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Resolution14-1894Filed

Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Amending Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: First Amendment to Redevelopment Agreement to extend the Due Diligence Period, address the Environmental Conditions discovered to date, and permit the expeditious redevelopment of the Property, or portions thereof, while the Environmental Conditions are being addressed and effectuate certain business terms and conditions related to the filing of applications for HDSRF Grants from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Entity Name: The Friends of TEAM Academy Charter School and Ashland School Inc. Entity Address: 60 Park Place, Suite 802, Newark, New jersey 07102 Sale Amount: Two Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and 88/100 Cents ($261,576.88) Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF ( ) Negotiated (X) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $ N/A Appraised Amount: $ N/A Contract Period: Due Diligence Period runs from November 18, 2013 to March 18, 2016 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) City of Newark as Block 317, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 15, 56, and 58, and Block 2853, Lots 19, 21, 23, 28, 29 and 30 424-430 S. Orange Avenue/317/1, 2, 3, 4/West Ward 418-422 S. Orange Avenue/317/5, 6, 7/West Ward 406-408 S. Orange Avenue/317/13/West Ward 9 Ashland Street/317/15/West Ward 410-414 S. Fourteenth Street/317/56/West Ward 416-422 S. Fourteenth Street/317/58/West Ward 18 Newark Street/2853/19/Central Ward 16 Newark Street/2853/21/Central Ward 14 Newark Street/2853/23/Central Ward Additional Information: This resolution authorizes an amendment to the Redevelopment Agreement with The Friends of TEAM Academy Charter School and Ashland School Inc. (collectively, the Redeveloper), authorized by Resolution 7R3-n 090513, to extend the Due Diligence Period authorized by the Redevelopment Agreement to a date that is no later than March 18, 2016 in order to give the Redeveloper sufficient time to address the Environmental Conditions discovered to date, and permit the expeditious redevelopment of the Property, or portions thereof, while the Environmental Conditions are being addressed. This resolution also authorizes the amendment of the Redevelopment Agreement to remove the following properties from the proposed sale to the Redeveloper at the request of the City: (i) 268 Orange Street (Block 2853, Lot 28); and (ii) 266 Orange Street (Block 2853, Lot 29); and (iii) 262-264 Orange Street (Block 2853, Lot 30) (collectively, the “Orange Street Lots”).

Progress

Introduced

Nov 6, 2014

In Committee

Nov 17, 2014

Passed

Nov 17, 2014

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Enacted