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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWARK PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:12-14(c) TO ENTER INTO A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER, A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARY OF ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON BARNABUS HEALTH FOR THE RENTAL OF SPACE WITHIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 110 WILLIAM STREET, NEWARK NEW JERSEY, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY AND KNOWN AS BLOCK 101, LOT 1,6 ON THE TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK TO PROVIDE A FOOD FARMACY FOR NEWARKERS RESIDING IN A NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMC DEVELOPMENT-DESIGNATED FOOD DESERT.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") operates a health center, as defined under 42 C.F.R. ? 1001.952(w) and formed pursuant to Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act ("PHSA"), whose mission is in part to provide a space for transformative change through opportunities for its patients to acquire food; and
WHEREAS Newark Beth Israel Hospital ("NBIH") is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey and a subsidiary of Robert Wood Johnson Barnabus Health Corporate Services, Inc. ("RWJBH"), a New Jersey nonprofit corporation; and
WHEREAS, RWJBH is one of the largest integrated health care delivery systems with a mission to provide the highest quality patient care and health education to both the community and region; and
WHEREAS, NBIH has obtained from the New Jersey Department of Health grant-in-aid funding for the City's Access to Health Care Partnership; and
WHEREAS the Department of Health and Community Wellness ("Department") has determined that allowing NBIH to operate a food farmacy within the City-owned health center building located at 110 William Street, Newark, New Jersey ("Premises") will contribute meaningfully to expanding access to comprehensive high-quality outpatient services, including specialty services, for City residents, particularly low income and medically underserved individuals; an...
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