Council approves emergency resolution to appropriate land needed for Riverside Drive bridge replacement
Summary
Resolution 25‑50, passed 9–0, declares the city’s intent to appropriate a small parcel to allow replacement of a deficient bridge on Riverside Drive over Long Pond Run that provides access to the Owens Corning plant; council said the owner is deceased and the appropriation is a formality to move the project forward.
Newark City Council adopted Resolution 25‑50 by a unanimous roll call to declare the city’s intent to appropriate a small parcel of real estate necessary to replace a deficient bridge on Riverside Drive over Long Pond Run.
Councilmember Raff introduced the emergency resolution and told council the parcel is a “very small piece of land that is being, obstructed to the completion of the bridge project.” He said the owner is deceased and the resolution is a formality to allow the project to proceed and to authorize the mayor to provide notice to the owner’s interest as required by law.
Nut graf: The resolution addresses a bridge that provides access to the Owens Corning manufacturing plant in Newark and authorizes the city to give required notices and take steps needed to proceed with the bridge replacement as an emergency measure.
The clerk recorded a unanimous 9–0 vote adopting Resolution 25‑50. The ordinance’s public text as read into the record included a description tying the land to Out Lot 5 on the plat and cited recorded deed information (volume and page) for the prior conveyance; the transcript does not state the amount of any acquisition payment or a construction timeline.
Council did not record additional debate, condition, or amendments to the emergency declaration during the meeting.
