Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: CDBG's Budget Appropriation
Purpose: CDBG Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to sub-grantees.
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $4,310,416.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021, until funds are expended
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:
Apply and Acceptance Resolution to be submitted under separate cover by the Department of Administration, Legistar File ID #20-0970.
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WHEREAS, Resolution 7R1-a, adopted by the Municipal Council on November 11, 2019, authorized the Mayor and the Business Administrator to file a Program Year 2019 One-Year Action Plan with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which contained, among other items, a request for $7,136,919.00 in CDBG funding, $608,884.00 in ESG funding, and $5,841,359.00 in HOPWA funding, and further authorized the Mayor and the Business Administrator to enter into and execute grant documents with HUD as may have been necessary to receive said grant funds; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 7R1-a dated November 7, 2019, further authorized the acceptance of said grant funds; and
WHEREAS, on March 27, 2020, to assist communities in their efforts to prevent, prepare for and respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19), the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) was signed into law and included supplemental formula allocations to HUD's Community Planning and ...
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