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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: ESX-L-005072-18
Claimant: Dutch Neck Land Company, LLC v. Municipal Council of the City of Newark and the Newark Central Planning Board
Claimant's Attorney: Patrick J. McAuley, Esq.
Attorney's Address: Connell Foley, LLP, 56 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, New Jersey 07068
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WHEREAS, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R2-a on January 19, 2017, which authorized the Newark Central Planning Board (the "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, Dutch Neck Land Company, LLC ("Dutch Neck"), is the owner of real property known as 279-295 Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105, more formally known as Block 5016, Lot 4, including additional Block 5060.01, Lot 130.02, and 271-277 Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07105vmore formally known as Block 5016, Lot 5 (collectively the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Property was included within the Study Area; and
WHEREAS, Topology NJ, LLC, ("Topology") in cooperation with the City 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, the report, prepared by Topology, dated October 6, 2017, and entitled "Doremus Avenue Area in Need of Redevelopment Investigation Report" states that, based upon...
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