Title
Dept/ Agency: Engineering
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application for Grant Funds
Purpose: Bike Lanes on Elizabeth Avenue
Entity Name: City of Newark/Department of Engineering
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $534,650.00t
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation
Total Project Cost: $534,650.00
City Contribution: $0
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 ( X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (if applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Additional Information:
Deferred 7R4-e 10/17/12
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WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Transportation (“NJDOT”) State Aid to Counties and Municipalities FY2013 Bikeways State Aid Program provides grant funding for bicycle lane projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark needs to complete the Greenway Bike Route along Elizabeth Avenue, which once completed will link Branch Brook Park with Weequahic Park in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to further the public interest by obtaining funding from the NJDOT FY 2013 Bikeways State Aid Program for construction of a bike lane along Elizabeth Avenue in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2012, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Engineering submitted an application to NJDOT requesting grant funding in the amount of $534,650.00 from the NJDOT FY 2013 Bikeways State Aid Program, for construction of a bike lane along Elizabeth Avenue in the City of Newark, identified as application BIKE-2013-Newark City-00021, with no City funds required; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the grant application, ...
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