File #: 20-0976    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance: Amending Love Your Block Mini-Grants Program
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 8/7/2020 In control: Administration
On agenda: 9/2/2020 Final action: 9/16/2020
Title: AMENDING ORDINANCE 6PSF-f(S), ADOPTED ON AUGUST 20, 2019, ESTABLISHING A NEW SUBSECTION ENTITLED, LOVE YOUR BLOCK MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM, TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION AND REVITALIZATION INITIATIVES THAT PREVENT OR ELIMINATE BLIGHT IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES, CITY-OWNED PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, AND OTHER AREAS OF COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NEWARK, TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEWARK IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 4, SUBSECTION 22H, BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR AN ADVERTISED APPLICATION PROCESS.
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
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AMENDING ORDINANCE 6PSF-f(S), ADOPTED ON AUGUST 20, 2019, ESTABLISHING A NEW SUBSECTION ENTITLED, LOVE YOUR BLOCK MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM, TO FUND NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION AND REVITALIZATION INITIATIVES THAT PREVENT OR ELIMINATE BLIGHT IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES, CITY-OWNED PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, AND OTHER AREAS OF COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NEWARK, TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEWARK IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AMENDING TITLE 2, CHAPTER 4, SUBSECTION 22H, BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO ALLOW FOR AN ADVERTISED APPLICATION PROCESS.

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WHEREAS, on August 20, 2019, the Municipal Council adopted Ordinance 6PSF-F(s) approving the establishment of the Love Your Block Mini-Grants Program (the "LYB Grant"); and

WHEREAS, it has been determined that further amendments to the LYB Grant are needed to establish an alternate approval process for the LYB Grant; and

WHEREAS, if funding for the LYB Grant is below the Qualified Purchasing Agents Threshold then the grant can be issued through an Advertised Application Process.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

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Section 1. The Revised General Ordinances of the City of Newark, New Jersey, 2000, Title 2, Chapter 4, Subsection 22H is hereby amended as follows:

2:4-22H. LOVE YOUR BLOCK MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM.
a. Program Established; Applications; Eligibility; Disbursement of Grant.

1. Establishment. The City's Office of Sustainability under the direction of the Business Administrator is hereby authorized to establish and administer a Love Your Block Mini-Grants Program in order to reimburse up to $5,000 for eligible projects, as defined in this Section, pursuant to the minimum requirem...

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