Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Intergovernmental Agreement
Purpose: To provide a Temporary Construction Easement Agreement for the State construction project Route 23 High Crest Drive to Macopin River (Parcel E54)
Entity Name: State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton New Jersey 08625-0600
Contract Amount: $1,000.00 for a six-month time period, $83.00 per month thereafter
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Contract Period: Six (6) Months from the date of Notice from the State’s Resident Engineer
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
Temporary Construction Easement Agreement for city-owned property located at Route 23 North & Germantown Road, West Milford Township, New Jersey (Block 13501, Lot 6)
No municipal funds are required or will be expended under this Agreement.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark, 920 Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey 07102 (the “City”) owns property located at Route 23 North & Germantown Road, West Milford Township, New Jersey, designated as Block 13501, Lot 6; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (“State” or “NJDOT”) intends to construct subsurface drains at Route 23 Northbound & Germantown Road located in West Milford Township located in Passaic County (Hereinafter called the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, in the attached NJDOT project documents the State identified and refers to the property as Route 23, Section 4, Parcel E54 (“the City’s property”); and
WHEREAS, the Project requires a Temporary Construction Easement Agreement for the City’s property; and
WHEREAS, the State will compensate the City the amount of One Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,000.00) for use of the identified property; and
WHEREAS, the State and City desire to enter into and execute a Temporary Construction Easement Agreement for access to the City property described in the Schedule A and depicted in the Exhibition B Map (hereto attached).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, are authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to enter into a Temporary Construction Easement Agreement and such other necessary documents that may be required that may be required with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for the State construction project on Route 23 High Crest Drive to Macopin River (to construct subsurface drains) and a property located at Route 23 North & Germantown Road, Section 4, Parcel E54, West Milford Township, New Jersey, Block 13501, Lot 6, for a compensation amount of One Thousand Dollars and zero cents ($1,000.00), for a temporary construction easement period of six (6) months from the date of Notice from the State’s Resident Engineer. Work beyond six months, is compensated semi-annually at rate of $83.00 per month.
2. The reimbursement from the State shall be deposited in the Department of Water and Sewer Account No. NW038 800 8003 52630 B2025.
3. The Director of Water and Sewer Utilities shall file a fully executed copy of the Agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
4. No Changes shall be made to the terms and conditions of this Agreement without prior Municipal Council approval.
5. No municipal funds are required or will be spent under this Agreement or for this State Project.
STATEMENT
The Resolution authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, to enter into a temporary Construction Easement Agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation to construct subsurface drains at Routh 23 Northbound & Germantown Road located in West Milford Township.