Meeting Name: Municipal Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/8/2017 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chamber
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17-1270 17R2-a(s)Ellana, Inc. AmendmentResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amended Contract to increase contract amount for Real Estate Rehabilitation Cost Estimator Services Entity Name: Ellana, Inc. Entity Address: 32 Broadway, Suite 801, New York, New York 10004 Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $30,000.00 Funding Source: 2016-2017 Budget/ Economic and Housing Development Contract Period: One (1) Year from the Notice to Proceed issued on January 9, 2017 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R2-h (S) adopted on November 29, 2016 awarded contract for $10,000.00; Amendment increases contract amount by $20,000.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $30,000.00.Pass Not available
17-1271 17R2-b(s)Two Rivers Title Co., LLC AmendmentResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amended Contract to increase contract amount for Real Estate Title Search Services Entity Name: Two Rivers Title Company, LLC. Entity Address: 26 Ayers Lane, Suite 202, Little Silver, New Jersey 07739-1253 Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $60,000.00 Funding Source: 2016-2017 Budget/Economic and Housing Development Contract Period: One Year from the Notice to Proceed, dated January 9, 2017 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R2-i (S) adopted on November 29, 2016 awarded contract for $10,000.00; Amendment increases contract amount by $50,000.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $60,000.00.Pass Not available
17-1530 17R2-c(s)2052 McCarter Industrial Urban Renewal, LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: Redevelopment project for warehouse/distribution and/or light manufacturing uses (North Ward) Entity Name: 2052 McCarter Industrial Urban Renewal, LLC. Entity Address: 75 Parkhurst Street, Suite 5, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Sale Amount: $40,000.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF (X) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $1,532,100.00 Appraised Amount: $1,300,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within two (2) years from the transfer of ownership by the City Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 2052-2070 McCarter Highway/Block 827-01/Lot 12/North Ward 2078-2090 McCarter Highway/BPass Not available
17-1617 17R2-d(s)133 Haynes Avenue Urban Renewal, LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: Office building and parking redevelopment project on Haynes Street (South Ward) Entity Name: 133 Haynes Avenue Urban Renewal, LLC. Entity Address: 77 Parkhurst Street, Suite 5, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Sale Amount: $50,000.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF (X) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $1,161,700.00 Appraised Amount: $1,100,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within two (2) years from the transfer of ownership by the City Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 133 Haynes Avenue/Block 5090/Lot 2/South Ward Additional Information:Pass Not available
17-1665 17R2-e(s)123-131 Riverside Avneue Urban Renewal, LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: Redevelopment project for warehouse/distribution and/or light manufacturing uses (North Ward) Entity Name: 123-131 Riverside Urban Renewal, LLC. Entity Address: 857 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Sale Amount: $50,000.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF (X) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $5,001,900.00 Appraised Amount: $2,955,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within two (2) years from the transfer of ownership by the City Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 49-59 Riverside Avenue/Block 614/Lot 58/North Ward 77-83 Riverside Avenue/Block 674/Lot 4/North Ward 85Pass Not available
17-1666 17R2-f(s)281 Passaic Street Urban Renewal, LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: Redevelopment project for warehouse/distribution and/or light manufacturing uses (Central Ward) Entity Name: 281 Passaic Street Urban Renewal, LLC. Entity Address: 857 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Sale Amount: $40,000.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF (X) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $1,059,900.00 Appraised Amount: $1,000,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within two (2) years from the transfer of ownership by the City Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ (X) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 281-289 Passaic Street/Block 436/Lot 13/Central Ward 1266-1270 McCarter Highway/Block 436/Lot 18//CentPass Not available
17-1803 17R2-g(s)Referral of 2nd Amendment to Newark's River Public Access and Redevelopment PlanResolutionDept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Referral of Proposed of a Second Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan to Central Planning Board Purpose: Requesting that the Central Planning Board to consider a Second Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan, pursuant to N.J.S.A.40A:12A-7(f) Name of Plan: Second Amendment to the Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan Additional Information: Ordinance 6PSF-a(s) adopted on August 7, 2013 Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Redevelopment Plan”). Ordinance 6PSF-f adopted on October 11, 2017 the First Amendment to Newark’s River: Public Access and Redevelopment Plan (“Amended Plan”)(East Ward)Pass Not available
17-1799 17R4-a(s)Resolution Authorizing POS/OS and Sale of TARNS/BANSResolutionDept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Preliminary/Official Statement and Disclosure Agreement for Issuance of Notes Purpose: Approving official statement and disclosure agreement for sale of bond anticipation notes and special emergency notes Amount to be Financed: $22,813,000.00 (Twenty-Two Million Eight Hundred Thirteen Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents) Project Information: (Description/ Project No./Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.) RESOLUTION DETERMINING CERTAIN MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF TAX APPEAL REFUNDING NOTES AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES NOT TO EXCEED $22,813,000.00 (TWENTY-TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS), OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY Additional Information:Pass Not available
17-1822 17R6-b(s)City of Newark v Opioid ManufacturersResolutionDept/ Agency: Law Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: Affirmative Litigation Legal Services Entity’s Name/Addresses: 1. D’Arcy Johnson Day, P.C., 3120 Fire Road, Suite 100, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey 08234 2. Motley Rice, LLC., 401 9th Street, N.W., Suite 1001, Washington, D.C. 20004 3. Law Offices of Eric Pennington, P.C., 1 Gateway Center, Suite 105, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contract Amount: Contingency Fee Funding Source: Contract Period: September 28, 2017 through September 27, 2018 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Authorizing the City to retain the legal services of two (2) law firms to help it affirmatively address the opioid crisis by investigating pharmaceutical companies and seeking to hold them accountable for their actions and misconduct.Pass Not available
17-1789 17R6-a(s)RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION WITH OTG MANAGEMENT EWR, LLCResolutionDept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation Docket No.: A-001556-16 Claimant: OTG Management EWR, LLC. Claimant's Attorney: Lawrence H. Shapiro, Esq., Ansell Grimm & Aaron, P.C. Attorney's Address: 1500 Lawrence Avenue, Ocean, New Jersey 07712 Settlement Amount: Special Funding Source: N/A Additional Comments: Deferred 7R6-a (s/as) 102417 Deferred 7R6-a 110117Pass Not available