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File #: 24-1697    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 12/4/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/12/2024 Final action: 12/19/2024
Enactment date: 12/12/2024 Enactment #: 218048
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $75,350 grant with no new match required, from Massachusetts Office on Disability to the Department of Racial and Social Justice for the completion of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Mayor-Racial & Social Justice
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. FY25 Somerville Municipal ADA Improvement Grant Agreement and Contract (part 1) - signed, 2. FY25 Somerville Municipal ADA Improvement Grant Agreement and Contract (part 2) - signed

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $75,350 grant with no new match required, from Massachusetts Office on Disability to the Department of Racial and Social Justice for the completion of an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $75,350 from Massachusetts Office on Disability to the Department of Racial and Social Justice under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds.

 

 The purpose of this grant is to pay for the completion of an ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan encompassing all facilities, activities, programs and services within the City of Somerville.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor