Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/ Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Contract with Sub-recipient
Purpose: Provide CDBG Urban Agriculture/Tree Planting Services
Entity Name: Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc.
Entity Address: 32 Prince Street, Newark, New Jersey 07103
Grant Amount: $117,412.00
Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/ Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Funds
Contract Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R1-K adopted January 7, 2015.
The grant will enable the Conservancy to serve approximately 1,000 residents with increased access to healthy foods through its Hawthorne Avenue and Court Street farms.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R1-K, adopted January 7, 2015, the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator, were authorized to file FY2015 (Program Year 2014-2015) One-Year Action Plan with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which contained requests for funds from four grant programs: Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), $6,569,453.00; HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), $1,466,755.00; Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS (HOPWA), $6,473,182.00 (on behalf of Newark and the "Eligible Metropolitan Area"); and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), $548,578.00, and were further authorized to accept these grant funds and enter into a grant agreement with HUD for these funds, with no municipal funds required; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the competitive contracting process of the State Local Public Contracts Law, as authorized by N.J.S.A. 40A:11-4.1b(1) (...
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