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-Fifth Year (CDBG XLV), funds to sub-grantees (All-Wards)
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $7,136,919.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020
Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
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 Acceptance by Resolution 7R1-a adopted on November 7, 2019
Body
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved a total allocation of $16,054,608.00 to the City of Newark by an approval notice dated August 27, 2019, and the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and Business Administrator to file a new consolidated plan with HUD, which contains a request for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount $7,136,919.00, HOME funds in the amount $2,467,446.00 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,841,359.00 (on behalf of Newark and the “Eligible Metropolitan Area”), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $608,884.00, in compliance with Federal statutes and regulations governing the four aid grant programs; and
WHEREAS, by resolution 7R1-a, dated November 7, 2019 the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor and the Business Administrator to enter into four separate agreements with HUD to receive and expend FY 2019 Community Development Block Grant funds in the amount of $7,136,919.00, HOME funds in the amount $2,467,446.00 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,841,359.00 (on behalf of Newark and the “Eligible Metropolitan Area”), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $608,884.00; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark desires to establish the block grant program and appropriate the funds to the various sub-grantees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
The following amounts be appropriated for Block Grant Forty-Fifth Year Program Community Development Block Grant XLVTH Year:
PROJECT AMOUNT
ADMINISTRATION
Business Administrator’s Office
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 104,812
Office of Information Technology
Salaries and Wages 303,876
Other Expenses -0-
Economic and Housing Development - Director’s Office
Salaries and Wages 310,074
Other Expenses -0-
Economic and Housing Development - Housing and Real Estate
Salaries and Wages 122,044
Other Expenses -0-
Health and Community Wellness - Director’s Office
Salaries and Wages 198,055
Other Expenses 5,701
Finance - Grant Accounting
Salaries and Wages 344,755
Other Expenses 38,066
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Demolition
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 500,000
Clearance/Rehabilitation
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 50,000
RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT/REHABILITATION
Acquisition of Private Property
Salaries and Wages 68,671
Other Expenses -0-
Private Property Rehabilitation
Salaries and Wages 351,393
Other Expenses -0-
Housing and Real Estate
Salaries and Wages 424,936
Other Expenses -0-
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
Public Improvement
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 750,000
PUBLIC FACILITY DEVELOPMENT
/REHABILITATION
Public Facility and Improvement
Salaries and Wages 285,000
Other Expenses 2,208,999
PUBLIC SERVICES
Department of Child and Family Well-Being
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Salaries and Wages 215,828
Other Expenses -0-
Health Education and Control of Communicable Diseases
Salaries and Wages 278,642
Other Expenses -0-
Lead Free Safe House
Salaries and Wages 124,067
Other Expenses -0-
Homeless Shelter Administration
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 250,000
Department of Economic and Housing Development
Public Services
Salaries and Wages -0-
Other Expenses 202,000
TOTAL CDBG XLVTH YEAR ENTITLEMENT $7,136,919.00
STATEMENT
The City of Newark has been awarded $7,136,919.00 for the Community Development Block Grant Forty-Fifth Year. Funding has been provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (All-Wards)