Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Resolution endorsing filing of Green Acres Pre-Application For Major Diversion of Parkland.
Purpose: Resolution endorsing the Department of Economic and Housing Development's filing of a pre-application with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP's) Green Acres Program seeking approval to divert a 0.031-acre portion of Liberty Park to grant a variable width permanent underground easement to PSE&G for an electric conduit.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
450-470 Central Avenue/Block 1844/Lot 1/West Ward
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, part of Liberty Park, located at 450-470 Central Avenue, and commonly known as Block 1844, Lot 1 on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark ("Liberty Park Central Ave") is listed on the City's Recreation and Open Space inventory ("ROSI") and is encumbered with restrictions by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's ("NJDEP") Green Acres Program ("Green Acres"); and
WHEREAS, the Green Acres regulations prohibit a local governmental unit from either disposing of, or diverting to a use other than for recreation and conservation purposes, those properties on its ROSI without first obtaining approval from the NJDEP Commissioner and the State House Commission pursuant to the procedures outlined at N.J.A.C. 7:36-26.1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, in conjunction with PSE&G's Fairmount Heights Switching Station Project, it is necessary to remove the Green Acres restrictions from Liberty Park Central Avenue, a 0.031-acre portion of Liberty Park, in order to authorize the previous placement of underground electric conduit through Liberty Park; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") wishes to apply for approval for a major diversion of parkland under N.J.A.C. 7:36-26; and
WHEREAS, as required by N.J.A....
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