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No. #05-155
Date of Adoptio" May 5. 2005
REQUESTING THAT THE NEW JERSEY COUNCIL ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANT A WAIVER FROM ITS
REGULATIONS TO ALLOW THE ROOSEVELT COMMONS/HILL
BOWL IV AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT TO BE DEVELOPED
AS AN AGE-RESTRICTED PROJECT
WHEREAS, Frank Raia and Anthony Sirignano have proposed to construct a
sixteen (16) unit age-restricted, affordable rental housing project on Block 144,
Lots 19 and 17 within the Borough of Carteret ("Borough") to be known as
Roosevelt Commons/Hill Bowl IV ("Hill Bowl IV"); and
WHEREAS, the Borough is contributing $320,000.00 toward the development
costs for this needed project; and
WHEREAS, if the proposed development is not dedicated as an age-restricted
project, a fixed percentage of said units would be required to have multiple
bedrooms pursuant to the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing's
("COAH's") regulations; and
WHEREAS, an analysis of data from the 2000 Census demonstrates that the
Borough, by comparison with the County of Middlesex and the State of New
Jersey as a whole, has a substantial senior citizen population (householders
aged 55 and older and householders aged 64 and older) that tend to require one
bedroom units; and
WHEREAS, these groups also have significantly lower median incomes,
suggesting that some form of housing subsidy is needed to provide more
affordable housing for these groups; and
WHEREAS, while the information indicates that the Borough has 36% -43%
less of a supply of one bedroom units than either Middlesex County or the
State, the Borough appears to have the highest demand for such smaller, less
expensive rental housing units based upon both demographics and median
income; and
WHEREAS, the Carteret Housing Authority has an extended waiting list for
subsidized senior rental housing; and
WHEREAS, this situation is further exasperated by the fact that when senior
units become available the potential elderly beneficiaries thereof feel compelled
to decline to accept said units because the units are located in a high crime area
and individuals express fear for their safety given their physical limitations; and
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WHEREAS, dedicating the Hill Bowl IV project as an age-restricted,
affordable rental housing project will serve a tremendous need for senior
affordable housing within the Borough; and
WHEREAS, the Borough's Community Development Director and the
Executive Director of the Calieret Housing Authority have advised the
Governing Body that the Hill Bowl IV project will help meet the goal of
increasing the availability of affordable senior housing within the Borough; and
WHEREAS, COAH will need to grant a waiver from its regulations otherwise
requiring a fixed percentage of multiple bedroom units unless the Hill Bowl IV
is allowed to be developed as an age-restricted, rental project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Council of the
Borough of Carteret as follows:
I. That the Borough hereby formally requests COAH to grant a waiver
to the Roosevelt Commons/Hill Bowl IV project to allow the same
to dedicated as an age-restricted, single bedroom rental housing
project to increase the number of senior affordable housing units
within the Borough.
2. That a certified copy of this Resolution requesting the above
described waiver be forward to the New Jersey Council on
Affordable Housing
Adopted this 5'" day of May, 2005
and certified as a true copy of the
original on May 6,2005.
KATHLEEN M. BARNEY, RMCICMC
Municipal Clerk
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
- COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B.
COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B.
BElLINO X NAPLES X
DIAl X RIOS X
KRUM X v
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x - Indicate Vote AS - Absent NV - Not Voting XOR - Indiralcs Vote to Overrule Veto cn
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Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council ~ ~y 5, 2005
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