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AN ORDINANCE DEDICATING AND ACCEPTING COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN EDISON PLACE AND LAFAYETTE STREET ADJOINING BLOCKS AND LOTS: BLOCK 159, LOT 10.03; BLOCK 159.01, LOT 11; BLOCK 166, LOT 10.01 AND BLOCK 167, LOT 10.02, IN THE CITY OF NEWARK, COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AS A PUBLIC STREET AND RIGHT-OF-WAY. (EAST WARD)
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WHEREAS, on July 7, 2016, as a result of various redevelopment agreements within the Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan and a proposed project over 10 years in the making, the City of Newark received the following properties from the Newark Housing Authority: Block 159, Lot 10.03; Block 159.01, Lot 11; Block 166, Lot 10.01 and Block 167, Lot 10.02, for the purpose of constructing a park, which was formerly referred to as Triangle Park and is currently referred to as Mulberry Commons; and
WHEREAS, the above property was developed in accordance with the requirements of the redevelopment agreements and the Downtown Core District Redevelopment Plan, which included the construction of Columbia Street, between Edison Place and Lafayette Street, within Blocks 159, 159.01, 166 and 167, to the City of Newark for public street and right-of-way purposes; and
WHEREAS, Columbia Street between Edison Place and Lafayette Street within Blocks 159, Lots 10.03; 159.01, Lot 11; Blocks 166, Lots 10.01 and 167, Lots 10.02, consists of completed and approved street and roadway improvements and appurtenances as constructed in association with the Newark Downtown Core Redevelopment Area and the completion of Mulberry Commons; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wishes to dedicate Columbia Street between Edison Place and Lafayette Street within Blocks 159, 159.01, 166 and 167, to the City of Newark for public street and right-of-way purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark, upon application, adopted Resolution dated March 2, 2020, concluding that there was adequate proof in support of...
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