Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of the 2025 Local Recreational Improvement Grant
Purpose: To submit an application and enter into agreements with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources for the 2025 Local Recreational Improvement Grant.
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Entity Address: 101 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0811
Total Grant Amount: $150,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community Resources
Grant Period: July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025, until funds are fully expended
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
The grant funds will be used for the renovation of the inoperable locker rooms and bathrooms at the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center, also known as Ironbound Recreational Center, located at 226 Rome Street in the City’s East Ward.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to apply for and obtain a New Jersey legislative “line item” grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) for approximately One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00), to carry out the “Local Recreational Improvement Grant 2025” project for the renovation of the inoperable locker rooms and bathrooms at the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center, also known as Ironbound Recreational Center, located at 226 Rome Street in the City’s East Ward; and
WHEREAS, on or about January 27, 2025, the Mayor of the City of Newark did cause an application for such grant funds to be submitted to the Department (a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof); and
WHEREAS, the DCA has informed the City that the City’s application has been approved; and
WHEREAS, the DCA requires that the City pass a Resolution authorizing the grant application before a grant agreement can be entered into which would then authorize the release of the grant funds to the City; and
WHEREAS, no municipal funds are required for the receipt or acceptance of the grant award.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council of the City of Newark does hereby authorize the application to the Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) for the Local Recreational Improvement 2025 Grant, requesting grant funding in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00), for the renovation of the inoperable locker rooms and bathrooms at the Ironbound Recreation Center, located at 226 Rome Street in the City of Newark’s East Ward.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this grant application from the date the application was submitted until the date of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The resulting grant award in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00) from the DCA is hereby accepted.
4. The Municipal Council of the City of Newark recognizes and accepts that the Department may offer a lesser or greater amount and therefore, upon receipt of the grant agreement from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, does further authorize the execution of any such grant agreement upon review, approval and signature by the City’s Mayor and the Business Administrator; and also, upon receipt of the fully executed agreement from the DCA, does further authorize the acceptance of the grant funds and the expenditure of the funds pursuant to the terms of the agreement between the City of Newark and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
4. Be it further resolved that the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator and/or his designee, are authorized to sign the application, and any other documents necessary in connection therewith.
5. The Mayor shall file fully executed copies of the grant application and grant agreement in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the application for, and acceptance of $150,000.00 in New Jersey legislative “line item” grant funds, from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to carry out the “Local Recreational Improvement Grant 2025” project for approximately $150,000.00 to carry out the “Local Recreational Improvement Grant 2025” project for the renovation of the inoperable locker rooms and bathrooms at the Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson Recreation Center, also known as Ironbound Recreational Center, located at 226 Rome Street, in the City of Newark’s East Ward. No municipal funds are required for the acceptance or receipt of the grant funds.