[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange 11-5-69 by Ord. No. 129-69.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
A community center, to be known as "Friendship House," is hereby
established within the city.
The purposes and functions of the community center will be to
promote the general welfare of all the citizens of the city by providing
health, recreation, educational and counseling facilities.
[Amended 7-20-71 by Ord. No. 40-71]
A.
Membership. The community center shall be governed by a nonprofit
corporation, formed under Title 15 of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated,
to be known as the "Friendship House Community Center of Orange."
The Board of Trustees of said corporation shall have as members the
Director of Recreation of the City of Orange, the Superintendent of
the Board of Education of the City of Orange, a member of the Chamber
of Commerce of the City of Orange, to be designated by said Chamber
of Commerce, and nine (9) other members, who shall be appointed by
the Mayor of the City of Orange.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]
B.
The terms of said nine (9) appointed members shall be as follows:
Three (3) shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year; three (3)
shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years; and three (3) shall
be appointed for a term of three (3) years. After the first nine (9)
members are appointed under this section, all following appointments
shall be for a term of three (3) years.
[Amended 7-20-71 by Ord. No. 40-71; 5-18-1982 by Ord. No.
16-82]
The Trustees of said corporation will, at the end of each calendar
year, submit to the Mayor a report of all activities carried on by
the community center, and said report shall also contain the program
planned for the next ensuing year.
[Amended 7-20-71 by Ord. No. 40-71; 5-18-1982 by Ord. No.
16-82]
During the month of October, the community center shall submit
to the Mayor requests for appropriations for the ensuing budget year.
[Amended 7-20-71 by Ord. No. 40-71]
All disbursements of moneys to said corporation shall be made
in accordance with Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes Annotated.
All moneys paid over to the Friendship House Community Center of Orange
shall be used only for the purposes expressed in the appropriation
or appropriations. These moneys shall not be intermingled with any
other moneys of said corporation.
A.
All money received from the State Highway Department for the taking
of the property at 141 Parrow Street, the site of the present Friendship
House, will be placed in a separate fund, as provided by N.J.S.A.
40A:4-63, to be known as the "Friendship House Land Acquisition and
Building Fund." Such funds will be used for the cost of acquiring
a new site and the costs of constructing the new Friendship House
thereon.
B.
Immediately upon passage of this chapter, the Planning Consultant
of the city shall undertake a study of feasible sites for the new
Friendship House. He shall report to the City Council, not later than
June 15, 1965, his recommendations of proposed sites, for the new
Friendship House. The site will be selected only after approval of
the City Council. When such site is agreed upon by the Council, then
the city shall enter into negotiations through its proper agents to
purchase such site. If such site cannot be purchased, then the City
Attorney will be directed to commence condemnation proceedings in
accordance with the laws of the state. Negotiations for acquisition
of the site will commence when the city receives a tentative date
of the taking of the present site at 141 Parrow Street by the State
Highway Department.
C.
Title to any real property and all structures to be erected thereon
will be in the city.
D.
Funds for the acquisition of the new site and the construction of
the structures thereon will come first from the Friendship House Land
Acquisition and Building Fund, second from a general appropriation,
and third from an emergency appropriation set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:4-46
et seq. As an alternative, the city may proceed under N.J.S.A. 40A:2-2
et seq., if all requirements thereunder are met. In any event, all
money in the Friendship House Land Acquisition and Building Fund shall
be first applied to the costs of acquisition and construction.
E.
An architect will be hired by the city, and plans and specifications
will be submitted as soon as practicable after the selection of the
proposed site as set forth above. His compensation will be approved
by resolution of the City Council, and he will be paid out of the
money in the Friendship House Land Acquisition and Building Fund.
