Legislation

Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Public Works for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by transferring $6,000 to New Hope for Neighborhood Renewal, within District 1 Neighborhood Needs.

Communication from Mary Conturo, Executive Director of the Sports & Exhibition Authority, submitting the Position and Salary Report as of December 31, 2015.

Report of the Committee on Public Safety Services for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Human Resources for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Performance and Asset Management for December 16, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution further amending Resolution 549, effective September 21, 2012 entitled "providing for an agreement/s, or use of existing agreements and/or a contract/s, or use of existing contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for City Council Neighborhood Needs Program and providing for the payment of the costs thereof", by transferring $6,000 to New Hope for Neighborhood Renewal, within District 1 Neighborhood Needs. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $437,779.53.

Resolution further amending Res. 273 of 2011, entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the Neighborhood Needs; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof” by transferring the $12,500 for West End Developments from the URA to the Design Center.

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Designation Honoree: Don King Date(s): December 21, 2015 Official Street Name(s): Bergen Street and Custer Avenue Ceremonial Intersection Name: Don King Plaza Sponsor: Council Member John Sharpe James Additional Information:

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) Anheuser-Busch, Inc./174-312 Carnegie Avenue/5090/50/South/$139,559,700/2014/-$678,439.88 Anheuser-Busch, Inc./174-312 Carnegie Avenue/5090/50/South/$139,559,700/2015/-$1,096,208.83 Anheuser-Busch, Inc./334-348 Carnegie Avenue/5090/44.01/South/$58,920,100/2014/-$226,146.63 Anheuser-Busch, Inc./334-348 Carnegie Avenue/5090/44.01/South/$58,920,100/2015/-$365,402.94 Anheuser-Busch, Inc./314-332 Carnegie Avenue/5090/193/South/$691,000/2014/-$0.00 Anheuser-Busch, Inc./314-332 Carnegie Avenue/5090/193/South/$691,000/2015/-$0.00 Additional Information: Total Tax Difference: -$2,366,198.28 (Applied as Credits) Invitation: Corporation Counsel, January 5, 2016

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Consent to Assignment of Emergency Contract Purpose: Assigning Emergency Contract to new entity pursuant to an asset purchase agreement and NJDEP Order Entity Name: Interstate Waste Service of New Jersey, Inc. Entity Address: 300 Frank W. Burr Boulevard, Suite 39, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 Contract Amount: $156,598.00 monthly Funding Source: City Budget/Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services Contract Period: Contract being assigned pursuant to N.J.A.C.5:34-6.1(a) Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information:

Directing the Department of Economic and Housing Development to provide the Council with a comparison of the assessed value and the fair market value of the properties being exchanged by the City and the Newark Housing Authority; it is also requested that with regard to prospective land transactions, a comparison of the assessed value and fair market value should be provided for the Governing Body to review.

Directing the Office of the Mayor to grant the Municipal Council representation on the Federally Qualified Health Center Board of Commission for inclusion of this important commission

AN ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER THREE (3) PROPERTIES IN THE WEST WARD OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEWARK TO THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN SPACE AND PARKING FOR A NEW ESSEX COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL CAMPUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL LANDS AND BUILDINGS LAW, FOR THE TOTAL SUM TOTAL OF ONE DOLLAR ($1.00). Deferred 6PSF-e 010616

Directing EHD to provide the Council with information related to the redevelopment of the Springfield Marketplace Project at Norfolk Street, Elm Street and South Orange Avenue, specifically the type of tax abatement the Administration will be proposing for the housing planned on these sites.

Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Declaring an Area in Need of Redevelopment Purpose: Designating the below-listed Blocks and Lots as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area. (South Ward) List of Property: (Address/Block/Lot/Ward) BLOCK LOT Property Address 1. 2685 1 616 Bergen St 2. 2685 3 612 Bergen St 3. 2685 39 642 Bergen St 4. 2685 40 640 Bergen St 5. 2685 43 630-634 Bergen St 6. 2685 46 622-628 Bergen St 7. 2688 34 716 Bergen St 8. 2688 35 714 Bergen St 9. 2688 36 712 Bergen St 10. 2688 37 710 Bergen St 11. 2688 39 706 Bergen St 12. 2688 48 686-688 Bergen St 13. 2687 7 673 Bergen St 14. 2687 12 683-685 Bergen St 15. 2707 30 772 Bergen St 16. 2707 31 770 Bergen St 17. 2707 32 768 Bergen St 18. 2707 40 752 Bergen St 19. 2707 41 750 Bergen St 20. 2707 42 746-748 Bergen St 21. 2707 46 740 Bergen St 22. 2707 47 738 Bergen St 23. 2707 48 736 Bergen St 24. 2707 49 734 Bergen St 25. 2707 50 732 Bergen St 26. 2707 54 720-722 Bergen St 27. 2708 6 727 Bergen St 28. 2708 10 735 Bergen St 29. 2712 29 798-800 Bergen St 30. 2712 35 788 Bergen St 31. 2712 36 786 Bergen St 32. 2712 37 784 Bergen St 33. 2712 39 780 Bergen St 34. 2711 1 775 Bergen St 35. 2711 3 779-781 Bergen St 36. 2711 6 783 Bergen St 37. 2711 7 785 Bergen St 38. 2711 8 787-791 Bergen St 39. 2711 11 793 Bergen St 40. 2711 12 795 Bergen St 41. 2711 13 797 Bergen St 42. 2711 14 799 Bergen St 43. 2711 18 807 Bergen St 44. 2711 19 809 Bergen St 45. 3589 32 206 Hawthorne Ave 46. 3589 33 204 Hawthorne Ave 47. 3590 27 220 Hawthorne Ave 48. 3590 28 218 Hawthorne Ave 49. 3590 29 216 Hawthorne Ave 50. 3590 31 823 Bergen St 51. 3590 33 827-829 Bergen St 52. 3590 35 831-833 Bergen St 53. 3590 37 835 Bergen St 54. 3590 38 837-839 Bergen St 55. 3590 40.01 841-843 Bergen St 56. 3590 40.02 845 Bergen St 57. 3586 15 914 Bergen St 58. 3586 17 910 Bergen St 59. 3586 20 904 Bergen St 60. 3586 22 900 Bergen St 61. 3593 16 913-915 Bergen St 62. 3593 17 917 Bergen St 63. 3667 5 949-951 Bergen St 64. 3667 7 947 Bergen St 65. 3659 2 1074-1078 Bergen St Additional Information: Resolution 7R3-a(S) adopted January 13, 2015 authorized and directed the Central Planning Board to conduct a preliminary investigation Invitation: Director of Economic & Housing Development, February 17, 2016.

Dept/ Agency: Fire Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds Purpose: To aid in efforts to increase or maintain the number of trained front line firefighters available in the City Entity Name: City of Newark Fire Department Entity Address: 1010 18th Avenue Newark, New Jersey 07106 Grant Amount: $7,353,950.00 Funding Source: United States Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FY2014 SAFER Grant Total Project Cost: $ 7,353,950.00 City Contribution: None required Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A Contract Period: February 21, 2016 through February 20, 2018 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 Newark WORKS, One Stop Career Center to provide the Council with a report detailing the following information under grant funding received ($4,471,989.00) by the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development · Types of programs administered · The training involved · The total number of participants · Job placement of participants

Requesting the Police department, fire department, and the Department of Engineering, Division of Motors, provide the Municipal Council a listing of all vehicles which have been assigned confidential license plates in their respective departments. In addition, please provide the name and position of the personnel assigned to that particular vehicle and a listing of any outstanding tickets incurred by that vehicle.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE X, FINANCE AND TAXATION, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 2000, CHAPTER 9, “OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL TRUST FUND”, TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL LEVY FROM ONE ($.01) CENT PER ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS TO THREE ($.03) CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED ($100.00) DOLLARS, THE INCREASE SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE NEWARK RIVERFRONT PARK.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Bid Contract(s) Purpose: Sign Posts, Traffic Description: Traffic Control Equipment Entity Name(s)/Address(s): Garden State Highway Products, Inc., 1740 E. Oak Road, Vineland, New Jersey 08361 Contract Amount: $300,000.00 Funding Source: City of Newark’s Budget for the Department of Engineering Account Code Line: NW011-110-1107- 83750-B2016 Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed two years 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: Number of Bids Solicited 5 Number of Bids Received 1