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Dept/ Agency:  Engineering
Action:  (X) Ratifying     (X) Authorizing     (   ) Amending
Type of Service:  Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21) 
Entity Name:  City of Newark
Entity Address:  920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $760,000.00
Funding Source: North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA)
Total Project Cost: $950,000.00       
City Contribution: $190,000.00 from the 2016 municipal budget  
Other Funding Source/Amount:  N/A            
Contract Period:  N/A
Contract Basis: (   ) Bid   (   ) State Vendor   (   ) Prof.  Ser.   (   ) EUS   
(   ) Fair & Open   (   ) No Reportable Contributions   (    ) RFP   (   ) RFQ 
(   ) Private Sale   (   ) Grant   (   ) Sub-recipient   (   ) n/a    
Additional Information:                     
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      WHEREAS, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) provides funds for its Transportation Clean Air Measures (TCAM) program supported by local Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funds; and
      WHEREAS, on March 23, 2015, the City of Newark, Department of Engineering, submitted a FY 2015-2017 Regional/Local CMAQ Initiatives  Program Proposal to the NJTPA requesting grant funding in the amount of $950,000.00 for Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21); and
      WHEREAS, as a result of this request, on October 27, 2015 the City of Newark was awarded a grant in the amount of $760,000.00 from the NJTPA for the Traffic Signal Optimization/Adaptive Traffic Signals along McCarter Highway (Route 21) Project for the Federal Fiscal Year 2016; and
	WHEREAS, a local match of $190,000.00 will be required for receipt and acceptance of this grant award and shall be provided from the 2016 municipal budget; and
	WHEREAS, upon notification of final authorization of this project from NJDOT, the Direct...
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