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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Business Administrator
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance for Grant Funds
Purpose: To obtain funding for Newark Tree Canopy Initiative: Growing and Proud of It
Entity Name: The Nature Conservancy
Entity Address: 200 Pottersville Road, Chester, New Jersey 07930
Grant Amount: $671,000.00
Total Project Cost: $ 8,000,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount:
Grant Period: April 1, 2024 through April 25, 2029
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:
This Resolution authorizes the acceptance of the Urban and Community Forestry Program Sub-award from the Nature Conservatory in the Amount of Six Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($671,000.00) and the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between The City of Newark and The Nature Conservancy.
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WHEREAS, the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service ("USDAFS"), through its Urban and Community Forestry Program has made grant funds available to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Newark (the "City") and the Municipal Council are dedicated to promoting a healthy urban forest within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City was recently identified as a City experiencing the second worst heat island effect in the country, and the City's limited tree canopy coverage materially impairs climate resilience, necessitating urgent action to reduce the City's heat island index; and
WHEREAS, the USDAFS's Urban and Community Forestry Program, assists partner organizations in applyin...
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