Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Authorizing the City to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Clinton Hill Community Action Purpose: To fund the development of an action-oriented plan leveraging a identified distressed asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South “Food Desert Community,” to including Clinton Hill Community Action, as a sub-recipient of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”)/2023 Food Security Planning Grant. Entity Name: Clinton Hill Community Action Entity Address: 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $124,850.00 Funding Source: New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Contract Period: September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor () Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: The Apply and Accept Resolution 7R1-m was adopted on July 19, 2023, in the amount of $124,850.00, which did not include, Clinton Hill Community Action, 404 Hawthorne 208 Chadwick Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108 07112, as a sub-recipient, although Clinton Hill Community Action had been incorporated into the application for the grant funds. This grant will fund the development of an action-oriented plan asset to improve food access and food security for the Newark South “Food Desert Community”.