File #: 23-0590    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Ceremonial Street Designation - Reverend Dr. Granvile Allen Seward (LSR)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 4/14/2023 In control: Municipal Council and City Clerk
On agenda: 4/19/2023 Final action: 4/19/2023
Title: Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward Date(s): To Be Determined Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Broadway and Kearny Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward Plaza Sponsor: Council Member, Louise Scott-Rountree Additional Information: Tabled 7R8-a 020123
Sponsors: Louise Scott-Rountree, Council of the Whole
Related files: 23-0090

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Dept/ Agency:  Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk

Action:  (   ) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending

Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation

Honoree: Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward              

Date(s): To Be Determined             

Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Broadway and Kearny Street     

Ceremonial Intersection Name: Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward Plaza      

Sponsor: Council Member, Louise Scott-Rountree   

Additional Information:

Tabled 7R8-a 020123

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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-f, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, etc., for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and

 

WHEREAS, the Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward, was born November 22, 1934, in Greenup, Kentucky and accepted Christ at the age of fifteen (15) and became a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. Continuing in the path of service, Reverend Dr. Seward served in both challenging and fulfilling sojourns leading up to Pastor of the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey in February 1968. The Reverend Dr. Seward received the Doctor of Ministry in 1982 from the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School; and

 

WHEREAS, the Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward was a life trustee of the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and served as a visiting professor in addition to serving at other theological institutions; and

 

WHEREAS, through unyielding and unwavering service, Reverend Dr. Seward continued to remain active in supporting ministries and churches beyond retirement and was given the honored recognition of “Pastor Emeritus”, until his transition on November 14, 2020.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

 

                         1. The Municipal Council hereby authorizes the honorary and ceremonial renaming of the intersection of Broadway and Kearny Street as “Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward Plaza”.

 

                     2. The official name of the said streets shall remain Broadway and Kearny Street in their entirety.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

This Resolution authorizes the renaming of the intersection of Broadway and Kearny Street as “Reverend Dr. Granville Allen Seward Plaza” for honorary and ceremonial purposes.