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File #: 212522    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 9/27/2021 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/14/2021 Final action: 10/14/2021
Enactment date: 10/14/2021 Enactment #: 212522
Title: Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $42,500 grant, with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Council on Aging for taxi transportation for older adults.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. MAPC Signed Contract '21

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Requesting acceptance of, and approval to expend, a $42,500 grant, with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Council on Aging for taxi transportation for older adults.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

I respectfully request that your Honorable City Council accept and approve expending a grant of $42500.00 from Metropolitan Area Planning Council to the Council on Aging, 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 taxi transportation for older adults to travel to non-emergency medical appointments, the pharmacy, grocery store, farmer's markets or to local vaccine clinics.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor