Carlos M. Gonzalez
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 6
- Total speaking time
- 26:44
- Avg per meeting
- 4:27
- Segments
- 315
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Top issues during term (18)(Development)
Affordable housing financial agreement transfers (Tethys entities)
Delays transfer of financial obligations for 120 affordable units; no city appropriation.
Illegal Conversions and UCC Follow-Up
The city loses permit and tax revenue when work is done illegally.
City Property Sales for Housing and Port-Related Development
$4.7 million in sale proceeds to the city.
Selling city land below assessed value for affordable housing
Sales ranging from about $43,680 to $220,500 per parcel under the city's minimum price ordinance.
Central Ward affordable housing developer engagement
Federal HOME funds subsidize six units of the 19-unit Ryzen Plains development; other projects rely on city land sales and tax abatements.
Reimagined Kawa Ida Towers affordable housing
An $8 million federal Community Project Funding grant toward a $23,046,833 total project cost.
Accessory dwelling unit funding program
Funded by federal PRO Housing grant funds; no city cost stated.
25-Year Tax Abatement for Bergen Street Mixed-Use Project
Property taxes on the site will be abated for 25 years in exchange for the new construction and affordable units.
35-Year Tax Abatement for 196-Unit Affordable Housing Project at 10 Park Place
The city forgoes property tax on these parcels for 35 years in exchange for 196 affordable apartments.
Resale of city-sold properties without development
The city loses value when discounted land is flipped for profit instead of developed.
Essex Reservoir site affordable homeownership
Units are expected to be priced under $200,000, dependent on subsidies and grants the Urban League still must secure.
Sale of city-owned Bergen Street parcel for redevelopment
The city receives $316,800 from the sale.
Redevelopment studies on Jefferson Street and Herbert Place
Cathedral Park tax abatement extension to 2043
Property tax revenue on Block 491, Lot 54 is deferred under the abatement through 2043.
$8 million grant for Halsey Street redevelopment
$8 million in federal funding toward a $23 million project.
Commercial space in new developments for community groups
Could offset nonprofit overhead costs using space developers already provide in abatement deals.
Affordable housing sale at 200 Ridge Street sent back
The city would have received $28,700 for the property; the sale is on hold.
Mt. Prospect Avenue affordable housing project timeline
Extends the tax abatement's life, delaying full tax payments on the property.
Decisions during term (23)
Recorded while Gonzalez was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Alternative security compliance for redevelopment projects (Ord. 26-0721)
Private sale/redevelopment, 787 South 15th Street — deferred (7R2-a)
Private sale/redevelopment, 369-371 Peshine Avenue — deferred (7R2-e)
Dept/ Agency: Administration / Office of the Business Administrator - Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds - Acceptance of grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Upgrade and…
Dept./Agency: Economic and Housing Development - Assignment and Assumption Agreement / Transfer of Affordable Housing Obligations - transfer of property located at 129-131 Seymour Avenue
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development - Need for Housing Project - To determine whether the proposed Project will meet(s) an existing housing need within the City of Newark
Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development - Resolution of Support - To provide Municipal Council support, for the submission of an application, for tax credits sought by Developer, under the NJ Aspire Tax Credit Program
Essex Reservoir Redevelopment Agreement (26-0749)
Deferred private-sale redevelopment package (7R2A-B)
Resolution 26-0556 — 452-458 Summer Avenue declared in need of redevelopment
Resolution 26-0622 — Redevelopment study expanded to 55 Hinsdale Place
Deferral of 7R-2A private sale redevelopment
Deferral of 7R2B (two-family Section 8 home redevelopment agreement)
7R2-a — Pichardo Development LLC affordable housing sale, 62-66 Lincoln Avenue
7R2-f — Referral of Third Amendment to West Ward Model Neighborhood Initiative Redevelopment Plan
7R2-k — Estoppel Certificate for 1007-1009 Broad development
Defer Pichardo Development land sale (7R2-a)
Deferral of private-sale redevelopment items 7R2 D, E and F
7R2-e(as) — Redevelopment investigation, 153-155 Emmet Street
Redevelopment investigation — 48-50 Jefferson Street (7R2-l)
Voting record (7)(Development)
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