Title
Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Approving loan and escrow agreements for Queen Ditch Restoration Project
Amount to be Financed: $10,250,000.00
Source of Appropriation: Bonds
Project Information:
(Description/ Project No./ Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.)
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF LOAN AGREEMENTS TO BE EXECUTED BY THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY AND EACH OF THE NEW JERSEY ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST AND THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN ESCROW AGREEMENT, ALL PURSUANT TO THE STATE FISCAL YEAR 2019 NEW JERSEY INFRASTRUCTURE BANK WATER BANK PROGRAM FOR FUNDING THE CITY'S QUEEN DITCH RESTORATION PROJECT
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "Local Unit"), in the County of Essex, New Jersey, determined that there existed a need within the Local Unit to construct the City's Queen Ditch Restoration Project (the "Project"), as said Project is more particularly defined in each of that certain Loan Agreement (the "I-Bank Loan Agreement") to be entered into by and between the Local Unit and the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank (formerly known as the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust) (the "I-Bank") and that certain Loan Agreement (the "Fund Loan Agreement", and together with the I-Bank Loan Agreement, the "Loan Agreements") to be entered into by and between the Local Unit and the State of New Jersey, acting by and through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (the "State"), all pursuant to the State Fiscal Year 2019 New Jersey Water Bank Financing Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Local Unit has determined to permanently finance the acquisition, construction, renovation or installation o...
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