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File #: 24-1377    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 9/20/2024 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 10/10/2024 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $250,000 grant with no new match required, from MA Department of Transportation to the Mobility Division for an East Somerville soundwall feasibility study.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. State ARPA Earmark Contract $250K-signed (E. Somerville Soundwall)

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $250,000 grant with no new match required, from MA Department of Transportation to the Mobility Division for an East Somerville soundwall feasibility study.

 

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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 $250,000.00 from MA Department of Transportation to the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development Mobility 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 a feasibility study for the East Somerville soundwall.

 

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