Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: To conduct Preliminary Assessment (PA), Site Investigation (SI), and Remedial Investigation (RI) work for the remediation of sites contaminated, or suspected of being contaminated with hazardous waste at 192-198 16th Avenue, and 184-190 16th Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103 for the proposed Heritage Center - Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
Funding Source: New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)
Appropriation Amount: $213,999.50
Budget Year: 2023
Contract Period: The date the grant is disbursed from NJEDA and will expire five (5) years after disbursement
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:
Project: A proposed Heritage Center.
List of Property:
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
192-198 16th Avenue/Block 309.01/Lot 24/Central Ward
184-190 16th Avenue/Block 309.01/Lot 30/Central Ward
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution 7R2-r adopted on April 19, 2023.
Operating Agency: Department of Economic and Housing Development
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE - #54
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents ($213,999.50) to provide financial assistance to conduct remediation activities on the property located at 192-198 16th Avenue, and 184-190 16th Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103 for the Proposed Heritage Center and no adequate provision has been made in the 2023 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 7R2-r dated April 19, 2023, the City of Newark accepted the Proposed Heritage Center - HDSRF, in the amount of $213,999.50 from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA); and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary emergency appropriations for any purpose for which appropriations may lawfully be made for the period between the beginning of the current fiscal year and the date of the adoption of the budget for said year; and
WHEREAS, the emergency appropriation adopted in 2023 pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 including this resolution total … $ 451,713,058.93.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. An emergency appropriation be and the same is hereby made for the following classification:
Program Amount
Proposed Heritage Center - HDSRF $213,999.50
2. Said emergency appropriation shall be provided for in the 2023 budget.
3. A copy of this resolution shall be filed with the Director of Local Government Services by the City Clerk of the City of Newark.
STATEMENT
This resolution establishes the temporary emergency appropriation for Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents ($213,999.50) for the property located at 192-198 16th Avenue, and 184-190 16th Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07103 for the Proposed Heritage Center - HDSRF. Funding has been provided by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA). The grant period is the date the grant is disbursed from NJEDA and will expire five (5) years after disbursement.