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Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Execute Notice in Lieu of Deed Notice ("NILDN")
Purpose: Authorizing the execution and recordation of NILDN in connection with certain remediation conducted by PSE&G in furtherance of the development of the McCarter Switching Station.
Location of Property: The Property is comprised of a City-owned sidewalk abutting Littleton Avenue and a portion of Littleton Avenue; approximately 130 feet long by 26 feet wide (0.08 acres), as more specifically described in Exhibit A, attached
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Not Applicable
Additional Information:
The Property abuts Block 1830, Lots 1.01 and 10.01 on the Official Tax Map of the City of Newark.
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WHEREAS, Public Service Electric and Gas Company ("PSE&G") proposed the construction of a switching station on property identified on the tax map of the City of Newark (the "City") as Block 1830, portions of Lots formerly identified as 10 and 1, now identified as Lots 10.01 and 1.01, more commonly known as 29-53 Eleventh Avenue and 13-45 Littleton Avenue (the "PSEG Property"); and
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2014, PSE&G filed an appeal petition entitled "In the Matter of the Petition of Public Service Electric and Gas Company Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-19 from a Decision of the City of Newark Zoning Board of Adjustment Denying an Application for Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval and Variances Necessary for the Construction of A 230/26/13kV Switching Station (the "McCarter Switching Station"), with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (the "BPU") to appeal the Zoning Board's denial of the Application (the "Litigation"); and
WHEREAS, the BPU Litigation was resolved by a Settlement Agreement by and among the City, the Urban League of Essex County, the Fairmount Heights Neighborhood Association, and PSE&G which was approved by Administrati...
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