Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management & Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: CDBG's Budget Appropriation
Purpose: CDBG Forty-Second Year (CDBG XLII), funds to sub-grantees
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $6,402,859.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2017
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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:
Application by Resolution is being submitted under separate cover for the same meeting.
Grant Acceptance by Resolution is being submitted under separate cover for the same meeting.
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WHEREAS, on December 21, 2016 through Resolution Legistar File ID 16-1626, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to file a new annual action plan with HUD, which contained a request for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $6,402,859.00, HOME funds in the amount of $1,467,895.00, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,807,583.00 (on behalf of Newark and the eligible "Metropolitan Statistical Area"), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $586,879.00, in compliance with Federal statutes and regulations governing the four aid grant programs; and
WHEREAS, on December 21, 2016 through Resolution Legistar File ID 16-1626, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to enter into four separate agreements with HUD to receive and expend FY 2015 Community Development Block Grant funds in the amount of $6,402,859.00, HOME funds in the amount of $1,467,895.00 Housing Opportunities fo...
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