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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving Special Event Application Permit Fees
Purpose: Weequahic High School and Malcolm X Shabazz 2025 South Ward Soul Bowl Parade
Date(s): November 27, 2025
Sponsor(s): Council Member Patrick O. Council, South Ward
Additional Information:
Requesting that Special Event Permit Application Fee of $550.00 be waived.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council is supportive of community events that provide an essential service to the residents of Newark, while also bringing attention and awareness to an issue that effects all segments of the society; and
WHEREAS, the Weequahic High School and Malcolm X Shabazz 2025 South Ward Soul Bowl Parade, will begin at 108 Lehigh Avenue and go down to Bergen Street onto Chancellor Avenue, making a turn onto Hobson Street and enter Goldsmith Avenue into Unterman Field from 8:30 A.M. until 10:00 A.M. The City of Newark's Special Event Application Fee of Fife Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($550.00) for the event will be waived.
WHEREAS, Weequahic High School and Malcolm X Shabazz 2025 South Ward Soul Bowl Parade provides the City of Newark the perfect opportunity to collaborate with various high schools, parents, teachers and many educational groups; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council has indicated its support Weequahic High School and Malcolm X Shabazz 2025 South Ward Soul Bowl Parade, will begin at 108 Lehigh Avenue and go down to Bergen Street onto Chancellor Avenue, making a turn onto Hobson Street and enter Goldsmith Avenue into Unterman Field from 8:30 A.M. until 10:00 A.M.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council does hereby indicate its support of the, Weequahic High School and Malcolm X Shabazz 2025 South Ward Soul Bowl Para...
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