File #: 19-0074    Version: 1 Name: Ordinance providing for the sale of NJIB Bonds
Type: Ordinance Status: Returned to Administration
File created: 1/11/2019 In control: Finance
On agenda: 2/20/2019 Final action: 2/22/2019
Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY'S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SEWER SYSTEM PROJECT AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES IN AND FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK AND APPROPRIATING $350,000.00 THEREFOR, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $350,000.00 IN BONDS OR NOTES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK TO FINANCE THE SAME.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY'S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE SEWER SYSTEM PROJECT AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES IN AND FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK AND APPROPRIATING $350,000.00 THEREFOR, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $350,000.00 IN BONDS OR NOTES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK TO FINANCE THE SAME.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY, THAT:

Section 1. The improvement or purpose described in Section 3 of this bond ordinance is hereby authorized to be undertaken by the City of Newark, in the County of Essex, New Jersey (the "City"), as a general improvement. For the improvement or purpose described in Section 3 hereof, there is hereby appropriated the amount of $350,000.00. No down payment is required hereunder as this ordinance involves an environmental infrastructure project to be funded by loans pursuant to the New Jersey Water Bank Financing Program.

Section 2. In order to finance the cost of the improvement or purpose, negotiable bonds are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of $350,000.00, pursuant to the Local Bond Law. In anticipation of the issuance of the bonds, negotiable bond anticipation notes are hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to and within the limitations prescribed by the Local Bond Law.

Section 3. (a) The improvement hereby authorized and the purpose for which the bonds or notes are to be issued is for the removal of the existing concrete at the traffic triangle located at the corner of Badger Avenue and Clinton Avenue in the City and replacing the concrete with permeable surfaces that promote groundwater recharge and capture and infiltrate of stormwater runoff, including, without limitation, the installation of pervious pavers, pervious concrete, a stormwater planter and curb cut inlets, and planting shrubs and trees, and ...

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