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News & Notes: Eisgruber to hold first meeting with town officials

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 will meet with town officials on Dec. 2 for the first time since his installation in September, The Times of Trenton reported.

Eisgruber will meet with Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert and other town officials to discuss current and upcoming University initiatives, according to a town press release. Among the issues on the agenda is the development of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, which has been a continuing source of friction in town-gown relations. A suit challenging the University’s decision to move the Dinky station as part of the Neighborhood’s development went to court on Nov. 1 and will be decided by a judge in December.

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The University’s voluntary payment to the town in lieu of property tax, known as PILOT, is a contentious issue that will not be addressed in the evening meeting. Negotiations on the PILOT, from which Lempert has agreed to recuse herself, will begin in mid-November and are expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The meeting will be preceded by a session to solicit public remarks and followed by an informal meet-and-greet reception.

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