A.
The Land Use Board may prepare a program of municipal
capital improvement projects for the City pursuant to the standards
and procedures set forth in this article in conjunction with the Master
Plan. The Land Use Board shall recommend such program to the Common
Council, which may adopt such program with any modification approved
by an affirmative vote of a majority of the full authorized membership
of the Common Council and with the reasons for said modification recorded
in the minutes.
[Amended 8-28-2014 by Ord. No. 9-2014]
B.
The capital improvement program shall be a program
of municipal capital improvement projects projected for a period of
at least six years. The program shall include major projects currently
being undertaken or to be undertaken with federal, state, county and
other public funds or under federal, state or county supervision.
Such projects may include any major nonrecurring expenditure or any
expenditure for physical facilities of government, such as costs for
acquisition of land or interests in land; construction of buildings
or other structures, including additions or major alterations; construction
of streets and utility lines; construction or installation of public
improvements; acquisition of fixed equipment; installation of landscaping
and similar expenditures.
C.
The capital improvement program shall include:
(1)
A classification of the recommended projects based
upon their urgency and need for realization.
(2)
A recommendation of a time sequence to be followed
in implementing the recommended projects.
(3)
The estimated costs and revenues, if any, of each
project, including estimates of the probable operating and maintenance
costs.
(4)
A tabulation of existing sources of funds, listing
source and amount for each project, and, where such sources are insufficient,
the need for additional sources of funds for the implementation and
operation of each project.
(5)
An estimate of the number of persons and establishments
which will be displaced by each recommended project.
(6)
Such other elements as the Land Use Board or Common
Council may find useful or appropriate.
[Amended 8-28-2014 by Ord. No. 9-2014]
[Amended 8-28-2014 by Ord. No. 9-2014]
The program shall, as far as possible, be based
upon existing information in the possession of the departments and
agencies of the City. In preparing the program, the Land Use Board
shall confer, in a manner deemed appropriate by the , with the Mayor,
the chief fiscal officer, other City officials and agencies and the
City's and regional school boards. Every City department, authority
or agency shall, upon the request of the Land Use Board, transmit
to said Board a statement of all capital projects proposed to be undertaken
by such City department, authority or agency during the term of the
program, for study, advice and recommendation by the Land Use Board.
[Amended 8-28-2014 by Ord. No. 9-2014]
Whenever the Land Use Board shall have adopted
any portion of the Master Plan, the Common Council or other public
agency having jurisdiction over the subject matter, before taking
action necessitating the expenditure of any public funds, incidental
to the location, character or extent of such project, shall refer
the action involving such specific project to the Land Use Board for
review and recommendation in conjunction with such Master Plan and
shall not act thereon without such recommendation or until 45 days
have elapsed after such reference without receiving such recommendation.
This requirement shall apply to action regarding housing, parking,
highway, special district or other authority, redevelopment agency,
school board or other similar public agency, state, county or municipal.
The first year of the capital improvements program
shall, upon adoption by the Common Council, constitute the capital
budget of the City as required by the Local Budget Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-43
et seq.
