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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Waiving 20-day period for an ordinance to take effect
Purpose: Authorizing an emergency to be declared and further authorizes Ordinance 6F-d adopted on June 6, 2019, amending Title II, Chapter II, Article V, Section 101 of the Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, as amended and supplemented, entitled Newark Equitable Growth Advisory Commission to allow for the appointment of commissioners at any time.
Ordinance No(s).: Ordinance 6F-d adopted on First Reading by the Municipal Council on June 6, 2019. Ordinance 6F-d adopted on June 6, 2019, is scheduled for a Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage on June 18, 2019.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-d December 5, 2018 establishing the Newark Equitable Growth Advisory Commission in order to help combat the crisis of affordability in housing that tend to displace the most vulnerable residents in the City; and
WHEREAS, the City recognized that high rates of foreclosure have increased the renter population while providing opportunities for a speculative market of investor landlords; and
WHEREAS, the City further recognized the contributions to sound equitable policies that non-governmental stakeholders and experts can make when given the formal responsibility of an advisory commission; and
WHEREAS, in establishing the Commission the Mayor and the Municipal Council identified the benefits from economic and real estate development that will transform City neighborhoods and bring greater resources to all Newark residents; and
WHEREAS, the City is committed to an overall policy of equitable growth to ensure that the benefits of new development extend to all Newark residents of limited economic means; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 6F-d was advanced and adopted on first readi...
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