New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY › Chapter 34 - PRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES › Subchapter 3 - SDA SCHOOL DISTRICTS SITE PRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES › Section 19:34-3.2 - Site identification

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) If the preconstruction activities to be
				  undertaken by the SDA include site acquisition, prior to the submission by an
				  SDA school district of an application to the Department for approval of
				  preconstruction activities, the board of education of the district and the
				  governing body of the municipality in which the district is situated shall
				  jointly submit to the Commissioner and the Authority a complete inventory of
				  all district- and municipal-owned land located in the municipality. The school
				  district shall separately identify and provide to the Authority an inventory of
				  any privately-owned sites that it is considering as potential school sites. The
				  inventory shall include a map of the district showing the location of each of
				  the identified parcels of land. If the contemplated school facilities project
				  necessitates a property acquisition to augment an already-selected project
				  site, the inventories of district-owned and municipal-owned land, and the
				  inventory of privately-owned land shall be confined to parcels adjoining,
				  adjacent, or in functional proximity to the already-selected project site to be
				  expanded or augmented.
(b) The
				  board of education and the governing body of the municipality shall together
				  provide a written analysis to the Authority concerning each district- or
				  municipal-owned site, or privately-owned site, identified pursuant to (a) above
				  explaining whether it is suitable for a school facilities project identified in
				  the district's long range facilities plan. The written analysis of the
				  publicly- and privately-owned sites identified shall include the information in
				  (b)1 through 4 below, if applicable, as follows:
1. Cost and schedule impacts: adjustments to
				  overall project schedule, complexity of land acquisition or fair market value
				  considerations. This shall include cost estimates based on the assessed
				  valuation multiplied by the current municipal equalization ratio;
2. Significant site location, size and
				  improvement considerations: constructability, community impacts related to
				  construction and time to implement, compatibility of neighboring land uses,
				  overall revitalization and economic development and open space plans, proximity
				  of public transportation and relocation and displacement impacts;
3. Known significant infrastructure
				  considerations: sufficiency of water supply (drinking and fire) and sewerage
				  capacity, traffic impacts, including road widening and partial takings and
				  utility relocation; and
4. Known
				  significant environmental considerations: technical impracticability of
				  remediation, environmental quality impacts (soil and groundwater), historic and
				  cultural resources, compatibility with neighboring land uses, wetlands, stream
				  encroachment, endangered species and Green Acres encumbrances.