N.J. Admin. Code § 7:36-18.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:36-18.2 - Ranking and evaluation

(a) Upon receipt of an application containing all the information required under 7:36-17.4, Green Acres shall determine if the project is eligible for funding in accordance with 7:36-15.2.

(b) For an eligible project in the Standard Acquisition funding award category, the Department shall:

1. Determine the total number of priority points assigned to the project under 7:36-18.1(b) above; and

2. Rank the projects on a priority list according to the total number of priority points assigned each project, with the project assigned the greatest total number of priority points ranking first.

(c) For an eligible project in the Planning Incentive acquisition funding award category, Green Acres shall evaluate the project, as follows:

1. For a nonprofit that is requesting funding for a Planning Incentive project for the first time, Green Acres shall review the Open Space and Recreation Plan(s) or other public or private local, regional, or statewide recreation and conservation plan or initiative approved by the Department, on which the nonprofit shall base its acquisition efforts. Green Acres also shall evaluate the nonprofit's missions/goals in the project area(s), how the targeted acquisitions will help meet those goals, and how the nonprofit's goals relate to the open space and recreation goals of the municipality(ies) and county(ies) in which the proposed project site is located, as well as to the State's open space and recreation goals established in the State Plan, New Jersey Meadowlands Master Plan, Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, or Highlands Regional Master Plan, as applicable; the New Jersey Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan; and other Department programs.

2. For a nonprofit that is requesting additional funding for a previously approved Planning Incentive acquisition project, Green Acres shall evaluate the need for additional funding based on a review of such considerations as the nonprofit's progress in acquiring land using previously approved funding and the timing and status of future land acquisitions.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:36-18.2