Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Pequannock Watershed System Security Improvements
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark New Jersey, 07102
Grant Amount: $291,000.00
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Total Project Cost: $529,091.00
City Contribution: $238,091.00
Other Funding Source/Amount:
Contract Period: January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018
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:
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, through the Omnibus Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-8) has provided a grant in the amount of $291,000.00 in Federal funds for Pequannock Watershed System Security Improvements; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 111-8 incorporates, by reference, statements in the Conference Report which directs USEPA to apply cost sharing arrangements with all grant recipients. The above Federal funds (55%) must be accompanied by a cost share requirement whereby 45% of your project's cost is to be the responsibility of the City (local share). Total eligible costs of $529,091.00 must be incurred by the City in order to receive the $291,000.00 in Federal funds which results in a local share of $238,091.00; and
WHEREAS, on or about November 5, 2015 the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, applied for, and was awarded, grant funding in the amount of $291,000.00 in Federal funds to be used for improvements to the Pequannock Watershed System Security; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities desires to accept the grant award in the amount of $291,000.00 from the USEPA: and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities will use this grant to improve security at the Pequannock Watershed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of Water and Sewer Utilities, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City of Newark to apply for and accept grant funds for the Watershed System Security Improvements, as allocated as per the award letter dated March 30, 2016, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, in the amount of $291,000.00, for the period of January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2018.
2. The authorization to accept the grant funds is hereby ratified back to January 1, 2016.
3. The grant award in the amount of $291,000.00 from the USEPA is hereby accepted (a copy of the award letter dated March 30, 2016 is attached hereto and made a part thereof).
4. The Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities shall file a fully executed copy of the application in the Office of the City Clerk by.
5. The Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities is further authorized to sign any and all documents necessary to facilitate receipt of those grant funds.
STATEMENT
This resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor and/or his designee, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, to apply for and accept grant funds from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007-1866, in the amount of $291,000.00 to improve security at the Pequannock Watershed.