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File #: 198126    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Placed on File
File created: 11/10/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/25/2014 Final action: 10/8/2015
Enactment date: 11/25/2014 Enactment #: 198126
Title: Requesting an appropriation of $225,000 and authorization to borrow $225,000 in a bond for Phase One services for a Citywide Wayfinding Program.
Code sections: Bond/BAN -
Attachments: 1. Scope of Work_design_phase, 2. 23512367_1-Appropriation Order (Somerville) Wayfinding_Signage2

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Requesting an appropriation of $225,000 and authorization to borrow $225,000 in a bond for Phase One services for a Citywide Wayfinding Program.

 

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To the Honorable Board of Aldermen:

 

I hereby request, subject to the approval of your Honorable Board,  an appropriation in the amount of $225,000 to complete phase one design services for an overall comprehensive wayfinding plan to better promote Somerville's economic activity, reduce traffic congestion, and create a better sense of place and visual aesthetic throughout Somerville, and authorization for the City Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor to borrow $225,000 to meet said appropriation.

 

Plan will include design services and provide an estimate for the amount to fabricate and install the completed signage improvements.

 

Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Joseph A. Curtatone

Mayor