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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To accept funds from the Lead Grant Assistance Program to help off-set the costs to City of Newark to provide required Lead Inspections.
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: $418,900.00
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, 2023
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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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, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-437.16(b)(2), a municipality that does not maintain such a permanent local agency must hire a lead evaluation contractor, certified to provide lead paint inspection services by State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) or enter a shared services agreement as permitted by law, for the purpose of conducting the inspections for lead-based paint hazards; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9 of P.L. 2021, c. 182, the State of New Jersey has allocated the sum of $3,900,000.00 to effectuate the purposes of P.L. 2021, c. 182 (C. 52:27D-437.16). Further, pursuant to the FY 2023 Appropriations Act (P.L. 2022, Chapter 49), DCA received a grant-in-aid amount of $3,900,000.00 for P.L. 2021, c. 182, for a total of $7,800,000.00 in appropriations to effectuate the purpose of the Act; and
WHEREAS, DCA has allocated $7,000,000.00 of this appropriation to the development of the Lead Grant Assistance Program (“LGAP”) for the issuance of grant funds to municipalities for the purpose of assisting in municipal compliance with P.L. 2021, c. 182; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Local Government Services (“DLGS”) within DCA administers the LGAP; and
WHEREAS, the LGAP exists to provide funding to help off-set the costs to municipalities to provide the required inspections at stipulated times of certain single-family, two-family, and multiple rental dwelling units for lead-based paint hazards, pursuant to P.L. 2021, c. 182; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark ( the “City”), Department of Health and Community Wellness (“DHCW”) desires to receive funding from the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, DLGS, to help off-set cost to provide lead based inspections pursuant to Law; and
WHEREAS, the City’s DHCW has been awarded funding in the amount of Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($418,900.00) from the DCA, DLGS, LGAP to off-set the cost of required lead inspections, for the period commencing on January 1, 2023 and terminating on December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City’s DHCW desires to accept funds in the amount of Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($418,900.00); and
WHEREAS, the Director of the DHCW must enter into and execute the Lead Grant Assistance Program Agreement (attached hereto) to receive and expend LGAP funding.
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 Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to enter into and execute the Lead Grant Assistance Program (“LGAP”) Agreement (attached hereto) to receive Four Hundred Eighteen Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($418,900.00) from the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services, 101 South Broad Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 for the period commencing January 1, 2023 and terminating December 31, 2023, for the purpose of assisting the City of Newark with the off-set of costs to for certain Lead Inspections.
2. The Municipal Council hereby ratifies its authorization of this application from the date of January 1, 2023 to the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
3. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, are hereby authorized to receive and expend the grant award from DLGS and a copy of the Grant 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 application and notice of grant award in the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the actions taken by the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness, to enter into and execute a Grant Agreement to accept funds from the State of New Jersey, Department of Community Affairs, Lead Grant Assistance Program, in the amount of $418,900.00. The funding shall off-set the cost to the City of Newark 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, for the period commencing January 1, 2023 and terminating December 31, 2023. No municipal funds are required for receipt of acceptance of the award.