Legislation

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY (20) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT TO CENTERPOINT 49 RUTHERFORD URBAN RENEWAL, LLC, 17-89 RUTHERFORD STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07105, FOR A PROJECT TO DEMOLISH EXISTING DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCT A NEW WAREHOUSE BUILDING CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 179,317 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE SPACE, 6,600 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, 166 PARKING SPACES AND 93,000 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE, LOCATED AT 17-89 AND 91-127 RUTHERFORD STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07105 AND IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 5050.01, LOT 15 AND BLOCK 5056, LOT 26. (EAST WARD) DEFERRED 8-a (s) 072021 No Action Taken 6PSF-ae (s) 081721

Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Contract with Sub-Recipient Purpose: To provide HIV/AIDS related health and support services to the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area. Entity Name: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, St. Bridget’s Entity Address: 590 North 7th Street, Newark, New Jersey 07107 Grant Amount: Not to exceed $635,105.00 Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Contract Period: March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Ryan White funds accepted by Resolution 7R5-b adopted on March 17, 2021. Partial Certification of Funds in the amount of $219,524.00.

Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Contract with Sub-Recipient Purpose: To provide HIV/AIDS related health and support services to the Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area. Entity Name: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Entity Address: 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07112 Grant Amount: Not to exceed $668,902.00 Funding Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Contract Period: March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2022 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS (X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Ryan White funds accepted by Resolution 7R5-b adopted on March 17, 2021. Partial Certification of Funds in the amount of $204,809.00.

Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution number 675 of 2008, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2009 Capital Budget and the 2009 through 2013 Capital Improvement Program” to change the Cityfarms deliverable from Brookline only to Brookline and District 7.

P-Cards

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT/EXEMPTION, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 124 PALM STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 4199, LOT 138. (WEST WARD) No Action Taken 6PSF-p (s) 081721 DEFERRED 6PSF-p (s) 081921

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Resolution Endorsing Purpose: Resolution of the Municipal Council Consenting to Certain Transfers of Membership Interest in Hawthorne Avon Mapes, L.P. Additional Information: Resolution 7Ra(S) adopted on May 8, 2007. Hawthorne Avon Mapes, L.P., to transfer the membership interest of its general partner, Hawthorne Avon, Inc., to CAPC South Ward, LLC.

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A FIVE (5) YEAR TAX ABATEMENT AND/OR EXEMPTION, FOR A PROJECT CONSISTING OF A TWO-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ON REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 73 PIERCE STREET, MORE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 2633, LOT 49. (SOUTH WARD)

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To develop property into a mixed-use multi-family home. Entity Name: Spikenard Foundation, a New Jersey Non-profit Corporation Entity Address: Newark, New Jersey 07108 Sale Amount: $30,000.00 Cost Basis: (X) $6.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $34,400.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within twelve (12) 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) 747-749 South 11th Street/Block 2631/Lot 55/South Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage X PSF = 5,000 X $6.00 = $30,000.00. 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: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To rehabilitate the property to provide a three-family home for rental or for-sale housing. Entity Name: 21st Associates, LLC Entity Address: 934 E. Gunhill Road, Bronx, New York 10469 Sale Amount: $31,288.71 Cost Basis: (X) $10.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $160,500.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: To be commenced within three (3) months and be completed within twelve (12) months 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) 63 Verona Avenue/Block 832/Lot 8/North Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage = 3,128.87 X $10.00 = $31,288.71. Sale at prices set forth by Ordinance 6S&Fh, adopted on April 7, 2004, establishing the minimum sale price of City-owned properties.

WHEREAS, May 21st, 2021 has been designated as the 23rd Annual “Take a Father to School Day” in the Pittsburgh Public Schools; and,

WHEREAS, Fifty years ago, the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution took effect, lowering the universal voting age in America from 21 years to 18 years. Millions of young Americans were extended the right to vote, empowering more young people than ever before to help shape our country; and,

A BOND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND APPROPRIATING $38,409,000.00 THEREFOR, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $36,488,550.00 IN GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS OR NOTES OF THE CITY AND FINANCE PART OF THE COSTS THEREOF.

Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Application to Local Finance Board for approval of Bond Ordinance. Name of Project(s): General Capital Improvement Authorizations Amount to be Financed: $38,409,000.00 Funding Source: Bonds and/or Notes Local Finance Board meeting date(s): June 9, 2021 Project Information: (Description/ Project No./ Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.) RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY AUTHORIZING THE MAKING OF AN APPLICATION TO THE LOCAL FINANCE BOARD PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:3-1, ET SEQ., AND APPROVING THE SUBMISSION THEREOF. Additional Information:

Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Private Sale/Redevelopment Purpose: To rehabilitate property into a side yard for adjacent owner-occupied home. Entity Name: Natalie Antoine Entity Address: 24 Norwood Street, Newark, New Jersey 07106 Sale Amount: $9,200.00 Cost Basis: (X) $4.00 PSF ( ) Negotiated ( ) N/A ( ) Other: Assessed Amount: $92,800.00 Appraised Amount: $0.00 Contract Period: To commence within three (3) months and be completed within twelve (12) 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) 22 Norwood Street/Block 4065/Lot 14/West Ward Additional Information: Sale Price: Total Square Footage X PSF = 2,300 X $4.00 = $9,200.00. 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: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Action: Extension/Rescheduling of Revaluation Purpose: To move the effective year of the currently ordered revaluation from Tax Year 2023 to Tax Year 2025.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORIGINAL TAX ABATEMENT GRANTED TO NEWARK 40 E. PARK URBAN RENEWAL, LLC, 128 MAIN AVENUE, PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY 07055, PURSUANT TO THE LONG TERM TAX EXEMPTION LAW TO EXTEND THE TIMEFRAME TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT CONSISTING OF THE RENOVATION OF A VACANT, ABANDONED BROWNSTONE OFFICE BUILDING INTO FIFTEEN (15) MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED ON REAL PROPERTY FORMERLY KNOWN AS 40 EAST PARK STREET AND 36-38 AND 40 KITCHELL STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102 AND IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, AS BLOCK 126, LOTS 1, 2 AND 52, WHICH HAS BEEN MERGED AND IS NOW KNOWN AS 35-47 MULBERRY STREET, BLOCK 126, LOT 1. (Central Ward)

WHEREAS, April 11, 2021 marks the 53rd anniversary of the passage of the U.S. Fair Housing Law, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which, as amended, pronounces a national policy of Fair Housing for all without regard to identity under the protected classes of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status; mandating fair housing opportunities for all citizens; and

Report of the Committee on Public Works for April 21, 2021 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for April 21, 2021 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for April 21, 2021 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Human Resources for April 21, 2021 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Dept/ Agency: Office of the Mayor Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Service Contract Purpose: To provide a list of Visiting Judges to preside over court sessions in the event of the unavailability of the Newark Municipal Court’s full-time judges. Entity Name: 1. Honorable Donald L. O’Connor, J.M.C. 2. Honorable Sherwin G. Campbell, J.M.C. 3. Honorable Michael A. Hackett, J.M.C. 4. Honorable Chandra L. Rainey Cole, J.M.C. 5. Honorable Joanne Cocchiola, J.M.C. 6. Honorable Wilfredo Benitez, J.M.C. 7. Honorable Marvin Thomas Braker, J.M.C. 8. Honorable Lindal Louise Scott Foster, J.M.C. 9. Honorable Steven Brister, J.M.C. 10. Honorable Rashidah N. Hasan, J.M.C. Entity Address: See Exhibit A Attached Contract Amount: Not to exceed $17,500.00 per Judge in an aggregate total contract amount not to exceed $175,000.00 Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Office of the Mayor/Municipal Court Contract Period: January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( X ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: As authorized by Cross-Assignment Order of the New Jersey Superior Court Assignment Judge for Essex County Vicinage.

Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing (X) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: Amendment #1 to Environmental Consulting Services - Watershed Management Program Plan Phase 1. Entity Name: Kleinfelder, Inc. Entity Address: 321 Wall Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $148,200.00 Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW037-750-75002-71280 Contract Period: 814 days from the date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed, ending on December 31, 2021 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: Resolution 7R12-a(S/AS)072319 awarded a contract in an amount not to exceed $148,200.00, for a period of 180 days from date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed. This Amendment #1 will extended the contract period by 634 days for a total period of 814 days from the date of the issuance of a Notice to Proceed, ending on December 31, 2021.