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File #: 24-0575    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 4/19/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/25/2024 Final action: 5/14/2024
Enactment date: 5/9/2024 Enactment #: 217051
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $243,094 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to the Office of Sustainability and Environment, for a residential decarbonization outreach campaign and two-year Energy Advisor position.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, Mayor-Sustainability & Environment
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. MassCEC EmPower Implementation Grant Award
Related files: 24-0776

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $243,094 grant with no new match required, from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to the Office of Sustainability and Environment, for a residential decarbonization outreach campaign and two-year Energy Advisor position.

 

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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 $243,094 from Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to the Office of Sustainability and Environment, 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 a variety of outreach activities promoting decarbonization in the Somerville residential community. The outreach program will include a two-year "Energy Advisor" position to provide support to residents in their decarbonization journeys, micro-grants to assist individuals in renovation activities, as well as new outreach materials and events to promote environmentally friendly retrofit projects in Somerville homes.

 

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