Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to Provide Legal Services as Redevelopment and Land Use Counsel
Entity Name: Maraziti Falcon, LLP
Entity Address: 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078
Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $450,000.00
Funding Source: 2017 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development
Contract Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Resolution 7R2-b (s) adopted on January 24, 2017, awarded the contract in the amount of $350,000.00.
First Amendment increases the contract amount by $100,000.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $450,000.00.
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WHEREAS, Legal Services are Professional Services and are exempt from the requirements for public bidding pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, more specifically, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i); and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council of the City of Newark, by Resolution 7R2-b (S), adopted on January 24, 2017, awarded a contract to Maraziti Falcon, LLP, 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078, to serve as Redevelopment and Land Use Counsel for matters that are currently being handled by the Firm ,and any new matters that may arise during the contract term, in an amount not to exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($350,000.00) for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the contract was awarded in compliance with Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i);, and through the fair and open process of State Pay-to-Play, and in compliance with the City Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance 2:4-22c; and
WHEREAS, Maraziti Falcon, LLP, continues to vigorously represent the City of Newark in several cases in which bills will be submitted for the remainder of the contract year; and
WHEREAS, the outstanding legal bills for 2017 and pending legal matters require an increase in the total contract amount; and
WHEREAS, Maraziti Falcon, LLP, represents that an additional One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), is necessary for the firm to continue to provide legal services through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the requested increase in the total contract amount is deemed reasonable and necessary to pay the outstanding and anticipated legal bills through December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the increase of an additional One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00) brings the total contract to an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($450,000.00), for January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, Acting Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development, are hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the City of Newark to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement with Maraziti Falcon, LLP, 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078, to continue providing the contracted Redevelopment and Land Use legal services for an additional One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for a total contract amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($450,000.00), for the term of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, for ongoing cases and new matters that may arise during the term of the contract.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies this First Amendment from January 1, 2017 to the date of the adoption of this resolution.
3. All other terms and conditions of the contract shall remain the same.
4. This First Amendment to the Agreement to provide Legal Services is made in accordance with the professional services exception to public bidding in the Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i)), and Fair and Open Procedures of the State Pay-to-Play Law (N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5) and is in compliance with the Contractor Pay-to-Play Reform Ordinance, 2:4-22C.
5. Attached is a full Certification of Funds from the Director of Finance stating that there are available, sufficient, legally appropriated funds in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00), for the purposes set forth herein and the line appropriations which shall be charged are as follows:
Bus. Unit Dept. ID Div/Proj. Acct.# Bud. Ref.
NW026 BS 32100 B2017
6. A copy of the executed First Amendment to the Agreement to provide Legal Services herein authorized shall be filed in the Office of the City Clerk by the Acting Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and shall be made available for public inspection.
7. A notice of this action shall be published in the newspaper authorized by law to publish a legal advertisement and as required by law within ten (10) days of the adoption of this resolution.
STATEMENT
This resolution hereby ratifies, amends and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Acting Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development, to enter into and execute a First Amendment with Maraziti Falcon, LLP, 150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078, to provide legal services for Redevelopment and Land Use for an additional One Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($100,000.00), for a total contract amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($450,000.00), for the period of January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, for ongoing cases and new matters that may arise during the term of the contract).