New Jersey-2010-A4058-Introduced

An Act appropriating $10,250,780 from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" and the "2007 Historic Preservation Fund" for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects, and appropriating $600,000 from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" for associated administrative expenses.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. a. There is appropriated to the New Jersey Historic Trust the following sums for the purpose of providing capital preservation grants as listed in subsection b. of this section and historic site management grants as listed in subsection c. of this section, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for historic preservation projects approved as eligible for such funding:

(1) $8,120,541 from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117; and

(2) $2,130,239 from the "2007 Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007," P.L.2007, c.119.

b. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of capital preservation grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

County	Municipality	Name of Organization	Project Name	Grant Award
Atlantic	Linwood City	Linwood City	Linwood Borough School #1	$47,199
Bergen	Oradell Boro	Bergen Co. Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs	New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Waterworks	704,384
Cape May	Lower Twp	Naval Air Station Wildwood Foundation	Hangar No. 1	251,340
Cape May	Ocean City	Ocean City	Ocean City Life Saving Station	750,000
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	Bridgeton City and Friends of Bridgeton Library	Cumberland National Bank	150,000
Cumberland	Millville City	Millville City	Millville Bank	150,000
Essex	Montclair Twp	Union Congregational Church	Christian Union Congregational Church	750,000
Essex	Newark City	Lincoln Park Coastal Cultural District	South Park Presbyterian Church	300,000
Essex	South Orange Village Twp	South Orange Village Twp	South Orange Village Hall	669,000
Gloucester	National Park Boro	Gloucester County	James and Ann Whitall House	136,254
Hudson	Jersey City	Hudson County	Hudson County Courthouse	750,000
Hudson	Jersey City	Jersey City Redevelopment Agency	Hudson Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse	250,000
Hunterdon	Raritan Twp	Hunterdon Land Trust	Case Dvoor Farmstead	150,000
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	Rutgers, State University of New Jersey	Kirkpatrick Chapel	254,927
Middlesex	New Brunswick City	St.Peter the Apostle Church	St.Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, New Brunswick	750,000
Middlesex	Perth Amboy City	Perth Amboy City	Surveyor General's Office	110,635
Middlesex	Piscataway Twp	Piscataway Twp	Metlar/Knapp/Bodine House	150,000
Morris	Morris Twp	Morris County Parks Commission	Fosterfields Living Historical Farm	659,400
Morris	Morristown Town	Church of the Redeemer	Church of the Redeemer, Morristown	250,000
Morris	Morristown Town	Morristown and Morris Twp Libraries	Morristown Library	279,737
Morris	Mount Olive Twp	NJ Department of Environmental Protection	Amzi Stephens Homestead	112,985
Passaic	Paterson City	Friends of Hinchliffe Stadium	Hinchliffe Stadium	500,000
Passaic	Paterson City	Paterson Municipal Utilities Authority	S.U.M. Great Falls Power Plant	180,000
Somerset	Bernards Twp	Friends of Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead	Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead	176,483
Somerset	Bound Brook Boro	The Presbyterian Church of Bound Brook	Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook	400,000
Union	Elizabeth City	First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth	First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth	79,242
Union	Kenilworth Boro	Kenilworth Historical Society	Oswald J. Nitschke House	150,000
Warren	Greenwich Twp	Warren County	Morris Canal Inclined Plane 9 West	43,198
Warren	Knowlton Twp	Knowlton Twp Historic Commission	Ramsaysburg Homestead	150,000
TOTAL				$9,304,784

c. The following historic preservation projects are eligible for funding in the form of historic site management grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, using moneys appropriated pursuant to subsection a. of this section:

County	Municipality	Name of Organization	Project Name	Grant Award
Burlington Mercer	Bordentown City Bordentown Twp Hamilton Twp Trenton City	Mercer County Park Commission	Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark	$46,875
Burlington	Mount Laurel Twp	Alice Paul Institute	Destination Paulsdale: Revealing the Hidden Gem	20,000
Burlington	Mount Laurel Twp	Mount Laurel Twp	Sunnyside Farm	12,000
Burlington	Westampton Twp	Westampton Twp Historical Society	Rancocas Lyceum	30,690
Camden	Camden City	Cooper's Ferry Development Assoc	Joseph Cooper House	48,000
Camden	Haddon Twp	Haddon Twp	Westmont Theatre	50,000
Cumberland	Bridgeton City	Bridgeton City	Bridgeton City Hall	15,000
Essex	Belleville Twp Newark City	Branch Brook Park Alliance	Branch Brook Park	34,612
Essex	Caldwell Boro	Grover Cleveland Birthplace Assoc	Grover Cleveland Birthplace	49,500
Essex	Newark City	Newark City	Essex County Jail	50,000
Essex	Newark City	Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee	Newark Public Schools	18,000
Hudson	Jersey City	Historic Paulus Hook Assoc	Paulus Hook Park	50,000
Hudson	Jersey City	Jersey City	West Bergen Historic District	50,000
Hunterdon	Clinton Town	Red Mill Museum Village	Hunt's Mill and Mulligan Quarry	14,429
Hunterdon	Clinton Twp	1759 Vought House, Inc	Christoffel Vought Farmstead	30,000
Hunterdon	Franklin Twp	Quakertown United Methodist Church	Quakertown Methodist Episcopal Church	7,500
Hunterdon	High Bridge Boro	High Bridge Boro	Solitude House	50,000
Mercer	Ewing Twp	Ewing Twp	Louis I. Kahn Bath House & Day Camp	18,348
Mercer	Hopewell Twp	Friends of Howell Living History Farm	Pleasant Valley School, John Phillips House	16,875
Mercer	Trenton City	Cadwalader Park Alliance	Cadwalader Park	33,750
Monmouth	Middletown Twp	NJ Marine Sciences Consortium	Fort Hancock Barracks Building #22	23,210
Morris	Parsippany-Troy Hills Twp	NJ Dept. of the Treasury	Greystone	50,000
Morris	Roxbury Twp	Roxbury Twp Historical Society	Ledgewood Historic District	7,500
Passaic	Paterson City	Passaic County	Old Paterson Post Office	50,000
Somerset	Bedminster Twp	Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House	Jacobus Vanderveer House	48,750
Union	Scotch Plains Twp	Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Frazee House, Inc.	Elizabeth & Gershom Frazee House	29,126
Warren	Allamuchy Twp	Canal Society of New Jersey	Lock Tender's House, Lock 4 West, Morris Canal	12,000
Warren	Greenwich Twp Lopatcong Twp	North Jersey Resource Conservation & Development	Morris Canal	29,831
Warren	Phillipsburg Town	Phillipsburg Area Historical Society	Roseberry House	50,000
TOTAL				$945,996

d. Any transfer of any funds, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in subsection b. or c. of this section shall require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

e. To the extent that moneys remain available after the projects listed in subsection b. or c. of this section are offered funding pursuant thereto, any project of a local government unit or qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization that previously received funding for historic preservation purposes appropriated or reappropriated from any Green Acres bond act, any annual appropriations act, or the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund established pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1999, c.52 (C.13:8C-21), or that receives funding pursuant to this act, shall be eligible to receive additional funding, as determined by the New Jersey Historic Trust, subject to the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee or its successor.

For the purposes of this subsection, "Green Acres bond act" means P.L.2009, c.117, P.L.2007, c.119, P.L.1995, c.204, P.L.1992, c.88, and P.L.1987, c.265.

2. There is appropriated from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117, to the New Jersey Historic Trust the sum of $600,000 for the purpose of providing organizational, administrative and other work and services, including salaries, equipment, materials and services necessary to administer the applicable provisions of this act.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

The bill appropriates $10,850,780 to the New Jersey Historic Trust for historic preservation purposes, of which $10,250,780 is for the purpose of providing grants, as awarded by the New Jersey Historic Trust, for certain historic preservation projects contained in this bill.

Of the funding provided for grants, $8,120,541 is from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to section 20 of the "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," P.L.2009, c.117, and $2,130,239 is from the "2007 Historic Preservation Fund," established pursuant to the "Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2007," P.L.2007, c.119.

The projects listed in this bill have been approved by the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Preservation Trust.

Of the project approvals contained in this bill, the sum of $9,304,784 will be used to provide capital preservation grants, and the sum of $945,996 will be used to provide historic site management grants. Capital preservation grants fund the restoration, preservation, repair and rehabilitation of historic sites for new or continued use by nonprofit organizations or county and municipal governments. The properties must be listed or eligible for listing in the State or National Register of Historical Places. There are two types levels of capital preservation grants: Level I applicants may apply for grants of $5,000 to $150,000 and Level II applicants may apply for grants of $150,001 to $750,000. Of the funding provided in this bill, $1,429,513 is for 12 Level 1 grants and $7,875,271 is for 17 Level II grants. The historic site management grants support non-construction activities such as long-term planning of operations and programs including building assessments, accessibility, landscape plans, and creating educational campaigns to increase public awareness. Included within the $945,996 for historic site management grants are four heritage tourism grant projects totaling $149,375.

The bill provides that any transfer of any funds to another project, or change in project sponsor, site, or type, listed in the bill would require the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee.

The bill also provides that to the extent that there are funds remaining after those projects listed in this bill are offered funding, the New Jersey Historic Trust, with the approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, may use those funds to provide additional funding for historic preservation projects of local government units or qualifying tax-exempt nonprofit organizations previously approved for funding pursuant to various other laws or approved for funding pursuant to this bill.

Lastly, this bill appropriates $600,000 from the "2009 Historic Preservation Fund" to the New Jersey Historic Trust for the purpose of providing funding for the organizational, administrative and other work and services, including salaries, equipment, materials and services necessary to administer the applicable provisions of this bill.