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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amending Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Amending Resolution 7R5-s, adopted on June 7, 2023
Entity Name: State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services
Entity Address: 101 South Broad Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024
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:
Resolution 7R5-s, adopted on June 7, 2023, accepted a grant award in the amount of $418,900.00, for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has extended the grant period through December 31, 2024.
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WHEREAS, effective July 22, 2022, the Legislature enacted P.L. 2021, c. 182, “An Act concerning certain lead-based paint hazard, and residential rental property, and establishing lead-based paint hazard programs, supplementing P.L. 2003, c. 311 (C. 52:27D-437.1 et al.) amending various parts of the statutory law, and making an appropriation”; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-437.16(b)(1), a municipality that maintains a permanent local agency for the purpose of conducting inspections and enforcing laws, ordinances, and regulations concerning buildings and structures, is required to inspect for lead-based paint hazards in certain specified single-family, two-family, and multiple rental dwellings, at the time periods set forth in the statute; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Local Government Services (“DLGS”) within the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) administers the Lead Grant Assistance Program (“LGAP”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R5-s, adopted on June 7, 2023, the City of Newark (the “City”) executed and entered into an agreement with the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services (“DCA”), 101 South Broad Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, for a grant award in the amount of Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($418,900.00), for the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, to assist the City with the cost of certain Lead Inspections; and
WHEREAS, on July 8, 2024, the DCA amended the award providing a no cost extension, extending the grant period until December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the City’s Department of Health and Community Wellness desires to execute a no cost extension of the grant award which shall modify the end of the grant period from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024.
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 (“City”), and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to execute a no cost extension to the Lead Grant Assistance Program (“LGAP”) Agreement, attached hereto, from the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services (“DCA”), 101 South Broad Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, extending the period of the grant award from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024, for the purpose of assisting the City with the cost of certain Lead Inspections.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this grant extension to the date of January 5, 2024 from the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The Mayor , and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to expend the amount of the grant award from the DCA for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, a copy of the Agreement is attached and made a part hereto.
4. The Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness shall file a fully executed copy of the grant modification in the Office of the City Clerk.
5. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement remain the same.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the actions taken by the Mayor of the City of Newark, and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, to enter into and execute a no cost extension, extending the Lead Grant Assistant Program grant from the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 to January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, from the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, to provide required inspections for certain single-family, two-family, and multiple rental dwellings units for lead - based paint hazards, pursuant to P.L. 2021, c.182. No Municipal funds are required for receipt of acceptance of the award.