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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWARK TO ACCEPT CORRECTIVE DEEDS FROM THE NEWARK HOUSING AUTHORITY, TO BE RECORDED, CORRECTING THE CITY'S PREVIOUS CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 61-69 ORCHARD STREET D/B/A 520-526 S 16TH STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND IDENTIFIED ON THE CITY OF NEWARK'S TAX MAP AS BLOCK 883, LOT 11 (CENTRAL WARD).
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WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Newark (the "Authority") was formerly the owner of certain real property within the City of Newark identified as Block 883, Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,64 and 65, all of which lots have since been consolidated and are currently identified on the City's Tax Map as Block 883, Lot 11, commonly known as 61-69 Orchard Street (the "Site"); and
WHEREAS, the Authority conveyed the Site to the City of Newark (the "City") by two separate deeds, each dated March 3, 1995; and
WHEREAS, according to the City's Tax Assessment records, Block 883, Lot 65 was merged into Block 883, Lot 64 in 1982, and the enlarged Lot 64 was thereafter merged into Block 883, Lot 11 in 1984, in each instance at the request of the Authority as the then-record owner of said lots; and
WHEREAS, in 1985, upon approval of the aforementioned mergers, the street and alley frontage formerly serving Lots 64 and 65 was vacated; and
WHEREAS, the deed dated March 3, 1995 by which the Authority conveyed Block 883, Lot 11 to the City erroneously set forth the original legal description for Lot 11 as it existed prior to the 1982 and 1984 mergers, rather than the legal description for Lot 11 as enlarged by such mergers; and
WHEREAS, Block 883, Lots 13, 14 and 15 were originally conveyed by the City to the Authority by deed dated December 5, 1977; and
WHEREAS, the December 5, 1977 deed included the legal description for Lot 13 only, and did not include the legal descriptions for Lots 14 and 15; and
WHEREAS, the City thereafter recorded a corrective deed dated May 11,1984, w...
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