Title
Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To provide Preliminary Assessments (PAs), Site Investigations (SIs) and Site Cleanup.
Entity Name: City of Newark, Department of Economic and Housing Development
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Total Project Cost: $240,000.00
City Contribution: $40,000.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (if applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
38-42 Bay Avenue/5088/30/East
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Program provides grants and technical assistance to communities, states, tribes and others to assess, safely clean up and sustainably reuse properties which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminants; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark has determined that there has been, or it suspects that there has been, a discharge of hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants on the property located at 38-42 Bay Avenue, Block 5088, Lot 30 (East Ward) (the "Property") and funding is needed to conduct Preliminary Assessments (PAs), Site Investigations (SIs) and site cleanup; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2017, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development submitted an application to the USEPA in response to the comp...
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