An Act appropriating moneys from the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriating and reappropriating certain other moneys, to assist local government units to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
“Densely or highly populated municipality” means a municipality with a population density of at least 5,000 persons per square mile, or a population of at least 35,000 persons, according to the latest federal decennial census.
“Densely populated county” means a county with a population density of at least 5,000 persons per square mile according to the latest federal decennial census.
“Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund” means the fund established pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1999, c.152 (C.13:8C-19).
“Green Acres bond act” means P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, P.L.1989, c.183, P.L.1987, c.265, and P.L.1983, c.354.
“Highly populated county” means a county with a population density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile according to the latest federal decennial census.
2. There is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the following sums for the purpose of providing grants or loans, or both, to assist local government units to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to section 3 of this act and for the purpose of providing grants or loans, or both, to assist local government units to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes pursuant to section 4 of this act:
a. $55,000,000 from the “2007 Green Acres Fund” established pursuant to section 17 of the “Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007,” P.L.2007, c.119; and
b. $65,123,420 reappropriated from the “Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund,” and from the Green Trust funds established pursuant to the Green Acres bond acts, and made available due to interest earnings, loan repayments, and project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings.
3. a. The following projects to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act:
(1) Planning Incentive Acquisition Projects:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Atlantic County Atlantic Atlantic County Open Space Acq $1,000,000
Cresskill Boro Bergen Cresskill Open Space Acq 500,000
Oakland Boro Bergen Boro of Oakland Open Space & Recreation Plan 500,000
Park Ridge Boro Bergen Open Space Plan 500,000
Ridgewood Village Bergen Open Space Project 500,000
River Vale Twp Bergen Watershed Property Acq 500,000
Tenafly Boro Bergen Tenafly Open Space Acq 500,000
Burlington County Burlington Planning Incentive 1,000,000
Bordentown Twp Burlington Bordentown Twp Open Space Acq 500,000
Delran Twp Burlington Open Space & Recreation Plan 500,000
Eastampton Twp Burlington Planning Incentive 500,000
Medford Twp Burlington Open Space Incentive 500,000
Moorestown Twp Burlington Open Space Preservation Plan 500,000
Westampton Twp Burlington Planning Incentive 500,000
Clementon Boro Camden Clementon Open Space Acq 405,000
Haddonfield Boro Camden Open Space Acq 500,000
Voorhees Twp Camden Planning Incentive 500,000
Livingston Twp Essex Livingston Twp Open Space Acq 500,000
Gloucester County Gloucester Open Space Plan 1,000,000
East Greenwich Twp Gloucester Open Space & Recreation Plan 500,000
Harrison Twp Gloucester Planning Incentive Grant 500,000
Woolwich Twp Gloucester Open Space Plan 500,000
Hunterdon County Hunterdon County Open Space Plan 1,000,000
Bethlehem Twp Hunterdon Open Space Plan Implementation 500,000
Clinton Twp Hunterdon Open Space Acq Plan 500,000
Delaware Twp Hunterdon Open Space Acq 500,000
East Amwell Twp Hunterdon Open Space & Recreation Plan 500,000
High Bridge Boro Hunterdon Open Space Plan 500,000
Kingwood Twp Hunterdon Open Space Plan 500,000
Readington Twp Hunterdon Greenway Incentive Plan 500,000
Union Twp Hunterdon Union Twp Open Space Plan 500,000
West Amwell Twp Hunterdon Sourlands/Open Space Acq 150,000
East Windsor Twp Mercer East Windsor Open Space Acq 500,000
Hopewell Boro Mercer St. Michael’s Orphanage Site Acq 350,000
Hopewell Twp Mercer Hopewell Open Space Acq 500,000
Lawrence Twp Mercer Open Space Plan Acq 460,000
Princeton Twp Mercer Princeton Open Space Acq 500,000
Robbinsville Twp Mercer Green Links Program 500,000
West Windsor Twp Mercer West Windsor Planning Incentive 500,000
Plainsboro Twp Middlesex Plainsboro Preservation Acq 300,000
Allentown Boro Monmouth Planning Incentive Acq 300,000
Little Silver Boro Monmouth Open Space Acq 115,000
Manasquan Boro Monmouth Manasquan Boro Open Space Acq 500,000
Millstone Twp Monmouth Millstone Planning Incentive – Project Evergreen 500,000
Ocean Twp Monmouth Ocean Twp Planning Incentive 500,000
Shrewsbury Boro Monmouth Recreation & Open Space Plan 314,395
Tinton Falls Boro Monmouth Tinton Falls Acq 500,000
Upper Freehold Twp Monmouth Upper Freehold Open Space Acq – 2000 500,000
Boonton Twp Morris Open Space Acq 300,000
Denville Twp Morris Denville Open Space Acq 500,000
Florham Park Boro Morris Open Space Acq 500,000
Jefferson Twp Morris Jefferson Acq Plan 500,000
Kinnelon Boro Morris Open Space Acq 500,000
Madison Boro Morris Madison Boro Open Space Acq 500,000
Montville Twp Morris Montville Open Space Acq 500,000
Mount Olive Twp Morris Mount Olive Greenway Acq 500,000
Randolph Twp Morris Randolph Acq Program 500,000
Roxbury Twp Morris Roxbury Open Space Plan 250,000
Ocean County Ocean Planning Incentive Grant 900,000
Little Egg Harbor Twp Ocean Planning Incentive 500,000
Ocean Twp Ocean Planning Incentive 500,000
Point Pleasant Beach Boro Ocean Open Space & Recreation Acq 500,000
Stafford Twp Ocean Stafford Twp Planning Incentive Program 500,000
Ringwood Boro Passaic Ringwood Boro Open Space Acq 500,000
Salem County Salem Salem County Open Space Preservation Initiative 1,000,000
Woodstown Boro Salem Salem River Greenway 500,000
Somerset County Somerset County Open Space Acq 1,000,000
Bedminster Twp Somerset Bedminster Parks Exp 500,000
Montgomery Twp Somerset Open Space Acq 5 350,000
Peapack-Gladstone Boro Somerset Open Space Acq 500,000
Warren Twp Somerset Warren Twp Planning Incentive 500,000
Andover Twp Sussex Andover Twp Planning Incentive 500,000
Byram Twp Sussex Byram Open Space Plan 500,000
Frankford Twp Sussex Frankford Twp Planning Incentive 420,000
Lafayette Twp Sussex Open Space & Recreation Plan 500,000
Franklin Twp Warren Planning Incentive 447,000
Frelinghuysen Twp Warren Frelinghuysen Twp Open Space & Recreation Plan 425,000
Greenwich Twp Warren Greenwich Twp Planning Incentive 451,965
Hardwick Twp Warren Hardwick Twp Open Space 196,000
Harmony Twp Warren Harmony Twp Open Space & Recreation Plan 500,000
TOTAL $40,634,360
(2) Site Specific Incentive Acquisition Projects:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Port Republic City Atlantic Clarks Mill Pond Acq $200,000
Project (PI)
Allendale Boro Bergen Orchard Park Acq 500,000
Woodcliff Lake Boro Bergen Woodcliff Lake Historic Park 400,000
Chesterfield Twp Burlington Recreation Fields Acq 500,000
Cape May City Cape May Cape May City Open Space 200,000
Spring Lake Heights Boro Monmouth Fletcher Property Acq 180,870
Wall Twp Monmouth Ridge Road Sand Mine Acq 400,000
Chester Boro Morris Chester Open Space Acq 500,000
West Milford Twp Passaic Apple Acres/Open Space Acq 500,000
TOTAL $3,380,870
(3) Standard Acquisition Projects:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Brigantine City Atlantic St. Phillips School Property Acq $365,000
Galloway Twp Atlantic Dellanoce Property Acq 85,500
Northfield City Atlantic Oak Ave Property Acq 255,750
Medford Lakes Boro Burlington Stokes Road Acq 224,000
Middle Twp Cape May Westwood Project/Hand Avenue 373,750
Eatontown Boro Monmouth Eatontown Boro Open Space Acq 69,000
Rumson Boro Monmouth Victory Park Expansion 218,750
Boonton Town Morris Miller-Kingsland Historic Preservation Project 300,000
Millstone Boro Somerset Rezem Land Acq 400,000
TOTAL $2,291,750
b. The following projects to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes located in municipalities eligible to receive State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.), either as of June 30, 2008 or the effective date of this act, are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Gloucester Twp Camden Open Space Acq $583,000
Bloomfield Twp Essex Bloomfield Twp Acq 1,000,000
Jersey City Hudson Berry Lane Acq 1,000,000
Old Bridge Twp Middlesex Cottrell Farm Acq 1,000,000
Neptune Twp Monmouth South Riverside Drive Waterfront Acq 800,000
Elizabeth City Union 1 West End Place Acq 134,000
TOTAL $4,517,000
c. The following projects to acquire lands for recreation and conservation purposes, located in densely or highly populated municipalities or sponsored by densely populated counties or highly populated counties, are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Bergen County Bergen Open Space Plan Acq $1,250,000
Fair Lawn Boro Bergen Open Space Acq 750,000
North Arlington Boro Bergen River Road Park 125,000
River Edge Boro Bergen Bogert Road Pocket Park 300,000
Evesham Twp Burlington Planning Incentive $750,000
Mount Laurel Twp Burlington Mt. Laurel Acq Plan 750,000
Camden County Camden Open Space Plan 1,000,000
Cherry Hill Twp Camden Planning Incentive Grant 750,000
Winslow Twp Camden Forest Meadows Program 750,000
Caldwell Boro Essex Caldwell Boro Planning Incentive 500,000
West Orange Twp Essex West Orange Twp Open Space Acq 750,000
Washington Twp Gloucester Open Space & Recreation Project 750,000
Mercer County Mercer Mercer County Planning Incentive 1,250,000
Hamilton Twp Mercer Hamilton Twp Open Space Acq 750,000
Middlesex County Middlesex Middlesex County Open Space Acq 1,250,000
East Brunswick Twp Middlesex Open Space Plan 750,000
North Brunswick Twp Middlesex North Brunswick Plan 750,000
Piscataway Twp Middlesex Piscataway Open Space Acq 750,000
Sayreville Boro Middlesex Open Space Acq 750,000
South Brunswick Twp Middlesex Open Space Acq 750,000
Monmouth County Monmouth Planning Incentive Acq 1,250,000
Avon-By-The-Sea Boro Monmouth Marina Acq 328,788
Highlands Boro Monmouth Acq of 2 Private Road 378,267
Howell Twp Monmouth Howell Twp Planning Incentive 750,000
Middletown Twp Monmouth Middletown Twp Planning Incentive 750,000
Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp Morris Parsippany-Troy Hills Open Space Acq 500,000
Jackson Twp Ocean Jackson Twp Open Space Acq Plan 750,000
Manchester Twp Ocean Planning Incentive 750,000
Wayne Twp Passaic Wayne Open Space Acq 750,000
Bridgewater Twp Somerset Bridgewater Open Space Plan 493,760
Franklin Twp Somerset Open Space Plan Acq 750,000
Hillsborough Twp Somerset Hillsborough Land Acq 350,000
Union County Union Union County Open Space & Recreation Plan 1,500,000
TOTAL $24,725,815
GRAND TOTAL $75,549,795
4. a. The following projects to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
East Rutherford Boro Bergen Two Carlton Ave Park Dev $500,000
Westwood Boro Bergen Improvements to Westvale Park 500,000
Shamong Twp Burlington Stony Creek Recreation Complex 250,000
Runnemede Boro Camden Beaver Branch Park 500,000
Ocean City Cape May Multi Park ADA Accessibility 200,000
Fair Haven Boro Monmouth Fair Haven Fields Improvements 195,000
Hazlet Twp Monmouth Youth Athletic League Improvements 227,500
Union Beach Boro Monmouth Scholer Park Phase II 480,250
Plumsted Twp Ocean Recreation Complex Improvements 3 100,000
Wanaque Boro Passaic Memorial Field Lighting Replacement 275,000
New Providence Boro Union Oakwood Park Renovation 500,000
Blairstown Twp Warren Gorab Property Park – Phase 1 500,000
Washington Boro Warren Railroad Avenue Park 500,000
TOTAL $4,727,750
b. The following projects to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, located in municipalities eligible to receive State aid pursuant to P.L.1978, c.14 (C.52:27D-178 et seq.) either as of June 30, 2008 or the effective date of this act, or sponsored by densely populated counties, are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Pleasantville City Atlantic Multi Park Recreational Sports Facility $868,300
Garfield City Bergen Historic Dundee Dam Pedestrian Way & Preserve 1,000,000
Hackensack City Bergen Second Ward Park Improvements 1,000,000
Pemberton Twp Burlington Imagination Kingdom Playground 890,000
Camden City Camden Stockton Station Park & Greenway 1,000,000
Bridgeton City Cumberland Track & Field Improvements Hursey Memorial Stadium 1,000,000
Essex County Essex Multi-Parks Improvements 1,500,000
(Belleville Twp
Bloomfield Twp
Caldwell Twp Boro
East Orange City
Essex Fells Twp
Irvington Twp
Montclair Twp
Newark City
Orange City Twp
South Orange Village Twp
Verona Twp
West Orange Twp)
Essex County Essex Yanticaw Park Improvements 1,500,000
(Nutley Twp)
Irvington Twp Essex Irvington Twp Playground Improvements 600,000
Montclair Twp Essex Project Youth Sports Phase II 1,000,000
Newark City Essex Hayes Park East 1,000,000
Orange City Twp Essex City of Orange Twp Multi-Park Improvements 853,230
Monroe Twp Gloucester Owens Park Improvements 140,000
Hudson County Hudson James J. Braddock/N. Hudson Park Stadium 1,500,000
(North Bergen Twp)
Hudson County Hudson Little League Ball Fields – Washington Park 1,500,000
(Jersey City)
Bayonne City Hudson Peninsula Soccer Park 1,000,000
Hoboken City Hudson 1600 Park Ave Development 600,000
Kearny Town Hudson Harvey Field Soccer Improvements 870,000
North Bergen Twp Hudson Soccer Field Resurfacing 607,125
Weehawken Twp Hudson Waterfront Multi Use Pavilion 1,000,000
Trenton City Mercer Hetzel Field Park Development 1,000,000
Middlesex County Middlesex New Brunswick Landing 175,000
(New Brunswick City)
Carteret Boro Middlesex Multi-Parks Improvements 3 480,000
New Brunswick City Middlesex New Brunswick Landing 900,000
Woodbridge Twp Middlesex Sewaren Marina Park 2 400,000
Long Branch City Monmouth Multi-Parks Dev 2 1,000,000
Brick Twp Ocean Trader’s Cove Marina Park 1,000,000
Passaic County Passaic Lambert Castle Observatory Tower Rehab 1,250,000
Clifton City Passaic Athenia Steel Recreational Complex 1,000,000
Passaic City Passaic Pulaski Park Restoration Project 500,000
Paterson City Passaic Restoration & Revitalization of Pennington Park 1,000,000
Union County Union Stanford Drive Park 1,475,000
(Berkeley Heights Twp)
Rahway City Union Waterfront Park 200,000
TOTAL $29,808,655
c. The following projects to develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, located in densely or highly populated municipalities or sponsored by highly populated counties, are eligible for funding with the moneys appropriated pursuant to section 2 of this act:
LOCAL COUNTY PROJECT APPROVED
GOVERNMENT UNIT AMOUNT
Atlantic City Atlantic 3rd Ward Accessible Playground & Rec Facility 750,000
Ventnor City Atlantic Rehabilitation of Ventnor Fishing Pier 750,000
Edgewater Boro Bergen Veteran’s Field Improvements 741,655
Leonia Boro Bergen Wood Park Rehabilitation 750,000
Ridgefield Park Village Bergen Fellowship Park Improvements 570,000
Rutherford Boro Bergen Rutherford Waterfront Park 131,665
Teaneck Twp Bergen Improvements to Votee Park Athletic Fields 750,000
Wood-Ridge Boro Bergen Bianchi House Passive Recreational Improvement 100,000
Camden County Camden Environmental Center 1,000,000
(Cherry Hill Twp)
Maplewood Twp Essex Maplewood Playing Fields Improvement 460,000
Nutley Twp Essex Monsignor Owens Park Redevelopment 750,000
Guttenberg Town Hudson Guttenberg Town Riverfront Park 98,550
Red Bank Boro Monmouth Count Basie Park Phase II 750,000
Berkeley Twp Ocean Manitou Park Development 465,000
Toms River Twp Ocean Epstein/Frankenberg Park Phase I 750,000
Garwood Boro Union Athletic Field Complex Project 750,000
Roselle Park Boro Union Acker Park Renovations 470,350
TOTAL $10,037,220
GRAND TOTAL $44,573,625
5. a. Any transfer of funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in section 3 or section 4 of this act shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
b. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in section 3 or section 4 of this act are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a local government unit that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for recreation and conservation purposes, or that receives funding approved pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.
6. a. There is reappropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection the unexpended balances, due to project withdrawals, cancellations, or cost savings, of the amounts appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund to assist local government units to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for the purposes of providing:
(1) grants or loans, or both, to assist local government units to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for projects approved as eligible for such funding pursuant to this act; and
(2) additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, to any project of a local government unit that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for recreation and conservation purposes or that receives funding approved pursuant to this act, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. Any such additional funding provided from a Green Acres bond act may include administrative costs.
b. There is appropriated to the Department of Environmental Protection such sums as may be, or may become, available on or before June 30, 2010, due to interest earnings or loan repayments in any "Green Trust Fund" established pursuant to a Green Acres bond act or in the "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," for the purpose of providing:
(1) grants or loans, or both, to assist local government units to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, for projects approved as eligible for such funding pursuant to this act; and
(2) additional funding, as determined by the Department of Environmental Protection, to any project of a local government unit that previously received funding appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund for recreation and conservation purposes or that receives funding approved pursuant to this act, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor. Any such additional funding provided from a Green Acres bond act may include administrative costs.
7. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved August 6, 2009.