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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: Accepting grant funds to redesign Broadway Park and develop the site into a new City Park.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program
Appropriation Amount: $4,500,000.00
Budget Year: 2026
Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) consecutive months, commencing upon a fully executed contract
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:
The Apply and Accept Resolution (7R11-a), adopted on April 10, 2024, initially accepted $500,000.00 from the Urban Parks Program. Subsequently, the Authorizing Resolution 7R11-a, adopted on March 4, 2026, accepted an additional $4,000,000.00 from the Green Acres Program. Together, the funding from both the Urban Parks and Green Acres programs brings the total award amount to $4,500,000.00.
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution submitted under separate cover as Legistar File ID #26-0008
Operating Agency: Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs, and Senior Services
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE # 43
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in the Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of Four million, Five Hundred Thousand, and Zero Cents ($4,500,000.00), for Green Acres grants and Urban Parks Program and no adequate provision has been made in the 2026 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the purpose above-mentioned; and
WHEREAS, by the Notice of letter dated June 12, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protect...
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