City of Newark  
City Hall  
920 Broad Street  
Newark, New Jersey 07102  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
SPECIAL MEETING  
Tuesday, December 10, 2024  
10:00 AM  
Council Chamber  
Municipal Council  
Council Member Patrick O. Council  
Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez  
Council Member Dupré L. Kelly  
Council Member Luis A. Quintana  
Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr.  
Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree  
Council Member Michael J. Silva  
President C. Lawrence Crump  
Kecia Daniels, City Clerk Abraham Negron, Deputy City Clerk  
CALL TO ORDER  
Regular meeting of the Municipal Council was called to order on the above  
date in the Council Chamber, Second Floor, City Hall, Newark, New Jersey, at  
10:01 A.M.  
STATEMENT ON OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT  
In accordance with New Jersey P.I. 1975, Chapter 231, Section 5, adequate  
notice of this meeting has been provided to the Star Ledger, the Jersey  
Journal and the public at large; establishing the date, time and location of this  
meeting, by posting on the designated bulletin board in City Hall and by filing  
with the Office of the City Clerk, the schedule of regular meetings and  
conferences of the Newark Municipal Council as adopted as 7R8-a on  
December 6, 2023. In addition, the agenda for this meeting was disseminated  
on December 6, 2024 at the time of preparation and posted on the website of  
the City of Newark.  
ROLL CALL  
5 -  
Present:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Michael J. Silva,  
and C. Lawrence Crump  
3 - Dupré L. Kelly, Anibal Ramos Jr., and Louise Scott-Rountree  
Absent:  
Motion to Enter Executive Session  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to enter Executive Session at  
10:02 A.M. The motion was adopted by the following votes:  
5 -  
Yes:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Michael J. Silva,  
and C. Lawrence Crump  
3 - Dupré L. Kelly, Anibal Ramos Jr., and Louise Scott-Rountree  
Absent:  
Executive Session ended at 10:56 A.M.  
Ramos arrived at 10:59 A.M.  
Scott-Rountree arrived at 10:59 A.M.  
7 -  
Present:  
Absent:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos  
Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
AGENDA RESOLUTION CODES PER DEPARTMENT  
1
Administration  
2
Economic and Housing Development  
Engineering  
3
4
Finance  
5
Health and Community Wellness  
Law  
6
7
Mayor's Office  
8
Municipal Council and City Clerk  
Public Safety  
9
10  
11  
12  
Public Works  
Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services  
Water Sewer Utility  
7.  
RESOLUTIONS  
7R2  
Economic and Housing Development  
7R2-a(s) 24-1061  
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development  
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending  
Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment  
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement for the Sale and  
Redevelopment of Land to Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc., to  
change the Entity Name, amend the scope of the Project, correct the  
assessed amount, and correct the sale amount.  
Entity Name: LPCCD Development, LLC  
Entity Address: 450 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102  
Sale Amount: $148,579.68  
Cost Basis: (X) $6.00PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other:  
Assessed Amount: $417,000.00  
Appraised Amount: $0.00  
Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be  
completed within eighteen (18) 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)  
11-15 Emmet Street/Block 2804/Lots 15, 16, 17/South Ward  
68 Sherman Avenue/Block 2809/Lot 8/South Ward  
26 Thomas Street/Block 2821/Lot 6/East Ward  
54 Pennsylvania Avenue/Block 2821/Lot 11/East Ward  
34-36 Parkhurst Street/Block 2821/Lot 13/East Ward  
26 Parkhurst Street/Block 2821/Lot 18/East Ward  
28 Parkhurst Street/Block 2821/Lot 17/East Ward  
1109 Broad Street/Block 2822/Lot 34/East Ward  
Additional Information:  
Resolution 7R2-b adopted on September 8, 2022, authorized the Private  
Sale/Redevelopment pursuant to the Agreement for the Sale and  
Redevelopment of Land.  
This Resolution authorizes a First Amendment to the Agreement for the Sale  
and Redevelopment of Land to change the Entity Name, amend the scope of  
the Project, correct the assessed amount, and correct the sale amount.  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adopt. The motion was  
adopted by the following votes:  
7 -  
Yes:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos  
Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
Absent:  
7R2-b(s) 24-1488  
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development  
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending  
Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment  
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement for the Sale and  
Redevelopment of Land, to Rising Plains 570 LLC, to amend the Scope  
of the Project  
Entity Name: Rising Plains 570 LLC  
Entity Address: 1515 Morris Place, Hillside, New Jersey 07205-0720  
Sale Amount: $115,206.84  
Cost Basis: (X) $7.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other:  
Assessed Amount: $328,200.00  
Appraised Amount: $0.00  
Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be  
completed within eighteen (18) 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)  
497-499 Bergen Street/Block 2611/Lots 29, 30 and 36/Central Ward  
509-513 Bergen Street/Block 2611/Lot 32/Central Ward  
507 Bergen Street/Block 2611/Lot 33/Central Ward  
215 Rose Street/Block 2611/Lot 38/Central Ward  
Additional Information:  
Resolution 7R2-a, adopted on February 7, 2024, authorized the Private  
Sale/Redevelopment, pursuant to the Agreement for the Sale and  
Redevelopment of Land.  
This Resolution authorizes a First Amendment to the Agreement for the  
Sale and Redevelopment of Land, to amend the Scope of the Project.  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adopt. The motion Failed  
by the following votes:  
3 - Patrick O. Council, Louise Scott-Rountree, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
Yes:  
Absent:  
Abstain:  
4 -  
Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos Jr., and Michael J.  
Silva  
7R2-c(s) 24-1521  
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Department  
Action: ( ) Ratifying ( x ) Authorizing ( x ) Amending  
Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment  
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement for the Sale and  
Redevelopment of Land Between the City of Newark and Inner City  
Development Group, LLC  
Entity Name: Inner City Development Group, LLC  
Entity Address: 216 Goldsmith Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07112  
Contract Amount: $55,080.00  
Funding Source: Inner City Development Group, LLC]  
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)  
146-148 Fabyan Place/Block 3083/Lot 19/South Ward  
150-152 Fabyan Place/Block 3083/Lot 20/South Ward  
Resolution 7R2-b, adopted on October 21, 2020, authorized the Private  
Sale/Redevelopment, pursuant to the Agreement for the Sale and  
Redevelopment of Land  
Allison Ladd, Director Department of Economic and Housing Development  
commented.  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adopt. The motion was  
adopted by the following votes:  
7 -  
Yes:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos  
Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
Absent:  
7R2-d(s) 24-1614  
Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development  
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending  
Type of Service: Subordination Agreement/Reverter  
Purpose: Resolution of the City of Newark, in the County of Essex, State  
of New Jersey authorizing the execution of an Agreement to subordinate  
the city’s rights of reverter by entering into a subordination agreement with  
Merchants Bank of Indiana as lender and NMA Owners Urban Renewal  
LLC as borrower in order to permit financing necessary for the  
redevelopment of an affordable rental or for-sale housing project.  
Entity Name: NMA Owners Urban Renewal LLC  
Entity Address:  
10016  
2 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, New York  
Sale Amount: $0.00  
Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF ( ) Negotiated (X) N/A ( ) Other:  
Assessed Amount: $0.00  
Appraised Amount: $0.00  
Contract Period: Not Applicable  
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS  
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ  
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a  
List of Property:  
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)  
47-55 Washington Street/Block 34/Lots 9, 10, 11:35, 12 and 30/Central  
Ward  
65 Central Street/Block 35/Lot 29/Central Ward  
Additional Information:  
Ordinance 6PSF-d(s) adopted on August 30, 2022, authorized the  
Sale/Redevelopment Agreement.  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adopt. The motion was  
adopted by the following votes:  
7 -  
Yes:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos  
Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
Absent:  
ADDED STARTERS  
COMMUNICATIONS  
8.  
8-a(s/as) 24-1669  
AN  
ORDINANCE  
AMENDING  
TITLE  
10,  
FINANCE  
AND  
TAXATION, CHAPTER 32, SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS,  
OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF  
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED,  
BY AMENDING 10:32-3.6, 10:32-3.11, 10:32-5.1, 10:32-5.2(C)-(F),  
10:32-5.5(A),  
REPORTING  
10:32-5.5(C)-(D),  
REQUIREMENTS  
AND  
AND  
10:32-5.7(E)  
CLARIFYING  
A DISTRICT  
DESIGNATING  
MANAGEMENT  
CORPORATION,  
10:32-5.9 TRIENNIAL  
ESTABLISHING BOARD  
STRIKING  
10:32-5.6 HIRING  
PRACTICES  
10:32-3.XX  
AND  
REVIEW,  
OF  
AND  
ADDING  
AND  
A
TRUSTEES  
10:32-5.XX ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  
Public Hearing will be January 8, 2025.  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Advance and Adopt on First  
Reading as 6F-a (s/as). The motion was adopted by the following votes:  
7 -  
Yes:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos  
Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
Absent:  
PUBLIC COMMENTS  
City Clerk Kecia Daniels announced the 30 Minute Public Comment portion of  
this meeting where each speaker has three minutes to address the Council.  
Comments were made by Munirah El-Bomani, Jule Baskerville, George  
Tillman, Jr., Deshawn Ross, Delois Black, Debra Salters and Ines from Rising  
Plains.  
ADJOURNMENT  
A motion was made by the Council of the Whole to Adjourn the meeting at  
11:29 A.M. The motion was adopted by the following votes:  
7 -  
Yes:  
Patrick O. Council, Carlos M. Gonzalez, Luis A. Quintana, Anibal Ramos  
Jr., Louise Scott-Rountree, Michael J. Silva, and C. Lawrence Crump  
1 - Dupré L. Kelly  
Absent:  
________________________________________  
C. LAWRENCE CRUMP  
PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL  
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY  
________________________________________  
KECIA DANIELS  
CITY CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL  
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY