Legislation

Dept/Agency: Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Memorandum of Understanding with Rutgers University for the provision of computer training for senior-citizens Purpose: To provide a three (3) month Computer Training Program for City senior citizens across the five (5) City Wards. Entity Name: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Newark Center for Urban and Public Services Entity Address: 111 Washington Street, Room 136, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Project Location: Newark City-wide Senior Centers Reimbursement Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: Upon adoption of this authorizing Resolution to the conclusion of the Program, approximately four (4) months 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:

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Alexander Padilla, Jr. Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on October 23, 2026 Additional Information: Alexander Padilla, Jr., will replace Alfonso L. Ferguson, whose term expired on October 5, 2024. Deferred 8-k 102324 Deferred 9-a 110724

A motion requesting a list of the top earners from the Department of Public Safety, Police Division in 2023.

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Joy Black Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on October 23, 2026 Additional Information: Joy Black will replace Robert House, whose term expired on August 5, 2023.

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment as Alternate #1 to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Jason Bunkley Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on October 23, 2025 Additional Information: Jason Bunkley will replace Demetrius Kee, whose term expired on October 5, 2023.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Execute an Affordable Housing Agreement for HOME funds. Purpose: To authorize the execution of a Deed Restrictive HOME Affordable Housing Agreement with 449 WASHINGTON STREET URBAN RENEWAL CO, LLC., for the construction of a new residential affordable housing building that will consist of ten (10) affordable rental units (the “Project”) upon real property located at 449 Washington Street (Central Ward) of the Tax Map of the City of Newark, County of Essex, State of New Jersey 07114 (Block 115, Lot 15) (the "Property) Entity Name: 449 WASHINGTON STREET URBAN RENEWAL CO. LLC Entity Address: 27 Austin Street, Newark, New Jersey 07114 Grant Amount: $1,000,000.00 Funding Source: Federal HOME Program Funds Contract Period: HOME Program Funds must be expended within forty-eight (48) months from the date of adoption. 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: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) 449 Washington Street (Central Ward) of the Tax Map of the City of Newark, County of Essex, State of New Jersey 07114 (Block 115, Lot 15) Additional Information:

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO SOUTH ORANGE AVE. 1 URBAN RENEWAL, INC., 27 PRINCE STREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07208, FOR A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT ONE-HUNDRED-FORTY-FOUR (144) NON-SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS, WHEREIN TWELVE (12) UNITS SHALL BE RESTICTED TO TENANTS AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME (“AMI”) AND ONE-HUNDRED-THIRTY-TWO (132) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 60% AMI (THE “INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS”) AND APPROXIMATELY 8,149 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AND APPROXIMATELY 33% OF ON-SITE PARKING SPACES LOCATED AT 572-588 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, 80-82 WHITNEY STREET, 84 WHITNEY STREET, 86-88 WHITNEY STREET, AND 391-419 GROVE STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND IDENTIFIED ON THE CITY’S MAP AS BLOCK 4002, LOTS 1, 18, 19, 20, AND 30. (WEST WARD) Deferred 6PSF-e 120325

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Audris B. Torres Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on October 23, 2026 Additional Information: Audris B. Torres will replace Kenneth Wright, whose term expired on October 5, 2024.

Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Office of Emergency Management Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To enhance the City of Newark and the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) region’s ability to build, maintain, and sustain national preparedness capabilities for approved Project Proposals. Entity Name: State of New Jersey, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Entity Address: P.O. Box 091, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0091 Grant Amount: $1,657,194.00 Total Project Cost: Not Applicable City Contribution: $0.00 Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00 Grant Period: September 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027 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: Grant #EMW-2024-SS-05034.

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Appointment Purpose: Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Tiana Marie Santos Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on October 23, 2026 Additional Information: Tiana Marie Santos will replace Alexis Edwards, whose term expired on October 5, 2024.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE II, ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 5, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE 4, DIVISION OF CENTRAL PURCHASING, OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, AS AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTED, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 14, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE USE OF PROCUREMENT CARDS. Deferred 6PSF-a 120424 Deferred 6PSF-a 121824

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Use of State Contract(s) M7003 ESRI GIS Software and Services #25-TELE-82239 Purpose: Provide use of State authorized vendor to obtain ESRI GIS Software and Services. Entity Name(s)/Address(s): Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. 380 New York Street, Redlands, California 92373-8100 Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $90,000.00 Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Office of Information Technology NW011-030-0306-71450-B2024 Contract Period: Upon approval by the Municipal Council, through May 20, 2025, inclusive of any extensions by the State. Contract Basis: ( ) Bid (X) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: This State Contract will provide software and services for the Office of Information Technology. Additional City Departments that wish to use this contract shall be permitted. Applicable funding sources for other City Departments will be presented on an as-needed basis

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A THIRTY (30) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO CROWN VILLAGE URBAN RENEWAL, INC., 27 PRINCE STREET, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY 07208, FOR A PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT TWO RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDINGS CONSISTING OF ONE-HUNDRED-EIGHTY-FIVE (185) RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS, WHEREIN THE FIRST BUILDING SHALL CONSIST OF ONE-HUNDRED-EIGHT (108) SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, OF WHICH TWENTY (20) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME (“AMI”) AND EIGHTY-EIGHT (88) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 60% AMI (THE “BUILDING 1 INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS”), AND THE SECOND BUILDING SHALL CONSIST OF SEVENTY-SEVEN (77) NON-SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, OF WHICH FOUR (4) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 50% AMI AND SEVENTY-THREE (73) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 60% AMI (THE “BUILDING 2 INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS”), AND APPROXIMATELY 9,115 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AND APPROXIMATELY 86% OF ON-SITE PARKING SPACES LOCATED AT 552 AND 554-566 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE AND 412, 414, 416, AND 418 GROVE STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND IDENTIFIED ON THE CITY’S TAX MAP AS BLOCK 4001, LOTS 1, 2, 19, 20, 21, AND 32. (WEST WARD) Deferred 6PSF-d 120325

Dept./ Agency: Engineering Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Professional Service Contract Purpose: Change Order for the renovation of the Ironbound Little League Turf Field at 441-455 Chestnut Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 Entity Name: Suburban Consulting Engineers, Inc. Entity Address: 96 US Highway 206, Suite #101, Flanders, New Jersey 07836 Contract Amount: Not to exceed$55,900.00 Funding Source: Recreation Open Space Trust/NW026-32720-B2023 Contract Period: One (1) year from the date of a written Notice to Proceed or until completion of construction. Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: This Resolution authorizes Change Order #1 to Contract 2022-02PS, for additional soil testing, which will increase the contract amount by $31,200.00,for a new total contract amount not to exceed $87,100.00..

EXPRESSING PROFOUND SORROW AND REGRET Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. Clarence Maney, Jr. Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 2. Deborah Francine Bailey Johnson Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 3. Carlos Colon Mendez Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 4. Reverend Garvey Ince 5. Reverend Dr. Raymond Maurice 6. Jerome Morgan 7. Dr. Emily Cissy Houston 8. Ruth V. Veney Pegram 9. Toyina Marajh 10. Annie B. Green

Dept/Agency: Offices of Municipal Council and City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Executive Session Purpose: Excluding the public from a portion of the meeting to discuss attorney-client privileged matters pertaining to a Settlement Agreement and Settlement of Civil Litigation. Meeting: Pre-Meeting Date: October 1, 2024 Time: Commencing at 10:48 A.M. and ending at 11:11 A.M. Additional Information:

North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Minutes, August 28, 2024.

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To consolidate lots and merge with existing business as an automotive service company Entity Name: Rex Properties LLC Entity Address: 11 Ferdon Street, Newark, New Jersey 07105 Sale Amount: $7,586.74 Cost Basis: ( X ) $8.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $23,500.00 Appraised Amount: $N/A Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within eighteen (18) months following transfer of property ownership from the City to the Redeveloper 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) 270 Delancy Street/Block 1096/Lot 59/East Ward 272-276 Delancy Street/Block 1096/Lot 36/East Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage X PSF = 948.34 X $8.00 = $7,586.74. Sale at prices set forth by Ordinance 6S&Fh, adopted on April 7, 2004, establishing the minimum sale price of City-owned properties

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Re-Appointment Purpose: Re-Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Susu Stewart Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on June 1, 2026 Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Re-Appointment Purpose: Re-Appointmentto the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Taquan A. Williams Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on June 1, 2026 Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Re-Appointment Purpose: Re-Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Jennifer Moore Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on September 15, 2026 Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Re-Appointment Purpose: Re-Appointment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Commission. Name of Appointee: Della Walker Appointment Term: Upon Municipal Council confirmation and ending on June 1, 2026 Additional Information:

A motion expressing profound sorrow and regret at the recent passing of Marcy Phillips, longtime Newark resident, employee and former commissioner of the Newark African Commission.

RECOGNIZING AND COMMENDING Sponsored by President C. Lawrence Crump 1. Individuals honored during Hispanic Heritage Month 2. Sheikh Bashiru Yandu 3. Maribel Cabrera de Reyes, Minister of Orcastria, of Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral and Board Director of the Dominican Cultural Parade and Festival of Essex County 4. Igbo Council of Chiefs and Traditional Title Holders NJ, Inc. Sponsored by Council Member Patrick O. Council 5. Renaming Ceremony of the Media Center at Weequahic High School in honor of Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, held on Saturday, October 6, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Carlos M. Gonzalez 6. Individuals honored during the Unidas En Una Sola Voz 3rd Annual Domestic Violence Awareness 1K Walk, held on Saturday, October 12, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Dupré L. Kelly 7. Santiago Matías (Alofoke), Founder of AlofokeMusic and the Alofoke Radio Show 8. Akintola Hanif, honored during the Newark Arts Festival, as a Leader in the Arts community for over twenty (20) years, held on Saturday, October 12, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Luis A. Quintana 9. Individuals honored during the Commemoration of 161 Years of the Restoration of Cariamanga, of Calvas Canton, Province of Loja, Republic of Ecuador 10. Lucio and Sofia Lemmo, on their 48th Wedding Anniversary 11. Michael Grillo, honored during the Italian Flag-Raising Ceremony, held on Saturday, October 5, 2024 12. Individuals honored during Hispanic Heritage Month, a Gala at the ONU, held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 13. Individuals and Organizations honored during the Spanish Flag-Raising Ceremony, held on Saturday, October 12, 2024 14. Individuals honored during La Voz Community Engagement Event, held on Saturday, October 12, 2024 15. Trike Masters Club, honored during their 41st Anniversary Celebration, held on Sunday, October 13, 2024 16. Police Officers honored during the 2024 Columbus Day Awards, held on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Anibal Ramos, Jr. 17. Nichelle Lynn Patrick, on her appointment as the Police Director of the Borough of Caldwell, NJ Sponsored by Council Member Louise Scott-Rountree 18. Mother Rose Womack, on her 85th Birthday Celebration 19. Minister Jamillah Cupe, on her Birthday Celebration 20. Individuals honored during the National Action Network Triumph Awards, held on Monday, September 30, 2024 21. Individuals honored during the Newark Interfaith Alliance Prayer Breakfast 2024, held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 22. Individuals honored during the Urban League of Union County, on its 80th Anniversary Gala, held on Friday, October 4, 2024 23. Individuals honored during the Newark Branch NAACP, on its 110th Anniversary Gala, Honoring Community Champions and Scholars, held on Saturday, October 5, 2024 24. Individuals honored during the WGMA’s 56th Annual Gospel Music Convention, held on Saturday, October 5, 2024 25. Dionne Warwick, Ceremonial Street Dedication, held on Friday, October 11, 2024 26. Reverend Dr. Larry Jennings, Sr., New Pastor of Union Chapel AME Church and Welcome Service, held on Saturday, October 12, 2024 27. Reverend Dr. J. Michael Sanders, Convention President, during the General Baptist Convention of NJ, Inc., on its 120th Annual Session, held on Sunday, October 13, 2024 28. Reverend Frederick Q. Smith and First Lady Marcia Smith, on their 13th Pastoral Anniversary, held on Saturday, October 13, 2024 29. Chosen Generation Ministries, on its 25th Church Anniversary, held on Sunday, October 13, 2024 30. Chief Apostle Allen H. Simmons and Sounds of Praise Pentecostal Fellowship Ministries, Inc., on its 30th Holy Convocation, held on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 31. Individuals honored during the Urban League of Essex County - Annual R.E.D. Gala 2024, held on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 32. Individuals honored during the 36th Sunshine Awards, held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 33. Un-Stuckness Restoration Center’s 1st Anniversary Celebration, held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 34. Rahim E. Wynn, on his 10th Pastoral Anniversary, held on Saturday, October 19, 2024 35. Bishop Kevin E. Taylor, on his Celebration to the Office of Bishop, held on Sunday, October 20, 2024 36. Good Neighbor Baptist Church, on its 53rd Church Anniversary, held on Sunday, October 20, 2024 37. Individuals honored during Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 67th Church Anniversary, held on Sunday, October 20, 2024 Sponsored by Council Member Michael J. Silva, Jr. 38. St. Stephan’s Grace Community Church 39. Tony Castro, Assistant District Attorney of New York City, Bronx District 40. Nelson Tereso, Portuguese -American Attorney and Author, of “Compared Penal Law between Theresa US and Portugal” 41. Isabella Alvarez, Dance Teacher of Club Espafia and Centro Ourensano 42. Jose Luis Losada, 1st President of Centro Ourensano Social Club 43. Lopes Sausage Company 44. Classic Imaging Photography 45. Huryk’s Deli 46. Fernandes Restaurant