Beginning in 2020, a special tax rate shall be added to the
total Township tax rate in the amount of $0.02 per $100 of the assessed
valuation of all real property within the Township. The Fund shall
also be permitted to accept donations and testamentary bequests. The
Open Space, Recreation and Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust
Fund created by this article shall be administered in accordance with
applicable statutory provisions, including, without limitation, N.J.S.A.
40:12-15.1 et seq.
No real property or interest therein acquired with funds from
the Trust Fund shall be sold, conveyed, leased or otherwise alienated,
unless it is needed for another public purpose or otherwise further
the purposes of the Trust. If such a sale, lease or conveyance is
made, the Township shall do so in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:12-15.9.
There is hereby established an Open Space Trust Fund Advisory
Committee which shall consist of nine members whose terms and powers
are hereinafter set forth.
The term of the Township Manager, the Director of Community
Services and the Chief Financial Officer shall correspond to their
respective tenure. The term of the Council members shall be for one
year beginning on July 1 or terminate at the completion of their respective
terms of office, whichever occurs first. Public members shall be appointed
by the Council and shall serve for terms of three years beginning
on July 1, except that, the term of the members first appointed pursuant
to this section shall be distributed evenly over the first three years
after their appointments so that the term of not more than two public
members shall expire in any one year.