File #: 14-2156    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 12/16/2014 In control: Law
On agenda: 1/21/2015 Final action: 1/21/2015
Title: Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement Docket No.: Pre-Litigation Claimant: Maraziti Falcon, LLP Claimant's Attorney: Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr. Attorney's Address: 150 John F. Kenneday Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078 Settlement Amount: $125,462.66 Funding Source: Community & Economic Development Trust Fund and an escrow funded by Morris Fairmount Associates, LLC in amounts sufficient to cover the Settlement Amount Additional Comments: Delisa Pallet Corporation v. City of Newark, Municipal Council of the City of Newark, Central Planning Board of the City of Newark and Morris Companies, Inc. and CD Development, LLC v. City of Newark and Morris Companies, Inc.; Matrix/Newark City Dock, LLC, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company v. City of Newark Invitation: Corporation Counsel (date to be entered by Clerk's Office)
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement
Docket No.: Pre-Litigation
Claimant: Maraziti Falcon, LLP
Claimant's Attorney: Joseph J. Maraziti, Jr.
Attorney's Address: 150 John F. Kenneday Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
Settlement Amount: $125,462.66
Funding Source: Community & Economic Development Trust Fund and an escrow funded by Morris Fairmount Associates, LLC in amounts sufficient to cover the Settlement Amount
Additional Comments:
Delisa Pallet Corporation v. City of Newark, Municipal Council of the City of Newark, Central Planning Board of the City of Newark and Morris Companies, Inc. and CD Development, LLC v. City of Newark and Morris Companies, Inc.; Matrix/Newark City Dock, LLC, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company v. City of Newark
Invitation: Corporation Counsel (date to be entered by Clerk's Office)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark issued a Request for Qualifications for Special Counsel concerning Redevelopment and Land Use matters on or about September 20, 2013; and

WHEREAS, the City of Newark received a total of five (5) proposals in response to its request; and

WHEREAS, Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP, 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078, submitted a proposal and it was found, based upon price and other factors, to be in the best interest of the City of Newark to accept the proposal for the purpose of providing legal services concerning Redevelopment/Land Use Matters; and

WHEREAS, the City of Newark intended to enter into a new contract with Maraziti, Falcon & Healey, LLP n/k/a as Maraziti Falcon, LLP (supporting documentation for name change included) to provide legal services concerning Redevelopment/Land Use Matters in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), for the period of January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014, which ...

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