Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Authorizing the City to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Clinton Hill Community Action
Purpose: To fund the development of an action-oriented plan leveraging a identified distressed asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South “Food Desert Community,” to including Clinton Hill Community Action, as a sub-recipient of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”)/2023 Food Security Planning Grant.
Entity Name: Clinton Hill Community Action
Entity Address: 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $124,850.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)
Contract Period: September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor () Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
The Apply and Accept Resolution 7R1-m was adopted on July 19, 2023, in the amount of $124,850.00, which did not include, Clinton Hill Community Action, 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112, as a sub-recipient, although Clinton Hill Community Action had been incorporated into the application for the grant funds.
This grant will fund the development of an action-oriented plan asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South “Food Desert Community”.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1-m, adopted on July 19, 2023, the City of Newark (“City”) was authorized to apply for and accept a grant from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($124,850.00) to fund the development of an action-oriented plan to leverage the property located at 174-178 Hawthorne Avenue and situated in a NJEDA-designated food desert (“identified distressed asset”), which property is to be used as a food cooperative to improve food access and food security for the Newark South “Food Desert Community;” and
WHEREAS, the City, desires to supplement Resolution 7R1-m to acknowledge the incorporation of Clinton Hill Community Action, 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112, into said application and to include Clinton Hill Community Action, as a sub-recipient of the NJEDA/2023 Food Security Planning Grant funds; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the grant agreement entered into by the City and the EDA, the City desires to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (attached hereto) with Clinton Hill Community Action for the development of an action-oriented plan leveraging the identified distressed asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South Food Desert Community in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollar and Zero Cents ($124,850.00).
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 Business Administrator are hereby authorized to enter into and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Clinton Hill Community Action, 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112 in the amount of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollar and Zero Cents ($124,850.00) to fund the development of an action-oriented plan leveraging the identified distressed asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South Food Desert Community.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this MOU from September 30, 2023 to the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
3. Attached hereto is a Certification of Funds from the Chief Financial Officer of the City of Newark stating that sufficient funds are available for the purposes stated in this Resolution.
4. There shall be no advanced payment on this MOU in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:5-16. Total expenditures authorized pursuant to this Resolution shall not exceed One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollar and Zero Cents ($124,850.00).
5. There shall be no amendments of the MOU without the approval of the Municipal Council.
6. The Chief Sustainability Officer shall file in the Office of the City Clerk an executed copy of this MOU and same shall be made available for public inspection.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies, amends and authorizes the actions taken by the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, to enter into and execute an Agreement with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for a grant funds in the amount of $124,850.00, with Clinton Hill Community Action, 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112, sub-recipient, to fund the development of an action-oriented plan leveraging the identified distressed asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South food desert community.