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ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACTING DEPUTY MAYOR / DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO CONVEY A TEMPORARY WORK AREA EASEMENT ON THE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS BLOCK 1, LOT 60, BLOCK 2, LOT 15, BLOCK 2, LOT 27 AND BLOCK 2, LOT 29, AND AN EASEMENT IN PERPETUITY ON THE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS BLOCK 1, LOT 30.01, BLOCK 1, LOT 60, BLOCK 2, LOT 15, BLOCK 2, LOT 27, BLOCK 2, LOT 29, BLOCK 3, LOT 1, BLOCK 3, LOT 13 AND TO ASSIGN OR EXECUTE BOTH EASEMENTS IN PERPETUITY AND TEMPORARY EASEMENTS ON BLOCK 1, LOTS 30 AND 46, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE NEWARK HOUSING AUTHORITY, TO THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AND THE CITY OF NEWARK FOR USE BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE CITY OF NEWARK AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS TO CONTINUE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JOSEPH G. MINISH PASSAIC RIVER WATERFRONT PARK AND HISTORIC AREA.
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council ("Municipal Council") of the City of Newark (the "City") acknowledges that the Passaic River shoreline at the City of Newark, New Jersey is subject to constant erosion and degradation, thereby destroying a valuable natural resource, and threatening the safety and property of the City and of all of the citizens of the State; and
WHEREAS, the United States Congress, through Section 101(a)(18) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 authorized the construction of the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park Flood Control Project (the "Project") along the Passaic River in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, through Resolution 7RBI, adopted on August 4, 1999, authorized the Mayor and his designee to enter into and execute a State Aid Agreement with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the "1999 State Aid Agreement"); and
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