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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT/EXEMPTION, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 329 NORTH 10TH STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 698, LOT 55.01. (NORTH WARD)

Conditional A4F Form for Certification of Local Tax Levy for 2020-2021 School Year as certified by City Clerk on June 17, 2020.

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To improve pavement condition to support large truck traffic on Avenue P and McClellan Street. Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Entity Address: P.O. Box 600, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0600 Grant Amount: $4,483,194.00 Total Project Cost: $0.00 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 List of Property: (if applicable) (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) Additional Information: Avenue P estimated project cost: $3,031,572.00; McClellan Street estimated project cost: $1,451,622.00. Total project cost: $4,483,194.00.

Monthly Bank Balance Report as June 1, 2021

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT/EXEMPTION, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 56 5TH STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 1875, LOT 16. (WEST WARD)

2020 Annual Financial Statement

Dept./ Agency: Law Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contracts Purpose: First Amendment to Agreements for Special Municipal Per Diem Prosecutors (4 Amendments) Entity Names and Addresses: 1) Gracia Robert Montilus, d/b/a GRM Legal Works, LLC, 76 South Orange Avenue, Suite 109, South Orange, New Jersey 07079-1923; 2) Evelyn Akushie-Onyeani, Esq., d/b/a Onyeani Law Firm, LLC, South Orange, New Jersey 07079-1923; 3) The Law Office of Gina DeVito, LLC, 28 Valley Road, Suite 1, Montclair, New Jersey 07042; 4) The Law Office of Connie Bentley McGhee, 292 Lafayette Street, Newark, New Jersey 07105 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $234,000.00 Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 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: Five (5) Original Resolutions were awarded to five (5) Special Municipal Per Diem Prosecutors, each with separate contracts, yet paid from one (1) funding source with a total cumulative contract amount not to exceed $135,000.00, for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. One (1) of the five (5) Special Municipal Per Diem Prosecutors (Cheryl Craft, d/b/a Law Office of Cheryl Craft) withdrew from the initial contract award. This First Amendment for (4) four contracts will increase the original contract amount by $99,000.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $234,000.00 collectively, for four (4) Special Municipal Per Diem Prosecutors, for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

Department Submissions Re-2021 Budget Hearings

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: An Agreement to provide Project Management Services, with Engineering Services, for the Riverfront Park Expansion Project. Entity Name: Cumming Management Group, Inc., having an alternate name of Lehrer Cumming Entity Address: 200 South Avenue East, Suite 302, Cranford, New Jersey 07016 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $627,039.00 Funding Source: Capital Project Expenditure Contract Period: Until project completion pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15(9) Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information:

AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING THE CITY OF NEWARK, PURSUANT TO THE NEW JERSEY LOCAL LANDS AND BUILDINGS LAW, N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(4), TO ACQUIRE A PERMANENT EASEMENT FROM PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSION FOR THE SUM OF $10.00 FOR THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION AND PERMANENT ACCESS UPON AND ACROSS A PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9-13 RUTHERFORD STREET DESIGNATED AS BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 10.02; PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 RUTHERFORD STREET DESIGNATED AS BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 15.01; PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 611-615 DOREMUS AVENUE DESIGNATED AS BLOCK 5052, LOT 10; PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 709-719 DELANCY STREET DESIGNATED AS BLOCK 5056, LOTS 34 AND 38; VACATED DELANCY STREET (NOW BLOCK 5056, LOT 89) AND VACATED AVENUE “P” IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AS DEPICTED IN A MAP ENTITLED “PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT PORTIONS OF BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 10.02 AND BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 15.01 AND BLOCK 5052, LOT 10 AND BLOCK 5056, LOTS 34 AND 38, VACATED AVENUE P AND VACATED DELANCY STREET.”

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement Purpose: Annual Newark Three Kings Children’s Celebration Entity Name: New Jersey Institute of Technology Entity Address: 104 Lock Street, Newark, New Jersey 07103 Event Location: New Jersey Institute of Technology, 104 Lock Street, Newark, New Jersey 07103 Event Date(s): Thursday, January 6, 2022 Event Time: 3:30 P.M. until 7:30 P.M. (Includes Set-up time at 8:00 A.M. and Clean-up/Breakdown ending at 9:00 P.M.) Additional Information: Sponsor: Council President, Luis A. Quintana

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Bid Contract Purpose: To provide Pavement Markings. Entity Name: Denville Line Painting, Incorporated Entity Address: 2 Green Pond Road, Rockaway, New Jersey 07866 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $267,575.00 Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Department of Engineering Contract Period: 365 consecutive calendar days from the date of the issuance of a written Notice to Proceed by the Director of the Department of Engineering 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: Contract #2021-06, Pavement Markings in the City of Newark, New Jersey. Bids Solicited: One (1) Bids Received: Three (3) Bids Rejected: Zero (0)

Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Final Quantities Change Order #3/Amend Resolution 7R12-c adopted on December 2, 2015, Resolution 7R12-g(AS) adopted on June 24, 2020 and Resolution 7R12-f adopted on April 7,2021 Purpose: To execute Contract Close out Change Order #3 for Rehabilitation of Water Mains (C&L) - Contract 11-WS2011. Entity Name: Mainlining America, LLC Entity Address: 555 Pound Road, Elma, New York 14059 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $14,742,959.18 Funding Source: 2013 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities Capital Budget/NW041-13W-13WA0-94710-B2013 Contract Period: 730 days from the date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R12-c adopted on December 2, 2015 awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $13,733,451.50 for the period of 730 days from the date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed. Resolution 7R12-g(AS) adopted on June 24, 2020, authorized Change Order #1 to increase the contract amount by $648,952.08 for a total contract amount not to exceed $14,382,403.58 with no extension on final completion. Resolution 7R12-f adopted on April 7, 2021, authorized Change Order #2 to increase the contract amount by $137,035.60 for a total contract amount not to exceed $14,519,439.18 with no extension on final completion. Resolution 7R6-b adopted November 4, 2021, authorized a Pre-Litigation Settlement in the amount of $360,555.60, which combined increased Change Order #2 in the amount of $137,035.60 and Change Order #3 in the amount of $223,520.00 for new contract total amount not to exceed $14,742,959.18 with no extension on final completion. Contract Close out Change Order #3 is for the increased amount of $223,520.00, which was covered in the Pre-Litigation Settlement; there will be no additional change in the contract amount and no extension on final completion.

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW AND REGRET Sponsored by President Luis A. Quintana 1. Jackie Rendleman Jones Sponsored by Council Member C. Lawrence Crump 2. Ella Mae Dixon Jones 3. Shirley Marie Davis-Burns Sponsored by Council Member John Sharpe James 4. Jerrell J. Smith 5. Edna Aisha Toure 6. Travis Yates 7. Robert Lee Arbuckle 8. Deacon Ulysese Monroe Sponsored by Council Member Eddie Osborne 9. Ethel Venida Simmons 10. Andre Hall

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PERMANENT EASEMENT OVER CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AS INDICATED ON THE AVENUE P PERMANENT FLOODWALL MAINTENANCE AND EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND MAP ENTITLED “PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSION, NEWARK BAY TREATMENT PLANT, PERMANENT FLOOD WALL EASEMENT PORTION OF AVENUE "P" EASEMENT EXHIBIT SKETCH C-6,” TO PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(4) FOR THE SUM OF $1.00 ON AVENUE P IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Office of Management and Budget Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: External Transfer of Funds Purpose: Transferring funds within the Law Department to provide sufficient funding within the Department until year end. Amount Transferred: $310,000.00 Transferred From: Law Department Transferred To: Law Department Additional Information: Two-Thirds vote of full membership required.

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PERMANENT EASEMENT OVER CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AS INDICATED ON THE STORM WATER PIPING RELOCATION AND MAINTENANCE EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND MAP ENTITLED “WILSON AVENUE Storm DRAINAGE Easement LOCATION PLAN” TO PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(4) FOR THE SUM OF $10.00 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WILSON AVENUE AND DOREMUS AVENUE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT, TITLE XXIII, TRAFFIC, CHAPTER 7, PARKING METER REGULATIONS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, TO AMEND 23:7-3.3, PARKING LIMITED TO TWO (2) HOURS 9:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M., EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY ADDING TWO (2) ADDITIONAL PARKING LOCATIONS ALONG PORTIONS OF LITTLETON AVENUE AND WEST MARKET STREET.

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT/EXEMPTION, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 93 WRIGHT STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 2798, LOT 12. (EAST WARD)

Newark Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission, November 3, 2021, Regular Meeting Agenda /Minutes

Newark Board of Adjustment, November 4, 2021, Regular Meeting Agenda /Minutes

Dept./Agency: Offices of Municipal Council and City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Executive Session Purpose: Excluding the public from portion of meeting to discuss matters concerning Tax Assessment and Appeals of Assessments by Attorney Hired by the City - Blau & Blau (Anticipated or Pending Litigation) Meeting: Special Meeting Date: September 24, 2019 Time: Commencing at 10:54 a.m. and ending at 11:14 a.m. Additional Information:

AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING THE CITY OF NEWARK, PURSUANT TO THE NEW JERSEY LOCAL LANDS AND BUILDINGS LAW, N.J.S.A. 40A:12-13(b)(4), TO ACQUIRE A PERMANENT EASEMENT FROM CENTERPOINT RUTHERFORD, LLC, FOR THE SUM OF $10.00 FOR THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION AND PERMANENT ACCESS UPON AND ACROSS A PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 49 RUTHERFORD STREET AND DESIGNATED AS BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 15 AND BLOCK 5056, LOTS 26 and 89 IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AS DEPICtED IN A MAP ENTITLED “PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT PORTIONS OF BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 15” TO CONSTRUCT, RECONSTRUCT, USE, GRADE, CLEAN, REPAIR, REPLACE, INSPECT, OPERATE AND OTHERWISE MAINTAIN IN AN UNOBSTRUCTED CONDITION A SYSTEM OF STORM DRAINAGE PIPE LINES.

Newark Central Planning Board, Regular Meeting Agendas /Minutes, September 27, 2021, October 4, 2021, October 18, 2021, November 1, 2021 and November 15, 2021.