File #: 24-0292    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Civil Settlement - Center City Apartments Associates Urban Renewal, LLC
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 2/28/2024 In control: Law
On agenda: 3/20/2024 Final action: 3/20/2024
Title: Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation Docket No.: ESX-L-4655-23 Claimant: Center City Apartments Associates Urban Renewal, LLC, 691 Elizabeth Avenue, #2, Newark, New Jersey 07112 Claimant's Attorney: Zipp and Tannenbaum, LLC, 280 Raritan Center Parkway, Edison, New Jersey 08837 Settlement Amount: $0.00 Funding Source: Not Applicable Additional Information: The Settlement will provide for an adjustment to the billing of Payments in Lieu of Taxes of Claimant, pursuant to an existing Financial Agreement between the Plaintiff and the City of Newark.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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Dept/ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: ESX-L-4655-23
Claimant: Center City Apartments Associates Urban Renewal, LLC, 691 Elizabeth Avenue, #2, Newark, New Jersey 07112
Claimant's Attorney: Zipp and Tannenbaum, LLC, 280 Raritan Center Parkway, Edison, New Jersey 08837
Settlement Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: Not Applicable
Additional Information:
The Settlement will provide for an adjustment to the billing of Payments in Lieu of Taxes of Claimant, pursuant to an existing Financial Agreement between the Plaintiff and the City of Newark.
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WHEREAS, Claimant/Plaintiff, Center City Apartments Associates Urban Renewal, LLC initiated a suit in the Essex County Superior Court, captioned Center City Apartments Associates Urban Renewal, LLC v. City of Newark, Docket #ESX-L-4655-23, in which the Plaintiff sought declaratory relief and damages for claims related to alleged breach of contract and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, as a result of alleged actions of the City of Newark (the "City"); and

WHEREAS, a Settlement has been negotiated to resolve these claims in their entirety for no monetary consideration and an adjustment to the Plaintiff's tax account for billing of Payments in Lieu of Taxes, pursuant to an existing Financial Agreement between the Plaintiff and the City; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation Counsel, based upon all facts and circumstances surrounding the matter, deems it is in the best interest of the City to resolve this matter by execution of a Settlement Agreement and Release.

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

1. The City's Corporation Counsel is hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to enter into, accept the terms and execute the Settlement Agreement and Release, attached hereto.

2. The City's Corporation Counsel ...

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