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AN ORDINANCE TO ACQUIRE TEMPORARY WORK AREA EASEMENTS AND/OR PERPETUAL AND PERMANENT EASEMENTS ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 1, LOT 60, BLOCK 2, LOTS 15, 27, AND 29, BLOCK 3, LOTS 1 AND 13 AND BLOCK 4, LOT 1, AND A TEMPORARY WORK AREA EASEMENT AND PERPETUAL PERMANENT EASEMENT ON PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN 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 of 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 (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 periodic maintenance work to be performed by the NJDEP and the 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 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the construction of the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area, Newark, New Jersey Project #...
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