BOROUGH OF GLEN GARDNER Hunterdon County, New Jersey HIGHLANDS MODULE 3 - PART I DOCUMENT FOR SUBMISSION TO THE NEW JERSEY HIGHLANDS COUNCIL FOR BASIC PLAN CONFORMANCE December 8, 2009 Submitted for Review to the Glen Gardner Land Use Board and Borough Council November 11, 2009 __________________________________________________________________ Prepared by Elizabeth C. McKenzie, AICP, PP License No. 33LI00229400 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page GLEN GARDNER BOROUGH’S FAIR SHARE OBLIGATION............................. 1 Components of the Third Round Obligation................................................ 1 Determination of Applicable Obligation....................................................... 2 SUMMARY OF PRIOR ROUND COMPLIANCE.................................................... 4 IDENTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF THIRD ROUND COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS........................................................................................................ 5 PRIOR ROUND/THIRD ROUND SITE.................................................................... 6 HOUSING TRANSFERS......................................................................................... 7 APPENDIX............................................................................................following page 7 APPENDIX GLEN GARDNER BOROUGH’S FAIR SHARE OBLIGATION Components of the Third Round Obligation COAH’s determination of the municipal Third Round fair share obligation is comprised of three components: the prior round obligation, the rehabilitation obligation and the third round “growth share” obligation. For the Borough of Glen Gardner, the COAH numbers are as follows: Table I Third Round Total Affordable Housing Obligation Prior Round 7 Obligation Rehabilitation 6 Obligation Third Round 8 Obligation Total 21 COAH’s determination of the presumptive Third Round obligation is based on its consultants’ projections of household and employment growth by municipality through the year 2018. The 8 unit Third Round obligation for the Borough is based upon a projected employment growth of 26 jobs and a projected household growth of 31 dwelling units, all between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2018. COAH then divides the projected household growth by 5 and the projected employment growth by 16 and adds the two results together to determine the Third Round fair share obligation. Determination of Applicable Obligation Municipalities that are located in the Highlands Area and that are either required to conform to the Highlands Regional Master Plan or elect to do so are subject to limitations on the amount of development that will be permitted due to the amount and capacity of vacant developable land in both wastewater and septic system service areas, utility capacity and resource based capacity (Net Water Availability). As demonstrated in the Table below (developed from Table 4 of the Municipal Build-Out Analysis prepared by the Highlands Council for Glen Gardner), the Highlands Council has determined that Glen Gardner has a maximum future residential build-out of one new dwelling unit and no employment opportunities. This maximum number does not include exemptions (from the Highlands Act). The exemptions, together with potential reductions in the availability of vacant developable land due to public or non-profit land acquisitions for open space could impact the actual build out of the Borough. _____________________________________________________________________ Municipal Build-Out Results with Resource and Utility Constraints Preservation Area Planning Area Totals Residential units – Sewered 0 N/A 0 Septic System Yield 1 N/A 1 Total Residential Units 1 N/A 1 Non-Residential Jobs – Sewered 0 N/A 0 Source: Table 4, Municipal Build-Out Report for Glen Gardner Borough, prepared by New Jersey Highlands Council, 2009. ______________________________________________________________________ 2 Municipalities conforming in the Highlands Area may elect to use either the Highlands full build-out number or the COAH projection through 2018. If a Highlands municipality elects to use the Highlands build-out number, it is also obligated to address the fair share obligation associated with any growth that has occurred in the municipality since January 1, 2004. According to The New Jersey Construction Reporter, a total of 2 residential Certificates of Occupancy were issued in the Borough from January 1, 2004, through July 31, 2009 (both of them in 2009). Additionally, Certificates of Occupancy were issued for a total of 7,330 square feet of office space and 2,200 square feet of storage space, according to the same source. The Borough contends that the office space was not new construction and was erroneously reported as such. Based on COAH’s “growth share” requirements, the two (2) new residential units constructed since January 1, 2004, have generated an obligation for 0.4 affordable housing units, and the new non-residential space constructed since January 1, 2004, including the erroneously reported office space, has generated an obligation for another 1.42 affordable housing units, per Appendix D of COAH’s Substantive Rules. Thus, based upon The New Jersey Construction Reporter data, Glen Gardner has incurred a total growth share obligation from January 1, 2004, through July 31, 2009, of 1.82 affordable housing units. The one (1) new dwelling unit that can be accommodated in Glen Gardner in the future, based on the Highlands Council’s build-out analysis, will generate a “growth share” obligation of 0.2 affordable housing units. The Borough’s combined Third Round affordable housing obligation, based upon the growth that has occurred in the Borough since January 1, 2004, and future build-out in accordance with the Highlands Regional Master Plan, is a total of 2.02 affordable units. Rounding this number up to three (3) units will cover any unanticipated growth due to 3 potential single-family residential development that is exempt from the Highlands regulations. Glen Gardner’s Third Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan will, therefore, address a Third Round obligation of three (3) units, rather than COAH’s projected Third Round obligation of eight (8) units. Table 2 Third Round Adjusted Affordable Housing Obligation Prior Round 7 Obligation Rehabilitation 6 Obligation Third Round 3 Obligation Total 16 SUMMARY OF PRIOR ROUND COMPLIANCE Glen Gardner’s prior round affordable housing obligation is 7 units. The Borough’s Second Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan received substantive certification from COAH in January of 1999. That plan, like the Borough’s First Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, had addressed the 7 unit new construction component of the Second Round obligation through prior cycle credits for the Parkside Apartments, a 48 unit subsidized senior citizen (40 units) and handicapped (8 units) rental affordable housing development funded by the former Farmers Home Administration and constructed in 1981. Prior cycle credits are credits awarded by COAH for documented affordable housing units created between 1980 and 1986, prior to the adoption of COAH’s First Round Rules. 4 In short, the Borough’s prior round obligation had been fully addressed, and was acknowledged by COAH to have been fully addressed, when COAH granted Substantive Certification to the Borough in 1999. IDENTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF THIRD ROUND COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS In 2005, Glen Gardner adopted a Third Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan in response to COAH’s first set of Third Round Rules and submitted that document to COAH along with a petition for Third Round certification. In that document, the Borough had proposed to address what was calculated to be a two (2) unit Third Round affordable housing obligation by continuing to use surplus prior cycle credits from Parkside Apartments, since the original development had been covered by a 50 year subsidized mortgage that was believed to be still in effect. However, when COAH requested additional documentation from Glen Gardner in support of its petition, the Borough discovered that the original controls on affordability imposed on Parkside (and the original occupancy restrictions) had been altered due to the refinancing of the project. Although Parkside had qualified as an appropriate mechanism for addressing the Borough’s housing obligations in the two prior rounds, it would no longer be an acceptable means of addressing the Third Round obligation. At approximately the time this information was discovered, the owner of Parkside Apartments approached the Borough with a request that the original PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement be extended, as he was preparing to refinance the project once again. Seizing the opportunity, the Borough negotiated an agreement with Parkside to extend the PILOT, on the condition that the owner would deed restrict ten (10) of the 48 units in the development as COAH-compliant units, for a period of at least 30 years, so that Glen Gardner would be able to receive credits for these units against its Third Round (and perhaps even Fourth Round) fair share obligation. The ten (10) units have been appropriately deed-restricted; the deed restriction has been recorded; an affirmative marketing plan has been adopted by the Borough; and an 5 administrative agreement has been executed with Housing Affordability Services (HAS). The Borough will now be able to use these ten (10) newly deed restricted units to fulfill at least its Third Round obligation, and perhaps a future obligation, as well. As part of the deed-restriction of ten (10) units at Parkside, the Borough has addressed not only its Third Round rental obligation, since all of the newly restricted affordable units at Parkside continue to be rental units, but also its very low income housing obligation. One of the deed-restricted affordable units at Parkside is, in fact, a very low income unit, affordable to a household earning 30% or less of median income. The Borough acknowledges that it now has an obligation to establish a housing rehabilitation program targeted at the rehabilitation to a standard condition of six (6) existing housing units in the Borough that are currently occupied by qualified low and moderate income households. The terms of the rehabilitation program will be covered in the final adopted Housing Element and Fair Share Plan. PRIOR ROUND/THIRD ROUND SITE The Appendix to this report presents the documentation in support of the ten (10) affordable units that have been re-created at Parkside. There is no issue as to whether or not the Parkside site conforms to the Highlands Regional Master Plan; it is a previously developed site, and no new construction is proposed there. It is identified on the Borough’s Tax Map as Block 9, Lot 104, and it is located on Parkside Court in the Borough’s CM Conservation Management Zone. 6 HOUSING TRANSFERS At this time, the Borough of Glen Gardner is not seeking to participate in an affordable housing transfer program. 7 ATTACHMENT A AFFIRMATIVE FAIR HOUSING MARKETING PLAN For Affordable Housing in (REGION 3) I. APPLICANT AND PROJECT INFORMATION (Complete Section I individually for all developments or programs within the municipality.) 1a. Administrative Agent Name, Address, Phone Number 1c. Number of Affordable Units: 1b. Development or Program Name, Address 1d. Price or Rental Range 1e. State and Federal Funding Sources (if any) From Number of Rental Units: To Number of For-Sale Units: 1f. □ Age Restricted □ 1g. Approximate Starting Dates Advertising: Occupancy: Non-Age Restricted 1h. County 1i. Census Tract(s): Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset 1j. Managing/Sales Agent’s Name, Address, Phone Number 1k. Application Fees (if any): (Sections II through IV should be consistent for all affordable housing developments and programs within the municipality. Sections that differ must be described in the approved contract between the municipality and the administrative agent and in the approved Operating Manual.) II. RANDOM SELECTION 2. Describe the random selection process that will be used once applications are received. COAH, July 2008 1 III. MARKETING 3a. Direction of Marketing Activity: (indicate which group(s) in the housing region are least likely to apply for the housing without special outreach efforts because of its location and other factors) □ White (non-Hispanic X Black (non-Hispanic) X Asian or Pacific Islander X Hispanic □ American Indian or Alaskan Native □ Other group: 3b. Commercial Media (required) (Check all that applies) DURATION & FREQUENCY NAMES OF REGIONAL NEWSPAPER(S) OF OUTREACH CIRCULATION AREA TARGETS ENTIRE COAH REGION 3 Daily Newspaper □ Star-Ledger TARGETS PARTIAL COAH REGION 3 Daily Newspaper □ □ Home News Tribune Middlesex, Somerset, Union Courier News Somerset and Hunterdon Beacon Hunterdon Delaware Valley News Hunterdon Hunterdon County Democrat / Hunterdon Observer Hunterdon Hunterdon Review Hunterdon Amboy Beacon Middlesex Colonia Corner Middlesex Cranbury Press Middlesex East Brunswick Sentinel Middlesex Edison Sentinel Middlesex South Brunswick Post Middlesex South Plainfield Observer Middlesex Suburban, The Middlesex Princeton Packet Middlesex, Somerset Sentinel, The Middlesex, Somerset Atom Tabloid & Citizen Gazette Middlesex, Union Parsippany Life Morris Weekly Newspaper □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 2 □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Echoes Sentinel Morris, Somerset Bernardsville News Somerset Branchburg News Somerset Chronicle Somerset Hills-Bedminster Press Somerset Hillsborough Beacon Somerset Manville News Somerset Messenger-Gazette Somerset Reporter Somerset Somerset Spectator Somerset About Our Town/Community News Middlesex, Somerset Monthly Newspaper □ DURATION & FREQUENCY OF OUTREACH NAMES OF REGIONAL TV STATION(S) TARGETS ENTIRE COAH REGION 3 □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 2 WCBS-TV CBS Broadcasting, Inc. 3 KYW-TV CBS Broadcasting, Inc. 4 WNBC NBC Telemundo License Co. (General Electric) 5 WNYW Fox Television Stations, Inc. (News Corp.) 6 WPVI-TV American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (Walt Disney) 7 WABC-TV American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (Walt Disney) 9 WWOR-TV Fox Television Stations, Inc. (News Corp.) 10 WCAU NBC Telemundo License Co. (General Electric) 11 WPIX WPIX, Inc. (Tribune) 12 WHYY-TV WHYY, Inc. 13 WNET Educational Broadcasting Corporation 17 WPHL-TV Tribune Company 3 CIRCULATION AREA AND/OR RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION OF READERS/AUDIENCE □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ 31 WPXN-TV Paxson Communications License Company, LLC 35 WYBE Independence Public Media Of Philadelphia, Inc. 39 WLVT-TV Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp. 41 WXTV WXTV License Partnership, G.P. (Univision Communications, Inc.) 48 WGTW-TV Trinity Broadcasting Network 50 WNJN New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority 52 WNJT New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority 57 WPSG CBS Broadcasting, Inc. 58 WNJB New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority 61 WPPX Paxson Communications License Company, LLC 63 WMBC-TV Mountain Broadcasting Corporation 65 WUVP-TV Univision Communications, Inc. 68 WFUT-TV Univision New York, LLC Spanish TARGETS PARTIAL COAH REGION 3 □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 16 WNEP-TV New York Times Co. 46 W46BL Maranatha Broadcasting Company, Inc. 51 WTVE Reading Broadcasting, Inc. 25 W25BB New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority 22 WYOU Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 28 WBRE-TV Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 44 WVIA-TV Ne Pa Ed TV Association 56 WOLF-TV Wolf License Corp. 60 WBPH-TV Sonshine Family Television Corp. 69 WFMZ-TV Maranatha Broadcasting Company, Inc. 4 Hunterdon Hunterdon Hunterdon (Christian) Hunterdon, Middlesex Hunterdon, Somerset Hunterdon, Somerset Hunterdon, Somerset Hunterdon, Somerset Hunterdon, Somerset Hunterdon, Somerset 29 WTXF-TV Fox Television Stations, Inc. (News Corp.) 47 WNJU NBC Telemundo License Co. (General Electric) 66 WFME-TV Family Stations of New Jersey, Inc. 25 WNYE-TV New York City Dept. of Info., Technology & Telecommunications □ □ □ □ DURATION & FREQUENCY OF OUTREACH Middlesex, Somerset Middlesex, Somerset Middlesex, Somerset (Christian) Somerset NAMES OF CABLE PROVIDER(S) BROADCAST AREA Comcast of Northwest NJ, Southeast Pennsylvania Patriot Media & Communications Partial Hunterdon Service Electric Cable TV of Hunterdon Cablevision of Raritan Valley Partial Hunterdon Comcast of Central NJ, NJ (Union System) Comcast of Plainfield Partial Middlesex TARGETS PARTIAL COAH REGION 3 □ □ □ □ □ □ DURATION & FREQUENCY OF OUTREACH NAMES OF REGIONAL RADIO STATION(S) Partial Hunterdon, Somerset Partial Middlesex, Somerset Partial Middlesex, Somerset BROADCAST AREA AND/OR RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION OF READERS/AUDIENCE TARGETS ENTIRE COAH REGION 3 AM □ □ □ □ □ □ □ FM □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 WFAN 660 WOR 710 WABC 770 WCBS 880 WBBR 1130 WWTR 1170 Spanish, Asian, etc. WTTM 1680 WFNY-FM 92.3 Spanish WPAT-FM 93.1 WNYC-FM 93.9 WPST 94.5 5 □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ WFME 94.7 WPLJ 95.5 WQXR-FM 96.3 WQHT 97.1 Spanish WSKQ-FM 97.9 WRKS 98.7 Christian WAWZ 99.1 WBAI 99.5 WPHI-FM 100.3 WCBS-FM 101.1 WKXW-FM 101.5 WQCD 101.9 WNEW 102.7 WPRB 103.3 WKTU 103.5 WWPR-FM 105.1 WDAS-FM 105.3 WLTW 106.7 TARGETS PARTIAL COAH REGION 3 AM □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 WFIL 560 Hunterdon WIP 610 Hunterdon WAEB 790 Hunterdon WCHR 1040 Hunterdon WGPA 1100 Hunterdon WEEX 1230 Hunterdon WKAP 1470 Hunterdon WRNJ 1510 Hunterdon WWJZ 640 Hunterdon, Middlesex WPHY 920 Hunterdon, Middlesex 6 □ □ □ □ □ FM □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 WPHT 1210 Hunterdon, Middlesex WBUD 1260 Hunterdon, Middlesex WMCA 570 Middlesex (Christian) WIMG 1300 Middlesex WCTC 1450 Middlesex, Somerset WRTI 90.1 Hunterdon WCVH 90.5 Hunterdon WHYY-FM 90.9 Hunterdon WXTU 92.5 Hunterdon WAEB-FM 104.1 Hunterdon WFKB 107.5 Hunterdon WMMR 93.3 Hunterdon, Middlesex WYSP 94.1 Hunterdon, Middlesex WBEN-FM 95.7 Hunterdon, Middlesex WRDW-FM 96.5 Hunterdon, Middlesex WOGL 98.1 Hunterdon, Middlesex WUSL 98.9 Hunterdon, Middlesex WIOQ 102.1 Hunterdon, Middlesex WMGK 102.9 Hunterdon, Middlesex WJJZ 106.1 WKDN 106.9 Hunterdon, Middlesex Hunterdon, Middlesex (Christian) WAXQ 104.3 Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset WNTI 91.9 Hunterdon, Somerset WZZO 95.1 Hunterdon, Somerset WCTO 96.1 Hunterdon, Somerset WLEV 100.7 Hunterdon, Somerset WNJT-FM 88.1 Middlesex WRSU-FM 88.7 Middlesex WWFM 89.1 Middlesex WWPH 107.9 Middlesex 7 □ □ □ □ WDVR 89.7 Middlesex, Somerset WVPH 90.3 Middlesex, Somerset WMGQ 98.3 Middlesex, Somerset WBLS 107.5 Middlesex, Somerset 3c. Other Publications (such as neighborhood newspapers, religious publications, and organizational newsletters) (Check all that applies) RACIAL/ETHNIC NAME OF IDENTIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS OUTREACH AREA READERS/AUDIENCE TARGETS ENTIRE COAH REGION 3 Weekly Nuestra Communidad Central/South Jersey Spanish-Language North Jersey/NYC area Chinese-American 24 Horas Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic, Union Counties Portuguese-Language Arab Voice Newspaper North Jersey/NYC area Arab-American Catholic Advocate, The Essex County area Catholic La Voz Hudson, Union, Middlesex Counties Cuban community Central/North Jersey Hungarian-Language Monthly □ Sino Monthly TARGETS PARTIAL COAH REGION 3 Daily □ Weekly □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Amerika Magyar Nepszava (American Hungarian Peoples' Voice) New Jersey Jewish News Nuestra Communidad Northern and Central New Jersey Central/South Jersey Jewish Spanish-Language Desi NJ Central Jersey South Asian Ukrainian Weekly New Jersey Ukrainian Community 3d. Employer Outreach (names of employers throughout the housing region that can be contacted to post advertisements and distribute flyers regarding available affordable housing) (Check all that applies) DURATION & FREQUENCY OF OUTREACH NAME OF EMPLOYER/COMPANY LOCATION Hunterdon County □ COAH, July 2008 Merck & Co. 8 1 Merck Dr., Whitehouse Station □ □ □ □ □ Chubb Insurance Co. Exxon-Mobil Research & Engineering 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822 Perryville Corporate Park, Clinton, NJ 08809-4000 202 Halls Mill Rd., Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 1545 US Highway 22 E., Annandale, NJ 08801 New York Life 110 Cokesbury Rd, Lebanon Bristol-Myers Squibb 1 Squibb Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Hunterdon Medical Center Foster Wheeler Middlesex County □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Merrill Lynch & Company Johnson & Johnson Prudential Insurance Company Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 800 Scudders Mill Rd, Plainsboro 1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick Silverline Building Products 44 Stelton Rd. # 130, Piscataway 1 Robert Wood Johnson Pl., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 207 Pond Ave, Middlesex, NJ 08846 St. Peter’s University Hospital 254 Easton Ave., New Brunswick Telecordia Technology Amerada Hess Corporation 444 Hoes Ln., Piscataway 65 James Street, Edison, NJ 08818 530 New Brunswick Av., Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 405 Main St., Woodbridge and 679 Convery Blvd., Perth Amboy Dow Jones & Company 54 Eddington Ln., Monroe Twp Siemens AG 755 College Rd. E., Princeton AT&T 1 Highway Ter., Edison Engelhardt Corporation 101 Wood Ave. S., Metuchen AT&T 1414 Campbell St., Rahway ABC Limousine 574 Ferry St., Newark Bloomberg LP 1350 Liberty Ave., Hillside 1091 Lousons Road, PO Box 271, Union, NJ J.F.K. Medical Center Raritan Bay Medical Center Somerset County □ □ □ □ □ □ □ COAH, July 2008 Courier News Emcore Corp. Ethicon, Inc. 800 Rahway Ave. Union, NJ 1515 West Blancke Street, Bldgs 1501 and 1525, Linden, NJ Fedders Corp. 27 Commerce Drive, Cranford, NJ 9 □ □ □ □ □ ICI Americas, Inc. ITW Electronic Component Packaging Johnson & Johnson 450 West First Ave., Roselle, NJ 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 1 Merck Drive, PO Box 2000 (RY60-200E), Rahway, NJ Tekni-Plex, Inc. 865 Stone Street, Rahway, NJ Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Hooper Holmes, Inc. 1401 Park Ave. South, Linden 170 Mount Airy Rd., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 3e. Community Contacts (names of community groups/organizations throughout the housing region that can be contacted to post advertisements and distribute flyers regarding available affordable housing) Name of Group/Organization Outreach Area Racial/Ethnic Duration & Frequency of Identification of Outreach Readers/Audience IV. APPLICATIONS Applications for affordable housing for the above units will be available at the following locations: 4a. County Administration Buildings and/or Libraries for all counties in the housing region (list county building, address, contact person) (Check all that applies) BUILDING LOCATION □ □ □ □ 75 Bayard Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Middlesex County Administration Bldg. 20 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ 08876 Somerset County Admin. Bldg. 1 Vogt Drive, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Somerset County Library Headquarters 314 State Highway 12, Flemington, NJ 08822 Hunterdon County Library Headquarters 4b. Municipality in which the units are located (list municipal building and municipal library, address, contact person) 4c. Sales/Rental Office for units (if applicable) COAH, July 2008 10 V. CERTIFICATIONS AND ENDORSEMENTS I hereby certify that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that knowingly falsifying the information contained herein may affect the (select one: Municipality’s COAH substantive certification or DCA Balanced Housing Program funding or HMFA UHORP/MONI funding). ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Name (Type or Print) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Title/Municipality ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Signature Date COAH, July 2008 11