Legislation

Directing the Office of the City Clerk to provide an extract of Ms. Maryam Bey’s comments made during the Hearing of Citizens segment at the Municipal Council Regular Meeting held on January 22, 2020, in addition to, a copy of the Amistad Commission Statement to the Newark Board of Education.

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO ANGEL P. AND LYSSETTE PARAMO, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO (2) FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 323 NORTH 12TH STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK AS BLOCK 1963, LOT 31.01. (NORTH WARD)

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO RODOLFO LOPEZ AND ARMANDO ALTAMIRANO JIMBO, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO (2) FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 563 NORTH 9TH STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 697, LOT 46. (NORTH WARD)

Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Apply/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To provide Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant and Children (WIC). Entity Name: State of New Jersey, Department of Health, Division of Family Health Services Entity Address: P.O. Box 364, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Grant Amount: $2,100,495.00 Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Health Total Project Cost: $0.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 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:

Directing the Office of the City Clerk to provide an extract of comments made at the Hearing of Citizens segment at the Municipal Council’s Regular meeting held on January 22, 2020 by Ms. Gloria Mills residing at 25-27 Freeman Street, to the Department of Health and Community Wellness.

Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Tax Collector to issue estimated tax bills, Third Quarter of 2020 Estimated Tax Levy: $471,202,687.00 Estimated Tax Rate: $3.816 Additional Information: Resolution authorizing the Tax Collector to issue estimated tax bills for the Third Quarter of 2020. Estimated tax bills are needed until the 2020 Budget is adopted.

Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: Immunization Grant 2021 Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Health-Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, Immunization 2021 Entity Address: P.O. Box 369, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Grant Amount: $167,800.00 Total Project Cost: $167,800.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 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: No municipal funds required for acceptance of grant award. Goal: Reduce and eliminate the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases affecting children, adolescents, and adults through immunization. The Department of Health and Community Wellness will offer a variety of immunization services to community residents’ ages 0 through 18 years.

Dept. / Agency: Public Safety/ Office of Emergency Management Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: All Hazard Mitigation Plan Purpose: Resolution authorizing the City of Newark to adopt Essex County All Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020 Update. Entity Name: Essex County Sheriff’s Office (Office of Emergency Management) Entity Address: 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 Contract Amount: No municipal funds required Contract Period: N/A Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Service ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) N/A Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment to Joint Meeting Maintenance Purpose: Re-appointment of Council Representative Name of Appointee: Anibal Ramos, Jr. Address: 673 Lake Street, Newark, New Jersey 07104 Appointment Term: Commencing upon confirmation and ending June 30, 2021 Sponsor: Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment to Second River Joint Meeting Purpose: Re-appointment of Council Representative Name of Appointee: Joseph A. McCallum, Jr. Address: 84 Sunset Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07106 Appointment Term: Commencing upon confirmation and ending June 30, 2021 Sponsor: Additional Information:

ORDINANCE RATIFYING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND/OR HIS DESIGNEE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS, TO ENTER INTO AND EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH NOVUS UNION, LLC, HAVING OFFICES AT 50 UNION AVENUE, IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 07111 (LANDLORD), FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 46-58 UNION AVENUE, SUITE 702 AND 703, IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 07111, AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS 50 UNION AVENUE, SUITE 702 AND 703 , IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY 07111 AND APPEARING ON THE TOWNSHIP OF IRVINGTON OFFICIAL TAX MAP AS BLOCK 273, LOT 5, FOR THE PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT, AS DEFINED IN THE LEASE AGREEMENT, TO BE USED AS A WIC SITE, FOR AN ANNUAL RENT STARTING AT $47,400.00, IN THE FIRST YEAR AND ESCALATING YEARLY TO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $51,307.29 IN YEAR FIVE (5).

Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Stipulation of Settlements for Tax Appeals List of Property: (Tax Payer/Address/Block/Lot/Ward/Assmnt./Year/Refund Amount) Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/10/396-416 Adams Street/East/$958,000/2015/-$29,863.73 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/10/396-416 Adams Street/East/$958,000/2016/-$31,046.00 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/10/396-416 Adams Street/East/$908,000/2017/-$33,909.00 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/14/398-414 Adams Street/East/$1,052,100/2015/-$14,993.08 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/14/398-414 Adams Street/East/$952,100/2016/-$19,026.64 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/5/384-394 Adams Street/East/$886,400/2015/-$9,907.15 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/5/384-394 Adams Street/East/$786,400/2016/-$13,739.36 Alken Realty Co., Inc. 5088/5/384-394 Adams Street/East/$786,400/2017/-$14,218.64 Additional Information: Total tax refund: -$166,703.60

Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Stipulation of Settlements for Tax Appeals List of Property: (Tax Payer/Address/Block/Lot/Ward/Assmnt./Year/Refund Amount) Emerita Urban Renewal, LLC/145/1/736-752 Broad Street/Central/$31,345,000/2018/-$2,007,902.57 Additional Information: Total refund credit: -$2,007,902.057 Invitation: Corporation Counsel

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds for the NJDOT 2021 Safe Streets to Transit (SST) Program Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Entity Address: 1035 Parkway Avenue, Ewing, New Jersey 08625 Grant Amount: $393,000.00 Total Project Cost: $393,000.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: N/A 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: NJDOT FY 2021 Safe Streets to Transit Program for infrastructure improvements that encourage walking and bicycling at the intersection at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Sussex Avenue and Central Avenue. No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.

Dept./ Agency: Law Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Service Contract Purpose: To provide Legal Services as Special Counsel. Entity Name: Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC Entity Address: 1100 Valley Brook Avenue, P.O. Box 790, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $200,000.00 Funding Source: 2020 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: March 1, 2020 through March 1, 2021 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:

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2020 Annual Budget for Newark Downtown District Management Corporation (NDD) Purpose: Introduction of the 2020 Annual Budget for the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation Amount: $5,071,250.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 Additional Information: Ordinance 6PSF-c adopted on February 20, 2013 repealed. Ordinance 6S&F-e adopted on September 2, 1998 created an expanded. Downtown SID and changed regulations for the operations of the Downtown SID.

Dept./ Agency: Engineering Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Change Order/Amend Resolution Purpose: Change Order/Amendment #1 Contract #2018-01R, Various Streets - 2017 (15 Locations) MA-17 Newark Project Entity Name: J.A. Alexander, Inc. Entity Address: 130-158 John F. Kennedy Drive North, Bloomfield, New Jersey 07003 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $2,227,833.46 Funding Source: Capital Fund Contract Period: Amended to July 26, 2019 through July 26, 2021 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: Original Resolution 7R3-a(AS) adopted on May 15, 2019 awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $2,227,833.46 for a period of 365 consecutive calendar days from the issuance of a formal Notice to Proceed.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2020 Annual Budget for the Ironbound Business Improvement District (IBID) Purpose: Introduction of the 2020 Annual Budget of the Ironbound Business Improvement District Amount: $885,650.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 Additional Information: Ordinance 6PSF-b adopted on March 6, 2013, repealed Ordinances 6S&Fn adopted on November 13, 2000 and Ordinance 6S&Fc adopted on May 7, 2003, and created an expanded Ironbound Business Improvement District and changed regulations for the operation of the Ironbound Business Improvement District.

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds for the NJDOT 2021 Bikeways State Aid Program Entity Name: New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Entity Address: 1350 Parkway Drive, Ewing, New Jersey 08065 Grant Amount: $349,000.00 Total Project Cost: $349,000.00 City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: N/A 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/Site Known As) Additional Information: NJDOT FY 2021 Bikeways State Aid Program for neighborhood access for bicyclists as the Prince Street Bike Lanes Project, by constructing bike lanes connecting the East Coast Greenway to the Prince Street Neighborhood, from Court Street to Prince Street, Montgomery Street to Broom Street to Howard Street to Clarion Street. No municipal funds are required for receipt or acceptance of this grant award.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2020 Annual Budget for Bloomfield Avenue - Lower Broadway Business Improvement District (BALB) Purpose: Introduction of the 2020 Annual Budget for Bloomfield Avenue - Lower Broadway Business Improvement District Amount: $448,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 Additional Information: Ordinance 6PSF-h adopted on July 12, 2017 authorized the creation of the Bloomfield Avenue - Lower Broadway Business Improvement District.

CENSUS 2020 - Newark’s Future Depends on the Census

Appointments by Mayor Ras J. Baraka to the Newark Workforce Development Board Effective July 1, 2020 Expires Chip Hallock 2 year term 4/2020 - 4/2022 Dexter Hendricks 2 year term 4/2020 - 4/2022 Jonathan Kobza 2 year term 4/2020 - 4/2022 Elizabeth McLilly 2 year term 4/2020 - 4/2022 Joy Olagbegi 2 year term 4/2020 - 4/2022 Mitch Cahn 2 year term 5/2020 - 5/2022 Sam Caucci 2 year term 7/2020 - 7/2022

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: 2020 Annual Budget for Mt. Prospect Avenue Neighborhood Improvement District (MPANID) Purpose: Introduction of the 2020 Annual Budget for the Mt. Prospect Avenue Neighborhood Improvement District Amount: $330,000.00 Budget Period: January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 Additional Information: Ordinance 6S&Ff adopted on June 20, 2007 created the Mt. Prospect Avenue Neighborhood Improvement District.

Newark Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan