Title
Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: BRIC 2021 Newark Ironbound Resiliency HUB-Phase I
Entity Name: FEMA - (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Entity Address: 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0002
Grant Amount: $997,809.00 (Federal Share) plus $66,520.60 (100% Federal Share for management costs)
Total Project Cost: $1,396,932.60 (Phase I)
City Contribution: $332,603.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 (or until all grant funds are expended)
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 State of New Jersey, Office of Emergency Management ("NJOEM") has been designated as the Grantee to receive administer, and disburse Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities ("BRIC") 2021 Newark Ironbound Resiliency HUB - Phase I grant funding for municipalities which will involve the design, environmental historic preservation (EHP) review and initial permitting; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further the public interest by obtaining funding from FEMA Agency for the BRIC 2021 Newark Ironbound Resiliency HUB - to remediate a large section of the City exposed to coastal flooding in which some areas of the Ironbound experience disruptive street flooding several times a year; and
WHEREAS, on December 15, 2021, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities submitted an application, identified as BRIC 2021 Newark Ironbound Resiliency HUB, to FEMA requesting grant funding in the amount of Thirt...
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