Legislation

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Hold Harmless and Indemnification Agreement Purpose: North Ward “Movies Under the Stars” Events Entity Name: County of Essex, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Entity Address: 115 Clifton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104 Event Location: Branch Brook Park (by Ballantine Parkway and Lake Street gate entrance) Event Date(s): Thursday, August 16, 2018 and Friday, September 14, 2018 Event Time: 5:00 P.M. until 10:00 P.M. (Includes Set-up time starting at 3:00 P.M. and Breakdown ending at 10:30 P.M. Additional Information: Sponsor: Council Member, Anibal Ramos, Jr.

Recommending the Department of Public Works to offer a local convenient drop-off site that will provide senior citizens the ability to dispose of small electronic appliances, at least twice a year.

Directing Public Works to provide a report on the status of the tree stump removal contract

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Affordable Housing Agreement to provide HOME Funds Purpose: An Affordable Housing Agreement with Project Live, Inc. to renovate and improve a two (2) story low-rise multi-unit boarding house located at 75-79 Lincoln Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104, which consists of ten (10) single-resident occupancy units, seven (7) of which shall be HOME-assisted affordable housing units, four (4) offices, a kitchen, laundry room, dining room and three (3) common rooms. Entity Name: Project Live, Inc. Entity Address: 465-475 Broadway, Newark, New Jersey 07104 Grant Amount: $286,214.00 Funding Source: Federal HOME Program Contract Period: To complete the project within two (2) years from the date of commencement of construction with up to a maximum of two (2) additional six (6) month extensions, with an affordability period of no less than twenty (20) years from the project completion date. Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 75-79 Lincoln Avenue/Block 621/Lot 6/North Ward Additional Information:

Directing the Department of Economic and Housing Development to provide a report on the status of re-entry program including recidivism, job placement an all other program levels of assistance.

Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: To provide consulting services for conducting a pilot plant and treatment studies for optimizing water quality at City of Newark Water Treatment Plant. Entity Name: Agra Environmental and Laboratory Services Entity Address: 90½ West Blackwell Street, Dover, New Jersey 07801 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $36,000.00 Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities Contract Period: June 23, 2018 through October 21, 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:

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Bankruptcy Litigation Docket No.: Adversary Proceeding No. 16-01365 Claimant: City of Newark and Hon. Donald M. Payne, Jr. Claimant's Attorney: Law Office of Alan Dexter Bowman, Esq. Attorney's Address: 2 Gateway Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Settlement Amount: $29,000.00 Funding Source: N/A Additional Comments: Resolves litigation in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey captioned Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation v. RSUI Indemnity Company, et al., Adversary Proceeding No. 16-01365, which seeks a judicial determination that RSUI is obligated to defend and indemnify Hon. Donald M. Payne, Jr., and others in connection with Newark Watershed Conservation & Development Corporation v. Watkins-Brashear, et al., Adversary Proceeding No. 15-02397-VFP. Settlement results in payment of a settlement sum to the City. Invitation: Corporation Counsel (date to be entered by Clerk’s Office)

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 2, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND AGENCIES, OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 1966, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF NEWARK COMMISSION ON HOMELESSNESS.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Supporting a Special Event Purpose: Emanuel Christian Church Annual Block Party Date(s): Saturday, August 4, 2018 Sponsor: Council Member, Luis A. Quintana Additional Information: The Emanuel Christian Church Annual Block Party will held at 127-133 N. 7th Street (between by Orange Street and 7th Avenue), Saturday, August 4, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Newark Landmark & Historic Preservation Commission, Regular Public Meeting Minutes, July 11, 2018

Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, Financial Report, June 2018

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Declaring an Area in Need of Redevelopment Purpose: Designating area in need of redevelopment List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 901-903 Bergen Street/Block 3592/Lots 35,36/South Ward 921-923 Bergen Street/Block 3593/Lots 19,20/South Ward 944-946 Bergen Street/Block 3654/Lot 13/South Ward 952-958 Bergen Street/Block 3654/Lots 5,6,7,8/South Ward 972-974 Bergen Street/Block 3655/Lots 5,6/South Ward 1000-1006 Bergen Street/Block 3657/Lots 3,5,6/South Ward 1024-1026 Bergen Street/Block 3658/Lots 3,4/South Ward 1068-1070 Bergen Street/Block 3659/Lots 6,7/South Ward 1046 Bergen Street/Block 3659/Lot 18/South Ward 1042-1044 Bergen Street/Block 3659/Lot 20/South Ward 1040 Bergen Street/Block 3659/Lot 21/South Ward 1036-1038 Bergen Street/Block 3659/Lots 22,23/South Ward 1067-1069 Bergen Street/Block 3660/Lots 6,7/South Ward 1061-1065 Bergen Street/Block 3660/Lots 8,9,10/South Ward 981-991Bergen Street/Block 3665/Lots 1,2,3,4,5,6/South Ward 977-979 Bergen Street/Block 3665/Lots 7,8/South Ward 965 Bergen Street/Block 3666/Lot 6/South Ward 953 Bergen Street/Block 3667/Lot 4/South Ward 1083-1097 Bergen Street/Block 3696/Lot 28/South Ward 777 Bergen Street/Block 2711/Lot 2/South Ward 178 W. Runyon Street/Block 2711/Lot 53/South Ward 174-176 W. Runyon Street/Block 2711/Lot 54/South Ward 172 W. Runyon Street/Block 2711/Lot 56/South Ward Additional Information: Resolution 7R2-a (S) adopted on November 21, 2017 authorized and directed the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation

Newark Central Planning Board, Minutes, June 11, 2018

Office of the City Clerk, Records Management Unit, Room 415, Monthly Financial Report, June 2018

Newark Board of Adjustment, Regular Hearing Minutes, June 28, 2018 and July 12, 2018

Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties, Minutes, May 17, 2018

Office of the City Clerk, Marriage License Bureau, Room B-9, Monthly Financial Report, January through June 2018

Second River Joint Meeting, 2018 Third Quarter Assessment

Newark Rent Control Board, Minutes, April 10, 2018

Directing the Department of Administration to forward a report on the Open Space Trust Fund including the following information: 1. The members of the Board/ Commission and the dates they have convened 2. The total dollar amount of funding which have been collected since its inception 3. The account present balance 4. The name and dollar amounts of projects that have received funding from the account

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Change Order/Amend Resolution Purpose: To complete unforeseen field conditions for construction of Mulberry Commons Park Project Entity Name: Flanagan Contracting Group, Inc. Entity Address: Flanagan Contracting Group, Inc., 90 Old Camplain Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey 08844 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $10,508,618.55 Contract Period: One (1) year from the date of the 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: Original Resolution 7R2-g adopted on January 10, 2018 with a contract amount not to exceed $9,994,000.00 will be amended to increase the contract amount by $514,618.55 for a new total contract amount not to exceed $10,508,618.55.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Declaring Compliance Purpose: The Newark, New Jersey Municipal Council certification that hiring practices of the City of Newark are in compliance with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., (April 25, 2012). City Budget Year: 2018 Annual Budget Sponsor: Additional Information: N.J.S.A. 40A:4-5, P.L. 2017, C.183

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: Community Based Violence Prevention Program-Newark United Against Violence Hotspot Entity Name: City of Newark Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Grant Amount: Additional $70,000.00 for a total amended amount of $2,266,085.00 Total Project Cost: City Contribution: $450,999.00 from original grant fund accepted pursuant to Resolution 7R3-a(S), adopted on June 12, 2012 Other Funding Source/Amount: Grant Period: Amended to October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2016 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: N/A Additional Information: Apply/Accept Resolution 7R3-a(S) adopted on June 12, 2012 (File #12-0293) No additional Municipal funds required

HEARING OF CITIZEN 1. Bessie Walker, 75 Vassar Avenue, Newark, NJ Newark giving away the people’s money. Appearing 2. Colleen M. Fields, 27 Foster Avenue, Newark, NJ Nothing new with master President in the big house. Appearing 3. Munirah El-Bomani, 175 First Street, Newark, NJ Accountability, don’t get mad. Just do your job. Appearing 4. Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, 88 Richmond Street, Newark, NJ Want order like the County meetings, where is the order on the Council? Appearing 5. Lisa Parker, 71½ Boston Street, Newark, NJ The citizen’s will not tolerate the Council’s silence. Appearing 6. Felicia Alston-Singleton, 152 12th Avenue, Newark, NJ Housing and homeless where are the resources? Appearing 7. Hellane Freeman, 60 North 4th Street, Newark, NJ Housing and homelessness in Newark, NJ. Not Appearing 8. Cassandra Dock, 111 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ Interesting! Not Appearing 9. Kendall R. Clark, 932 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ Newark’s homeless coalition. Appearing 10. Opal R. Wright, 51 Vanderpool Avenue, Newark, NJ “American Recovery and Re-investment Act of 2009.” Appearing 11. Dyron Thomas, 25 Summit Street, Newark, NJ Newark issues. Not Appearing 12. Derrick Ross, 76 N. Munn Avenue, Newark, NJ Dealing with slumlords who refuse to maintain their properties. Appearing 13. Louis Shockley, 86 Napoleon Street, Newark, NJ Turn up the heat! Appearing 14. Donald Jackson, 79 Treacy Avenue, Newark, NJ City of Newark. Appearing 15. Donna Jackson, 128 Smith Street, Newark, NJ Recall 2019. Not Appearing 16. Barbara Tazewell, 333 Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ Management has no respect for tenants and no senior activities. Appearing 17. Lee L. Burgman, Jr., 774 Grove Street, Irvington, NJ Assist veterans transition from military to civilian life. Appearing 18. Bernice Hall, 73 Vaughan Drive, Newark, NJ Senior community concern. Appearing 19. Debra Salters, 263 Ridge Street, Newark, NJ The House, Part 3. Appearing 20. Robert Koontz, 89 Quitman Street, Newark, NJ JFK Pool. Appearing 21. Janet Bradley, 71 Keer Avenue, Newark, NJ Community concerns with JFK pool re-opening. Appearing 22. 10-4 Evans, 149 Huntington Terr., Newark, NJ City of Newark community issues and landlords. Appearing 23. Jimmie White, 63 Sherman Avenue, Newark, NJ Community wealth. Not Appearing 24. Pastor Vanness Roper, 55 North 11th Street, Newark, NJ Parking. Appearing 25. Trina Jones, 418 Triton Terrace, Newark, NJ July 5th my son was murdered. Appearing