ACCOMPLISHMENTS
![]() Since I first became Mayor in 2019, the Morris Township Committee has had numerous accomplishments. Here are just a few of them:
✅ Expanding our network of sidewalks: -- A new sidewalk on James Street now connects a large neighborhood to downtown Morristown so residents can safely walk into town. -- Funding allocated and engineering plans in the works for a new sidewalk along Sussex Avenue that will extend from Patriots path all the way to Morristown border, connecting residents to our Streeter recreation facility and a safe path into Morristown. -- Several other sidewalk projects coming in 2022 including Sherman Avenue, Gregory Avenue, Kennedy Road, and a section of Woodland Avenue adjacent Old Glen Road. ✅ Improving our municipal infrastructure: -- Several major roadway reconstruction projects with more already in the works. -- Major extension of our sewer system to the Skyline Drive neighborhood, thus reducing the number of septic systems we have in our town. ✅ A traffic calming policy adopted so that we can finally start implementing measures to slow down cars cutting through our neighborhoods. -- Raised intersections being installed on Sherman Avenue to slow down speeding vehicles. ✅ Adoption of a forward-thinking ordinance that requires installation of electronic-vehicle charging stations at all new commercial development. We now have approval four 10 locations across our town for EV-charging including town hall and Streeter Pool. ✅ A thriving community garden on Picatinny Road. ✅ Protecting our environment by introducing the Township’s single-use plastic bag and uncontained bamboo bans. ✅ Renovating Convent Station waiting rooms for commuters. ✅ Preserving additional lands for open space. ✅ Open and responsive local government that communicates more and seeks input from residents prior to decision-making. ✅ Working with surrounding communities to share services, reduce our costs and lower taxes. ✅ Keeping our local tax rate stable in Morris Township (pre-Covid). ✅ Updating and implementing several new land-use ordinances: -- Better define the OS/GU zone. -- Created new guidelines for building new schools and Houses of Worship -- Adopting design standards to ensure that all new construction meets certain quality guidelines. ✅ Establishing a new Transportation Advisory Committee focused on improving travel, circulation and transportation modes including walking, biking, driving, and parking. ✅ Establishing a senior citizen advisory committee to make recommendations to the Township Committee regarding the needs of senior citizens and assist in fulfilling those needs. ✅ Reinvigorating the Economic Development Advisory Committee which just completed the first phase of a visioning process for the future of the Madison Avenue corridor. ✅ Bringing great businesses to our town to provide a significant long-term commercial tax base: -- Restoration Hardware transforming The Abbey mansion on Madison Avenue to become his show room with an adjacent Restaurant. -- Financial services firm CIT Group making Morris Township their headquarters at a renovated office building at 340 Mount Kimble Ave. -- Morris Marketplace Mall on Hanover Avenue has transformed the standard NJ strip mall to a destination for residents with two pedestrian plazas and a pocket park for children -- AND the Red Bulls soccer club making Morris Township the home of their new state-of-the-art training facility at the former Honeywell site. One might say we are "kicking it!" in Morris Township.
As you can see, we certainly getting lots of things done. |