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Garden State Preservation Trust Annual Report

Johnson Lake, Byram, Sussex County Joint project of the NJ Conservation Foundation

Land Conservancy of New Jersey Byram and Office of Green Acres

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Garden State Preservation Trust Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report

This is the Annual Report of the Garden State Preservation Trust for Fiscal Year 2013 from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.

The core of the public-information mission of the Garden State Preservation Trust has been to document and illustrate achievements in conservation and preservation – with an emphasis on accomplishments at the municipal level. We measure this by acres preserved. But it is also importation to show grants for recreational development, historic site funding and the intact farms that have been protected. The bulk of the Annual Report focuses on all of this information.

Of course, the statutory function of this Annual Report concerns GSPT financing, appropriations and agency operations. These are contained in the chapters which follow the Legislative District preservation tables.

This is to be construed as the full annual report of the Garden State Preservation Trust for the 2013 Fiscal Year in compliance with P.L. 1999 C.152 section 8C-15. It is also intended to be a comprehensive summary of required financial reporting from FY2000 through FY2013, providing a full accounting of Garden State Preservation Trust activities since July 1999.

The principal author is Executive Director Ralph Siegel. A special debt is owed to Bryan Lofberg of the State Agriculture Development Committee for years of patience, thorough assistance and faithful friendship. Recently retired, Bryan is irreplaceable and will be missed.

Contents

1. Preservation & Recreation p3 Legislative District by District Listings pp 5-43 Statewide Statistical Tables pp 44-54

2. Refinancing & Tax Compliance p55

3. Office Budget p61

4. Mission Statement p63

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garden state preservation trust annual report FY2013

1. Preservation & Recreation

The Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) component programs have

preserved 390,000 acres since the year 2000. This represents a land mass larger than Atlantic County or, in the north, Sussex County. Measured against the state’s geographic size, this is an achievement that is unparalleled by any state conservation program anywhere in the United States.

In addition, $438 million has been invested in the development of recreational facilities and in the preservation of historic sites in the same period.

Each of New Jersey’s 21 counties has been affected by the conservation, farmland, recreation and historic preservation efforts funded through the GSPT. All residents benefit from the fact that a third of the dry land mass in New Jersey has been permanently preserved. Preserved lands protect quality of life even for those who do not live near the forests, wetlands, parks and farms that have been saved.

Every community has a vision of what it intends for itself. Residents understand the character of their neighborhood, of their downtown, of their sports facilities and of their natural areas. Each city, town, suburb and village faces threats to this vision and character. In the majority of New Jersey cities and

A second decade of achievement in parks & permanent preservation

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towns, conservation and preservation have become important tools to address concerns over threats to the character of their community.

It is important to underline the local accomplishments of the last 13 years undertaken by state, county, municipal and nonprofit agencies:

Park development projects in 195 municipalities. Land acquisitions in 354 municipalities. 117 communities preserving more than 1,000 acres in parks or

farmland. Counties and towns drawing 737 grants for 427 recreational

projects totaling $355 million.

Land preservation, historic preservation and park development programs have reached an unprecedented pace under the Garden State Preservation Trust with the additional funding provided by the 2007 and 2009 bond referendums. Over this period, GSPT’s land preservation programs have been able to preserve open land that would otherwise have been lost to development.

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The following pages provide single-page "handout" summaries of the historic preservation, recreational development and land conservation achievements in each of the 40 Legislative Districts.

These summaries include acreage totals, development project appropriations and grants for historic sites, town by town, for Green Acres, Farmland Preservation and Historic Preservation in each Legislative District under the Garden State Preservation Trust from FY2000 through FY2013.

Rural and suburban legislative districts with vast conservation resources have higher totals of land acquisitions. Cities and densely suburbanized areas show a focus on endangered historic sites and on the development of crucial neighborhood parks. Taken in balance, these statistics show the unity of effort of myriad GSPT-funded programs pulling together year after year to enrich the sense of place in all of New Jersey’s communities.

FY2013 PAGE 5

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Atlantic County section of this district

Land Preservation Statistics

Preserved Total Preserved Total

Green Acres Farmland Farms Acreage Green Acres Farmland Farms Acreage

Atlantic County Cumberland County

Corbin 3 3 Commercial 2,046 2,046

Estell Manor 8,433 8,433 Downe 4,606.2 189.3 1 4,796

Weymouth 856 856 Fairfield 2,641 1,429 9 4,070

Cape May County Greenwich 192.5 1,785.6 18 1,978

Avalon 0.2 0.2 Hopewell 669 1,931 25 2,600

Cape May 5 5 Lawrence 3,060.7 1,501.8 12 4,562

Dennis 1,824 447 5 2,271 Maurice River 4,371 4,371

Lower Township 1,170 172 8 1,342 Millville 2,026 2,026

Middle Township 1,380 353 7 1,733 Shiloh 142 3 142

Ocean City 138 138 Stow Creek 1,032 914 15 1,946

Sea Isle City 1 1 Vineland 2,888 775 8 3,663

Upper Township 2,419.1 84.4 5 2,504

West Cape May 2 132 4 134 Towns 24

Woodbine 356.3 11.2 1 368 Total Acres 49,988

Legislative District #1

Park Development Grants

Parks or Projects Grants Total Parks or Projects Grants Total

Cape May County Cumberland County

Avalon Avalon Recreation Area 3 $800,000 Millville Sharp St. Recreation Complex 1 $500,000

Multiple Park Improvement Projects 1 $400,000 Ware Avenue Public Marina Facility 1 $500,000

Lower Township Multiple Park Development Projects 5 $2,000,000 Vineland Maple Avenue Recreation Area 1 $500,000

Middle Township Goshen Davies Recreation Complex 1 $340,000 Multiple Park Development 6 $2,564,360

Goshen Road Complex Phase 2 1 $400,000 South Vineland Park Improvements 1 $485,770

Shellbay Avenue Park Development 1 $150,000

Ocean City Multiple Parks ADA Accessibility 2 $400,000 Towns 8

Wildwood Multiple Park Projects Phase 2 2 $353,000 Parks or Projects 15

Cumberland County Grants 29

Lawrence Anthony Miletta Recreation Area 1 $150,000 Sum of Grants $10,543,130

Millville Maurice River Waterfront Phase 4 & 5 2 $1,000,000

Historic Preservation Grants

Historic Sites Grants Total Historic Sites Grants Total

Atlantic County Cumberland County

Estell Manor Bethlehem Loading Company 1 $30,000 Commercial Bivalve Shipping Sheds and Wharves 6 $1,533,625

Weymouth Belcoville Post Office 1 $15,000 Fairfield Presbyterian "Old Stone" Church 2 $120,234

Cape May County Greenwich John DuBois Maritime Museum 1 $7,500

Cape May Cape Island Presbyterian Church 1 $50,000 Lower Meeting House and Cemetery 1 $5,000

Emlen Physick Estate 3 $178,251 Old Stone School 2 $14,000

Franklin Street School 3 $967,790 Maurice River East Point Lighthouse 1 $300,000

Dennis Joseph Falkenburge House 1 $50,000 Millville Army Airfield Hangar 8 & Bldg 31 1 $50,000

Lower Township Fire Control Tower #23 1 $600,000 Levoy Theatre 1 $31,500

Nathaniel Foster House 1 $15,000 Millville Bank 2 $179,767

Middle Township Goshen Public School 1 $30,000

Hangar No. 1, County Airport 4 $924,287 Towns 13

North Wildwood Hereford Inlet Light Station 4 $269,250 Historic Sites 21

Ocean City Ocean City Life Saving Station 1 $750,000 Grants 39

Sum of Grants $6,121,204

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Atlantic County Margate Jerome Avenue Recreation Facility 1 $600,000

Atlantic City 3rd Ward Accessible Playground 1 $750,000 Public Library Park Phase 4 1 $150,000

Chelsea Heights Complex 1 $450,000 Pleasantville Bayview Avenue Waterfront Park 1 $600,000

Rehabilitation Of Uptown Park 1 $750,000 Multi-Park Recreational Sports Facility 1 $868,300

Brigantine Waterfront Improvements 2 $600,000 Multiple Park Improvement Projects 1 $500,000

Buena Vista Michael Debbi Park Rehabilitation 1 $165,000 Ventnor Rehabilitation Of Ventnor Fishing Pier 4 $2,140,000

Egg Harbor Township Bargaintown Park 3 $950,000

Tony Canale Park Phase 2 1 $250,000 Towns 9

Hamilton Lake Lenape Park Phase 2 1 $200,000 Parks or Projects 16

Leipe Tract Recreation Complex 1 $500,000 Grants 22

Linwood All Wars Memorial Park Phase 2 1 $150,000 Sum of Grants $9,623,300


Preserved Total

Green Acres Farmland Farms Acreage

Atlantic County

Absecon 193 193

Brigantine 152 152

Buena 78 260 6 338

Buena Vista 1,888.7 57.77 1 1,946

Egg Harbor City 26 26

Egg Harbor Township 2,317 194 2 2,511

Folsom 289.58 65.9 1 355

Hamilton 7,311.3 1,849.4 5 9,161

Linwood 9 9

Mullica 3,512 848 7 4,360

Northfield 7 7

Pleasantville 77 77

Somers Point 64 64

Towns 13

Total Acres 19,201


Historic Sites Grants Total

Atlantic County

Egg Harbor City Egg Harbor Commercial Bank 1 $250,000

Hamilton Presbyterian Church of Mays Landing 1 $12,724

Linwood Linwood Borough School #1 2 $65,199

Towns 3

Historic Sites 3

Grants 4

Sum of Grants $327,923

FY2013 PAGE 7

** The Fighting for Freedom Tour includes National Park & Swedesboro but the grant is listed in Woodbury in the 5th District

Legislative District #3Park Development Grants


Cumberland County Salem County

Bridgeton Cohansey Riverfront Phase 3 1 $240,000 Carneys Point Carneys Point Sports Facility 1 $500,000

Hursey Memorial Stadium Imprvmnts 2 $1,400,000 Penns Grove Riverwalk Development 3 $1,500,000

Gloucester County

Glassboro Glassboro Schools Playground 1 $180,000

Multiple Park Improvement Projects 4 $1,887,500 Towns 7

Greenwich North School St. Improvement 1 $400,000 Parks or Projects 10

Swedesboro Locke Avenue Development Phase 1 1 $150,000 Grants 16

Woolwich Del Monte Park/High Hill Park 1 $400,000 Sum of Grants $6,807,500

Locke Avenue Development Phase 2 1 $150,000




Cumberland County Salem County

Bridgeton 74 74 Alloway 1,409 2,594 21 4,003

Deerfield 7 370 3 377 Carneys Point 37 219 3 256

Upper Deerfield 2,199 28 2,199 Elsinboro 557 755 10 1,312

Gloucester County Lower Alloways Creek 1,930 1,100 12 3,030

Clayton 7.5 54.6 2.0 62 Mannington 882.5 5,539.3 40 6,422

East Greenwich 124 529 8 653 Pennsville 61 61

Elk 2,731 24 2,731 Pilesgrove 649 3,310 28 3,959

Franklin 1,298 1,681 28 2,979 Pittsgrove 1,054 2,466 28 3,520

Glassboro 68 45 3 113 Quinton 1,907.3 1,355.5 10 3,263

Greenwich 123 23 1 146 Upper Pittsgrove 101 5,762 54 5,863

Logan 196 375 3 571 Woodstown 67 157 224

Newfield 20 1 20

South Harrison 2,290 28 2,290 Towns 25

West Deptford 174 116 1 290 Total Acres 45,677

Woolwich 294 966 15 1,260



Cumberland County Gloucester County

Bridgeton Bridgeton City Hall 1 $15,000 Woolwich Mount Zion Cemetery 1 $21,750

Bridgeton Free Public Library 2 $165,000 Salem County

Cumberland County Courthouse 2 $853,866 Elsinboro Abel Nicholson House 2 $91,757

Cumberland Nail & Iron Works Office 1 $15,109 Pittsgrove Alliance Heritage Center 1 $50,000

David Sheppard House 1 $447,562 Moshe Bayuk House 1 $406,744

Ferracute Machine Company 2 $30,375 Salem City Alphonso Eakin House 2 $93,000

Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church 2 $147,632 Broadway United Methodist Church 1 $8,895

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 1 $14,972 First Presbyterian Church 1 $371,460

Deerfield Presbyterian Church 1 $13,699 Memorial Baptist Church 1 $8,895

Gloucester County Mt. Pisgah AME Church 1 $10,875

Glassboro Hollybush 2 $800,000 Salem County Courthouse 1 $250,000

National Park Fighting for Freedom Tour ** Telegraph Building 1 $1,541

James and Ann Whitall House 2 $183,879

Swedesboro Fighting for Freedom Tour ** Towns 9

Richardson Avenue School 2 $82,125 Historic Sites 25

Trinity "Old Swedes" Church 1 $49,980 Grants 34

Woolwich Mount Zion AME Church 1 $12,000 Sum of Grants $4,146,116

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No historic preservation grants were awarded in the 4th Legislative District


Preserved Total


Camden County

Chesilhurst 1 1

Clementon 38 38

Gloucester Township 280 280

Lindenwold 58 58

Winslow 2,386.5 598.6 9 2,985

Gloucester County

Monroe 1,587 507 4 2,094

Washington Township 153 155 2 308

Towns 7

Total Acres 5,765



Parks or Projects Grants Total

Camden County

Gloucester Township Hickstown Road Development 6 $3,500,000

Lindenwold Sports Complex 1 $500,000

Winslow Multiple Park Development Projects 1 $214,000

Peter Volpa Memorial Park 2 $620,000

Gloucester County

Monroe Earling E. Owens Field 8 1 $150,000

Owens Park Improvements 1 $140,000

Washington Township Washington Lake Park 1 $205,000

Towns 5

Parks or Projects 7

Grants 13


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Camden County Camden Von Neida Park Improvement Project 2 $900,000

Bellmawr Bellmawr Recreation Center 1 $150,000 Waterfront Park Enhancement Project 3 $1,150,000

Camden Camden Greenway Development 1 $158,735 Yorkship Square Park 1 $500,000

Camden Waterfront Promenade 2 $1,150,000 Gloucester City Freedom Pier Walkway 1 $600,000

Camden Waterfront Urban Park 3 $1,410,000 Gloucester Point Riverfront 3 $1,400,000

Cooper River Boat House 2 $1,849,300 Johnson Blvd Recreation 1 $500,000

Cooper River Park Improvements 1 $1,125,000 Haddon Heights Barr Recreation Complex 1 $230,000

Cooper's Ferry Partnership 1 $200,000 Runnemede Beaver Branch Park 1 $500,000

Dudley Grange Park Rehabilitation 1 $600,000 Gloucester County

Johnson Park Rehabilitation 2 $900,000 Deptford Fasola Park Development 3 $714,725

Multiple Park Development 3 $1,500,000 Woodbury Multiple Park Development Projects 2 $1,000,000

New Roosevelt Park Development 3 $2,400,000 Stewart Lake Park Development 2 $850,000

North Camden Waterfront Park 1 $750,000 Woodbury HS Stadium Complex 2 $1,800,000

Northgate Park Rehabilitation 1 $200,000

Pyne Point Park Rehabilitation 1 $500,000 Towns 7

Rutgers Community Park 1 $50,000 Parks or Projects 29

Stockton Station Park and Greenway 2 $1,500,000 Grants 49

Upper Farnham Park Development 1 $600,000 Sum of Grants $25,187,760




Camden County Gloucester County

Camden 1.6 1.6 Mantua 294 549 7 843

Gloucester County

Deptford 18 18 Towns 4

Harrison 48 734 11 782 Total Acres 1,645

** The Pathways to Freedom Tour includes Camden and Lawnside but the grant is listed in Haddonfield in the 6th District



Camden County Camden Tour of Walt Whitman's Camden 1 $11,250

Camden Battleship New Jersey 2 $111,099 Haddon Heights Glover Fulling Mill 1 $50,000

Benjamin Cooper House 1 $15,000 Lawnside Mount Peace Cemetery 1 $13,632

Carnegie Library, Camden 1 $460,513 Pathways to Freedom Tour**

Cathedral of Immaculate Conception 2 $248,712 Gloucester County

Church of Our Savior 1 $750,000 Wenonah First Presbyterian Church 1 $15,750

Joseph Cooper House 1 $48,000 Woodbury Fighting for Freedom Tour 1 $30,000

Pathways to Freedom Tour**

Pomona Hall 1 $6,840 Towns 5

Read House 1 $50,000 Historic Sites 15

St. Joseph's Polish Catholic Church 2 $473,667 Grants 18

St. Paul's Church 1 $49,669 Sum of Grants $2,334,132

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Camden County

Berlin Township Township Recreational Park 2 $500,000

Cherry Hill Environmental Center 1 $1,000,000

Pennsauken Community Recreation Facility 1 $500,000

Cooper River Boat House 2 $1,150,700

Crescent Field Renewal 1 $900,000

Meadowbrook Park Revitalization 1 $322,000

Somerdale Recreation Facility 2 $412,000

Towns 4

Parks or Projects 7

Grants 10



Preserved Total


Burlington County

Maple Shade 8 8

Camden County

Cherry Hill 108 108

Gibbsboro 161 161

Haddon Township 15 15

Haddonfield 0.3 0.3

Voorhees 192 70 1 262

Towns 6

Total Acres 554



Burlington County Camden County

Maple Shade Chesterford School 1 $35,813 Haddonfield Indian King Tavern 2 $100,000

Camden County Lullworth Hall and Carriage House 1 $200,148

Cherry Hill Barclay-Farmstead / Croft-Farm 2 $261,625 Pathways to Freedom Tour 1 $30,000

Pathways to Freedom Tour ** Voorhees Glendale United Methodist Church 1 $123,875

Collingswood Collings-Knight House 1 $10,500

Gibbsboro John Lucas House 1 $50,000 Towns 7

Haddon Township Westmont Theatre 1 $50,000 Historic Sites 10

Haddonfield First Baptist Church 1 $24,682 Grants 12

Sum of Grants $886,643** The Pathways to Freedom Tour includes Cherry Hill but the grant is listed in Haddonfield

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Burlington County section of this district

FY2013 PAGE 11

** Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark includes Bordentown Township but the grant is based in Hamilton in the 14th District




Burlington County Moorestown 182 38 1 220

Bordentown City 7 7 Mount Laurel 444 20 464

Bordentown Township 213 67 1 280 Palmyra 1 1

Burlington Township 108 108 Willingboro 7 7

Cinnaminson 62 62

Delanco 140 140 Towns 11

Delran 387 387 Total Acres 1,925

Florence 249 4 249



Burlington County Moorestown Perkins Center for the Arts 3 $89,149

Beverly St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 4 $401,870 Mount Laurel Jacob's Chapel AME Church 1 $50,000

Bordentown City Christ Church Cemetery 1 $7,500 Paulsdale 2 $219,361

Gilder House 2 $228,706 Sunnyside Farm 1 $12,000

Bordentown Township Abbott Farm National Landmark** Riverton Calvary Presbyterian Church 1 $14,494

Burlington City County Historical Society Tours 1 $24,000 Christ Episcopal Church 1 $25,875

St. Mary's Episcopal Church 1 $50,000 Willingboro Willingboro School House 1 $12,413

St. Mary's Hall - Doane Academy 1 $15,225

William R. Allen School 1 $200,010 Towns 10

Fieldsboro White Hill Mansion 1 $23,345 Historic Sites 17

Florence Roebling Company Kinkora Works 1 $50,000 Grants 24

Moorestown Breidenhart 1 $47,331 Sum of Grants $1,471,279




Burlington County

Bordentown Township Northern Community Park 2 $600,000

Burlington Township Assiscunk Creek Park #2 1 $500,000

Cinnaminson Multiple Park Development Projects 2 $703,200

Delanco Pennington Farm Park 1 $300,000

Mount Laurel Comprehensive Recreation Trail 2 $1,050,000

Rancocas Pointe Trail 1 $232,000

Trotter's Crossing Development 1 $750,000

Willingboro Willingboro Lakes Development 1 $170,000

Towns 6

Parks or Projects 8

Grants 11


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Atlantic County Burlington County

Hammonton 664.4 1,510.5 21 2,175 Shamong 294 66 1 360

Burlington County Southampton 427.6 1,421.7 15 1,849

Eastampton 339.3 210.4 1 550 Springfield 332.3 2,445.3 30 2,778

Evesham ** 1,993 39 2,032 Westampton** 51 4 55

Hainesport 137 147 2 284 Woodland 10,997 10,997

Lumberton 92 200 1 292 Camden County

Mansfield 72.8 1,514.5 16 1,587 Berlin Borough 1 1

Medford 2,003.3 1,244.4 7 3,248 Waterford 153 320 3 473

Mount Holly 9 9

Pemberton Borough 9 9 Towns 17

Pemberton Township 880.6 1,879.6 15 2,760 Total Acres 29,458

**Evesham and Westampton have farmland acreage that is part of a preserved farm in a neighboring municipality.

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Atlantic County section of this district



Burlington County Southampton Bishop-Irick Farmstead 2 $32,747

Eastampton Smithville Park 2 $800,000 Westampton Peachfield & Old School House 1 $49,155

Medford James Still Office 1 $50,000 Rancocas Lyceum 1 $30,690

Medford Preparatory Friends Meeting 2 $149,942 Camden County

Medford Lakes St. Mary of the Lakes Memorial Hall 1 $14,561 Pine Hill Tomlinson House 2 $111,694

Mount Holly Arney's Mount Meeting House 2 $42,599

First Baptist Church of Mount Holly 1 $49,995 Towns 8

Mount Holly Mill Race Way 1 $29,250 Historic Sites 13

Old School House 1 $5,139 Grants 20

Pemberton Township Whitesbog Farm 3 $432,959 Sum of Grants $1,798,731




Atlantic County Camden County

Hammonton Hammonton Recreation Complex 3 $1,050,000 Berlin Borough Franklin Avenue Field Development 3 $1,000,000

Burlington County Waterford Burnt Mill Road Development 2 $1,000,000

Hainesport Recreational Complex 1 $500,000

Mount Holly Mill Dam Park Improvement 1 $496,389 Towns 8

Pemberton Township Athletic Field Development 1 $500,000 Parks or Projects 9

Imagination Kingdom Playground 1 $890,000 Grants 14

Shamong Stony Creek Recreation Complex 1 $250,000 Sum of Grants $5,936,389

Westampton Sports Complex 1 $250,000

FY2013 PAGE 13




Ocean County Seaside Park Bayview Avenue Walkway 1 $67,000

Berkeley Bayview Park 1 $346,500 Oceanfront Boardwalk Reco 1 $500,000

Manitou Park Development 1 $465,000 Waterfront and Park Improvements 1 $500,000

Toms River Park Phase 1 1 $500,000 Stafford Doc Cramer Park II 1 $125,430

Toms River Park Phase 2 1 $500,000 Lighthouse Park Development 2 1 $500,000

Veterans Park Recreation Facilities 2 $500,000 Manahawkin Lake Phase 2 2 $500,000

Eagleswood Municipal Recreation Project 1 $500,000 Nautilus Park 1 $500,000

Little Egg Harbor Municipal Recreation Complex 3 $1,000,000

Long Beach Multipark Improvements 1 $200,000 Towns 8

Ocean Township Recreational Area Development 2 $648,000 Parks or Projects 17

Pine Beach Vista Park Development 3 $1,150,000 Grants 24





Atlantic County Ocean County

Galloway 853 129 4 982 Eagleswood 711 711

Port Republic 209 209 Lacey 1,152 1,152

Burlington County Little Egg Harbor 2,282 2,282

Bass River 651 651 Long Beach 7 7

Tabernacle 621 22 1 643 Ocean Township 2,898 7 1 2,905

Washington Township 767 1,243 2 2,010 Seaside Park 15 15

Ocean County Stafford 1,471 1,471

Barnegat Light 1 1

Barnegat Township 169 169 Towns 15

Berkeley 1,666 1,666 Total Acres 14,873

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Atlantic or Burlington County sections of this district

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Atlantic and Burlington County sections of this district



Ocean County

Barnegat Township Cedar Bridge Tavern 1 $49,500

Mary Etta Cox House Outbuildings 1 $46,660

Berkeley Manitou Park School 1 $30,000

Stafford Cavalry Cottage 1 $14,715

Old Manahawkin Baptist Church 2 $60,207

Tuckerton Bartlett-Rockhill House 1 $35,616

Towns 4

Historic Sites 6

Grants 7


FY2013 PAGE 14

**Manchester has farmland acreage that is part of a preserved farm in a neighboring municipality.




Ocean County

Brick Bayside Park 1 $389,000

Drum Point Rec Complex Phase 2 2 $1,800,000

Multiple Park Development Projects 2 $1,100,000

Trader's Cove Marina Park 3 $2,500,000

Island Heights River Avenue Boardwalk 3 $600,000

Manchester Manchester Soccer Complex 1 $500,000

Pine Lake Park Phase 2 1 $325,000

Toms River Castle Park Playground Renovation 1 $220,000

Epstein-Frankenberg Park Phase 2 1 $750,000

Sports Complex Expansion 1 $369,400

Towns 4

Parks or Projects 10

Grants 16



Preserved Total


Ocean County

Brick 334 334

Manchester** 983.6 55.7 1,039

Point Pleasant Beach 0.6 0.6

Seaside Heights 2 2

Toms River 124 7 1 131

Towns 5

Total Acres 1,507



Ocean County

Island Heights Wanamaker Hall 1 $35,715

Towns 1

Historic Sites 1

Grants 1


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Monmouth County Neptune Township Shark River Marina Improvements 1 $600,000

Asbury Park Boardwalk Restoration 4 $2,000,000 Red Bank Count Basie Park Phase 2 1 $750,000

West Side Recreation Area 1 $800,000 West Long Branch Giambrone Farm Park Development 1 $250,000

Freehold Township Opatut Park Development 4 $1,300,000

Long Branch Boardwalk Repair 2 $1,442,400 Towns 6

Multiple Park Development Projects 3 $2,200,000 Parks or Projects 10

Neptune Township Bradley Park Development 1 $462,000 Grants 20

Multiple Park Development Projects 2 $1,500,000 Sum of Grants $11,304,400



Monmouth County

Asbury Park Trinity Episcopal Church 1 $49,350

Freehold Borough St. Peter's Episcopal Church 1 $139,784

Long Branch Church of the Presidents 2 $809,706

Red Bank Anthony Reckless Estate 3 $81,357

Shrewsbury Borough Allen House 1 $38,805

Christ Episcopal Church 1 $50,000

Tinton Falls Crawford House 1 $97,860

West Long Branch Woodrow Wilson Hall 3 $1,550,000

Towns 7

Historic Sites 8

Grants 13



Preserved Total


Monmouth County

Colts Neck 31 686 16 717

Eatontown 17 17

Freehold Township 2,835 226 3 3,061

Long Branch 3 3

Neptune Township 9 9

Ocean Township 72 72

Shrewsbury Borough 2 2

Tinton Falls 142 142

Towns 8

Total Acres 4,022

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Burlington County Monmouth County

Chesterfield 83 754 10 837 Roosevelt 140 258 3 398

New Hanover 1 302 3 303 Upper Freehold 1,353 4,033 60 5,386

North Hanover 131.3 2,375.5 25 2,507 Ocean County

Middlesex County Jackson 1,945 231 8 2,176

Old Bridge 2,111 71 2 2,182 Plumsted 781 1,192 25 1,973

Monmouth County

Allentown 17 17 Towns 11

Manalapan 399 1,020 19 1,419 Total Acres 19,660

Millstone Township 1,326 1,138 24 2,464

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Burlington or Monmouth County sections of this district

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Middlesex County section of this district




Middlesex County

Old Bridge Old Bridge Waterfront Park Phase 2 2 $1,750,000

Ocean County

Plumsted Recreation Complex Improvements 1 $100,000

Towns 2

Parks or Projects 2

Grants 3




Burlington County

Chesterfield Crosswicks Community House 1 $21,525

Monmouth County

Allentown Allentown Library 1 $134,000

Allentown Presbyterian Church 1 $15,000

Millstone Township Clarksburg School 2 $699,647

Ocean County

Plumsted Singleton Farm 1 $16,920

Towns 4

Historic Sites 5

Grants 6


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Monmouth County Oceanport Multiple Park Development Projects 1 $282,500

Atlantic Highlands Popamora Point 2 $612,600 Rumson Riverside Park Development 2 $750,000

Fair Haven Fair Haven Fields Improvements 1 $195,000 Union Beach Fire Fighters Park Development 1 $150,000

Hazlet Youth Athletic League Improvements 1 $227,500 Hayes Memorial Park Development 1 $450,000

Holmdel Cross Farm Park Landscaping 1 $350,000 Scholer Park Development 2 $730,250

Phillips & Veterans Park 2 $337,500

Keansburg Keansburg Skate Park Development 1 $131,200 Towns 11

Keyport Keyport Waterfront Park 2 $1,097,500 Parks or Projects 15

Ralph Pier Replacement 2 $1,350,000 Grants 24

Marlboro Township Park Development Projects 2 $650,000 Sum of Grants $7,749,050

Middletown Banfield Park Development 3 $435,000




Monmouth County Middletown 280 102 3 382

Aberdeen 39 39 Oceanport 40 40

Atlantic Highlands 4 4 Rumson 20 20

Hazlet 2.3 2.3 Union Beach 0.7 0.7

Holmdel 656 249 2 905

Little Silver 2.5 2.5 Towns 10

Marlboro 44 184 2 228 Total Acres 1,624



Monmouth County

Atlantic Highlands Strauss Mansion 2 $60,660

Fair Haven Fisk Chapel/Bicentennial Hall 1 $227,595

Little Silver Parker Homestead 1 $44,625

Middletown All Saints Church of Navesink 1 $50,000

Christ Episcopal Church 3 $258,575

Grover House 1 $278,175

Lt. Quarters Bdg #2, Fort Hancock 1 $50,000

Sandy Hook, Building #22 3 $550,065

Seabrook Wilson House 1 $574,378

Taylor-Butler House / Marlpit Hall 1 $5,250

Rumson First Presbyterian Church 2 $98,607

St. George's by the River Church 1 $25,597

Towns 5

Historic Sites 12

Grants 18


FY2013 PAGE 18

** Hamilton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh project is listed under Trenton in the 15th Distrrict




Mercer County Middlesex County

East Windsor 847 607 11 1,454 Monroe 912 384 9 1,296

Hamilton 484 781 11 1,265 Plainsboro 167 94 3 261

Robbinsville 611.6 983.8 17 1,595

Middlesex County Towns 6

Cranbury 165.6 1,065.6 12 1,231 Total Acres 7,102



Mercer County

Hamilton Abbott Farm National Landmark 2 $96,875

Hightstown First United Methodist Church 1 $542,179

Stockton Street Historic District 1 $42,298

Middlesex County

Cranbury Old School Building 1 $529,035

Spotswood St. Peter's Episcopal Church 1 $39,377

Towns 4

Historic Sites 5

Grants 6





Mercer County

Hamilton Hamilton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh**

Middlesex County

Jamesburg Jamesburg Multipark Improvements 1 $75,000

Monroe Ballfield Improvements 1 $275,000

Towns 3

Parks or Projects 2

Grants 2


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Hunterdon County Mercer County

East Amwell Marion F. Clawson Memorial Park 1 $500,000 Trenton Greg Grant Park 1 $350,000

Lambertville Cavallo Park Improvements 1 $300,000 Hamilton-Trenton-Bordentown Marsh 2 $500,000

Mercer County Hetzel Field Park Development 3 $2,400,000

Ewing Multiple Park Development Projects 1 $500,000 Perry St. Garden & Clemente Park 2 $317,750

Hopewell Township Baldpate Mountain Development 4 $3,900,000

Trenton Agabiti Square Renovation 1 $500,000 Towns 5

Battle Monument Res. 1 $750,000 Parks or Projects 13

Cadwalader Park Development 3 $2,300,000 Grants 23

Calhoun Street Park Renovation 2 $1,500,000 Sum of Grants $14,617,750

George Page Park Development 1 $800,000





East Amwell 1,306 3,210 43 4,516 Lawrence 368.2 192.4 5 561

Lambertville 22 22 Trenton 17 17

West Amwell 3,371 1,541 18 4,912 West Windsor 609 447 8 1,056

Mercer County

Ewing 10 10 Towns 8

Hopewell Township 4,077.7 2,026.6 30 6,104 Total Acres 17,197

** Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark includes Trenton but the grant is based in Hamilton in the 14th District

*** The Noah Hunt House property is partly in Lawrence but the grant is listed in Hopewell Township




East Amwell Kirkpatrick Presbyterian Church 1 $39,596 Trenton Douglass House & Jackson St Bridge 1 $534,901

Lambertville A. H. Holcombe House / City Hall 2 $526,680 First Presbyterian Church 1 $50,000

Centenary United Methodist Church 2 $178,752 Roebling Science Center 2 $1,499,516

James Wilson Marshall House 1 $10,070 Roebling Mansion 1 $750,000

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 1 $29,962 Sacred Heart 1 $282,953

Mercer County Samuel Dickinson Mansion 1 $25,748

Ewing First Presbyterian Church 2 $87,125 St. Michael's Episcopal Church 1 $26,250

Louis I. Kahn Bath House & Camp 3 $791,673 Trenton Friends Meeting House 1 $26,250

Hopewell Township Howell Living History Farm/Phillips 4 $456,158 Trenton Masonic Temple 2 $800,000

Noah Hunt House 2 $782,763 Trenton Public Library, Main Branch 1 $37,434

Upper Bellemont Farm 1 $48,750

Lawrence Noah Hunt House *** Towns 7

Pennington First Presbyterian Church 1 $40,221 Historic Sites 24

Trenton Abbott Farm National Landmark** Grants 36

Cadwalader Park and Comfort Station 3 $288,750 Sum of Grants $7,363,552

Delaware Inn 1 $50,000

FY2013 PAGE 20

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Mercer, Middlesex or Somerset County sections of this district




Hunterdon County Somerset County

Delaware 1,645 3,640 56 5,285 Branchburg 18 661 5 679

Readington 2,089.8 2,450.6 41 4,540 Hillsborough 536 1,868 26 2,404

Stockton 97 97 Millstone Borough 66 66

Mercer County Montgomery 967 290 6 1,257

Princeton 549 549

Middlesex County Towns 9

South Brunswick 476.4 310.4 5 787 Total Acres 15,664



Hunterdon County Middlesex County

Delaware Sergeantsville Hotel/Municipal Bldg 1 $28,538 South Brunswick Princeton Nurseries 2 $800,000

Flemington Dvoor Farm 2 $200,000 Somerset County

Fleming Castle 2 $68,400 Hillsborough Van der Veer-Harris House 1 $50,000

Hunterdon County Courthouse 2 $800,000 Montgomery Skillman Village 1 $46,500

Raritan Township Case-Dvoor Farmstead 1 $45,000 Raritan Borough General John Frelinghuysen House 1 $264,075

Readington Eversole-Hall House 1 $42,660 Relief Hose Co. No 2 Engine House 2 $624,569

Stockton District 98 Schoolhouse 3 $282,731 Rocky Hill First Reformed Church 1 $19,372

Prallsville Mill Saw Mill 1 $343,650 Rocky Hill Community House 1 $198,261

Mercer County Somerville Somerville Fire Museum 1 $186,872

Princeton Bainbridge and Beatty Houses 1 $35,155 St. John's Episcopal Church 1 $750,000

Morven 1 $26,235

Mountain Lakes Dams 1 $50,000 Towns 12

Princeton Theological Seminary 1 $49,995 Historic Sites 24

Princeton University Chapel 1 $750,000 Grants 32

Thomas Clarke House 1 $25,000 Sum of Grants $6,331,642

Updike Farmstead 2 $644,629




Hunterdon County

Readington Summer Road Park 1 $500,000

Towns 1

Parks or Projects 1

Grants 1


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Middlesex County

Milltown Mill Pond Park 1 $325,000

New Brunswick New Brunswick Landing 10 $7,600,000

Somerset County

Franklin Township Middlebush Park Improvements 1 $267,400

Towns 2

Parks or Projects 3

Grants 12



Preserved Total


Middlesex County

New Brunswick 0.3 0.3

North Brunswick 128 128

Piscataway 37 37

Somerset County

Franklin Township 668 486 13 1,154

Towns 4

Total Acres 1,319



Middlesex County Somerset County

New Brunswick Christ Episcopal Church 3 $878,799 Franklin Township Cornelius Stoothoff Farmstead 1 $50,000

Convent of Saint Peter the Apostle 1 $43,778 Franklin Inn 1 $39,863

Dutch Reformed Church 3 $587,797 Hageman Farm and Wyckoff House 1 $749,579

Livingston Avenue Church of Christ 1 $50,000 Hendrick Fisher House 1 $27,338

Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Chapel 1 $254,927

St. Peter the Apostle Church 2 $1,250,000 Towns 3

Piscataway Metlar/Knapp/Bodine House 3 $347,024 Historic Sites 12

Somerset County Grants 19

Franklin Township 70 Miles of Legend and Lore Tour 1 $38,740 Sum of Grants $4,317,845

FY2013 PAGE 22



Middlesex County

Edison Edison Memorial Tower 2 $68,000

Towns 1

Historic Sites 1

Grants 2





Middlesex County

Highland Park Centennial Park 1 $120,000

River Road Environmental Center 1 $189,000

Towns 1

Parks or Projects 2

Grants 2



Preserved Total


Middlesex County

East Brunswick 143 81 2 224

Edison 123 123

South Plainfield 13 13

Towns 3

Total Acres 359

FY2013 PAGE 23




Middlesex County Perth Amboy Washington Park Urban Recovery 1 $49,425

Carteret Arthur Kill Waterfront Rec Facility 5 $2,840,000 Waterfront Development 1 $500,000

Multipark Improvements Phase 1 1 $500,000 Willow Pond Park 2 $820,000

Multipark Improvements Phase 2 2 $1,316,000 Sayreville River Road Waterfront Park 2 $1,100,000

Multipark Improvements Phase 3 2 $1,080,000 Woodbridge Ferry Street & Riverwalk Parks 2 $1,400,000

Multipark Improvements Phase 4 1 $650,000 Sewaren Marina Park Phase 2 3 $1,100,000

Medwick Park 2 1 $750,000 Skateboard Park 1 $250,000

Waterfront Marina 1 $565,150

Perth Amboy Patten Center Park Rehabilitation 1 $800,000 Towns 4

Bayview Park 2 $1,500,000 Parks or Projects 19

Citywide Urban Parks Recovery Grant 1 $49,500 Grants 31

Shoreline Improvement Project 1 $800,000 Sum of Grants $16,270,075

Truxton & Columbus Circle Park 1 $200,000


Preserved Total


Middlesex County

Sayreville 63 17 1 80

Towns 1

Total Acres 80



Middlesex County

Perth Amboy St. Peter's Episcopal Church 2 $493,211

Surveyor General's Office 1 $110,635

Woodbridge Barron Arts Center 2 $59,000

Trinity Episcopal Church 2 $303,495

Towns 2

Historic Sites 4

Grants 7


FY2013 PAGE 24


Preserved Total


Union County

Union Township 5 5

Towns 1

Total Acres 5



Union County

Elizabeth First Presbyterian Church 4 $1,169,214

Hillside Evergreen Cemetery 1 $50,000

Union Township Caldwell Parsonage 1 $33,121

Liberty Hall Carriage House 1 $199,612

Towns 3

Historic Sites 4

Grants 7

Sum of Grants $1,451,947Union County has no farmland preservation program




Union County

Elizabeth Appletree Pocket Park 1 $36,725

Elizabeth River Walkway 2 $1,100,000

Elmora Racquet Club Improvements 1 $800,000

Keighry Head Land Banking Project 1 $67,000

Kenah Field Expansion 1 $225,842

Livingston Street Recreation Complex 1 $500,000

Roselle Multiple Park Improvement Projects 1 $900,000

Towns 2

Parks or Projects 7

Grants 8


FY2013 PAGE 25

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Morris or Somerset County sections of this districtUnion County has no farmland preservation program




Union County

Berkeley Heights Stanford Drive Park 1 $1,475,000

Cranford Canoe Club & Park Improvements 1 $150,000

Garwood Athletic Field Complex Project 2 $1,125,000

New Providence Oakwood Park Renovation 1 $500,000

Roselle Park Acker Park Renovations 1 $470,350

Springfield Meisel Avenue Park 1 $1,100,000

Summit Briant Park Improvements 1 $275,000

Towns 7

Parks or Projects 7

Grants 8



Preserved Total


Morris County

Chatham Borough 3 3

Long Hill 6 6

Somerset County

Bernards Township 312 312

Warren 314 314

Union County

Summit 61 61

Towns 5

Total Acres 697



Morris County Union County

Long Hill All Saint's Episcopal Church 1 $12,461 Summit Reeves-Reed Arboretum 1 $47,500

Millington Schoolhouse/Old Town Hall 1 $27,147 Reeves Arboretum - The Clearing 1 $35,100

Somerset County Summit Public Library 1 $6,713

Bernards Township Kennedy-Martin Stelle Farmstead 2 $616,876

Union County Towns 5

Kenilworth Oswald Nitschke House 3 $370,580 Historic Sites 8

Springfield First Presbyterian Church 1 $47,265 Grants 11





Middlesex County

Middlesex Mountainview Park Renovation 1 $209,000

Union County

Clark Esposito Park 1 $1,000,000

Oak Ridge Park Phase 1 2 $2,250,000

Linden Hawk Rise Environmental Walkway 1 $450,000

Playground Equipment Replacement 2 $488,600

Plainfield Multiple Park Improvement Projects 3 $1,150,000

Rahway Waterfront Park Development 2 $700,000

Scotch Plains Ponderosa Farm Park 1 $750,000

Towns 6

Parks or Projects 8

Grants 13


FY2013 PAGE 26


Preserved Total


Union County

Clark 13 13

Rahway 0.14 0.14

Towns 2

Total Acres 13



Union County Plainfield Plainfield YWCA 1 $200,000

Clark Clark House / Robinson Plantation 1 $70,941 Rahway Merchants & Drovers Tavern 1 $50,000

Fanwood Fanwood Park Historic District 1 $30,000 Scotch Plains Elizabeth & Gershom Frazee House 3 $101,950

Plainfield All Souls Church 1st Unitarian Society 2 $487,402

Crescent Ave. Presbyterian Church 2 $97,186 Towns 5

Grace Episcopal Church 2 $456,400 Historic Sites 10

Nathanial Drake House Museum 2 $377,878 Grants 16

Plainfield City Hall 1 $265,025 Sum of Grants $2,136,782

The Middlesex & Somerset county sections of the district have no preserved land. Union County has no farmland preservation program

No park development grants were awarded in the Somerset County section of this district

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Middlesex or Somerset county sections of this district

FY2013 PAGE 27

Legislative District #23 Park Development Grants


Somerset County Warren County

Bedminster Multiple Park Development 1 $250,000 Washington Township Meadow Breeze Park Development 1 $500,000

Bridgewater Prince Rodgers Development 2 1 $500,000

Warren County Towns 6

Hackettstown Riverfront Park Development 1 $400,000 Parks or Projects 7

Phillipsburg Delaware Heights Park Phase 1 & 2 2 $750,000 Grants 8

Washington Borough Municipal Pool Renovation 1 $283,200 Sum of Grants $3,183,200

Railroad Avenue Park 1 $500,000




Hunterdon County Somerset County

Alexandria 449 1,961 27 2,410 Bedminster 409 1,769 25 2,178

Bethlehem 1,154.8 748.6 10 1,903 Bridgewater 125 21 1 146

Bloomsbury 45 45 Peapack-Gladstone 104 84 2 188

Califon ** 31 9 40 Warren County

Clinton Township 652.4 781.4 7 1,434 Alpha 133 1 133

Franklin Township 819 992 13 1,811 Franklin Township 299.5 1,759 21 2,058

Frenchtown 175 175 Greenwich 336 879 10 1,215

Glen Gardner 64 64 Hackettstown 211 211

High Bridge 359 359 Harmony 1,664 1,876 20 3,540

Holland 988 2,037 24 3,025 Lopatcong** 161 22 183

Kingwood 1,488 1,230 16 2,718 Mansfield 1,405 1,073 11 2,478

Lebanon Borough** 26 26 Phillipsburg 8 8

Lebanon Township 2,063 1,233 14 3,296 Pohatcong 195.8 2,069.6 26 2,265

Milford 47 47 Washington Borough 15 15

Raritan Township 1,057 1,278 19 2,335 Washington Township 1,111 917 8 2,028

Tewksbury 606 1,574 24 2,180

Union Township 1,602 389 5 1,991 Towns 31

Total Acres 40,505



Hunterdon County Warren County

Bethlehem Bethlehem Township Old Town Hall 2 $15,600 Greenwich Morris Canal - Inclined Plane #10 W 1 $45,000

Clinton Hunt's Mill and Mulligan Quarry 2 $27,738 Morris Canal - Inclined Plane 9 West 1 $43,198

Clinton Township Christoffel Vought Farmstead 1 $30,000 Morris Canal - Lopatcong Creek 1 $29,831

Franklin Township Pittstown Station 1 $15,750 Harmony Hoff-Vannatta Farmstead 3 $114,025

Quakertown Methodist Eps. Church 1 $7,500 Lopatcong Morris Canal - Lopatcong Creek**

High Bridge Solitude House 1 $50,000 Phillipsburg Phillipsburg Union Train Station 1 $34,178

Tewksbury Zion Lutheran Church 1 $17,175 Roseberry House 1 $50,000

Somerset County Washington Township Port Colden School 3 $558,650

Bedminster Jacobus Vanderveer House 3 $388,180 Port Colden United Methodist Church 2 $300,800

Bound Brook Brook Theatre 1 $7,223

Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook 2 $429,178 Towns 15

South Bound Brook Abraham Staats House 3 $352,911 Historic Sites 21

Warren County Grants 32

Franklin Township Morris Canal - Lock 7 & Bread Lock 1 $30,000 Sum of Grants $2,546,937No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Hunterdon County section of this district

**Califon, Lebanon Borough and Lopatcong have farmland acreage that is part of a preserved farm in a neighboring municipality.

** Morris Canal - Lopatcong Creek includes Lopatcong but the grant is listed in Greenwich

FY2013 PAGE 28




Morris County Warren County

Mount Olive Turkey Brook Park Development 1 $500,000 Blairstown Gorab Property Park Phase 1 1 $500,000

Sussex County

Byram Byram Multipark Development 1 $200,000 Towns 6

C.O. Johnson Park Recreation 2 $500,000 Parks or Projects 8

Frankford Frankford Township Park Phase 4 1 $160,000 Grants 9

Newton Memory Park Development 2 1 $286,600 Sum of Grants $2,846,600

Wantage Wantage-Woodbourne Park Phase 3 1 $450,000

Woodbourne Park Phase 4 1 $250,000




Morris County Sussex County

Mount Olive 2,060 227 3 2,287 Stanhope 5 5

Sussex County Stillwater 3,479 488 6 3,967

Andover Borough 12 13 25 Vernon 9,863 875 4 10,738

Andover Township 699 307 4 1,006 Wantage 1,223 3,157 29 4,380

Byram 452 452 Warren County

Frankford 2,520 1,020 12 3,540 Allamuchy 1,681.5 1,320.4 8 3,002

Franklin Borough 118 118 Belvidere 33 3 36

Fredon 432 875 10 1,307 Blairstown 1,010 1,270 18 2,280

Green Township 175.6 696.7 7 872 Frelinghuysen 1,224 1,758 19 2,982

Hamburg 40 40 Hardwick 1,969 543 5 2,512

Hampton Township 1,892 1,384 23 3,276 Hope 454.2 702.4 9 1,157

Hardyston 7,176 57.5 1 7,233 Independence 692.4 202.4 2 895

Hopatcong 83 83 Knowlton 1,254 1,300 18 2,554

Lafayette 399 1,177 9 1,576 Liberty 1,044 136 3 1,180

Montague 1,225 1,060 5 2,285 Oxford 10 10

Newton 120 120 White Township 988 1,064 16 2,052

Ogdensburg 147 147

Sandyston 458 637 7 1,095 Towns 33

Sparta 1,573 170 3 1,743 Total Acres 64,955



Morris County Warren County

Mount Olive Amzi Stephens Homestead 1 $112,985 Hope Long House 2 $506,200

Sussex County St. Luke's Episcopal Church 3 $43,655

Sandyston Peters Valley Historic District 1 $33,000 Knowlton Ramsaysburg Homestead 3 $230,794

Sussex Crescent Theater 2 $43,695 Oxford Second Presbyterian Church 1 $15,310

Vernon Black Creek Site 1 $18,750

Wantage Van Bunschooten House 1 $31,313 Towns 10

Warren County Historic Sites 12

Allamuchy Morris Canal Lock 4 to 5 West 2 $50,888 Grants 21

Rutherfurd Hall - Allamuchy BOE 1 $50,000 Sum of Grants $1,455,847

Hardwick Vass Farmstead 3 $319,257

FY2013 PAGE 29

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Somerset County section of this district




Morris County

Mendham Borough Borough Park Development 1 $500,000

Morristown Morristown Green In Perpetuity 1 $400,000

Mount Arlington Public Beach Park Improvements 1 $300,000

Towns 3

Parks or Projects 3

Grants 3





Morris County Netcong 47 47

Boonton 3 3 Randolph 746.5 124.7 2 871

Boonton Township 231.5 47.9 1 279 Rockaway Borough 7 7

Chester Borough 72 59 1 131 Roxbury 320 320

Chester Township 1,059 1,207 17 2,266 Washington Township 1,159 2,463 44 3,622

Denville 816 20 1 836 Wharton 132 132

Mendham Borough 99.5 33.2 1 133 Somerset County

Mendham Township 1,054 156 4 1,210 Bernardsville 4 4

Mine Hill 235 235

Morris Township 297 297 Towns 17

Morristown 9 9 Total Acres 10,404



Morris County Morris County

Boonton St. John's Episcopal Church 1 $30,615 Morristown Willow Hall 1 $37,322

Chester Township Gardens at Bamboo Brook 1 $750,000 Roxbury King Store and Homestead 1 $49,051

Dover St. John's Episcopal Church 2 $38,838 Ledgewood Historic District 1 $7,500

Mendham Borough St. John the Baptist Convent 2 $610,202 Wharton Morris Canal, Lock 2 East 2 $87,424

The Phoenix House 2 $313,693 Somerset County

Morris Township Fosterfields Living Historical Farm 4 $922,579 Bernardsville St. Bernard's Episcopal Church 1 $43,384

Morristown Acorn Hall 2 $52,875

Church of the Redeemer 1 $250,000 Towns 9

Speedwell - Vail & Estey Houses 1 $50,000 Historic Sites 16

Morris County Wayfinding Program 1 $50,000 Grants 24

Morristown Library 1 $279,737 Sum of Grants $3,573,220

FY2013 PAGE 30

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Morris County section of this district

**Eagle Rock park is partly in Verona but the grant is listed with West Orange in the 27th District

***Hilltop Reservation is partly in Verona but the grant is listed with Montclair in the 34th District

Essex County has no farmland preservation program

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Essex County section of this district



Morris County

Montville Henry Doremus House 1 $230,591

Parsippany-Troy Hills Craftsman Farms 2 $349,763

Greystone 1 $50,000

Passaic County

West Milford Long Pond Ironworks 1 $24,000

Towns 3

Historic Sites 4

Grants 5





Essex County Morris County

Fairfield 762 762 Rockaway Township 4,272 88 1 4,360

North Caldwell 72 72 Lincoln Park 390 77 2 467

Verona 95 95 Montville 175 175

West Caldwell 220 220 Passaic County

Morris County West Milford 11,388 11,388

Butler 19 19

Jefferson 7,061 7,061 Towns 12

Kinnelon 3,160 3,160 Total Acres 27,878

Parsippany-Troy Hills 98 98




Essex County

Verona Eagle Rock Park Improvements**

Essex County Park Improvements

Hilltop Park Development Phase 2 1 $250,000

Hilltop Reservation Improvements***

Verona Park Improvements 4 $1,000,000

Passaic County

West Milford Destiny's Gate Park 2 $294,200

Towns 2

Parks or Projects 3

Grants 7


FY2013 PAGE 31

No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Morris County section of this districtEssex County has no farmland preservation program

Legislative District #27 Park Development Grants


Essex County South Orange Rahway River Greenway 1 $375,000

Caldwell Grover Cleveland Park Restoration 3 $1,300,000 West Orange Eagle Rock Reservation 4 $1,075,000

Essex Fells Grover Cleveland Park Restoration** South Mountain Reservation 5 $1,575,000

Livingston Riker Hill Art Park Improvements 1 $200,000 Turtle Back Zoo Exhibits 2 $900,000

Maplewood Maplewood Playing Fields 5 $1,735,000 Turtleback Zoo Gibbons Exhibit 1 $400,000

South Mountain Reservation*** Turtleback Zoo Sea Lion Exhibit 1 $200,000

Millburn South Mountain Reservation***

Roseland Becker Park Improvements 1 $400,000 Towns 8

Essex County Conservation Center 2 $2,300,000 Parks or Projects 13

Hatfield Swamp Improvements 2 $475,000 Grants 29

South Orange Baird Basketball Court Renovations 1 $183,000 Sum of Grants $11,118,000


Preserved Total


Essex County

Caldwell 4 4

Livingston 3 3

Roseland 133 133

West Orange 80 80

Morris County

Chatham Township 84 84

East Hanover 461 461

Florham Park 92 92

Hanover 367 367

Harding 229 277 8 506

Madison 5 5

Towns 10

Total Acres 1,736



Essex County Morris County

Caldwell Grover Cleveland Birthplace 1 $49,500 Madison James Library Building 1 $21,375

Millburn Greenwood Gardens 2 $779,025 Mead Hall 1 $525,769

South Orange Connett Memorial Library 1 $50,000 Presbyterian Church of Chatham 1 $23,557

South Orange Fire Station 1 $440,675 Webb Memorial Chapel 1 $19,070

South Orange Village Hall 1 $669,000

The Old Stone House 2 $161,356 Towns 5

Morris County Historic Sites 12

Harding Glen Alpin 2 $800,000 Grants 15

Madison Hartley Dodge Memorial 1 $660,719 Sum of Grants $4,200,046

FY2013 PAGE 32

Legislative Districts #28 & 29



Essex County Glen Ridge Hurrell Field Redevelopment 1 $500,000

Belleville Belleville Park Improvements 2 $900,000 Irvington Irvington Park Rehabilitation Project 3 $1,300,000

Branch Brook Park Extension 1 $200,000 Orange Avenue Park Development 2 $575,000

Bloomfield Bloomfield Ramp Skate Park 1 $232,800 Playground Improvements 4 $2,100,000

Brookdale Park - Athletic Fields 1 $500,000 Newark Summary of Grants (detail next page) 90 $42,481,970

Brookdale Park Improvements 2 $800,000 Nutley Monsignor Owens Park 1 $750,000

Brookdale Park Phase 2 3 $1,200,000 Yanticaw Park Improvements 1 $1,500,000

Clark's Pond Restoration 1 $1,000,000

Foley Field Restoration 1 $900,000 Towns 6

Halcyon Park Redevelopment 2 $280,100 Parks or Projects 46

Multiple parks improvements 1 $500,000 Grants 121

Restoration of Upper Memorial Park 1 $436,920 Sum of Grants $57,456,790

Watsessing Park Improvements 3 $1,300,000

Newark park development grants were detailed on the next page

Essex County has no farmland preservation program


Preserved Total


Essex County

Newark 3 3

Towns 1

Total Acres 3



Essex County Newark Newark Public Schools 1 $18,000

Bloomfield Bloomfield Presbyterian Church 1 $50,000 Newark Symphony Hall 1 $50,000

Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center 2 $207,975 Polhemus House 1 $50,000

Glen Ridge Glen Ridge Municipal Building 3 $703,965 South Park Presbyterian Church 3 $650,000

Newark Ahavas Sholom 2 $126,460 St. Columba's RC Church 1 $440,675

Ballantine House & Carriage House 2 $638,092 Stanley Theater 2 $56,063

Belleville Ave Congregational Church 1 $41,074 Temple B'nai Abraham, Newark 1 $24,497

Branch Brook Park 1 $34,612

Essex County Jail 1 $50,000 Towns 3

Feigenspan Mansion 2 $538,250 Historic Sites 18

Mount Pleasant Cemetery 1 $224,227 Grants 27

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. 1 $255,000 Sum of Grants $4,158,890

FY2013 PAGE 33

**Essex County Mulit-Park Improvements grants are listed with Newark but were applied to parks across the county

Newark



Branch Brook Park - Kiyo Grove, Lions & Lake Edge 3 $750,000

Branch Brook Park - Middle Division Sports Complex 5 $1,750,000

Branch Brook Park - Rock Quarry Playground 1 $400,000

Branch Brook Park Extension Rehabilitation 11 $3,150,000

Branch Brook Park Multiple Renovations 3 $950,000

Essex County Multi-parks Improvements** 12 $12,650,000

Essex County Park Plaza 1 $750,000

Hayes Park East 1 $1,000,000

Independence Park Improvements 3 $1,100,000

Ivy Hill Park Improvements 2 $900,000

Jesse Allen Park 3 $900,000

Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural Revitalization Greenway 4 $1,125,000

Mildred Helms Park Urban Parks Recovery Grant 1 $176,470

Minish Park Passaic Riverfront Development Project 4 $3,215,000

Multiple Park Improvement Projects 4 $1,800,000

Nat Turner Park Development Project 1 $600,000

Newton Street School Playground 1 $100,000

NJ Performing Arts Center Waterfront Park 1 $400,000

Outdoor Learning Center 1 $500,000

Riverfront Park Improvements 7 $3,030,000

Southern Division Renovations 1 $400,000

Sussex Avenue School Playground 1 $375,000

Urban Environmental And Ecological Center 2 $1,000,000

Vailsburg Park Improvements 1 $400,000

Weequahic Park - Basketball Courts 1 $200,000

Weequahic Park - Lake Restoration 3 $1,400,000

Weequahic Park Various Improvements 1 $400,000

West Side Park Improvements 11 $3,060,500

Parks or Projects 28

Grants 90


FY2013 PAGE 34




Monmouth County

Belmar Shark River Bay Sailing Center 2 $650,000

Bradley Beach Recreational Areas Development 1 $400,000

Ocean County

Point Pleasant Riverfront Park Development 2 $1,050,000

Towns 3

Parks or Projects 3

Grants 5



Preserved Total


Monmouth County

Avon-by-the-Sea 0.5 0.5

Howell 838 575 19 1,413

Manasquan 3.6 195.6 199

Spring Lake Heights 2 2

Wall 544 544

Ocean County

Lakewood 59 1 59

Point Pleasant 0.4 0.4

Towns 7

Total Acres 2,219



Monmouth County

Manasquan Squan Beach Life Saving Station 2 $482,047

Spring Lake First Aid and Emergency Building 2 $573,075

Wall Camp Evans Learning Center 1 $50,000

Ocean County

Lakewood Georgian Court University 2 218,723

Strand Theatre 1 475,171

Towns 4

Historic Sites 5

Grants 8


FY2013 PAGE 35

Legislative Districts #31 & 33 Park Development Grants


Hudson County Jersey City Pond and lake improvements 1 $1,350,000

Bayonne 28th St Playground Urban Parks Grant 1 $24,000 Skyway Riverfront Park 2 $800,000

Bayonne-Gregg Park Development 1 $1,500,000 Van Vorst Spray Playground 1 $80,000

Countywide playground development** Washington & Lincoln Park 1 $186,000

Eastside Park Development 1 $250,000 Union City 17th Street Playground Improvements 2 $610,000

Harbor View Park 2 $1,100,000 47th Street Pool Improvements 3 $1,800,000

Peninsula Soccer Park 1 $1,000,000 Countywide playground development**

Pond and lake improvements** Doric Park Improvements 1 $600,000

Waterfront Park Development 2 $750,000 Park Avenue Playground Development 2 $1,180,286

Hoboken 1600 Park Avenue Development 3 $1,700,000 Pond and lake improvements**

Church Square Park Urban Parks Grant 1 $8,930 Washington Park Improvements 1 $900,000

Community Boathouse 1 $137,500 Weehawken Countywide playground development**

Elysian Park Development 1 $600,000 Louisa Park Playground Improvements 1 $500,000

Hoboken Cove Park 1 $1,000,000 Pershing Road Nature Trail 1 $250,000

Hudson River Waterfront Reconstruction 1 $900,000 Pier B Restoration 3 $2,600,000

Multiple Park Development Projects 3 $2,000,000 Waterfront Multi Use Pavilion 2 $1,500,000

Pier C Development 1 $600,000 Weehawken Stadium Phase 4 1 $500,000

Jersey City City Wide Park Improvements 2 $1,400,000

Countywide playground development 2 $2,300,000 Jersey City Parks or Projects 14

Ellis Island Open Space Project 2 $475,000 Jersey City Grants 21

Hudson Co Multi Use Recreation Facility 1 $900,000 Sum of Jersey City Grants $12,471,000

Lincoln Park Athletic Fields 1 $750,000

Little League Fields - Washington Park 1 $1,500,000 District-wide Total Towns 5

Montgomery Gateway Development 1 $510,000 District-wide Total Parks or Projects 38

Owen Grundy Pier and York St. Park 2 $1,400,000 District-wide Total Grants 58

Paulus Hook Park 1 $150,000 Sum of District-wide Grants $34,481,716

Pedestrian Walkway Restoration 3 $670,000




Hudson County Weehawken 22 22

Hoboken 2 2 Towns 3

Jersey City 2 2 Total Acres 26

Historic Preservation Grants Historic Sites Grants Total Historic Sites Grants Total

Hudson County Jersey City Hudson Manhattan RR Powerhouse 1 $250,000

Bayonne Bayonne Trust Company 1 $15,000 Our Lady of Czestochowa RC Church 1 $32,550

Old Dutch Bergen Reformed Church 2 $252,076 Paulus Hook Park 1 $50,000

Hoboken Hoboken City Hall 1 $37,500 Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church 3 $599,154

Hoboken Public Library 1 $750,000 St. Anthony of Padua's RC Church 1 $50,000

Star of Israel Synagogue 1 $280,707 West Bergen Historic District 1 $50,000

Sybil's Cave 1 $15,750

Jersey City Apple Tree 2 $608,799 Towns 3

Barrow Mansion 1 $50,000 Historic Sites 17

Ellis Island 6 $1,093,693 Grants 27

Grace Church Van Vorst 1 $23,625 Sum of Grants $5,658,854

Hudson County Courthouse 2 $1,500,000 **Grants for playground, pond and lake improvements apply countywide but are listed with Jersey City

Hudson County has no farmland preservation program

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Bergen County Hudson County

Edgewater Grand Cove Marina Dredging 2 $975,000 North Bergen Bruin Stadium Improvements 2 $740,000

Veterans Field Improvements 4 $2,241,655 Braddock - North Hudson Stadium 1 $1,500,000

Hudson County Riverfront Park Development 2 $1,500,000

Guttenberg Guttenberg Town Riverfront Park 3 $869,050 Soccer Field Resurfacing 1 $607,125

Harrison Multiple Playground Developments** Secaucus Laurel Hill Park Development 6 $4,400,000

Pond and Lake Improvements** Ll Field Redevelopment 1 $200,000

Waterfront Walkway Development 2 $1,050,000 Multiple Park Development Projects 1 $450,000

Kearny All Season Surface and Fitness Trail 1 $565,150 West New York Boulevard East Promenade Phase 3 1 $500,000

Belgrove Drive Playground 1 $600,000 Donnelly & Veteran's Park 1 $900,000

Bell Playground Reconstruction 1 $781,700 Miller Stadium Phase 2 1 $500,000

Multiple Playground Developments** Multiple Park Development Projects 2 $1,100,000

Gunnell Oval Skateboard Park 1 $277,380 Pier 8 Park Development 2 $1,360,000

Harvey Field Soccer Improvements 1 $870,000

Multiple Park Playgrounds 1 $500,000 Towns 7

Riverbank Park 1 $500,000 Parks or Projects 25

North Bergen 74th Street Park Development 1 $133,000 Grants 41

76th Street Little League Field 1 $500,000 Sum of Grants $23,620,060


Preserved Total


Bergen County

Edgewater 7.5 7.5

Hudson County

Secaucus 19.3 19.3

Towns 2

Total Acres 27

**Grants for playground, pond and lake improvements apply countywide but are listed with Jersey CityHudson County has no farmland preservation programNo historic preservation grants were awarded in the Hudson County section of this district



Bergen County

Edgewater Edgewater Municipal Building 3 $483,810

Towns 1

Historic Sites 1

Grants 3


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Essex County Orange Bell Stadium Rehabilitation 1 $500,000

East Orange Multiple Park Redevelopment 2 $1,800,000 Multiple Park Improvements 2 $1,353,230

Montclair Anderson Park Improvement Project 2 $650,000 Multiple Park Projects Phase 3 & 4 3 $1,900,000

Brookdale Park - Athletic Fields ** Passaic County

Brookdale Park Improvements** Clifton Athenia Steel Recreational Complex 4 $3,300,000

Brookdale Park Phase 2** Weasel Brook Park Improvements 1 $309,900

Eagle Rock Improvements***

Glenfield Park Improvements 4 $1,300,000 Towns 4

Hilltop Reservation Improvements 1 $275,000 Parks or Projects 12

Project Youth Sports 1 $500,000 Grants 24

Project Youth Sports Phase 2 2 $1,500,000 Sum of Grants $13,506,630

The Presby Memorial Iris Gardens 1 $118,500

**Brookdale Park is partly in Montclair but the grants are listed with Bloomfield in the 28th District***Eagle Rock park is partly in Montclair but the grant is listed with West Orange in the 27th DistrictEssex County has no farmland preservation programNo historic preservation grants were awarded in the Passaic County section of this district


Preserved Total


Essex County

East Orange 0.3 0.3

Montclair 2.3 2.3

Passaic County

Clifton 4.2 4.2

Towns 3

Total Acres 7



Essex County Orange Episcopal Church of the Epiphany 2 $277,815

East Orange Ambrose Ward Mansion 1 $33,188 Orange City Hall 2 $184,258

Montclair Christian Union Congtnl Church 1 $750,000 Orange Free Public Library 2 $788,325

Evergreens, Crane & Clark Houses 2 $77,031

Israel Crane House 1 $28,500 Towns 3

Upper Montclair Bellevue Ave Library 1 $50,000 Historic Sites 9

Walther House/ Presby Iris Garden 1 $49,500 Grants 13


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No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Bergen County section of this district




Bergen County Passaic County

Garfield Dundee Dam Walkway & Preserve 3 $2,300,000 Paterson Paterson Great Falls & Pocket Parks 4 $3,170,725

Multiple Park Projects 2 $1,400,000 Pennington Park Restoration 4 $2,900,000

Passaic County Mary Ellen Kramer Park Restoration 2 $341,800

Haledon Roe Athletic Field Renovation Project 1 $600,000 Secure Park Project Development 1 $80,000

Paterson Haines Overlook Park Riverwalk 4 $2,067,330

Eastside Park Rehabilitation 1 $463,300 Towns 3

Garret Mountain Park- Barbour Pond 3 $2,531,800 Parks or Projects 11

Lambert Castle Observatory Tower 4 $2,501,921 Grants 29



Preserved Total


Bergen County

Elmwood Park 44 44

Garfield 2 2

Passaic County

North Haledon 66 66

Paterson 0.4 0.4

Towns 4

Total Acres 112



Passaic County

Paterson County Courthouse and Annex 1 $20,000

Downtown Commercial District 1 $18,000

Eastside Park Horse Stable 1 $50,000

Great Falls Hydroelectric Plant 3 $410,000

Hinchliffe Stadium 2 $531,823

Old Paterson Post Office 1 $50,000

Rogers Locomotive Frame Shop 1 $750,000

Rogers Locomotive Storage Building 1 $750,000

Towns 1

Historic Sites 8

Grants 11


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Cliffside Park Auxiliary Field Improvements 1 $151,350 Passaic Boverini Stadium Field 1 $500,000

East Rutherford Saint Joseph's Park Renovation 1 $250,000 Christopher Columbus Park 1 $900,000

2 Carlton Ave. Park Development 1 $500,000 Hughes Lake Recreation 1 $500,000

Veterans Park Extension 1 $100,000 Urban Parks Recovery Grant 1 $14,400

Little Ferry Indian Lake Park Recreation Phase 3 1 $230,650 Pulaski Park Restoration Project 2 $542,000

Lyndhurst Passaic River Rowing Ass. Boathouse 2 $475,000 Roberto Clemente Field 1 $500,000

Ridgefield Park Fellowship Park Improvements 1 $570,000

Veterans Park Grass Field Project 1 $259,000 Towns 9

Rutherford Memorial Field-Lincoln Woods 1 $450,000 Parks or Projects 19

Rutherford Waterfront Park 3 $726,765 Grants 23

Wall Field Improvements 1 $422,593 Sum of Grants $7,402,758

Wallington Centennial Field Development 1 $211,000

Wood-Ridge Bianchi House Passive Recreation 1 $100,000

The Passaic County section of the district has no preserved land.

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Passaic County section of this district


Preserved Total


Bergen County

East Rutherford 16 16

Lyndhurst 1.2 1.2

Ridgefield Park 0.5 0.5

Towns 3

Total Acres 18



Bergen County

Rutherford Castle at Felician College 3 $1,550,000

Towns 1

Historic Sites 1

Grants 3


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Bergen County

Hackensack Old Bergen County Jail 1 $637,058

Teaneck New Bridge Landing Park 1 $20,625

Towns 2

Historic Sites 2

Grants 2



Preserved Total


Bergen County

Alpine 2.5 2.5

Cresskill 1.9 1.9

Tenafly 1 1

Towns 3

Total Acres 5




Bergen County

Englewood Flat Rock Brook Center Exhibits 1 $301,500

Fort Lee Multiple Recreational Projects 1 $600,000

Hackensack Hackensack HS Athletic Field 1 $800,000

Hackensack Waterfront Corridor 1 $350,000

Second Ward Park Improvements 1 $1,000,000

Leonia Wood Park Rehabilitation 1 $750,000

Teaneck Votee Park Athletic Fields 1 $750,000

Outdoor Classroom And Boardwalk 3 $685,000

Towns 5

Parks or Projects 8

Grants 10


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The Passaic County section of the district has no preserved land.




Bergen County

Oradell Hackensack Waterworks -New Milford 3 $1,504,384

Towns 1

Historic Sites 1

Grants 3





Bergen County

Lodi Kennedy Park Improvements 1 $800,000

Memorial Park Improvements 2 $1,003,250

Maywood Multiple Park Improvement Projects 1 $128,000

Thoma Avenue Little League Field 2 $625,000

Passaic County

Hawthorne Goffle Brook & Weasel Brook Projects 1 $170,000

Towns 3

Parks or Projects 5

Grants 7



Preserved Total


Bergen County

Bergenfield 7.9 7.9

Fair Lawn 2 2

Maywood 0.1 0.1

New Milford 10 10

Oradell 1.4 1.4

River Edge 2 2

Towns 6

Total Acres 24

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Bergen County River Vale 34 34

Closter 2.7 10.8 1 13 Westwood 0.6 0.6

Emerson 19 19 Woodcliff Lake 7 7

Haworth 15 15 Passaic County

Hillsdale 0.4 10 1 10 Bloomingdale 260 260

Mahwah 659 291 4 950 Ringwood 860 860

Montvale 4 4 Wanaque 209 209

Oakland 340 340

Old Tappan 16 16 Towns 15

Park Ridge 8 8 Total Acres 2,747




Bergen County

Demarest Demarest Railroad Station 2 $203,068

Mahwah Darlington Schoolhouse 3 $829,505

Ramapo Reformed Church 1 $46,980

Oakland Van Allen House and Vygeborg Office 1 $40,000

Woodcliff Lake Westervelt-Lydecker House 2 $86,600

Towns 4

Historic Sites 5

Grants 9





Bergen County

Dumont Multiple Park Development Projects 1 $200,000

Park Ridge Memorial Field Improvements 1 $500,000

Westwood Westvale Park Improvements 2 $623,461

Passaic County

Bloomingdale Recreation Redevelopment Project 2 $500,000

Ringwood Baseball Field Lighting 1 $100,000

Pioneer Park 1 $50,000

Wanaque Memorial Field Lighting Replacement 1 $275,000

Towns 6

Parks or Projects 7

Grants 9


No park development grants were sought or awarded in the Bergen and Morris County sections of this district

** Essex County Parks grants were used county-wide but are listed with Newark in the 28th & 29th Districts

No historic preservation grants were awarded in the Essex and Morris County sections of this district

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Essex County

Cedar Grove Essex County Parks Improvements**

Passaic County

Wayne Barbour Pond Park Athletic Field 2 $850,000

Singac Brook South 1 $305,000

Towns 2

Parks or Projects 2 Grants 3 Sum of Grants $1,155,000





Allendale 24 24 Little Falls 24 24

Franklin Lakes 201 6 1 207 Pompton Lakes 55 55

Ridgewood 10 10 Wayne 39 15 1 54

Essex County

Cedar Grove 135 135 Towns 9

Morris County Total Acres 519

Pequannock 5 5

Riverdale 6 6



Bergen County

Ho-Ho-Kus The Hermitage 2 $22,674

Wyckoff Wyckoff Reformed Church 1 $114,991

Passaic County

Wayne Dey Mansion 3 $693,237

Rosen Mill 1 $46,635

Schuyler-Colfax House Museum 3 $254,488

VR-Hopper & Van Duyne House 1 $9,487

Woodland Park Morris Canal Park 1 $37,500

Towns 4

Historic Sites 7

Grants 12


FY2013 PAGE 44

Summary of Legislative Districts Park Development 2000-2013

Legislative Number of Parks or Number of Grant

District Towns Projects Grants Total

1st 8 15 29 $10,543,1302nd 9 16 22 $9,623,3003rd 7 10 16 $6,807,5004th 5 7 13 $5,329,0005th 7 29 49 $25,187,7606th 4 7 10 $4,784,7007th 6 8 11 $4,305,2008th 8 9 14 $5,936,3899th 8 17 24 $8,501,930

10th 4 10 16 $8,553,40011th 6 10 20 $11,304,40012th 2 2 3 $1,850,00013th 11 15 24 $7,749,05014th 3 2 2 $350,00015th 5 13 23 $14,617,75016th 1 1 1 $500,00017th 3 3 12 $8,192,40018th 1 2 2 $309,00019th 4 19 31 $16,270,07520th 2 7 8 $3,629,56721st 7 7 8 $5,095,35022nd 6 8 13 $6,997,60023rd 6 7 8 $3,183,20024th 6 8 9 $2,846,60025th 3 3 3 $1,200,00026th 2 3 7 $1,544,20027th 8 13 29 $11,118,000

28th & 29th 6 46 121 $57,456,79030th 3 3 5 $2,100,000

31st & 33rd 5 38 58 $34,481,71632nd 7 25 41 $23,620,06034th 4 12 24 $13,506,63035th 3 11 29 $18,356,87636th 9 19 23 $7,402,75837th 5 8 10 $5,236,50038th 3 5 7 $2,726,25039th 6 7 9 $2,248,46140th 2 2 3 $1,155,000

Towns 195Parks or Projects 427

Grants 737 Sum of Grants $354,620,542

FY2013 PAGE 45

Summary of Legislative Districts Land Preservation 2000-2013

Towns with Preserved Total District Preserved Green Acres Farmland Farms Preserved

Acreage Acreage

1st 24 40,120 9,868 121 49,9882nd 13 15,925 3,276 22 19,2013rd 25 11,020 34,657 351 45,6774th 7 4,504 1,260 15 5,7655th 4 362 1,283 18 1,6456th 6 485 70 1 5547th 11 1,551 374 6 1,9258th 17 18,455 11,003 112 29,4589th 15 13,471 1,401 8 14,873

10th 5 1,444 63 1 1,50711th 8 3,111 912 19 4,02212th 11 8,286 11,374 179 19,66013th 10 1,089 535 7 1,62414th 6 3,187 3,915 63 7,10215th 8 9,781 7,417 104 17,19716th 9 6,444 9,220 139 15,66417th 4 833 486 13 1,31918th 3 278 81 2 35919th 1 63 17 1 8020th 1 5 0 0 521st 5 697 0 0 69722nd 2 13 0 0 1323rd 31 17,645 22,860 284 40,50524th 33 44,510 20,445 221 64,95525th 17 6,292 4,111 71 10,40426th 12 27,713 165 3 27,87827th 10 1,459 277 8 1,736

28th & 29th 1 3 0 0 330th 7 1,389 830 20 2,219

31st & 33rd 3 26 0 0 2632nd 2 27 0 0 2734th 3 7 0 0 735th 4 112 0 0 11236th 3 18 0 0 1837th 3 5 0 0 538th 6 24 0 0 2439th 15 2,435 312 6 2,74740th 9 498 21 2 519

Towns 354Green Acres 243,287

Farmland 146,231Preserved Farms 1,797

Total Acres 389,518

FY2013 PAGE 46

Summary of Legislative Districts Historic Preservation 2000-2013

Legislative Number of Historic Number of Grant

District Towns Sites Grants Total

1st 13 21 39 $6,121,204

2nd 3 3 4 $327,923

3rd 9 25 34 $4,146,116

4th

5th 5 15 18 $2,334,132

6th 7 10 12 $886,643

7th 10 17 24 $1,471,279

8th 8 13 20 $1,798,731

9th 4 6 7 $236,698

10th 1 1 1 $35,715

11th 7 8 13 $2,816,862

12th 4 5 6 $887,092

13th 5 12 18 $2,223,527

14th 4 5 6 $1,249,764

15th 7 23 36 $7,363,552

16th 12 24 32 $6,331,642

17th 3 12 19 $4,317,845

18th 1 1 2 $68,000

19th 2 4 7 $966,341

20th 3 4 7 $1,451,947

21st 5 8 11 $1,163,642

22nd 5 10 16 $2,136,782

23rd 15 21 32 $2,546,937

24th 10 12 21 $1,455,847

25th 9 16 24 $3,573,220

26th 3 4 5 $654,354

27th 5 12 15 $4,200,046

28th & 29th 3 18 27 $4,158,890

30th 4 5 8 $1,799,016

31st & 33rd 3 17 27 $5,658,854

32nd 1 1 3 $483,810

34th 3 9 13 $2,238,617

35th 1 8 11 $2,579,823

36th 1 1 3 $1,550,000

37th 2 2 2 $657,683

38th 1 1 3 $1,504,384

39th 4 5 9 $1,206,153

40th 4 7 12 $1,179,012

Towns 187Historic Sites 366


FY2013 PAGE 47

Summary by Counties Park Development 2000-2013

Number of Parks or Number of Grant

County Towns Projects Grants Total

Atlantic 10 17 25 $10,673,300

Bergen 20 32 47 $20,479,224

Burlington 11 14 17 $7,191,589

Camden 14 38 65 $32,441,735

Cape May 5 8 16 $4,843,000

Cumberland 4 9 16 $7,340,130

Essex 19 71 174 $79,721,520

Gloucester 8 13 21 $8,027,225

Hudson 11 61 93 $54,885,121

Hunterdon 3 3 3 $1,300,000

Mercer 4 11 21 $13,817,750

Middlesex 11 27 49 $26,813,075

Monmouth 19 27 47 $20,103,450

Morris 4 4 4 $1,700,000

Ocean 14 29 43 $18,205,330

Passaic 10 25 47 $23,767,376

Salem 2 2 4 $2,000,000

Somerset 3 3 3 $1,017,400

Sussex 4 6 7 $1,846,600

Union 14 21 28 $15,513,517

Warren 5 6 7 $2,933,200

Towns 195Parks or Projects 427


FY2013 PAGE 48

Summary by Counties Land Preservation 2000-2013

Towns with Preserved Total County Preserved Green Acres Farmland Farms Preserved

Acreage Acreage

Atlantic 19 26,942 4,916 47 31,859

Bergen 30 1441 318 7 1,759

Burlington 32 21,449 14,243 135 35,692

Camden 13 3,397 988 13 4,385

Cape May 10 7,295 1,200 30 8,496

Cumberland 14 23,614 11,236 122 34,850

Essex 12 1,509 0 0 1,509

Gloucester 16 4,385 10,775 138 15,160

Hudson 4 45 0 0 45

Hunterdon 23 20,131 23,099 317 43,230

Mercer 9 7,574 5,037 82 12,611

Middlesex 12 4,338 2,023 34 6,361

Monmouth 28 8,822 8,666 151 17,489

Morris 34 24,784 4,780 85 29,563

Ocean 19 14,542 1,552 36 16,093

Passaic 10 12,906 15 1 12,921

Salem 11 8,655 23,258 206 31,913

Somerset 11 3,523 5,178 78 8,701

Sussex 21 32,089 11,919 120 44,008

Union 4 79 0 0 79

Warren 22 15,767 17,028 195 32,795

Towns 354Green Acres 243,287

Farmland 146,231Preserved Farms 1,797

Total Acres 389,518

FY2013 PAGE 49

Summary by Counties Historic Preservation 2000-2013

Number of Historic Number of Grant

County Towns Sites Grants Total

Atlantic 5 5 6 $372,923

Bergen 11 12 23 $5,539,695

Burlington 19 31 44 $3,215,654

Camden 10 23 29 $3,250,906

Cape May 6 10 20 $3,834,578

Cumberland 7 18 30 $3,944,841

Essex 9 33 48 $8,547,063

Gloucester 6 8 11 $1,195,484

Hudson 3 17 27 $5,658,854

Hunterdon 13 20 29 $2,759,802

Mercer 8 28 41 $8,840,858

Middlesex 8 15 27 $5,815,078

Monmouth 17 26 40 $6,994,158

Morris 14 27 37 $6,363,273

Ocean 7 10 12 $983,227

Passaic 4 14 21 $3,645,170

Salem 3 10 12 $1,293,167

Somerset 11 19 26 $4,882,921

Sussex 4 4 5 $126,758

Union 11 19 30 $4,095,887

Warren 11 17 29 $2,421,786

TOTALS Counties 21 Towns 187 Historic Sites 366 Grants 547 Grant Sum $83,782,082

FY2013 PAGE 50

Summary of Legislative Districts Farmland Preservation 1985-2013

The 20th, 28th, 29th, 31st and 33rd Legislative Districts are entirely within Essex, Hudson or Union counties.

These three counites have no farmland preservation program.

Towns with Preserved

District Preserved Farms FarmlandAcreage

1st 14 152 14,246

2nd 6 23 3,466

3rd 23 406 44,859

4th 3 16 1,297

5th 2 19 1,447

6th 1 1 70

7th 4 7 448

8th 13 139 15,988

9th 4 8 1,401

10th 2 1 63

11th 2 20 1,103

12th 10 260 24,171

13th 3 7 535

14th 6 88 6,535

15th 5 122 9,303

16th 6 172 13,500

17th 1 17 812

18th 1 2 81

19th 1 1 17

21st 1 1 54

22nd 0 0 0

23rd 23 311 26,938

24th 25 245 24,754

25th 8 102 6,570

26th 3 4 192

27th 1 8 277

30th 2 21 697

32nd 0 0 0

34th 0 0 0

35th 0 0 0

36th 0 0 0

37th 0 0 0

38th 0 0 0

39th 3 6 312

40th 2 2 21

Counties 18

Towns 175

Farms 2,161

Acres 199,156

FY2013 PAGE 51

Summary of Legislative Districts Historic Preservation 1990-2013

Legislative Number of Historic Number of Grant

District Towns Sites Grants Total

1st 13 27 49 $8,791,723

2nd 6 6 9 $2,916,516

3rd 9 28 41 $5,507,393

4th 1 2 3 $27,141

5th 7 23 28 $3,423,112

6th 7 11 14 $987,629

7th 10 19 29 $2,750,802

8th 11 19 27 $3,585,813

9th 7 10 11 $1,103,585

10th 1 1 1 $35,715

11th 8 12 20 $5,957,091

12th 7 7 9 $2,550,544

13th 6 13 20 $2,800,715

14th 4 6 7 $1,289,764

15th 9 32 47 $11,925,516

16th 12 25 40 $8,611,765

17th 3 17 27 $6,002,394

18th 2 2 3 $329,090

19th 2 6 9 $1,092,124

20th 3 4 7 $1,451,947

21st 6 9 15 $2,718,249

22nd 5 13 21 $3,400,392

23rd 16 21 33 $3,146,937

24th 11 15 25 $2,615,746

25th 12 22 35 $4,764,710

26th 4 5 9 $1,240,606

27th 5 12 18 $5,173,925

28th & 29th 3 27 42 $10,399,218

30th 4 6 13 $3,875,264

31st & 33rd 3 22 36 $9,854,168

32nd 1 1 3 $483,810

34th 3 12 17 $3,278,925

35th 1 10 13 $3,344,420

36th 3 3 5 $2,676,500

37th 3 4 4 $1,210,856

38th 2 2 4 $1,594,714

39th 4 6 10 $1,349,059

40th 5 8 14 $1,333,788

Towns 219Historic Sites 468


FY2013 PAGE 52

Summary by Counties Farmland Preservation 1985-2013

Towns with Preserved County Preserved Farms Farmland

Acreage

Atlantic 8 48 5,105

Bergen 4 7 318

Burlington 20 198 24,861

Camden 3 13 988

Cape May 6 46 2,664

Cumberland 10 149 16,127

Gloucester 15 152 12,483

Hunterdon 16 358 28,880

Mercer 6 104 6,766

Middlesex 7 47 3,761

Monmouth 10 187 14,268

Morris 14 118 7,319

Ocean 6 48 3,247

Passaic 1 1 15

Salem 10 237 29,976

Somerset 7 98 7,421

Sussex 14 133 14,277

Warren 18 217 20,678

TOTALS Counties 18

Towns 175

Farms 2,161

Acres 199,156

FY2013 PAGE 53

Summary by Counties Historic Preservation 1990-2013

Number of Historic Number of Grant

County Towns Sites Grants Total

Atlantic 8 9 12 $3,025,557

Bergen 14 17 29 $6,449,360

Burlington 23 40 57 $6,666,404

Camden 12 31 41 $4,088,767

Cape May 6 13 26 $5,827,932

Cumberland 7 20 33 $4,557,965

Essex 10 46 68 $15,885,719

Gloucester 7 11 16 $1,974,029

Hudson 3 22 36 $9,854,168

Hunterdon 14 22 35 $4,243,394

Mercer 10 37 54 $14,768,070

Middlesex 9 23 37 $7,250,181

Monmouth 22 33 52 $12,375,027

Morris 18 34 54 $8,882,097

Ocean 9 14 20 $3,542,217

Passaic 5 17 25 $5,742,564

Salem 3 13 17 $2,255,145

Somerset 11 20 29 $5,590,523

Sussex 5 6 7 $560,974

Union 12 23 39 $6,914,104

Warren 11 17 31 $3,147,469

TOTALS Counties 21 Towns 219 Historic Sites 468 Grants 718 Grant Sum $133,601,665

FY2013 PAGE 54

Individual handouts for your Legislative District can be prepared

on single sheets for distribution at your office

or at town hall meetings.

Simply send a request to [email protected]

You can check out the same form of town-by-town statistics arranged

according to each county at the Web site of the

Garden State Preservation Trust: www.gardenstatepreservationtrust.org

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2. Refinancing & Tax Compliance

The Garden State Preservation Trust in April 2012 (which was during the previous fiscal year) issued $281 million in refinancing bonds in order to reduce debt service payments owed on the GSPT’s $1.15 billion of debt. Savings from the refinancing benefitted the GPST in FY2013.

During FY2013, GPST was tasked with providing documentation of written compliance with evolving IRS rules and regulations. The GSPT was one of the first agencies in State Government to draft and develop a “Tax Compliance Procedure.” This was done in partnership with the State Agriculture Development Committee and the Office of Green Acres, and was adopted by the full board of the GSPT early in FY2013 on July 31, 2012.

The funds from the FY2012 bond issue are being used to replace older, costlier bonds. The lower cost is a savings to the taxpayers who every year pay off the GSPT debt on its land preservation bonds issued from 2003 and 2005.

The refinancing reduced debt service payments on GSPT bonds by $8 million during FY2012 and by $18 million in FY2013.

Because of this bond issue, evolving IRS regulations required for the first time that the GSPT – and all government issuers of tax-free bonds – file with the IRS a written Tax Compliance Procedure by which New Jersey’s conservation

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agencies are able to verify that every dollar of the GSPT’s tax-exempt bond funds is used in a proper and legal manner. In addition, the Tax Compliance Procedure includes provisions to ensure systems are in place at those agencies to monitor their preserved lands in order to detect and prevent violations.

None of this was in any way new. It has always been understood and expected that public conservation funds would be used in a responsible and legally correct manner. It has been an obligation these agencies already have to the taxpayers and to the Legislature, and the conservation agencies have demonstrated their understanding of these obligations for decades. The written Tax Compliance Procedure gave the IRS the evidence it required that New Jersey is and has been in compliance. It also provides clear documentation to the taxpayers and to the Legislature that effective, active systems are in place to ensure all funds to preserve parks, forests and farms are being invested properly.

Refinancing and tax compliance were only the most recent activity in the GSPT’s history of public financing. It began when voters on Nov. 3, 1998, approved Public Question #1 to amend the New Jersey Constitution to dedicate $98 million a year from the Sales and Use Tax for land preservation, historic preservation and park development. Under the authority of the constitution, these dedicated funds, plus any bonds issued against these funds, in addition to any interest earned on the balances of these funds, could be used for no other purpose.

The annual dedication of $98 million began in Fiscal Year 2000 and it continues until 2029. It does not expire before then and cannot be changed without another voter referendum.

Phase One of the dedication ran from 1999 to 2009. The objective during Phase One was to use this annual dedication totaling $980 million to fund a 10-year preservation program. This included the issuance of $1 billion in bonds. The record shows the Legislature in 1999 expected the referendum to yield annual funding of about $144 million a year for conservation and recreation projects plus $6 million a year for historic preservation.

Phase Two of the dedication runs from 2010 to 2029. During this final 20 years, the constitutionally dedicated funds can only be used for the payment of the debt service on the original bonds. The constitution caps the debt service at $98 million annually. The constitution also stipulated that if less than $98 million was needed in any given year, then only the required sum was to be dedicated.

The Trust moved quickly in FY2003 to sell $500 million in bonds in March to provide the cash to cover Appropriations Acts that had already been

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enacted from FY2000 to FY2002. It also became apparent in 2003 that the dedication of the $98 million per year through 2029 could support more than just $1 billion in bonds. The voters in November 2003 approved Public Question #1 to increase the GSPT’s borrowing capacity by an additional $150 million. These additional bonds could be issued without any increase in the $98 million annual dedication.

The Trust issued the remaining $650 million in bonds in FY2005. Because the bonds were structured with favorable rates for institutional investors, the GSPT also was paid a “premium” of $70 million. This increased the total available for conservation to $1.22 billion. The bond proceeds, the bond premium, the annual dedication of $98 million plus the interest earned brought the grand total to more than $2 billion for conservation during the first 10 years of the GSPT program. This was an average of $200 million a year – much better than the $144 million the Legislature and Governor had first envisioned in 1999.

When the Garden State Preservation Trust issued its bonds, great effort was made to keep debt-service payments to a minimum during the first 10 years so maximum funds were available for conservation appropriations. A refinancing bond issue of $210 million was structured in FY2006 to reduce debt service payments by $4.5 million over the next three years. This savings meant that $4.5 million became available for more conservation projects.

In FY2010, a new funding source came into play with the proceeds of General Obligation bonds authorized by the voters in two ballot referendums totaling $600 million. Combined with prior GSPT funding, these ballot referendums meant the taxpayers had committed $2.7 billion for conservation and historic preservation from FY2000 to FY2013.

The Legislature extended the GSPT’s fiscal responsibilities to include the management and monitoring of the funds from the $200 million bond referendum approved in November 2007 and the $400 million bond referendum approved in November 2009.

The Green Acres program’s recommendations totaling $123 million were unanimously approved by the GSPT board on Sept. 18, 2013, the Farmland Preservation Program recommendations totaling $79.5 million were unanimously approved by the GSPT on Nov. 21, 2013. The Legislature approved these recommendations totaling $203 million, which were signed into law on Jan. 25.

Fiscal Year 2013 closed on June 30 with unexpended balances of $175 million in the three Garden State Preservation Trust funds plus $43 million in the

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2007 and 2009 Trust Funds. The conservation and preservation agencies are in the process of expending these funds on hundreds of the projects.

In addition, projects and grants from old appropriations are cancelled on a regular basis. A grant cancellation makes these funds available for “reallocation” to a new project or grant. These reallocations require the same approval from the GSPT board as a new appropriation. These reallocations are then incorporated into appropriations bills that again require the approval of the Legislature and the signature of the Governor.

The board of the Garden State Preservation Trust in September 2012 adopted Resolution #12-011 to require specific listing of projects and grants that have been cancelled or withdrawn before requesting the reallocation of these funds to new projects. This new policy will enable the GSPT to keep accurate track of the reallocation process allowing for funding of new projects, which will become increasingly important now that the initial appropriations capacities of the conservation and historic preservation trust funds have been exhausted.

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Conservation & Preservation Closing Fund Balances June 30, 2013Green Farmland Historic GSPT

Fund Acres Preservation Trust Total

GSPT $109,947,361 $43,058,521 $10,237,255 $163,243,1372009 Bond Fund $84,141,909 $49,691,264 $3,689,812 $137,522,9852007 Bond Fund $43,701,595 $21,861,402 $4,606,316 $70,169,3131995 Green Trust $36,899,166 $36,899,1661992 Green Trust $28,905,842 $28,905,8421989 Green Trust $55,889,127 $55,889,127Green Trust (1983) $59,829,890 $59,829,890

TOTAL $419,314,890 $114,611,187 $18,533,383 $552,459,460

NOTE: Fund balances are cash balances on hand. Except for some of the Green Trust balances, these sums DO NOT represent funds available for appropriation.

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Revenues to the Garden State Preservation Trust funds

Constitutional Dedication

Transfers Bond Issue Interest Land Sales, Loan Payments

Year To Fund Proceeds Earnings Federal Grants & Misc.

2000 $39,002,272 $118,015 $1,735,000

2001 $161,817,223 $1,399,242 $1,263,168

2002 $99,785,261 $1,597,615 $10,485,7872003 $93,447,514 $532,722,444 $2,653,966 $4,878,3182004 $75,285,667 $5,401,020 $3,850,9232005 $78,385,279 $8,224,394 $10,170,8182006 $66,255,239 $687,107,224 $28,303,022 $8,755,747

2007 $43,905,357 $40,654,538 $4,173,117

2008 $67,434,906 $26,790,889 $4,804,143

2009 $39,885,461 $7,934,097 $1,501,854

2010 $1,150,233 $8,974,444

2011 $808,730 $12,859,980

2012 $295,538 $3,588,882

2013 $192,812 $1,658,907

TOTAL $765,204,178 $1,219,829,668 $125,524,111 $78,701,089

Status of GSPT Monitored Bond Funds 2007 & 2009 Voter Referendum Bond Funds

Bond Issue Interest Land Sales, Loan Payments

Year Proceeds Earnings Federal Grants & Misc. Expenditures

2010 $141,570,029 $275,176 $30,980,7412011 $309,385 $22,516,5812012 $115,596 $1,137 $48,323,2152013 $214,725,052 $75,858 $4,486 $47,563,884

TOTAL $356,295,081 $776,015 $5,623 $149,384,421

Source: NJ COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2000 thru 2013

Source: NJ COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2000 thru 2013

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Garden State Preservation Trust Debt Service

Bond Issue

2005 Series C 2012 Series A AnnualYear 2003 Series A&B 2005 Series A 2005 Series B Refinancing Refinancing Total

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004 $22,842,848 $22,842,848

2005 $20,766,225 $20,766,2252006 $14,502,306 $12,033,496 $3,965,909 $4,300,444 $34,802,1552007 $8,238,388 $28,880,390 $9,518,181 $10,826,294 $57,463,2532008 $9,080,850 $28,880,390 $9,518,181 $10,855,694 $58,335,1152009 $9,923,313 $28,880,390 $9,518,181 $10,839,794 $59,161,6782010 $32,117,300 $28,880,390 $26,156,463 $10,839,194 $97,993,3462011 $32,117,680 $28,880,390 $26,153,494 $10,838,594 $97,990,1582012 $31,670,944 $21,317,770 $26,151,638 $10,842,894 $89,983,2452013 $16,411,452 $13,755,150 $26,154,466 $10,842,094 $12,682,179 $79,845,3402014 $31,979,393 $13,755,150 $26,152,825 $10,841,294 $14,909,200 $97,637,8622015 $31,978,715 $13,755,150 $26,156,138 $10,840,494 $14,907,675 $97,638,1712016 $31,981,868 $13,755,150 $26,153,506 $10,839,694 $14,907,000 $97,637,2182017 $13,755,150 $3,601,244 $42,817,769 $37,464,775 $97,638,9382018 $13,755,150 $41,392,928 $42,488,550 $97,636,6282019 $13,755,150 $42,293,006 $41,590,950 $97,639,1062020 $13,755,150 $42,905,475 $40,979,475 $97,640,1002021 $13,755,150 $42,901,281 $40,984,225 $97,640,6562022 $11,790,000 $13,755,150 $29,869,006 $42,227,150 $97,641,3062023 $42,960,000 $13,755,150 $40,925,150 $97,640,3002024 $42,960,000 $13,755,150 $40,925,625 $97,640,7752025 $42,960,000 $55,038,131 $97,998,1312026 $42,960,000 $55,036,788 $97,996,7882027 $42,960,000 $55,036,519 $97,996,5192028 $42,960,000 $55,038,413 $97,998,4132029 $42,960,000 $55,038,125 $97,998,125

TOTAL $606,121,281 $618,002,991 $219,200,224 $354,885,948 $384,991,954 $2,183,202,398

Conservation Program Expenditures Fiscal Year 2013Green Farmland Historic GSPT

Fund Acres Preservation Trust Total

GSPT $32,311,456 $22,988,232 $3,237,231 $58,536,9192009 Bond Fund $16,815,434 $6,704,591 $1,705,689 $25,225,7142007 Bond Fund $15,546,388 $6,099,575 $692,207 $22,338,170

TOTAL $64,673,278 $35,792,398 $5,635,127 $106,100,803

2012 & 2013 highlighted to show savings from Series 2012A refinancing

Source: GSPT BOND PROSPECTI; NJ OFFICE OF PUBLIC FINANCE

Source: NJ COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2013

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3. Office Budget

The Garden State Preservation Trust during Fiscal Year 2013 received its traditional legislative appropriation of $476,000 for its operating budget to fund payroll, office facilities, supplies and agency operations. Much of this funding was in place to enable the GSPT to engage professionals to expedite real estate closings in the event that conservation expenditures fall behind. Since no problem in timely expenditure has been experienced, most of this money is not used.

Funds were also in place in the event that the Trust engaged in a marketing campaign or revived its program of procuring and distributing “Preserved Farmland” signs. These programs were not necessary in FY2013. As a result, $307,000 of the GSPT’s total budgeted funds – 64 percent – was not used.

A sum of $169,086 was expended during FY2013.

The Trust’s office funding is an “off-budget” item that comes directly from the GSPT trust funds, not from general State revenue. The $476,000 appropriation for the GSPT is actually drawn in proportionate parts from the larger administrative budgets of the three funded programs: Green Acres program, which totaled $5,228,000 in FY2013; part of the New Jersey Historic Trust, which totaled $630,000; and the Farmland Preservation Program, which totaled $1,921,000. The GSPT office budget is a subset of these totals, and is drawn proportionately from each of them.

All of the administrative funds for the conservation and preservation programs are drawn from GSPT trust funds at the end of the fiscal year. The GSPT office budget plus the administrative budgets for the three programs, a total

Limited spending to execute and manage the historic mission

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of $7.8 million, were approved as part of the State’s FY2013 Appropriations Act enacted by the Legislature and signed by the Governor in June 29, 2012. When the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, the actual expenditures and payable accounts were totaled and the precise cash sum was drawn from each of the GSPT trust funds. The entire legislative appropriation is not drawn down, only the actual money expended. Any appropriated dollars that were not expended are simply not drawn down. The unused dollars do not revert to the general treasury or become available in a surplus account. Instead, these unused dollars remain in the GSPT’s trust funds for future conservation appropriations.

GARDEN STATE PRESERVATION TRUST AGENCY OFFICE EXPENDITURES FY2013

MINOR OBJECT ACCOUNTS

16/19-SALARIES, WAGES, BENEFITS & PENSION $160,023

21-PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLIES $1,715 30-TRAVEL $667

31-TELEPHONE $1,000

32-POSTAGE $2,000

34-COMPUTER SERVICES $3,632

39-PAYROLL PROCESSING $49

Total $169,086

2013 Appropriation $476,000

Unexpended Balance $306,914Unexpended Percentage 64%

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4. Mission Statement

The voters of New Jersey from 1998 to 2009 committed an unprecedented $2.7 billion to permanent land preservation, development of recreational resources and the preservation of crucial historic sites in every community for years to come.

The Garden State Preservation Trust is the independent gatekeeper of those funds. In the realm of conservation and historic preservation, the GSPT board has the specific task of

setting financial strategies measuring balances monitoring expenditures reviewing project recommendations approving appropriations advocating policies for the efficient use of funds training preservation agencies on cost reductions

The Garden State Preservation Trust is formed as an independent authority managed by a 9-member board. The five public members are citizen volunteers who are appointed on a bipartisan basis by the Governor, the Senate President and the Assembly Speaker. The four other members are State officials representing major officers of the Governor’s cabinet.

New Jersey voters have approved referenda in 1998, 2003, 2007 and 2009 to maintain and expand the funds they want to see invested in land conservation and historic preservation. These taxpayers have stoutly maintained their generosity during times of high taxes, economic turbulence and political upheaval.

The Garden State Preservation Trust mission is premised on maintaining the taxpayers’ confidence that the funds they have approved are used in a manner that is

responsible objective balanced efficient

The GSPT pursues its mission in close alliance with the Department of Treasury, with State conservation and preservation agencies, and with New Jersey’s diverse universe of nonprofit land trusts, conservation organizations, county and local land preservation agencies.

New Jersey has been a national leader in land preservation for a half-century. This effort reached unprecedented levels under the Garden State Preservation Trust. Today, one third of New Jersey’s dry land mass is permanently preserved as open space – a total acreage that exceeds the size of Grand Canyon National Park – and more land is preserved every year at a rate that outstrips the pace of development.

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