Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: CDBG Budget Appropriation
Purpose: CDBG Forty-Sixth Year (CDBG XLVI) funds to sub-grantees.
Entity Name: City of Newark
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Total Grant Amount: $7,326,192.00
Grant Period: September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021
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:
The authorizing resolution will be submitted under separate cover by the Department of Administration as Legistar File ID #21-0401.
body
WHEREAS, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has approved a total allocation of $16,429,064.00 to the City of Newark by an approval notice dated March 25, 2021, 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 $7,326,192.00, HOME funds in the amount $2,686,431.00 Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) in the amount of $5,789,337.00 (on behalf of Newark and the "Eligible Metropolitan Area"), and Emergency Solutions Grant funds in the amount of $627,104.00, in compliance with Federal statutes and regulations governing the four aid grant programs; and
WHEREAS, by approval of companion authorizing legislation submitted by the Department of Administration at this same meeting, the Municipal Council will authorize the Mayor and the Business Administrator to enter into four separate agreements with HUD to receive and expend FY 2020 Community Development Block Grant funds in the ...
Click here for full text