File #: 21-0033    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Amending a Ceremonial Street Designation - Reverend Carlos Soto Way - Mt. Pleasant Avenue and Oriental Street (LM)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 1/7/2021 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 1/12/2021 Final action: 1/12/2021
Title: Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Reverend Carlos Soto Date(s): January 9, 2021 Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Mount Pleasant Avenue and Oriental Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: Reverend Carlos Soto Way Sponsor: Council Member, LaMonica R. McIver Additional Information: Original Resolution 7R8-c adopted on December 2, 2020.
Sponsors: LaMonica R. McIver, Council of the Whole
Related files: 20-1576
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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation
Honoree: Reverend Carlos Soto
Date(s): January 9, 2021
Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Mount Pleasant Avenue and Oriental Street
Ceremonial Intersection Name: Reverend Carlos Soto Way
Sponsor: Council Member, LaMonica R. McIver
Additional Information:
Original Resolution 7R8-c adopted on December 2, 2020.
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WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R8-c adopted on December 2, 2020, the Municipal Council approved a ceremonial street designation for "Reverend Carlos Soto Way" located at Oriental Street and Third Avenue; and

WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to amend the location of the ceremonial street designation to the intersection of Mount Pleasant Avenue and Oriental Street as "Reverend Carlos Soto Way"; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PDF-e, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Carlos Soto was born on November 3, 1930 in Arenales, Puerto Rico and came to the United States at the age of seventeen (17), moving to the Bronx, New York with his sister; and

WHEREAS, in 1961, he met his mentor, the late Reverend Frank Olmeda, and decided to turn his life over to the Lord and answered the call to the ministry; and

WHEREAS, he became the President, Deacon, Treasurer and Secretary Council of the Alpha Y Omega Church in Brooklyn, New York and went on to found seven (7) churches in Newark, New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Carlos Soto lived and served the community of Newark for over fifty (50) years and dedicated his life to ministry, even during the pandemic.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY T...

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