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Dept. / Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Design Phase Agreement
Purpose: To provide a Design Phase Agreement between the City of Newark and National Railroad Passenger Corporation ("Amtrak").
Entity Name: National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Entity Address: 30th Street Station, Box 46, 2955 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Contract Amount: $423,720.00 (estimated)
Contract Period: None
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("the City") has determined to undertake the development of the Second Phase of the Mulberry Commons Development initiative, for the construction of a Pedestrian Bridge; and
WHEREAS, Amtrak operates intercity passenger rail service over certain railroad right-of-way which extends between Washington, DC and Boston, Massachussets (known as the "Northeast Corridor"); and
WHEREAS, other railroads use such railroad right-of-way to provide commuter and freight rail services; and
WHEREAS, an abandoned freight railroad bridge crosses over the Northeast Corridor just south of Newark Pennsylvania Station (the "Station") at railroad milepost 8.84 in the City of Newark, New Jersey (the "Railroad Bridge"); and
WHEREAS, as part of its Mulberry Commons Development initiative surrounding the Station, the City proposes to demolish the Railroad Bridge and design and ultimately construct the pedestrian bridge and related improvements, as more fully described in Section 2 of the Design Phase Agreement, in the same vicinity of the Railroad Bridge with access to the Station (such work being referred to as "the Project"); and
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2021, by Resolution 7R4-a, the Municipal Counci...
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