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Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Amending Resolution 7R3-b adopted on August 3, 2022, accepting grant
Purpose: To request an extension from New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to allow the City of Newark additional time to award a contract for construction of the LA-2023 TV Newark City Newark Morris Canal Bikeway Project.
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT)
Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $470,000.00
Total Project Cost: Not Applicable
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount:
Grant Period: December 12, 2022 through December 11, 2024, requesting an extension to June 12, 2025
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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Additional Information:
This Resolution authorizes the City of Newark to request a time extension from NJDOT to allow the City of Newark additional time to award a contract for construction of the Transit Village Program for LA-2023 TV Newark City Newark Morris Canal Bikeway Project from December 11, 2024 through June 12, 2025.
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WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) FY-2023 Transit Village Grant Program for LA-2023 TV provides Municipalities with grant funding for bicycle lane projects; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2022, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering, on behalf of the City of Newark (the “City”), submitted an application to NJDOT requesting grant funding from the NJDOT FY-2023 Transit Village Grant Program for construction of the Newark Morris Canal Bikeway Project, identified as LA-2023 TV Newark City Newark Morris Canal Bikeway (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, on August 3, 2022, the Municipal Council adopted Resolution 7R3-b ratifying and authorizing the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering to apply for, accept, and execute grant documents for a grant award from the NJDOT FY-2023 Transit Village Grant Program for construction of the Project; and
WHEREAS, on December 12, 2022, NJDOT announced that the City was selected to receive a grant award in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($470,000.00) for the construction of the Project; and
WHEREAS, NJDOT requires the City to award the contract for construction of the Project within two (2) years of the grant award notification, with a deadline of December 11, 2024. Howeverdue to the need for additional design and coordination of utility infrastructure, the award has been delayed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark wishes to submit a request to the NJDOT to extend this deadline to allow the City of Newark additional time to award the contract for construction of the Project, extending the deadline from December 11, 2024 to June 12, 2025.
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 Acting Director of the Department of Engineering, are hereby authorized to request a time extension from NJDOT to allow the City of Newark additional time to award a contract for construction of LA-2023 TV Newark City Newark Morris Canal Bikeway project by June 12, 2025.
2. All other terms and conditions of the grant award from the NJDOT for the FY-2023 Transit Village Program for LA-2023 TV Newark City Newark Morris Canal Bikeway project shall remain in force and effect until the contract is completed.
STATEMENT
This Resolution authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designee, the Acting Director of the Department of Engineering to request a time extension from NJDOT to allow the City of Newark additional time to award a contract for construction of the LA-2023 TV Newark City Newark Morris Canal Bikeway project, thereby extending the deadline from December 11, 2024 to June 12, 2025. No municipal funds are required.