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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: To amend and extend the grant agreement which provided grant funding for the maintenance and upkeep of the purchased trees and shrubs at Hope Village ll
Entity Name: The Nature Conservancy
Entity Address: 200 Pottersville Road, Chester, New Jersey 07930
Grant Amount: $8,000.00
Total Project Cost: $36,050.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: January 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025
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:
Apply and Accept Resolution 7R7-a, adopted on April 10, 2024, accepted a grant award in the amount of $28,050.00, for the period of March 1, 2024 through March 1, 2025.
Operating Agency: the Office of Homeless Services recently transferred to the Department of Health and Community Wellness by Ordinance 6PSF-D 03/05/2025 (25-0086)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") sought funding to create green spaces for residents at the Hope Village II, a new housing development at 51-63 Elizabeth Avenue in the South Ward of Newark, which will provide twenty (20) chronically homeless Newark residents with transitional housing, meals, and supportive services; and
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Homeless Services, on behalf of the City, submitted an application to The Nature Conservancy, with offices at 200 Pottersville Road, Chester, New Jersey 07930, for grant funds to purchase trees and shrubs for the Bridge Housing Community; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the grant application and pursuant to the selection and approval of The Nature Conservancy, the City was award...
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