Englewood Cliffs City Zoning Code
§ 30-19B.17
Annual And Periodic Monitoring of The Implementation of The Borough's Affordable Housing Plan.
[Pursuant to a settlement agreement entered into between the Borough and the Fair Share Housing Center dated October 8, 2020 and conditioned upon approval from the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Borough document labeled Ord. No. 20-20.]
a.
On the first anniversary of the execution of this Agreement, and every anniversary thereafter through the end of this Agreement, the Borough agrees to work with the Special Master so that the Special Master may provide annual reporting of the status of all affordable housing activity within the municipality through the posting on the municipal website, with a copy of such posting provided to Fair Share Housing Center, using monitoring forms provided by FSHC.
b.
On the first anniversary of the Court's approval of the Spending Plan, and on every anniversary of that date thereafter through July 1, 2025, the Borough agrees to work with the Special Master so that the Special Master may provide annual reporting of trust fund activity to Fair Share Housing Center and for posting by the Borough on the municipal website, using monitoring forms provided by FSHC. The reporting shall include an accounting of all 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.
The Fair Housing Act includes two provisions regarding action to be taken by the Borough during its ten-year repose period. The Borough agrees to comply with those provisions as follows:
1.
For the midpoint realistic opportunity review required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-313, which has passed without the Borough preparing a report, the Borough shall work with the court-appointed Special Master so that the Special Master may prepare a midpoint report as part of the second annual reporting required in paragraph a, above. The Borough shall post on its municipal website, with a copy provided to Fair Share Housing Center, a status report as to its implementation of the Plan and an analysis of whether any unbuilt sites or unfulfilled mechanisms continue to present a realistic opportunity and whether any mechanisms to meet unmet need should be revised or supplemented. Such posting shall invite any interested party to submit comments to the municipality, with a copy to Fair Share Housing Center, regarding whether any sites no longer present a realistic opportunity and should be replaced, and whether any 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 Settlement Agreement dated October 8, 2020, between the Borough of Englewood Cliffs and Fair Share Housing Center, and every third year thereafter, the Borough shall work with the Special Master so that the Special Master may provide to the Borough to post on its municipal website, with a copy provided to Fair Share Housing Center, a status monitoring report as to its satisfaction of its very-low-income requirements, including the family very-low-income requirements referred to in the Settlement Agreement. Such posting shall invite any interested party to submit comments to the municipality and Fair Share Housing Center on the issue of whether the municipality has complied with its very low income housing obligation under the terms of the Settlement Agreement.
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.