City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 23-1720

• File #: 23-1720
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor's Request
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/15/2023
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/21/2023
• Final action: 12/21/2023
• Enactment date: 12/14/2023
• Enactment #: 216388
• Title: Requesting approval to accept an in-kind gift valued at $15,000 with no new match required, from the SUGi project to the Parks and Urban Forestry Division for materials and professional services for the Miyawaki forest planting.
• Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, SPCD-Public Space and Urban Forestry
• Code sections: Grant/Gift -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/21/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
12/14/2023	1	City Council	Approved	Pass
12/12/2023	1	Finance	Recommended to be approved	Pass
11/21/2023	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept an in-kind gift valued at $15,000 with no new match required, from the SUGi project to the Parks and Urban Forestry Division for materials and professional services for the Miyawaki forest planting.

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expend an in-kind grant/donation valued at $15,000.00 to the Parks and Urban Foresty Division, 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/donation was to provide in-kind materials and professional services for the Miyawaki forest planting

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