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Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Application to Local Finance Board for approval of bond ordinance.
Name of Project(s): The Tower at Halsey and William Urban Renewal Project
Amount to be Financed: $1,000,000.00
Funding Source: Redevelopment Area Bonds
Local Finance Board meeting date(s): September 9, 2020
Project Information:
(Description/ Project No./ Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL FINANCE BOARD PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-67(g) AND N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-29(a) IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF REDEVELOPMENT AREA BONDS (NON-RECOURSE TO THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY) TO BE SECURED BY PILOT PAYMENTS FROM THE TOWER AT HALSEY AND WILLIAM URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Redevelopment Area Bond Financing Law, constituting Chapter 310 of the Pamphlet Laws of 2001 of the State, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto (the "Redevelopment Bond Law", as codified in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-64 et seq.), specifically N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-66(a), the City is authorized to provide for tax abatement within a redevelopment area and for payments in lieu of taxes ("PILOTS") in accordance with certain applicable provisions of the Long Term Tax Exemption Law, constituting Chapter 431 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1991 of the State, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplement thereto (the "Long Term Tax Law", as codified in N.J.S.A. 40A:20-1 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Redevelopment Bond Law, specifically N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-67(a), the City may issue, or cause to be issued, bonds for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the cost of redevelopment projects, ...
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