Town government following COAH progress closely
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
COAH, from?Page 1
overruled by the Supreme Court,
but the legal battle is ongoing.
Hammonton’s COaH responsibilities are uncertain at this time, as
they have to have a certain amount
of units reserved for low-andmoderate income households and
provide real housing opportunities
to those that qualify.
“We don’t have that responsibil-
ity right now, because COaH is
still being fought through the
courts. there is a certain platform
that we have to reach, but since it
is going through the courts right
now, we don’t know what that is.
We are still waiting to hear back
from COaH and it is going backand-forth through the courts. We
really don’t know what our quota
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is right now. i don’t know when
that is going to be decided,”
COaH administrator and town accountant frank zuber said.
according to zuber, the town
has two agreements with the state
and its funds were obligated. the
first agreement was with the atlantic County improvement authority (aCia), and was signed on
June 30, 2012. the town gave the
aCia $63,007.53 for projects and
expenses. the other agreement
was for $100,000, and was agreed
to on May 28, 2012.
“We also signed another agreement with a memorandum for the
understanding of New Jersey
Housing and Mortgage finance
agency, and we gave this to them
on May 28. the agreement was
for $100,000 for the purpose of
funding ranch-style homes and
other residences for low-income
housing. Both of those agreements were signed back in 2012,
and that is when this decision
came down. So, we had a court
representative come to a town hall
meeting and we signed these
agreements and transferred the
money back in 2012,” zuber said.
according to zuber, because of
these two agreements, the balance
in the town’s COaH account is
$803.75. On May 22 of this year,
the town responded to COaH
after the New Jersey Supreme
Court decision was made.
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“We got two different letters. i
actually responded to the first letter that was sent on May 22. We
responded to the original COaH
letter that was sent out. We fulfilled our obligations to add that
money before that decision came
down in court. it is still in litigation, so they haven’t really come
to a final decision. they are still
going back-and-forth as we speak
on this decision,” zuber said.
there is ongoing litigation
when it pertains to the Council on
affordable Housing and Department of Community affairs subject, while there is no timetable for
a settlement. it has been a battle
for quite some time.
“at the moment it is still
COaH, and the governor tried to
abolish it. the courts came back
and said ‘you can’t do that,’ but
this is all still in limbo and in the
courts,” zuber said.
there is affordable housing in
the Plymouth Place section, right
off of Main road, according to
zuber.
zuber stated that the town has
followed all the rules that are
being imposed by COaH and the
state, and are keeping abreast of
what is going on with the legal
battle in the courts.
“the town has conformed to all
the rules that are coming down
from COaH and the state that
were on top of all the litigation
that is going on currently. We have
performed our duties to what the
state said we should do,” he said.
the Department of Community
affairs Office of Communications
and Policy in trenton couldn’t be
reached for comment for this
story.
September
16 drowning
death being
investigated
DROWNING, from?Page 1
County Medical examiner’s findings will be available in “a few
weeks” and the findings will either
result in a conclusive finding of the
manner of death, or it will be ruled
“inconclusive.”
Carley’s body was found floating facedown on September 16 in
the lake by one of the lakefront
residents, according to Hammonton Police Captain Nick Salvatore.
Local police contacted the atlantic
County Prosecutor’s Office, which
sent its Major Crimes Unit and the
atlantic County Medical examiner’s Office to the scene to begin
an investigation into Carley’s
death.
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