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File #: 23-1581    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 10/19/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/9/2023 Final action: 11/30/2023
Enactment date: 11/21/2023 Enactment #: 216305
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a Community Compact Best Practices Technical Assistance grant for $45,000 with no new match required, from the MA Department of Revenue Division of Local Services to the Economic Development Division for the development of a Commercial Tenant Guidebook.
Indexes: Finance-Assessing, Finance-Auditing, Finance-Budget, Finance-Grants Development, Finance-Procurement & Contracting Services, Finance-Treasury, SPCD Administration, SPCD-Economic Development
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. Commercial Tenants GB DOR Award letter, 2. Somerville_Contract_Signed_10.26.23

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a Community Compact Best Practices Technical Assistance grant for $45,000 with no new match required, from the MA Department of Revenue Division of Local Services to the Economic Development Division  for the development of a Commercial Tenant Guidebook.

 

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Official Text

To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a Community Compact Best Practices Technical Assistance grant for $45,000 from MA Department of Revenue Division of Local Services to the OPSCD Economic Division, 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 the costs associated with the development of a Commercial Tenant Guidebook.

 

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