Legislation

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: LA-2023 TV Newark Morris Canal Bikeway 07 Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation Appropriation Amount: $470,000.00 Budget Year: 2024 Contract Period: December 12, 2022 through December 11, 2024 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: Funds accepted by Resolution 7R3-b adopted on August 3, 2022. Operating Agency: Department of Engineering Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: To provide for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). Funding Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Appropriation Amount: $608,612.00 Budget Year: 2024 Contract Period: September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024 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: Funds accepted by Resolution 7R1-j adopted on December 6, 2023. Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Other Agencies, Office of Homeless Services Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide Planning Consultant Services. Entity Name: Heyer, Gruel and Associates, P.A. Entity Address: 236 Broad Street, Red Bank, New Jersey 07701-2003 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $155,000.00 Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development Contract Period: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: The Original Resolution 7R2-k, adopted on April 5, 2023, awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $125,000.00, for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. This First Amendment shall increase the contract amount by $30,000.00 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $155,000.00.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Grant - Year 1 Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services Appropriation Amount: $727,740.00 Budget Year: 2024 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 ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A Additional Information: Funds accepted by Resolution 7R7-b adopted on December 20, 2023. Operating Agency: Office of the Mayor and Other Agencies, Office of Homeless Services Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: Amendment #1 to the Agreement to provide Professional Engineering Services for the Rehabilitation of Pequannock Aqueducts and Construction Inspection. Entity Name: Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc. Entity Address: 96 U.S. Highway 206, Suite 101, Flanders, New Jersey 07836 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $965,807.00 Funding Source: 2023 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW041-23W-23W00-94710-B2023 Contract Period: Commencing upon the issuance of a written Notice to Proceed, until the completion of Project Construction, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-15(9) 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 7R12-a adopted on August 2, 2017, awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $486,580.00, upon the issuance of a written Notice to Proceed, until the completion of Project Construction, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A: 11-15(9). This Amendment #1 will increase the contract amount by $479,227.00 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $965,807.00.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Temporary Emergency Appropriation Purpose: LA-2023 Bike Newark Downtown Connector Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Transportation Appropriation Amount: $379,000.00 Budget Year: 2024 Contract Period: Upon completion 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: Funds accepted by Resolution 7R3-a adopted on August 3, 2022. Operating Agency: Department of Engineering Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

Emergency Contract Caravella Demolition Inc. Purpose: Emergency Declaration E2023-12 Demolition and Carting for: 176 Clinton Ave. Newark, NJ 07108 Contract Term: November 1, 2023

Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties, Minutes, August 17, 2023, September 21, 2023 and the Annual User Charge Apportionment Report, Year 2022.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Establishing the 2024 Municipal Holiday Schedule Purpose: 2024 Municipal Paid Holidays Additional Information:

1. LINDA MCDONALD CARTER Appearing. 2. YUSUF SHABAZZ Not appearing. 3. DEBRA SALTERS Appearing. 4. MARK MUGARERO Appearing. 5. DEBRA MAPSON Appearing. 6. TALLAUCHA HUNTER Not appearing. 7. GEE CURETON Appearing 8. ELI KWAWUKUME Not appearing. 9. MUNIRAH EL-BOMANI Appearing. 10. JACQUELINE PEOPLES Not appearing. 11. COREY HARRIS Not appearing. 12. OPAL R. WRIGHT Appearing. 13. GEORGE TILLMAN JR. Appearing. 14. ZJANTE I. RAMGEET Not Appearing. 15. REV. QUEEN MOTHER IMAKHA Appearing. 16. DR. THERESA ALLEN-JOHNSON Not appearing. 17. ANGELA WILLIAMSTON Appearing.

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: To provide legal services concerning Environmental Matters. Entity Name: Three (3) Vendors - See list below Entity Address: Three (3) Vendors Addresses - See list below Contract Amount: Not to exceed $125,000.00, cumulative for three (3) vendors Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: 1) DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole and Giblin LLP, 61 South Paramus Road, Suite 250, Paramus, New Jersey 07652; 2) Rainone Coughlin Minchello, LLC, 555 U.S. Highway One South, Suite 440, Iselin, New Jersey 08830-3100; and 3) Schenck, Price, Smith and King, LLP, 220 Park Avenue, Florham Park, New Jersey 07932

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”.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of the Business Administrator Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Authorizing the City to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with Newark Alliance 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 Newark Alliance, as a sub-recipient of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”)/2023 Food Security Planning Grant. Entity Name: Newark Alliance Entity Address: 60 Park Place, #604, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $111,760.00 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 original Apply and Accept Resolution 7R1-n adopted on July 19, 2023, in the amount of $111,760.00, which did not include, Newark Alliance, 60 Park Place, #604, Newark, New Jersey 07112, as a sub-recipient, although Newark Alliance 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”.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Establishing Municipal Council Meeting Dates Purpose To establish 2024 Pre-Meetings, Regular Meetings, Special Meetings, and Conference Dates. Additional Information: Open Public Meetings Act Notice to be sent to newspapers and posted.

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: NJDOT 2024 Local Freight Impact Fund Program Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Grant Amount: $6,475,212.00 Total Project Cost: $6,475,212.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: None 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: This Resolution authorizes the City of Newark to apply for grant funding under the LFIF-2024-Raymond Boulevard Improvements 00051 from NJDOT for improvements to Raymond Boulevard, and also authorizes the acceptance of grant funding upon notification of a grant award.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Service Contract Purpose: To provide 2024 Statutory Auditor Services, Single Audit, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:5-4, for calendar year ending December 31, 2024, review of the Annual Debt Statement, Annual Unaudited Financial Statement, Advisory Services for the 2024 Municipal Budget and other related accounting services. Entity Name: Samuel Klein and Company, LLP, CPA’s Entity Address: 550 Broad Street, 11th Floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $509,250.00 Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Office of the City Clerk/NW011-020-2021-71250 Contract Period: January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 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:

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To create a side yard to use as parking for a redeveloper-owned adjacent property. Entity Name: 66-68 Emmet, LLC Entity Address: Newark, New Jersey 07105 Sale Amount: $22,342.95 Cost Basis: (X) $9.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $16,200.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within twelve (12) months following transfer of property ownership from the City to the Redeveloper 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) 60-60A North 9th Street/ Block 1920/ Lot 39/West Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage X PSF = 2,482.55 X $9.00 = $22,342.95. Sale at prices set forth by Ordinance 6S&Fh, adopted on April 7, 2004, establishing the minimum sale price of City-owned properties.

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: NJDOT 2024 Local Freight Impact Fund Program Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Grant Amount: $3,074,950.50 Total Project Cost: $3,074,950.50 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: Not Applicable 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: This Resolution authorizes the City of Newark to apply for grant funding under the LFIF-2024-Ferry Street Improvements-00039 from NJDOT for improvements to Ferry Street, and also authorizes the acceptance of grant funding upon notification of a grant award.

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Acceptance of Grant Funds/Authorization of Memorandums of Understanding with Co-Applicants/Sub-Recipients of the Grant Funds for the Community Crisis Response Partnership Project. Entity Name(s)/Address(es): 1) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fisher Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 2) Bridges Outreach, Inc., 35 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; and 3) Mental Health Association, 33 S. Fullerton Ave, Montclair, New Jersey 07042 Grant Amount: $727,740.00 Contract Amount: $205,866.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant/Contract Period: September 30, 2023 to 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 proposed Project is a collaboration between Newark’s government and law enforcement agencies, as well as community-based organizations, aimed to improve the City’s crisis response system by enhancing existing co-responder teams to effectively provide trauma-informed comprehensive community-based behavioral health crisis services to individuals experiencing mental health emergencies, including those who are homeless.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Investigation for Area in Need of Redevelopment Purpose: Authorizing the Central Planning Board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine if the area is in need of redevelopment. List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) Entirety of Blocks 2835, 2836, 2837 and 2838/Central Ward 103-109 Sussex Avenue/Block 2853/Lot 1.02/Central Ward 10-14 Nesbitt Street /Block 2853/Lot 57/Central Ward 6-8 Nesbitt Street/Block 2853/Lot 59/Central Ward 2-4 Nesbitt Street/Block 2853/Lot 60/Central Ward Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Waiving Special Event Application Permit Fees Purpose: Newark Holiday Festival Kick-Off Date(s): Saturday, November 25, 2023 Sponsor(s): Council President, LaMonica R. McIver Additional Information: The Newark Holiday Festival Kick-Off was held on Halsey Street between New Street and Bleeker Street, from 11:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. The City of Newark’s Special Event Permit Application Fee ($550.00) for the street festival will be waived.

Newark Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, May 24, 2023, July 26, 2023 and September 27, 2023.

Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Police Division Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To provide funds to assist in hiring 15 Police Officers under the 2022 COPS Hiring Program. Entity Name: The United States Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Entity Address: 145 N Street NE, Washington, DC 20530 Grant Amount: $1,875,000.00 Funding Source: United States Department of Justice, COPS Office Total Project Cost: $4,846,738.05 City Contribution: $2,971,738.05 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2027 (or until all grant funds are expended) 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: This grant will provide for the hiring of fifteen (15) full-time police officers. The local cash match in the amount of $2,971,738.05 will be provided from Special Appropriation Line: Fund 011, Department 230 Division Code 2301.

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Bid Contract Purpose: To provide for the Local Freight Impact Fund-2022 - McClellan Street - Port Newark Connect - 00025. Entity Name: J.A. Alexander, Inc. Entity Address: 130-158 John F. Kennedy Drive North, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $1,138,838.90 Funding Source: 2023 Budget/NW051, G23, E23M0, A, 71930, B2023 & NW045, 23A, 23A02, A, 94710, B2023 Contract Period: 365 consecutive calendar days from the date of the issuance of a formal Notice to Proceed Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Bids Solicited: July 19, 2023 and August 2, 2023 Bids Received: One (1)