Patrick O. Council
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- Meetings spoken in
- 11
- Total speaking time
- 1:20:23
- Avg per meeting
- 7:18
- Segments
- 831
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Top issues during term (20)(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.
Newark Housing Authority state takeover
City Property Sales for Housing and Port-Related Development
$4.7 million in sale proceeds to the city.
Sale of city land for new University High School
The city would convey land at nominal consideration, giving up any sale proceeds to enable the school project.
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.
Affordable housing monitoring and staffing
Additional staffing may be requested in the next budget.
East Ward three-family near Astor Street fire property
25-year tax abatement for 722-728 Clinton Avenue mixed-use project
Standard property tax revenue would be deferred for 25 years under the proposed abatement.
25-year tax abatement for MLK Blvd housing
The developer pays reduced taxes for 25 years in exchange for building 42 units, 9 of them affordable.
Rental broker fees
Removes upfront broker fees that can cost renters thousands of dollars at lease signing.
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.
Georgia King Village living conditions
The city has spent money on heaters and repeated responses that it may now seek to recover from the landlord under the new cost-recovery ordinance.
Essex Plaza senior housing conditions
A mural MOU with the property owner is on hold.
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.
Decisions during term (31)
Recorded while Council was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Deferrals of multiple 7 R 2 private sale/redevelopment items
Ordinance 26-0974: Deed restriction on city property sold for redevelopment
Resolution 7R2-d: Deferred — GonSosa Development LLC, 372-378 15th Avenue
Dept/ Agency: Administration / Office of the Business Administrator Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funding Purpose: To Perform Impervious Area Data Development Services
Ordinance 26-1035 — Sale and transfer of City properties for redevelopment
7R2-g — Sale to GonSosa Development LLC, 372-378 15th Avenue ($220,500) — deferred
Private sale and redevelopment agreements (7R2A–K)
7R2-p — Private sale to GonSosa Development LLC, 372-378 15th Avenue — DEFERRED
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
Voting record (10)(Development)
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