Meeting Name: Municipal Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 5/1/2017 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
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17-0516 16PSFa(s)South Ward Neighborhood URE LTTA ApplicationOrdinanceAN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO SOUTH WARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING URBAN RENEWAL, LP, C/O COMMUNITY ASSET PRESERVATION CORPORATION, 421 HALSEY STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102, FOR A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT THIRTY-TWO (32) AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS PURSUANT TO THE LONG TERM TAX EXEMPTION LAW AND PARKING, LOCATED ON 14 ABANDONED PROPERTIES IN SOUTH WARD’S CLINTON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTING OF 17-19 SEYMOUR AVENUE, BLOCK 2656, LOT 15; 14 HARDING TERRACE, BLOCK 3660, LOT 15; 105-107 ALDINE STREET, BLOCK 3051, LOT 14; 40 ROSE TERRACE, BLOCK 2625, LOT 52; 742-744 SOUTH 10TH STREET, BLOCK 2652, LOT 53; 24-26 BRAGAW AVENUE, BLOCK 3048.01, LOT 6; 89-91 BALDWIN AVENUE, BLOCK 3004, LOT 21; 170 SEYMOUR AVENUE, BLOCK 3020, LOT 39; 493 JELLIFF AVENUE, BLOCK 3576, LOT 9.06; 33 YATES AVE, BLOCK 3598, LOT 37; 20 TREACY AVENUE, BLOCK 2625, LOT 1; 864 SOUTH 14TH STREET, BLOCK 3009, LOT 19; 69-71 VAN NESS PLACE, BLOCK 3033, LOT 48; AND 230 SHERMAN AVENUE, BLOCK 2770, LOT 22. (SOUTH WARD)  Not available
17-0492 17R2-a (s)650 Springfield Ave Urban Renewal LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing () Amending Type of Service: Need for Housing Project Purpose: To determine whether the proposed Project will meet or meets an existing housing need within the City of Newark, New Jersey, pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Law of 1983, as amended (N.J.S.A. 55:14K-1 et seq.), the rules promulgated thereunder at N.J.A.C. 5:80-1 et seq., and all applicable guidelines Entity Name: 650 Springfield Ave Urban Renewal, LLC Entity Address: 61 Deans Lane, Monmouth, New Jersey 08852 Funding Source: New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Agency Program (Low Income Housing Tax Credit) Total Project Cost: $ 16,820,870.00 City Contribution: $500,000.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: Conventional Lender and Deferred Developer Fee/$4,135,345 List of Properties: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 650-656 Springfield Avenue, 708 South 17th Street and 724-726 South 17th Street and 47-55 19th Avenue/ Block 364, Lots 1, 2, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28 and 29 (South Ward)  Not available
17-0463 17R2b(s/as)Resolution: The Lantana Urban Renewal, L.P.ResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: (1)Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds and (2) Execute Grant Agreement for Community and Economic Development Dedicated Trust Fund Purpose: To authorize the execution of an Affordable Housing Agreement and Grant Agreement to The Lantana Urban Renewal, L. P. for the construction of The Lantana Project consisting of a five-story building at 109-119 Broad Street and the rehabilitation of an existing structure at 130 North 11th Street. The Project will include seventy-six (76) residential units, eight (8) of which shall be HOME affordable housing units, on-site parking spaces, laundry facilities and a community room. Entity Name: The Lantana Urban Renewal, L.P. Entity Address: 77 Park Street, Montclair, New Jersey 07042 Grant Amount: $568,000.00 in Federal HOME Program Funds and $182,000.00 from the City of Newark Community and Economic Development Dedicated Trust Fund totaling $750,000.00 Funding Source: Federal HOME and Communit  Not available
17-0465 17R2c(s/as)Resolution: 650 Springfield Avenue Urban Renewal LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: (1) Execute Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds; and (2) Execute Grant Agreement for Community and Economic Development Dedicated Trust Fund Purpose: To authorize the execution of an Affordable Housing Agreement and Grant Agreement for the development of a four (4) story elevator structure that will include fifty-nine (59) units of which fifty-eight (58) are affordable housing units and one (1) unit is for a Resident Manager. The building will consist of six (6) one-bedrooms, thirty-seven (37) two-bedrooms and fifteen (15) three -bedrooms, and one (1) Resident Manager apartment and twenty-eight (28) parking spaces. Five (5) units will be set aside for the homeless. Entity Name: 650 Springfield Ave Urban Renewal LLC Entity Address: 61 Deans Lane, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 08852 Grant Amount: $300,000.00 in Federal HOME Program funds and $200,000.00 from the City of Newark Community and Economic Development Dedicated Trust Fund Fundin  Not available
17-0532 17R2d(s/as)Resolution: Community Asset Prevention CorporationResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To rehabilitate properties as affordable housing for very low-income families (30% AMI) living and attending school in the South Ward. Entity Name: Community Asset Preservation Corporation Entity Address: 421 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Sale Amount: $29,862.00 Cost Basis: (X) $4.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $320,600.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: To be commenced within three (3) months and be completed within twelve (12) months from the transfer of ownership by the City. Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 20 Treacy Avenue/Block 2625/Lot 1/South Ward 742-744 South 10th Street/B  Not available
17-0805 17R2e(s/as)Resolution of Need for CAPC Tax Abatement ApplicationResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing () Amending Type of Service: Need for Housing Project Purpose: To determine whether the proposed Project known as the South Ward Neighborhood Housing Urban Renewal, LP will meet or meets an existing housing need within the City of Newark, New Jersey, pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Law of 1983, as amended (N.J.S.A. 55:14K-1 et seq.), the rules promulgated thereunder at N.J.A.C. 5:80-1 et seq., and all applicable guidelines Entity Name: South Ward Neighborhood Housing Urban Renewal LP Entity Address: 421 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Funding Source: New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Agency Program (Low Income Housing Tax Credit) Total Project Cost: $8,963,684.00 City Contribution: None Other Funding Source/Amount: Conventional construction loan and permanent loan financing. Fee/$8,963,684.00 List of Properties: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 17-19 Seymour Avenue, Block 3660, Lot 15; 105-107 Aldine Street, Block  Not available
17-0807 17R2f(s/as)20 - Day Waiver for CAPC Tax Abatement OrdinanceResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Waiving 20 day period for an Ordinance to take effect Purpose: Tax abatement for South Ward Neighborhood Housing Urban Renewal, LP, c/o Community Asset Preservation Corporation, of 421 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, needs to take immediate effect so that the Applicant can meet the HFMA application deadline of May 2, 2017. Ordinance No(s).: 6PSF-a(S)050217 - This Ordinance grants a Long Term Tax Abatement to South Ward Neighborhood Housing Urban Renewal, LP, c/o Community Asset Preservation Corporation, of 421 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 under the Long Term Tax Exemption Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:20-1 et seq. for a thirty (30) year term for a Project to construct thirty (30) affordable housing units located on fourteen (14) abandoned properties in South Ward’s Clinton Hill Neighborhood consisting of 17-19 Seymour Avenue, Block 2656, Lot 15; 14 Harding Terrace, Block 3660, Lot 15; 105-107 Aldine Street, Block 3051, Lot 14; 40 Rose Terra  Not available