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Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Pass Through Agreement
Purpose: Implementing environmental investigation and remedial action work at Newark Riverfront Park
Entity Name: The Trust for Public Land
Entity Address: 20 Community Place, Morristown, New Jersey 07960
Grant Amount: $1,702,604.00 (NJDEP/NJEDA $1,273,475.00; $429,129.00)
Funding Source: State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority ("NJEDA")
Total Project Cost: $1,702,604.00
City Contribution: $ N/A
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: Start and end dates
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (if applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Additional Information:
Balance is $682,505.94.
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WHEREAS, the Trust for Public Land ("TPL") is a nonprofit dedicated to conserving land for recreation and open space purposes and has partnered with the City of Newark to design, remediate and redevelop the area to be known as Newark Riverfront Park, which consists of a 7.8 acre portion of the Passaic River Waterfront in Newark (the "Site") on a portion of the area formerly known as Joseph G. Minish Passaic Riverfront Park and Historic Area; and
WHEREAS, Hatch Mott MacDonald, LLC ("HMM"), an environmental consulting firm retained by TPL, performed a Preliminary Assessment and Site Investigation of the Site and determined that there has been discharge of hazardous substances on the property due to historic industrial activity and the historic use of fill materials; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department ...
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