR Doc. 2026-15942). The township’s draft Ordinance 2026-10 uses the same date.

What to look for

• History (pp. 1–2). The Army acquired about 868 acres on April 29, 1942. About 800 acres went to GSA in 1958. The 335-acre North Parcel was sold to a private entity in November 1986 and is now controlled by the Somerset County Improvement Authority (SCIA); the 464-acre South Parcel went to the SCIA in 2009.
• Contamination (p. 2). A remedial investigation from April 2019 found trichloroethylene (TCE) above state groundwater standards on the North Parcel; sampling ran to February 2025.
• The request (p. 3). Design $2,109,000; construction $29,506,000; management and inspection $2,037,000; total $33,652,000. Design and construction FY 2026 to FY 2032.
• Deadline (p. 1). “SCIA must complete the remediation by the May 6, 2028, regulatory deadline.”
• Earlier money (p. 3, footnote). $11,177,000 in FY 2015 and $66,079,000 in FY 2017.

The fact sheet says nothing about the solar project or Hillsborough’s sublease.

What to look for

• Status. The county’s “Projects under Design” list (updated October 26, 2026) names “Picket Place Bridge C0609 – Preliminary Engineering Phase, Branchburg and Hillsborough Townships”: https://www.somersetcountynj.gov/government/public-works/engineering/projects-under-design
• Consultant procurement. The county released RFP #CY-COM-9003-23 for preliminary engineering consultant services on August 16, 2023.
• Program. The project runs through the federally funded Local Capital Project Delivery program, with NJDOT Local Aid (District 3) and the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Its funding line is DB N1807 in the regional Transportation Improvement Program.
• What it does not have yet. No construction schedule, cost estimate for construction, or closure and detour plan.

What to look for

• R-295-2026: the pedestrian bridge bond release (consent 1–6, unanimous, four members present).
• Report: repaving began the week of September 7 (Strawberry Lane, Chamberlain Drive, Van Fleet Court, Harman Court, Herder Drive).
• Executive session on warehouse and affordable-housing litigation, 6:35–7:22 pm.

What to look for

• R-292-2026: the Montgomery Road chip-surface contract (consent, unanimous).
• R-288-2026: the Community Partner Grant Advisory Committee.

What to look for

• R-234-2026, R-232-2026, R-237-2026: the paving, sidewalk and demolition awards, each the lowest bid.
• R-233-2026: consent to the Sherman Tract Phase II treatment works application (88 affordable rentals).
• R-230-2026: Arrive Together MOU.
• Public comment: chip-seal opposition (a Montgomery Road resident and the Sourland Conservancy) and the Homestead Road warehouse settlement.

What to look for

• Ord. 2025-17: the public hearing tabled unanimously so other options could be examined.
• R-360-2025: Mountain View Road guide rail (consent, unanimous).
• Reports: the Farm Road grant and the Harvard Way/Hillsborough Campus basin reconstruction.
• Presentation: “The Hillsborough Township Water Story”, by Sustainable Hillsborough.

What to look for

• The date stamp. “Last updated date: February 27, 2025.” When checked on October 29, 2026, the page had not been updated since.

• Cost and limits. “The $42 million contract” covers Route 206 from south of Doctors Way (milepost 66.36) to about half a mile north of Valley Road (milepost 68.00).

• Scope. Two lanes in each direction with a concrete median barrier; jughandles at Triangle Road, Valley Road and near Camplain Road; Falcon Road regraded to meet the new road, with a temporary closure and a detour via Opie Road; a culvert replaced near Valley Road and a new bridge over a tributary of Royce Brook; drainage basins; new lighting and signals.

• The milestone table, as last posted:

  Activity	Status (Feb 2025)	Estimate
  Noise wall	Complete	Finished May 2022
  Jughandles; culvert and bridge replacement	In progress	Finish summer 2025
  Drainage; curb and sidewalk; Stage 1 (northbound widening)	In progress	Finish fall 2025
  Stage 2 (southbound widening)	Not yet started	Start fall 2025
  Stage 3 (median barrier and final paving)	Not yet started	Start spring 2026
  Project completion	In progress	Finish fall 2026

• What it does not say. The page does not mention the June 2026 closure of the northbound ramp to Falcon and Triangle Roads, the 2023 halt and change of contractor, or the next stage north of Valley Road.

What to look for

• The grant: $505,903 from NJDOT’s fiscal 2026 Municipal Aid program.
• The scope: the township told the Committee on December 9, 2025 that the work will include upgrading curb ramps at intersections to current ADA standards and installing enhanced crosswalks.

Design was authorized on January 27, 2026 (R-37-2026, Pennoni, up to $40,300). No construction date has been announced.

What to look for

Figures are in millions of dollars. “Unconstrained” years (2030–2035) are beyond the four funded years of the program: money there is planned but not yet budgeted.

• DB 780A, Route 206, Valley Road to Brown Avenue (sponsor NJDOT, mileposts 67.5–68.6, page 16). Estimated total cost $130.918 million. It is “a breakout of ‘Route 206, Old Somerville Road to Brown Avenue (15N) (Northern Section)’” and will include “widening from two lanes to a four lane dualization, relocation of two existing traffic signals (adding two new jug handles) and replacement of the railroad bridge over Route 206.” Programmed: design $6.000 (FY2026); construction $3.000 (FY2027), $50.000 (FY2028) and $46.000 (FY2029); $21.500 more in 2030–2035.
• DB 14416, Hamilton Road, bridge over Conrail RR (sponsor NJDOT). Estimated total cost $34.500 million. It replaces an “orphan bridge, built in 1918”, raising it to clear the railroad and adding a sidewalk on the north side. The title says “Conrail RR”; the description says “CSXT railroad right-of-way”. Design and right-of-way money are programmed in FY2026; construction ($25.900) is in 2030–2035.
• DB N1807, Picket Place, CR 567 Bridge (C0609) over South Branch of Raritan River (sponsor Somerset County, Branchburg and Hillsborough). Estimated total cost $18.616 million. “The existing bridge built in 1979 is a 4 span, simply supported prestressed concrete cast-in-place … This is a bridge replacement project.” Programmed: design $1.900 (FY2027), right-of-way $0.050 (FY2028), construction $15.800 (2030–2035).
• A milepost overlap. NJDOT’s page for the current Doctors Way–Valley Road job ends at milepost 68.00, while DB 780A starts at 67.5. The record does not explain the overlap.

What to look for

• The bridge (home page and FAQ): a 355-foot, four-span bridge built in 1979, rated “Structurally Deficient” (substructure) and “Functionally Obsolete” (deck geometry).
• The proposed design. The FAQ says the Preliminary Preferred Alternative has 12-foot lanes, 8-foot bicycle-compatible shoulders and a 6-foot sidewalk on the south side. The construction cost “is yet to be determined”.
• History (news page): Public Information Meeting No. 1 on May 2, 2019 at the Branchburg Municipal Building (purpose and need); No. 2 on October 17, 2019 at the Hillsborough Municipal Courtroom, where the Preliminary Preferred Alternative was shown. Local Concept Development finished in summer 2020.
• Schedule. The site says preliminary engineering runs “Fall 2024 to Summer 2026” and final design has an “Anticipated Start in 2028”.
• The meetings page is stale. It lists Local Officials Briefing No. 1 on April 17, 2025, then a Community Stakeholder Meeting (“Summer 2025”), Local Officials Briefing No. 2 (“Fall 2025”) and the Public Information Meeting (“Fall 2025”), all with time and place “TBD”. The public meeting was in fact announced for October 26, 2026.
• Documents library. The Public Involvement Action Plan; flyers and presentations from both 2019 meetings; typical-section, staging and “Alternate 5” boards; an alternatives matrix; and the recommended Preliminary Preferred Alternative. No 2026 presentation was posted as of October 29, 2026.

What to look for

• Consent 1–14, 16 and 18–25: unanimous; one item was tabled.
• Ord. 2026-08: adopted. Ord. 2026-09 (wrecker fees): introduced unanimously.
• Reports: sump pumps, stormwater certification, and the 250-tree planting set for November 6.
• A separate attachment, “Questions from Public Answered”, is posted with this meeting on CivicClerk.

What to look for

• Consent 1–4 (unanimous): a Zoning Board attorney RFP, alternate prosecutors, the YMCA 5K and Planning Board seat moves.
• Public comment (page 8): Fox Chase Pond funding deadline; zoning if federal property is sold.

What to look for

• Ord. 2026-04: adopted (roll call; no dissent recorded).
• R-148-2026: escrow waiver for the street-sweeping facility at 360 Roycefield Road.
• R-150-2026: network cabling for the police expansion.

What to look for

• First page. “P.L. 2026, CHAPTER 4, approved March 25, 2026, Assembly, No. 4070 (First Reprint).”
• Section 5(b)(1), the core rule. A government entity “shall not sell, share, or transfer” plate-reader data except to another government entity “when permitted by law,” under a judicial order or warrant, with written consent, or to another jurisdiction’s police “for the purpose of a criminal investigation” after the receiving agency certifies the required conditions, including that it will not use the data for civil immigration enforcement.
• Section 5(b)(2). Sharing agreements are public records under the Open Public Records Act, and the Attorney General may cut off an agency that misuses the data.
• Section 5(b)(3), vendors. Using a vendor like Flock does not count as sharing, unless the vendor makes the data searchable to others outside these rules.
• Section 5(d). People must be told within 90 days when their data is disclosed under a court order, a warrant or federal law, unless notice would compromise a criminal investigation.
• Section 5(e). Agencies must update their policies within one year and post them “prominently” on their websites.
• Section 5(g). A person may sue in Superior Court over knowing misuse.
• What it does not change. The three-year retention period set by the Attorney General. Bill history: https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2026/A4500/4070_R1.PDF

What to look for

• The revised version is the one posted on CivicClerk.

What to look for

• R-99-2026: Volkert v. SCIA, Hillsborough et al. (SOM-L-001705-24). The township attorney gives the payment split: Hillsborough $50,000, SCIA $50,000, the solar company $150,000.
• R-94-2026: drones, $24,999.91, funded by a $5,000 grant and a $20,000 donation.
• R-98-2026: a Willow Road green-infrastructure study grant application.
• Reports: Route 206 pedestrian bridge fabrication under way; PFAS well testing urged.

What to look for

• Consent #8: ratifies “various farm leases” for January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2030. The minutes do not say which farms.
• Personnel: Nick DeLisi appointed Health Officer; the AFSCME 2026–2029 contract.

What to look for

• R-42-2026: county curbside recycling.
• R-37-2026: Pennoni design for Farm Road. R-40-2026: County Trails Grant application.
• Rehabco appointed affordable-housing administrative agent.
• Ord. 2026-01 introduced unanimously.

What to look for

• Selection of the mayor and deputy mayor by the Committee (page 2).
• R-2-2026, official newspapers: legal notices go on hillsboroughnj.gov from March 1, 2026 (page 4).
• R-3-2026, the 2026 meeting schedule (pages 4–5).
• R-11-2026, liaison assignments (pages 11–12).
• R-21-2026: the bid call for police department interior renovations.
• The full text of the 2026 rules of order.

What to look for

• Consent agenda (39 items, unanimous): the Capela Construction bridge contract over Royce Brook, the Flemming Drive sidewalk rebid, the warehouse settlement (SOM-L-0070-25) and police equipment.
• Ordinances: Ord. 2025-15 (Comcast) adopted; 2025-16, 2025-17 (Millburn-area no parking) and 2025-18 introduced.
• Mayor’s report: the state’s word that the Route 206 detention basins and fences were complete; the Norfolk Southern rail-crossing work moved to late spring 2026.
• Public comment from Millburn Drive residents on the parking ordinance.
• The PDF carries two sets of minutes. The September 25, 2025 minutes come first.

What to look for

• Consent #11: the Flock camera purchase with extended data retention (R-286-2025 in a later claims list). Consent 1–17 passed unanimously.
• Consent #6: the 120-day option agreement with the State Agriculture Development Committee for the Mindel property.
• Road report: the 2025 paving list and the NJDOT grants ($438,435 Auten Road; $356,411 Dukes Parkway West).
• How to read the votes: these minutes record most votes as “approved upon the call of the roll” and name members only when someone votes no, abstains or is absent.

What to look for

• Section 2, deployment. Readers are for “official and legitimate law enforcement purposes” only and may scan only plates “exposed to public view.” Each fixed camera’s name and latitude/longitude go to the State ALPR Coordinator before it is installed or moved.
• Section 4.2, searching stored data. Data that did not trigger an alert may be searched only for a lookout query, a specific indictable crime, or approved crime-trend analysis. Searches “may not be conducted to review data based on general crime patterns.” Every access is logged.
• Section 5, sharing. New Jersey agencies share through a statewide system. Sharing out of state requires a written agreement “with the approval of the State ALPR Coordinator.” Private entities “cannot receive law enforcement-owned ALPR data.”
• Section 6, ownership and retention. “ALPR data shall be the property of the agency and not any ALPR vendor.” “Records and ALPR data covered by this Section shall be retained for three years.” Hillsborough’s August 2026 Flock invoice includes a line for “Extended Data Retention (NJ 3 Years)”.
• Section 7.1. Stored data are “criminal investigatory records” and are not released under the Open Public Records Act.
• Section 8, complaints and audits. Citizen complaints go to the County Prosecutor. Each agency audits itself every year by January 31 and certifies “that a random survey of ALPR accesses revealed no misuse.” County and state coordinators may audit any agency at any time.

What to look for

• The Hillsborough Twp section. As of October 29, 2026 it had no compliance certification, no Program recommendation and no final order.
• Check here for new filings after any settlement or court ruling.

What to look for

• How a town files its declaratory judgment action and how other parties file challenges.
• The sequence of settlement conferences, a session before a Program member, and a recommendation to the county’s Mount Laurel judge. Hillsborough went through each step in 2025.