Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Preliminary Assessment (P/A), Site Investigation (S/I) and Remedial Investigation (R/I)
Entity Name: City of Newark /Department of Economic & Housing Development
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Source: United State Environmental Protection Agency
Total Project Cost: $240,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: Designated Developer contribution/$40,000.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2012 through September 30,2015
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)
61-77 Empire Street/ Block 3537/ Lot 24/South Ward
Additional Information:
No municipal funds required.
Match funds to be provided by the Designated Developer and guaranteed by Brick City Development Corporation.
Brownsfields Cleanup Grant-Empire Street Site.
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program which is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, assists state, local, and tribal governmental agencies, redevelopment agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of financing remediation activities for sites, at which there is, or suspected of being a discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous wastes, 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 61-77 Empire Street, Block 3537, Lot 24 (the “P...
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