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Dept./Agency: Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Memorandum of Understanding with City Parks Foundation, Inc. and the City of Newark
Purpose: To serve as a Fiscal Agent for the Harriet Tubman Monument Project, which includes retaining the Artist for the commission of a statue of abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Entity Name: City Parks Foundation, Inc.
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Room 216, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Project Location: 33 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 (at the Broad Street entrance of Washington Park)
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $300,000.00
Funding Source(s): 2022 Budget/Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services/Open Space and Recreation Trust/NW026, Trust, Account #32720, Budget Ref: B2022
Contract Period: April 1, 2022 until completion of the Harriet Tubman Monument Project
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") will commission a statue of abolitionist, Harriet Tubman to be installed in Washington Park (hereinafter the "Harriet Tubman Monument Project") which will be re-named Harriet Tubman Square in her honor; and
WHEREAS, the City played an integral role in the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman's journey, which led her to the City of Newark, as the State of New Jersey was one of the last to acknowledge liberation for enslaved Africans; and
WHEREAS, the commissioned Harriet Tubman monument will replace the statue of Christopher Columbus, which was removed from Washington Park amid calls for equity, racial justice, and new public monuments that honor the historic lib...
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