Borough of Old Tappan, NJ Article III Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

§ 80-4 Requirements.

A. The Borough of Old Tappan shall comply with the following monitoring and reporting requirements regarding the status of the implementation of its court-approved Housing Element and Fair Share Plan.

B. Beginning one year after the entry of the Borough's Round 3 Judgment of Compliance and Repose, and on every anniversary of that date through 2025, the Borough agrees to provide annual reporting of its Affordable Housing Trust Fund activity to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Council on Affordable Housing, or Local Government Services, or other entity designated by the State of New Jersey, with a copy provided to the Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) and posted on the municipal website, using forms developed for this purpose by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (NJDCA), Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), or Local Government Services (NJLGS). The reporting shall include an accounting of all Affordable Housing Trust Fund activity, including the source and amount of funds collected and the amount and purpose for which any funds have been expended.

C. Beginning one year after the entry of the Borough's Round 3 Judgment of Compliance and Repose, and on every anniversary of that date through 2025, the Borough agrees to provide annual reporting of the status of all affordable housing activity within the municipality through posting on the municipal website with a copy of such posting provided to the Fair Share Housing Center, using forms previously developed for this purpose by COAH, or any other forms endorsed by the court-appointed Special Master and FSHC.

D. The Fair Housing Act includes two provisions regarding action to be taken by the Borough during its ten-year repose period. The Borough will comply with those provisions as follows:

(1) For the midpoint realistic opportunity review due on July 2, 2020, as required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-313, the Borough will post on its municipal website, with a copy provided to the Fair Share Housing Center, a status report as to its implementation of its Plan and an analysis of whether any unbuilt sites or unfulfilled mechanisms continue to present a realistic opportunity and whether the mechanisms to meet unmet need should be revised or supplemented. Such posting shall invite any interested party to submit comments to the Borough, with a copy to the Fair Share Housing Center, regarding whether any sites no longer present a realistic opportunity and should be replaced and whether the mechanisms to meet unmet need should be revised or supplemented. Any interested party may by motion request a hearing before the court regarding these issues.

(2) For the review of very-low-income housing requirements required by N.J.S.A. 52:27D-329.1, within 30 days of the third anniversary of the entry of the Borough's Judgement of Compliance and Repose, and every third year thereafter, the Borough will post on its municipal website, with a copy provided to the Fair Share Housing Center, a status report as to its satisfaction of its very-low-income requirements, including the family very-low-income requirements referenced herein. Such posting shall invite any interested party to submit comments to the Borough and Fair Share Housing Center on the issue of whether the Borough has complied with its very-low-income housing obligation under the terms of this settlement.

(3) In addition to the foregoing postings, the Borough may also elect to file copies of its reports with COAH or its successor agency at the state level.