Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: CDBG's Budget Appropriation
Purpose: CDBG Forty-Fourth Year (CDBG XLIV), funds to sub-grantees
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $7,175,818.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019
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:
Grant Application submitted by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on November 8, 2018.
Grant Acceptance by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on November 8, 2018.
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WHEREAS, on November 8, 2018 through Resolution 7R1-a, 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 $7,175,818.00, HOME funds in the amount of $2,662,579.00, Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,867,175.00 (on behalf of Newark and the eligible “Metropolitan Statistical Area”), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $584,249.00, in compliance with Federal statutes and regulations governing the four aid grant programs; and
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2018 through Resolution 7R1-a, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to enter into four separate agreements with HUD to receive and expend FY 2018 Community Development Block Grant funds in the amount of $7,175,818.00, HOME funds in the amount of $2,662,579.00 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,867,175.00 (on behalf of Newark and the eligible “Metropolitan Statistical Area”), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $584,249.00; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Business Administrator will strive to direct the investment of HUD funding in the identified target areas as outlined below. The Mayor and Business Administrator may change the targeting of HUD funding as needed, in order to align with changes to market conditions, needs, or strategies; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to establish the block grant program and appropriate the funds to the various sub-grantees (All Wards).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The following amounts be appropriated for the Community Development Block Grant Forty-Fourth Year Program.
Community Development Block Grant XLIV Year (All Wards):
ADMINISTRATION AMOUNT
Administration - Business Administrator’s Office
Salaries and Wages $ -0-
Other Expenses 112,593
Administration - Office of Information Technology
Salaries and Wages 303,876
Other Expenses -0-
Health and Community Wellness - Director’s Office
Salaries and Wages 200,756
Other Expenses 3,000
Economic and Housing Development - Director’s Office
Salaries and Wages 291,043
Other Expenses -0-
Economic and Housing Development - Housing and Real Estate
Salaries and Wages 141,075
Other Expenses -0-
Finance - Grant Accounting
Salaries and Wages 341,821
Other Expenses 41,000
PROJECT
Demolition
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 1,000,000
Public Improvements
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 500,000
Clearance/Remediation
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 750,000
Acquisition of Private Property
Salaries and Wages 65,325
Other Expenses -0-
Private Property Rehabilitation
Salaries and Wages 355,206
Other Expenses -0-
Housing
Salaries and Wages 424,469
Other Expenses -0-
PUBLIC FACILITY AND IMPROVEMENTS
Public Facility and Improvements-Public Buildings
Salaries and Wages 292,000
Other Expenses 1,277,281
PUBLIC SERVICES
Department of Child and Family Well-Being
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Salaries and Wages 213,730
Other Expenses -0-
Health Education and Control of Communicable Diseases
Salaries and Wages 276,176
Other Expenses -0-
Lead Free Safe House
Salaries and Wages 137,602
Other Expenses -0-
Homeless Shelter Administration
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 247,492
Department of Economic and Housing Development
Public Services
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 201,373
TOTAL CDBG FORTY-FOURTH (XLIV)
YEAR ENTITLEMENT $7,175,818.00
STATEMENT
This resolution authorized the Mayor and/or his designee, the Business Administrator to establish the block grant program and appropriate the funds to the various sub-grantees. The City of Newark has been awarded $7,175,818.00 for the Community Development Block Grant Forty-Fourth Year. Funding has been provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grant period is September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019 (All Wards).