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 and Housing Development
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Grant Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Total Project Cost: $240,000.00
City Contribution: $40,000.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2017
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)
123-129 Riverside Avenue/Block 725/Lot 12/ North Ward
Additional Information:
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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 123-129 Riverside Avenue, Block 725, Lot 12 (the "Property") and funding is needed to conduct Preliminary Assessment (P/A), Site Investigation (S/I), and Remedial Investigation (R/I) work; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2014, on behalf of the City ...
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