Legislation

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Eddie Cruz Date(s): Monday, November 20, 2017 Official Street Name(s): Prospect Street and Lafayette Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: Eddie Cruz Plaza Sponsor: Council Member Augusto Amador Additional Information:

Emergency contract E2017-16 declared by the Director of Public Works for armed services at public facilities for: Term: July 1, 2017 to October 1, 2017 Amount: $1,000,000.00 Vendor: Custom Protection Services 360 Lexington Avenue Suite 201 New York, NY 10017

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Dr. Jose Gomez Rivera Date(s): Wednesday, November 29, 2017 Official Street Name(s): 3rd Avenue and Summer Avenue Ceremonial Intersection Name: Dr. Jose Gomez Rivera Way Sponsor: Council Member Luis A. Quintana Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Elda Gordills Date(s): Saturday, December 2, 2017 Official Street Name(s): Roseville Avenue and Park Avenue Ceremonial Intersection Name: Elda Gordills Way Sponsor: Council Member Luis A. Quintana Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Jacinto Cardona Date(s): Saturday, December 2, 2017 Official Street Name(s): Bloomfield Avenue and Rowland Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: Jacinto Cardona Way Sponsor: Council Member Luis A. Quintana Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To construct twenty-four (24) residential units and three (3) retail spaces. Entity Name: 760 Clinton Ave Shoho, LLC. Entity Address: 1037 Route 46 East, Suite 101, Clifton, New Jersey 07013 Sale Amount: $71,344.00 Cost Basis: ( ) PSF (X) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $1,018,300.00 Appraised Amount: $215,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within six (6) months and be completed within two (2) years from the transfer of ownership by the City 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 760-766 Clinton Avenue/3042/1&5/South Additional Information: Total Assessed Amount: $1,018,300.00 Total Appraised Amount: $215,000.00 Demolition Cost Amount: $159,000.00 City Demolition Credit: -$143,656.00 Total Negotiated Amount: $71,344.00 Total Appraised Amount: $215,000.00 City Demolition Credit: -$143,656.00 Total Purchase Price: $71,344.00

A motion to express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Benjamin Amos, III.

Newark Community Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Financial Reports August 2017 and September 2017

A motion to express sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Ms. Eleanor Orr.

Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: Formal Dam Safety Inspections Entity Name: Civil Dynamics, Inc. Entity Address: 109A County Route 515, P.O. Box 760, Stockholm, New Jersey 07460-0760 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $44,000.00 Funding Source: Department of Water and Sewer Utilities Budget Contract Period: One (1) Year from Contract Authorization by Municipal Council. 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: Proposal Solicited: Three (3) Proposal Received: Two (2)

Newark Board of Adjustment, Regular Hearing Minutes, September 28, 2017 and October 12, 2017

Office of the City Clerk, Research and Information Unit, Monthly Financial Report, Room 415, September 2017

Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties, Minutes, June 2017, July 2017 August 2017, Special Telecon August 10, 2017 and Annual Financial Report for the year ending December 31, 2016 and 2015

HEARING OF CITIZEN 1. Dion McCutcheon, Lyons Gateway Apartment, Newark, NJ Motion to suspend all spending - ceiling up all the mess. 2. Brenda Toyloy, 229 Renner Avenue, Newark, NJ Newark’s contaminated water and the unreported failures of contaminant reduction. 3. Donald Jackson, 79 Treacy Avenue, Newark, NJ City of Newark. 4. Thomas Afrika Ibiang, 175 1st Street, Newark, NJ Prison re-entry. 5. William Elmore, 194 Tuxedo Parkway, Newark, NJ The sidewalks of Newark when the snow falls. 6. Opal R. Wright, 15 Vanderpool Street, Newark, NJ The concurrent resolution to bestow certification by Mayor. 7. Dyran Thomas, 25 Summit Street, Newark, NJ Housing matters. 8. Mujiba Wadud, 216 Goldsmith Avenue, Newark, NJ Drug traffic, debris around Maple Avenue School, Patroling Goldsmith regularly. 9. Abdul Aleem Razzaqq, 216 Goldsmith Avenue, Newark, NJ Drug dealing (pick-up and drop-off), poor street lighting. 10. 10-4 Evans, 149 Huntington Terrance, Newark, NJ City of Newark landlord and community issues. 11. Lisa Harris-Wolfe, 69 Fariley Avenue, Newark, NJ Low income apartments and jobs in the City of Newark. 12. Lisa Mitchelson Parker, 71½ Boston Street, Newark, NJ Community issues. 13. Rick Foard, 37 Synott Place, Newark, NJ Homelessness in Newark, distributing foods to hungry people. 14. Donna Jackson, 128 Smith Street, Newark, NJ Where all the money going? 15. Bessie Walker, 75 Vassar Avenue, Newark, NJ Newark issues. 16. Jerome Branham, 11 Mercer Street, Newark, NJ Extreme financial hardship as a landlord with Rent Control. 17. Rick Robinson, 454 Washington Street, Newark, NJ Housing and Homelessness issues in Newark. 18. Munirah El-Bomani, 175 First Street, Newark, NJ Newark moving forward, for whom?

Newark Central Planning Board, Regular Public Meeting Minutes, September 25, 2017

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: Agreement for the redevelopment of land consisting of twenty-one (21) residential units and two (2) retail spaces Entity Name: Gomes and Gomes Development, LLC. Entity Address: 91 Kossuth Street, Newark, New Jersey 07105 Sale Amount: $180,000.00 Cost Basis: ( ) $ PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $198,000.00 Appraised Amount: $300,000.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within two (2) years from the transfer of ownership by the City 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) 262-264 Orange Street/Block 2853/Lot 30/Central Ward 266 Orange Street/Block/2853/Lot 29/Central Ward 268 Orange Street/Block 2853/Lot 28/Central Ward Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Supporting a Special Event Purpose: Sponsoring the Temple Rock Church “Children’s Trunk or Treat Harvest Fest” Date(s): Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Sponsor: Council Member Luis A. Quintana Additional Information: To be held at 860 Broadway, corner of Broadway and Verona Avenue down to Lincoln Place from 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.

RECOGNIZING & COMMENDING Sponsored by President Mildred C. Crump 1. Bishop Loretta Smith-Johnson, celebrating 33 years of Pastoral Service, held on Sunday, October 15, 2017 2 Deacon Frank Reeder 3. Dr. Brenda A. Allen, 14th President of Lincoln University 4. Bishop Hershey L. Taylor and Lady Roberta Taylor on their 37th Pastoral Anniversary, held on Friday, October 13, 2017 5. Mr. Frankie Negron 6. Mr. Jayson Williams, former NBA Legend 7. Individuals during the Eyes Like Mine, Inc., 2017, Dancing with the Blind Gala, held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 8. Individuals honored during the 4 Hours of Power at Metropolitan Baptist Church, held on Saturday, October 21, 2017 9. Pastor, Reverend Dr. Jonah Nixon, on his Retirement and 49th Pastoral Anniversary at Trinity Baptist Church, held on Friday, October 27, 2017 10. The Silver Stars, 40th Anniversary, to be held on Saturday, November 18, 2017 11. Mrs. Ethel Christmas, on her 100th Birthday Celebration, held on Friday, October 27, 2017 Sponsored by Council Member Augusto Amador 12. Ms. Rosa Mota, Olympic Marathon Winner 1988, on her participation in the 6th Annual Ironbound Walk for the Cure, held on Sunday, October 22, 2017 Sponsored by Council Member John Sharpe James 13. Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 60th Anniversary Celebration, held on Sunday, October 22, 2017 14. Good Neighbor Baptist Church, 46th Church Anniversary Homecoming, A Family Reunion, held on Sunday, October 29, 2017 15. First Timothy Missionary Baptist Church, 88th Anniversary Celebration, held on Sunday, October 22, 2017 16. Mr. Clarence Coleman, Jr., New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee at the 48th Annual Dinner and Induction Ceremony, to be held on November 9, 2017 17. Individuals at the Guyton Callahan American Legion Post 152 Sponsored by Council Member Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins 18. The Honorable George “Buddy Gee” Branch, former Central Ward Council Member 19. Million Women March, 20th Anniversary Reunion Sponsored by Council Member Joseph A. McCallum, Jr. 20. Ms. Ivette Ramirez, Dance Instructor, Smiling David Dance School 21. Mr. Jose Francisco, Owner, Smiling David Dance School 22 Envy Dance Group 23. Dance Mogul Magazine 24. Brick City Dancers 25. Mr. Malik Cooper, aka “Mr. Versatility,” Street/Club Dancer and Choreographer Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 26. Mr. Roberto A. Madan, Owner of McDonald Restaurants, honored with a Street Dedication, to be held on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 27. Ms. Betty Delgado Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 28. Lisbon Wine and Liquors, Annual Grand Wine Tasting, to be held on Thursday, November 16, 2017

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Settlement of Civil Litigation Docket No.: ESX-L-5924-14 Claimant: Ramon Irizarry Claimant's Attorney: Edward J. Nolan, Esq. Attorney's Address: One University Plaza, Suite 404, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 Settlement Amount: $225,000.00 Funding Source: Insurance Trust Fund Additional Comments: Invitation: Acting Corporation Counsel, December 5, 2017

A motion requesting the status of the Municipal Council’s previous request, urging the Department of Public Safety to conduct active shooter drills, as well as fire evacuation exercises, at the following municipal properties: City Hall, 31 Green Street (Municipal Courts) and the Health Department (110 William Street).

A motion requesting that the City Clerk’s Office send letters to the Department of Public works and the Department of Health and Community Wellness requesting that their departments provide a copy of the plan for snow removal and the code blue warming station plan.

A motion requesting that the City Clerk’s Office coordinate a meeting of the Homeless/Penn Station Group organized to address the homeless problem at Penn Station.

A motion requesting that the City Clerk’s Office send a letter to the Department of Transportation requesting that the following exits/entrance ramps be cleaned. There are also indications of illegal dumping in these areas: First Street and the underpass at Orange Street and Second Street; All exits leading into Newark, especially Route 21.

A motion expressing a sincere get well message to Mr. Willie Martin and Ms. Shirley burns, long-time community activists and senior advocates, and wishing them a speedy and healthy recovery.