Title
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF THE FINANCIAL AGREEMENT FROM SOMERSET HOMES URBAN RENEWAL LLC (“ASSIGNOR”) TO TETHYS SOMERSET URBAN RENEWAL LLC (“ASSIGNEE”) FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT CONSISTING OF THIRTY-EIGHT (38) AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS LOCATED ON LAND WHICH IS IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AS BLOCK 2589, LOT 1, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 219-239 CLINTON AVENUE.
body
WHEREAS, on June 6, 1979, the Municipal Council of the City adopted Resolution 7RD granting a tax exemption to Somerset Homes Associates, LLP (the “Previous Owner”) for the construction of thirty eight (38) affordable rental housing units (the “Project”) on land currently located at 219–239 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, and designated as Block 2589, Lot 1 on the Official Tax Map of the City (the “Property”), pursuant to the Limited Dividend Nonprofit Housing Association Law, N.J.S.A. 55:16 1 et seq., and authorizing the execution and delivery of a financial agreement in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, Somerset Homes Urban Renewal LLC (“Assignor”) thereafter acquired the Property and the Project from the Previous Owner and filed an application with the Mayor of the City seeking a long term tax exemption pursuant to the Long Term Tax Exemption Law, as amended and supplemented, N.J.S.A. 40A:20 1 et seq., (the “Long Term Tax Exemption Law”), for a fifteen (15) year term for the continued ownership and operation of the Project; and
WHEREAS, on December 27, 2017, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-b(s) granting a fifteen (15) year tax exemption for the Project pursuant to the Long Term Tax Exemption Law and authorizing the execution of an Amended and Restated Financial Agreement; and
WHEREAS, on November 15, 2021, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSFb authorizing the execution and delivery of an Updated Amended and Restated Financial Agreement reflecting the correct name of the project owner as “S...
Click here for full text