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Dept./ Agency: Department of Administration/ Office of the Business Administrator
Ratifying ( ) Authorizing (4) Amending ( )
Type of Service: Agreement
Purpose: Rehabilitation, improvement and renovation of Jesse Allen Park
Entity Name(s): Trust for Public Land
Address: 20 Community Place, Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Allocation Amount: Not to exceed: $2,100,000.00
Contract Period: Upon adoption through December 31, 2009 Contract Basis: Agreement
Additional Comments: N/A
Approved as to Form an
Council Member
Legality on Basis of Facts Set Forth
Corporation Counsel
1?CoLM.A" presents the following Resolution:
WHEREAS the City of Newark has identified that its parks are in need of rehabilitation, renovation, and redevelopment, which will improve the quality of life of its citizens, continue to foster economic growth and development, and improve the City's aging infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, through enacting N.J.S.A. 40:12-20 et seq., the State of New Jersey recognizes the needs of municipalities to enter into agreements to rehabilitate, improve, and maintain their parks, and thus authorizes municipalities to establish mutually beneficial partnerships, through an agreement, with nonprofit organizations that will result in municipal parks that are better maintained, operated, and improved for the use and enjoyment of the public; and
WHEREAS, the Trust for Public Land ("TPL"), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving land for recreation and open space purposes, is partnering with the City of Newark to rehabilitate Jesse Allen Park, Block 2583, Lot 44, also known as, 41-57 Avon Avenue, a City-owned park located in Newark's Central Ward (the "Site"), through its Parks for People?Newark program; and
WHEREAS, TPL is engaged in an effort and commitment to raise philanthropic dollars from public and private sources to fun...
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