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File #: 25-1245    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved, Awaiting Mayoral Review
File created: 7/8/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/10/2025 Final action: 7/10/2025
Enactment date: 7/10/2025 Enactment #: 219311
Title: Requesting the appropriation of $1,045,000 from the Participatory Budgeting Stabilization Fund for the purpose of implementing the winning projects from the second Participatory Budgeting cycle.
Code sections: Stabilization Fund -
Attachments: 1. PB Cycle 2 Implementation Memo

Agenda Summary

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Requesting the appropriation of $1,045,000 from the Participatory Budgeting Stabilization Fund for the purpose of implementing the winning projects from the second Participatory Budgeting cycle.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve the appropriation of $1,045,000 from the Participatory Budgeting Stabilization Fund, for the purpose of implementing the winning projects from Somerville's second Participatory Budgeting cycle. The six projects selected by Somerville residents include:

 

                                          Afterschool Programs - $150,000

                                          Boost Somerville's Nutrition Security Network - $220,000

                                          Public Community Compost - $125,000

                                          Bike Network Guarantee - $400,000

                                          OutSMART Somerville Rats - $120,000

                                          Pollinator Gardens - $30,000

 

The attached memo outlines the initiative, results, and project descriptions.

 

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

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor