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AN ORDINANCE TO ACQUIRE A TEMPORARY WORK AREA EASEMENT ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAY OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AS BLOCK 4, LOT 9, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JOSEPH G. MINISH PASSAIC RIVER WATERFRONT PARK AND HISTORIC AREA, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") recognizes that the Passaic River shoreline existing within the City of Newark, County of Essex, State of New Jersey is subject to constant erosion and degradation, thereby destroying a valuable natural resource, and threatening the property within the City of Newark and the citizens of the State of New Jersey; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to participate with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the "NJDEP") and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the "USACE") to construct the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area, Newark, New Jersey, as defined in the May 25, 1999 Project Cooperation Agreement ("PCA") entered into by and between the Department of the Army and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, construction of the Project includes, but is not limited to, bulkhead construction; restoration of the Passaic River Bank; bank stabilization; creation of tidal wetland, and period maintenance work to be performed by the NJDEP and USACE in conjunction with park and pedestrian walkway construction to be subsequently performed by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City entered into a State Aid Agreement with the NJDEP for the construction of the Project, dated October 10, 2019 (the "State Aid Agreement"), pursuant to the PCA, wherein the City is required to obtain and provide all real estate, perpetual and temporary easements, and rights of ways for the Project; and
WHEREAS, in order to accomplish its part of the Project, the City is required, pursuant to the State Aid Agreement, to acquire a temporary work easement in a parcel privately owne...
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