Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration / Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funding
Purpose: To Perform Impervious Area Data Development Services
Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Entity Address: 501 E. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625
Grant Amount: $51,980.00
City Contribution: $49,543.44
Total Project Cost: $101,523.44
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: Until September 30, 2026
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 City of Newark (“City”) desires to invest its budget and resources to support stormwater planning and analysis; and
WHEREAS, on August 1, 2024, on behalf of the City, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer submitted an application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) requesting grant funding for the implementation of stormwater utility that would include developing a stormwater rate ordinance, credits and appeals program, stormwater data management tools, storm utility business process, and overall project implementation (“Application”); and
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2024, as a result of the application, the City entered into a grant agreement with NJDEP to receive grant funding to support stormwater planning and analysis (“Project”) in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00) (“Initial Grant Award”); and
WHEREAS, the Project required the City to provide an in-kind match of the Initial Grant Award in the amount of One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($143,000.00); and
WHEREAS, on April 1, 2026, the City requested to amend the Application to modify the Pr...
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