There is hereby established an Open Space, Recreation
and Farmland Preservation Committee which shall consist of five members
whose terms and powers are hereinafter set forth.
The Open Space, Recreation and Farmland Preservation
Committee shall be comprised of the following persons:
A. One member of the Township Committee of the Township
of Washington appointed by the Township Committee.
B. Four citizens of the Township appointed by the Township
Committee.
The Open Space, Recreation and Farmland Preservation
Committee shall hold public meetings, which public meetings shall
be held in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, and the Committee
shall give appropriate notification of said meetings.
The Open Space, Recreation and Farmland Preservation
Committee shall select from among its members a Chairman and a Vice
Chairman to serve as the presiding officer in the absence of the Chairman.
The Committee shall also select a Secretary whose function shall be
to maintain minutes of the Committee’s meetings and records
of the proceedings of the Committee.
The Open Space, Recreation and Farmland Preservation
Committee shall hold its initial organization meeting shortly after
this ordinance takes effect.
No property acquired with funds from the trust
fund shall be leased or sold until the sale or lease of the same has
been authorized by an ordinance adopted by the Township Committee
and provided that the Township Committee shall replace any land conveyed
under this section with land of at least equal fair market value and
of reasonably equivalent usefulness, size, quality and location to
the land conveyed. Any monies derived from the conveyance shall be
deposited into the trust fund and used for the purposes authorized
by this article. Any such conveyance shall be made in the manner prescribed
by law.