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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation
Purpose: The Natural Climate Solutions Grants "Newark Canopy Initiative" for a three (3) year effort to plant (331) trees in five (5) target neighborhoods in the City. The focus areas - one in each Ward - were selected based on community-centered analyses that identified areas of the City that have higher needs in terms of repairing and expanding their tree canopy.
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Appropriation Amount: $1,228,148.00
Budget Year: 2024
Contract Period: Upon completion
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:
Funds accepted by Apply and Accept Resolution 7R1-k adopted on December 6, 2023.
Operating Agency: Department of Administration
Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.
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TE #18
WHEREAS, an emergency has arisen in Special Item of Appropriation in the amount of One Million Two Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Forty-Eight Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,228,148.00) for The Natural Climate Solutions Grants "Newark Canopy Initiative", and no adequate provision has been made in the 2024 Temporary Budget for the aforesaid purpose, and N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides for the creation of an emergency appropriation for the same; and
WHEREAS, by the award letter dated September 28, 2023, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has awarded the City of Newark, The Natural Climate Solutions Grants "Newark Canopy Initiative" funding of $1,228,148.00; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 provides that the Governing Body, by a two-thirds vote, may make temporary...
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