Legislation

Appointments by Mayor Ras J. Baraka to the Newark Workforce Development Board. Effective March 12, 2018 1. Jonathan Kobza - 2 year term Effective April 5, 2018 1. Mitch Cahn - 2 year term 2. Shanequa Wilson - 2 year term 3. Joy Adesumola - 2 year term 4. Elizabeth McLilly (formerly Davis) - 2 year term 5. Dexter Hendricks - 2 year term 6. Chip Hallock - 2 year term 7. Morris Murray - 2 year term

Handout provided by Newark Community Economic Development Corporation to the Municipal Council at the March 13, 2018 Special meeting on Employee Ownership Cooperatives

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation - Pre-suit Settlement Docket No.: N/A Claimant: Millenium Tree Services and Landscape Design, Inc., 758 Degraw Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104 Claimant's Attorney: N/A Attorney's Address: N/A Settlement Amount: $641,500.00 Funding Source: 2017 Budget/Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation. Account Code Line: NW011-066-0663-71690 Additional Comments: This resolution and settlement agreement resolves all outstanding invoices for Millenium Tree Services and Landscape Design, Inc., for the tree removal services it rendered from September 1, 2017 through November 30, 2017 Invitation: Acting Corporation Counsel

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY (20) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO BERGEN STREET REDEVELOPMENT URBAN RENEWAL LLC, FOR A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT TWO (2) MIXED USE BUILDINGS CONTAINING A TOTAL OF FORTY-TWO (42) AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, COMMERCIAL SPACE AND PARKING, LOCATED ON REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1037-1047 AND 1057-1059 BERGEN STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND IDENTIFIED ON THE CITY’S TAX MAP AS BLOCK 3661, LOTS 3, 5 AND 8 AND BLOCK 3660, LOT 11 (SOUTH WARD)

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO TELEPHONE HEIGHTS PRESERVATION URBAN RENEWAL ASSOCIATES, LP, 77 PARK STREET, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY 07042, FOR THE REHABILITATION OF AN EXISTING AFFORDABLE PROJECT ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 176 AVON AVENUE AND IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY AS BLOCK 2660, LOT 6 (SOUTH WARD)

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Supporting Newark Council #21, IFPTE, AFL-CIO Purpose: To urge support of Newark Council #21’s fair collective bargaining efforts on behalf of City of Newark employees. Sponsor: Council Member Augusto Amador Additional Information:

A motion to express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr. Ronald High, Sr.

A motion to express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Ms. Gina Harding.

A motion to convey sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Mr. Edwin Armstrong.

A motion of heartfelt wishes to The Honorable Kenneth A. Gibson, in hopes for restored and revived health very soon.

A motion requesting that the City Clerk’s Office send the North Ward Center a letter of congratulations for their award-winning ceremony recognizing its youth basketball program and their accomplishments.

A motion requesting that the City Clerk’s office have the earned sick time amendments for the Newark Public Schools available at the next Municipal Council meeting.

Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: Renovating the “Wars of America” Monument at Military Park Entity Name: Essex County Entity Address: 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Grant Amount: $300,000.00 Total Project Cost: $300,000.00 City Contribution: No City Funds Required 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: Accepts grant from the Essex County Open Space Trust Fund. No commencement date was provided by Essex County. The renovation of the monument should be completed no later than June 1, 2018, but the County has the sole discretion to extend the completion deadline.

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW AND REGRET Sponsored by President Mildred C. Crump 1. Ms. Annie Lois Bonney 2. Ms. Patricia Ann Hazzard 3. Dr. E. Alma Flagg, ED.D. 4. Hon. Seward Kannah Boons, Sr. Sponsored by Council Member John Sharpe James 5. Reverend Dr. John Gussie Ragin

Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties, Minutes, January 18, 2018

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Contract Purpose: Operation of Newark Community Solutions and the Newark Youth Court within the Newark Municipal Court Entity Name: National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc./Center for Court Innovation Entity Address: 31 Green Street, Room 310, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $951,252.00 Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Office of the Mayor/Municipal Court Contract Period: January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a Additional Information: Approval in collaboration with the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts.

Office of the City Clerk, Financial Report, October, November, December 2017 and 2017 Year End Financial Report

Newark Central Planning Board, Public Hearing Minutes, January 8, 2018, January 22, 2018, February 5, 2018 and February 26, 2018

North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Public Commission Meeting Minutes, January 24, 2018

Newark Community Economic Development Corporation, Financial Report for Board of Directors Meeting, January 31, 2018

RECOGNIZING & COMMENDING Sponsored by President Mildred C. Crump 1. Ghanaian Flag Raising Ceremony, commemorating sixty-one (61) years of Independence Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 2. Individuals honored during the Newark March for Our Lives, to be held at Military Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018 3. Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America honored during the Newark March for Our Lives, to be held at Military Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018 4. Woman for Progress honored during the Newark March for Our Lives, to be held at Military Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018 Sponsored by Council Member John Sharpe James 5. Altice Network for Impact Newark 6. Guyton-Callahan American Legion Post #152, 98th Annual Awards Dinner Dance, to be held on Saturday, May 5, 2018 7. Individuals honored during Women’s History Month, held at the Nellie Grier Senior Center on Friday, March 16, 2018 Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 8. Individuals honored at the Annual Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey during the 8th International Annual Women’s Day Tribute, held on Friday, March 9, 2018 9. Individuals honored at the 75th Anniversary Dinner Dance of Friends of Brian Boru, Inc., held on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10. Cardinal Joseph W. Torin, Honorary Award during the 14th Annual Justice for all Catholic Charities Recognition Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 11. Mr. Armando Aviles, Essex County Sheriff’s Officer of the Year “2018 Service Member of the Year Award”

261 University Urban Renewal Corp., Schedules of Parking Tax Payable to the City of Newark, December 31, 2017 and 2016

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO “THE NEWARK LIVING DOWNTOWN PLAN” TO INCLUDE BLOCK 125, LOT 96 (FORMERLY LOTS 84-88, 91-94, 96, AND 108), COMMONLY KNOWN AS 22-34 EAST PARK STREET. (CENTRAL WARD) PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THE SPECIAL MEETING OF TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018. Deferred 6PSF-b 040418

Emergency contract, E2018-02, as declared on February 9, 2018 for the Department of Administration, Office of the Business Administrator for RX Coverage for Retirees/ Retiree Medical Coverage on emergency basis Amount: $3,000,000.00 Term: January 1, 2018 to April 2, 2018 Vendor: Navitus One West Main Street Madison, WI 53703