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File #: 24-1261    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 9/6/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/12/2024 Final action: 10/2/2024
Enactment date: 9/26/2024 Enactment #: 217719
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a technical assistance grant valued at $25,000 with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to the Office of Sustainability and Environment for sustainable and resilient zoning development.
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. MAPC TAP Award Confirmation, 2. OSE MAPC TAP Grant Acceptance

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a technical assistance grant valued at $25,000 with no new match required, from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to the Office of Sustainability and Environment for sustainable and resilient zoning development.

 

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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 technical assistance valued at $25,000 from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) 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 sustainable and resilient zoning development.

 

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