TAKE NOTICE on January 11, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Council Chamber at City Hall, 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey, the Central Planning Board of the City of Newark shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of hearing persons who are interested in or would be affected by a recommendation to the governing body that the area described below and set forth in the Planning Board’s preliminary investigation and report, or any part thereof, be determined, or not be determined, to be an “area in need of redevelopment” according to the criteria set forth in section 5 of P.L. 1992 c.79 (N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5) and to hear objections to and evidence in support of a determination that the area described below is and shall be determined to be an “area in need of redevelopment.” Determination of whether or not the below described area, or any part thereof, will be recommended to the governing body to be an “area in need of redevelopment” shall be made by Resolution at the conclusion of the public hearings.

The hearing scheduled for January 11, 2016 is the first step in a multi-step process in determining whether the area should be designated as an area in need of redevelopment. After consideration by the Planning Board, a recommendation will be made to the governing body on this issue. In the event that at the conclusion of the process some or all of the area is determined by the governing body to be an area in need of redevelopment, such a determination may have an impact on the ownership of property so designated. In particular, a determination that property is designated as an area in need of redevelopment would operate as a finding of public purpose and would allow the City of Newark to acquire the property in the area by condemnation (against the owner’s will) for redevelopment purposes.

The Central Planning Board was directed by the Municipal Council, pursuant to Resolution 7R3-B(s) (adopted January 13, 2015, to conduct a preliminary investigation in order to investigate the area listed within the chart below and generally described as the West Ward Area 1 Study Area (the “Study Area”) to determine if the Study Area should be determined to be an area in need of redevelopment under the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1, et seq. (the “LRHL”). The following properties are included within the Study Area presently being investigated: