Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Amends Resolution 7R2-a, adopted on May 10, 2018, by striking the language in Paragraph 2 of the operative section and replacing it with the following: “The redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, other than the use of eminent domain (i.e. a “Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area”).”
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
504-508 Doremus Avenue/Block 5070/Lots 25, 25.01/East Ward
510-604 Doremus Avenue/Block 5070/Lot 41/East Ward
761-785 Wilson Avenue/Block 5070/Lot 45/East Ward
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R2-a, adopted on May 10, 2018, authorizes the Central Planning Board to conduct a Non-Condemnation Area In Need of Redevelopment study of 504-508 Doremus Avenue, 510-604 Doremus Avenue and 761-785 Wilson Avenue and identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as Block 5070, Lots 25, 25.01, 41 and 45, located in the East Ward
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WHEREAS, on May 10, 2018, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-a May 10, 2018, which referred 504-508 Doremus Avenue, 510-604 Doremus Avenue and 761-785 Wilson Avenue and identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as Block 5070, Lots 25, 25.01, 41 and 45, located in the East Ward (the “Study Area”) in the East Ward, be investigated by the Central Planning Board to determine if the Study Area is an “area in need of redevelopment” under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the “LRHL”), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, Paragraph 2 of the operative section of Resolution 7R2-a May 10, 2018, contained a typographical error that incorrectly read as follows: “The redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, including the power of eminent domain (i.e. a “Condemnation Redevelopment Area”): and.
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council wishes to correct this typographical error to permit all powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, other than the use of eminent domain (i.e. a “Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area”).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. Resolution 7R2-a, adopted May 10, 2018, is hereby amended by striking the language in Paragraph 2 of the operative section and replacing it with the following revised language: “The redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, other than the use of eminent domain (i.e. a “Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area”).”
2. All other parts of Resolution 7R2-a, adopted May 10, 2018, with the exception of Paragraph 2 as amended above, shall remain unchanged.
3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to take all steps necessary to effectuate the purposes of this amending Resolution.
4. As set forth in Resolution 7R2-a, adopted May 10, 2018, the City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of Resolution 7R2-a May 10, 2018 and this amending Resolution to the Secretary of the Central Planning Board.
STATEMENT
This resolution amends Resolution 7R2-a, adopted May 10, 2018, by striking the language in Paragraph 2 of the operative section and replacing it with the following revised language: “The redevelopment area determination shall authorize the municipality to use all those powers provided by the Legislature for use in a redevelopment area, other than the use of eminent domain (i.e. a “Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area”).”