Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Municipal Public Access Planning Grants Program
Total Project Cost: $10,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: Twelve (12) months from the date of acceptance of the grant
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (if applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Chester Avenue to Doremus Avenue
Additional Information:
To ensure the inclusion of public access to, along, and onto the river in all redevelopment projects, the City of Newark will implement the Public Trust Doctrine and prepare a full Municipal Public Access Plan consistent with the Coastal Zone Management Rules with the acceptance of NJDEP MPAP grant.
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Coastal and Land Use Planning, ("NJDEP"), provides small grants through its Municipal Public Access Planning Grant Program on a competitive basis to financially assist municipalities to develop a Municipal Public Access Plan that ensures public access is being provided to tidal waterways in a manner that is consistent with local planning objectives, the Coastal Zone Management ("CZM") rules, and in a way that minimizes a municipalities risk to coastal hazards; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark has a need for said grant funding for its Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan Project; and
WHEREAS, on May 13, 2013, on behalf of City of Newark, the Chief Urban Designer for the City of Newark submitted an application to the NJDEP requesting grant funding in the amount of $15,000.00 from the NJDEP's Municipal Public Access Planning Grant Program for Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan Project; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this application, the City of Newark has been awarded a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the NJDEP's Municipal Public Access Planning Grant Program for Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan Project, for the period of twelve (12) months from the date of acceptance of the grant; and
WHEREAS, The City must execute a grant agreement with the NJDEP in order to obtain the grant award with no City funds required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE NEWARK MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designees, the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and/or the Chief Urban Designer are hereby authorized to submit an application to the NJDEP requesting grant funding in the amount of $15,000.00 from the NJDEP's Municipal Public Access Planning Grant Program for Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan Project with no City funds required (a copy of the application is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this application from the date of application submission to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
3. The grant award in the total amount of $10,000.00 from NJDEP is hereby accepted for the City's Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan Project (a copy of the award letter is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
4. The Mayor and/or his designees, the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and/or the Business Administrator, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute grant documents with the NJDEP to receive and expend the grant award in the total amount of $10,000.00 for the project known as Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan (a copy of the Grant Agreement is attached hereto and made a part hereof).
5. The Grant Agreement between the City of Newark and NJDEP is hereby ratified from the period commencing on the date of acceptance of the grant to the date of adoption of this authorizing resolution.
6. The Mayor and/or his designees, the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and/or the Business Administrator, agrees to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations in its performance of the project.
7. No municipal funds are required for acceptance or receipt of this grant award.
8. The Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development shall file a fully-executed copy of the grant award letter and the Grant Agreement in the Office of City Clerk.
STATEMENT:
This resolution hereby ratifies and authorizes the actions taken by the Chief Urban Designer on behalf of the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development for the City of Newark to submit an application for grant funding from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Coastal and Land Use Planning, ("NJDEP") to fund the project known as Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan, and furthermore, ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designees, the Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and/or the Business Administrator to accept, enter into and execute a Grant Agreement with the NJDEP for grant funds in the amount of $10,000.00 from the NJDEP's Municipal Public Access Planning Grant Program for Newark's River: Municipal Public Access Plan Project for the period of twelve (12) months commencing on the date of acceptance of the grant. No municipal funds are required.