Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending
Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment
Purpose: Amending Resolution 7R2-e adopted on August 7, 2019 by correcting the list of properties to be investigated by the Central Planning Board.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
40-44 Center Street/Block 126.01/Lot 21/Central Ward
1-19 Center Street/Block 17/Lot 1.01/Central Ward
21-43 Center Street/Block 17/Lot 1.02/Central Ward
24-Rector Street/Block 17/Lot 20/Central Ward
26-34 Rector Street/Block 17/Lot 21/Central Ward
8-12 Park Place/Block 17/Lot 7/Central Ward
6 Park Place/Block 17/Lot 9/Central Ward
24 Park Place/Block 17/Lot 10/Central Ward
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R2-e adopted on August 7, 2019, authorized and directed the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation to ascertain whether the Municipal Council of the City of Newark should designate certain properties (the “Study Area”) as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area.
This amendment is necessary because the properties listed therein are inaccurate and/or incomplete, the aim is to correct the list of properties that comprise the Study Area.
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WHEREAS, on August 7, 2019 the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-e which authorized and directed the Central Planning Board to conduct an investigation to determine whether certain properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark as 40-44 Center Street, 1-19 Center Street, 21-43 Center Street, 36-54 Rector Street (Block 126.01, Lot 21; Block 17, Lots 1.01, 1.02, and 26) (the “Study Area”) in the Central Ward qualify as 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, Resolution 7R2-e August 7, 2019, misidentified the properties that comprise the Study Area and the Municipal Council desires to correct Resolution 7R2-e August 7, 2019, to ensure that the Central Planning Board investigates the right properties.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. Resolution 7R2-e, adopted on August 7, 2019, is hereby amended to replace the properties identified as the Study Area therein with the following properties:
40-44 Center Street/Block 126.01/Lot 21/Central Ward
1-19 Center Street/Block 17/Lot 1.01/Central Ward
21-43 Center Street/Block 17/Lot 1.02/Central Ward
24 Rector Street/Block 17/Lot 20/Central Ward
26-34 Rector Street/Block 17/Lot 21/Central Ward
8-12 Park Place/Block 17/Lot 7/Central Ward
6 Park Place/Block 17/Lot 9/Central Ward
24 Park Place/Block 17/Lot 10/Central Ward
2. All other parts of Resolution 7R2-e August 7, 2019 shall remain the same.
3. The amendment to Resolution 7R2-e is ratified from August 7, 2019 until the date that this amending resolution is adopted.
4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this amending Resolution to the Secretary of the Central Planning Board.
STATEMENT
This Resolution amends Resolution 7R2-e August 7, 2019, which directed the Central Planning Board to investigate whether certain properties in the Central Ward qualify as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area, as defined under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law (the “LRHL”), under N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq., by correcting the properties misidentified therein as the Study Area.