new jersey environmental infrastructure trust

NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST
Welcome
David Zimmer
Executive Director
_______________________________________________________________
NJ Environmental
Infrastructure Trust
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NJEIT Mission Statement
The New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure
Trust is the independent
State Financing Authority responsible for
providing and administering low cost interest
-rate loans to qualified municipalities, counties,
regional authorities and water purveyors for
the purposed of financing water quality related
infrastructure projects.
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Environmental Infrastructure
Financing Program – NJ EIFP
Local Borrowers
NJ DEP
NJ EIT
Equal Partnership
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Bond Trustee
(MPTA)
Backed by GO’s, SA’s, etc.
Contractor
Trust Loan Debt Service
Bond Investors
Debt Service
Repayment
$
Bond Proceeds
Borrower
Trust Loan $
NJEIT
(Municipality,
Authority, etc.)
Fund Loan $
DEP
SRF / Bond $$
Federal/State
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Fund Loan Debt
Service (0.51 yrs.
in arrears)
SFY-2013 Rate Structure / Allocation
GENERAL LOAN PROGRAM
75% - Fund Loan (0% rate DEP loan) +
25% - Trust Loan (AAA Market-rate loan)
PRINCIPAL FORGIVENESS PROGRAM: up to $20MM
Green projects (expanded) in
Barnegat Bay Watershed
25% - Principal Forgiveness (max. of $2MM, no
principal repayment due upon completion) +
50% - Fund Loan (0% rate DEP loan) +
25% - Trust Loan (AAA Market-rate loan)
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Below Market Rate = Blend of 0% DEP
“Fund” Loan and AAA Market “Trust” Loan
20 yr. savings on $1mm Borrowed:
~ $120,000 / each 1% saved
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How the NJEIFP
Advances the State
Strategic Plan
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How the NJEIFP Advances the State
Strategic Plan
Goal 1: Targeted Economic Growth
• 
Projects Funded
• 
Project Ranking Methodology
Goal 4: Tactical Alignment of Government
• 
Low interest financing to leverage limited local
government dollars, and in some cases, options
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Goal 1: Targeted Economic Growth
•  Projects Funded
-
Wastewater Project Loans
-
Drinking Water Project Loan
-
Stormwater Management
•  Project Ranking Incentives in Growth Areas
- Prioritization: CSOs, Brownfields Reserve
- Ranking Points:
-  Urban and Regional Centers
-  Designated Towns
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The EIFP Funds Infrastructure in Priority
Growth Areas
• Challenge: Fund projects that upgrade existing infrastructure where
needed (Vibrant Regions) versus Adding new capacity
• Fund Redevelopment projects that strengthen existing cities, towns and
neighborhoods through remediation of existing sites
• Provide opportunities for private capital investing by transferring risk
away from public funds to private equity
• Facilitate construction of critical investment grade projects for additional
private equity in which to invest
•  Continue to maximize the leveraging of public monies
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Tactical Alignment of Government
Limited Municipal Financing Resources
Significant Savings Relative to Independent Financing
• Interest Rates 25% - 50% market rates
• Trust Excellent Credit Rating
• No debt service reserve fund or bond insurance
required
• Capitalized interest allows deferring of financing costs
• NJEIFP Loan Administration
• NJEIFP manages arbitrage issues
• NJEIT tracks and manages refunding opportunities
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Importance of Strategic Investment in NJ’s
Physical Infrastructure
The NJEIFP
has been
critical in
financing
infrastructure,
supporting
key industry
clusters
throughout
New Jersey
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Necessity for
Coordinated Planning
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Necessity for Coordinated Planning
Estimated 20-Year State Infrastructure Needs
*
1.  Water Supply
2.  Clean Water
a.  Wastewater Disposal
b.  Stormwater Mgmt
c.  Nonpoint Source Control
$ 8.0 B
Total
$ 43.0 B
$17.0 B
$16.0 B
$ 2.0 B
New Jersey Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2008
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20-Year Estimated Infrastructure Needs
Drinking Water
1. Water Supply:
*
$8.0 B *
1. Transmission/Distribution
$4.7 B
2. Source Development and Rehabilitation
$0.31 B
3. Treatment
$1.9 B
4. Storage
$1.1 B
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20-Year Estimated Infrastructure Needs
Clean Water
2a. Wastewater Disposal:
*
$ 17.0 B *
1.  Wastewater Treatment
$
6.3 B
2.  Pipe repair & new pipes
$
2.3 B
3.  Recycled water distribution
$ 0.10 B
4.  Combined sewer overflow correction
$
8.2 B
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20-Year Estimated Infrastructure Needs
Clean Water
2b. Stormwater Management:
1.  Conveyance infrastructure
$ 16.0 B *
$
0.49 B
2.  Treatment systems
$
B
*
3.  Green infrastructure
$ 14.9 B
4.  General stormwater management
$ 0.11 B
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0.11
20-Year Estimated Infrastructure Needs
Clean Water
2c. Nonpoint Source Control:
*
$
2.0 B *
1.  Agriculture best management practices
$
0.08 B
2.  Ground water protection
$
0.55 B
3.  Brownfields remediation
$
0.83 B
4.  Storage tank remediation
$ 0.003 B
5.  Sanitary Landfills BMPs
$ 0.276 B
6.  Hydromodification
$ 0.004 B
New Jersey Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2008
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Benefits of Strategic Investment in
NJ’s Physical Infrastructure
•  Investment in the infrastructure (assets) and O&M (labor/supplies) of
water & sewer facilities expands the productive capacity of the
economy and creates value-added:
•  ROI Analysis - Every $1.00 of water & sewer infrastructure investment
increases private output (long-term) by $6.35 *
•  Each additional $1.00 of water & sewer revenue spent on O&M
increases revenue in all industries by $2.62 that year *
•  Each additional job in water & sewer creates 3.68 jobs in the national
economy to support that job *
•  ROI from water & sewer infrastructure exceeds that of highways *
•  Promotion of much needed job growth through facilitation of
investment in Priority Growth Investment Areas
*
Source: U.S. Conference of Mayors, Local Government Investment in Municipal
Water and Sewer Infrastructure, 8-14-2008.
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Contact List
David Zimmer
Executive Director,
NJEIT
[email protected]
Geoffrey Stewart
Financial Advisor,
Public Financial Management
[email protected]
Richard Nolan
Bond Counsel,
McCarter & English
[email protected]
Karla Martin
DEP – Office of Equal Opportunity and
Lydia Harper
Public Contract Assistance
[email protected]
[email protected]
Gene Chebra
Acting Assistant Director,
DEP – Office of Municipal Finance
[email protected]
Terry Caruso
DEP Green Acres,
[email protected]
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