BOROUGH OF HILLSDALE

                                                                        09066

RESOLUTION

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Title:  Smart Growth Grant

 

            WHEREAS, the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) is a statewide nonprofit organization that supports municipal environmental commissions in their efforts to protect the environment and preserve the quality of life in their towns; and

 

            WHERAS, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is again making available funding for the ANJEC Smart Growth Grant Program by providing matching grants to New Jersey municipalities; and

 

            WHEREAS, the Borough of Hillsdale desires to investigate the feasibility of an interconnecting bicycle path between Hillsdale, River Vale and Old Tappan; and

 

            WHEREAS, the bicycle network would continue the Township of River Vale’s existing bicycle pathway; and

 

            WHEREAS, the bicycle network would offer connections between the three municipalities’ recreation facilities and education facilities, including a regional high school.

 

            WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the Borough of Hillsdale will be the lead municipality in the collaborative study.

 

            WHEREAS, the Borough desires to apply for $10,000 in funding for this planning study under the ANJEC Smart Growth Grant Program; and

            WHERAS, the Borough acknowledges that it must provide matching funds or in-kind services on a one-to-one basis to the grant funds received, and

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Governing Body hereby endorses the Borough’s grant application and agrees to provide $10,000 in matching funding in the way of 50% through in-kind services (design professionals, volunteers, public outreach, etc.) and the balance in cash funding to the feasibility study.

 

Council Member

Motion

Second

Yes

No

Absent

Abstain

Schiavone, Donna

 

 

x

 

 

 

Arnowitz, Max

 

 

x

 

 

 

DeJoseph, Jonathan

x

 

x

 

 

 

Giancarlo, Michael

 

 

x

 

 

 

Hanlon, Marie

 

x

x

 

 

 

Weinstein, Andrew

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

Adopted:  March 19, 2009

 

 

Attest:              ________________________                        ________________________

                        Robert Sandt, R.M.C.                                      John Sapanara, Mayor

                        Municipal Clerk