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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: BER-L-005119-18
Claimant: 125 Doremus Avenue, LLC, Jans Realty Urban Renewal, LLC, and Quality Carriers, Inc. v. Central Planning Board of the City of Newark, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark and the City of Newark
Claimant's Attorney: Randy T. Pearce, Esq.
Attorney's Address: Pearce Law, LLC, 25 Main Street, Suite 602, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
Settlement Amount: N/A
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-a, which authorized the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation of a designated Study Area located at Doremus Avenue ("Study Area") to determine whether those certain properties located within the Study Area qualify as a "Condemnation Redevelopment Area" pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law,
N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. ("LRHL"); and
WHEREAS, Quality Carriers, Inc., is the owner of real property known as 20-84 Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105 more formally known as Block 5011, Lot 1 (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Property was included within the Study Area; and
WHEREAS, Topology NJ, LLC, ("Topology") in cooperation with the City of Newark and the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (presently known as "Invest Newark"), conducted a preliminary investigation to determine whether the designation of the Study Area as an area in need of redevelopment is appropriate and in conformance with the statutory criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2017, and continuing on December 18, 2017, January 8, 2018, January 29, 2018, and March 5, 2018, the Newark Central Planning Board (the "Board") conducted public hearings; and
WHEREAS, on March 5, 2018, the Board voted to recommend that the Study Area be d...
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