Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation hearing on Dockets #1083, #1236, and #1239

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), in the form of a grant for the Efficiency and Regionalization grant, awarded by the MA Department of Revenue to be administered by the Office of Economic Development. The grant will fund the Greater Boston Regional Economic Compact Cities to hire a consultant who will develop an Action Plan of operational projects based on overlapping needs expressed in the municipalities’ master plans. 

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Dollars ($855,000.00), in the form of a grant for the FY19 Success Link Employment Program, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, passed through the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston, to be administered by the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment. The grant will fund summer jobs for 469 youth from July 9, through August 17, 2018.

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($33,500.00), in the form of a grant for Survey and Planning awarded by the United States Department of Interior passed through the Commonwealth/Archives, to be administered by the Environment Department. The grant will fund Phase III of the Roxbury Survey Update and the nomination for the Malcolm X – Ella Little Collins House in Roxbury to the National Register of Historic Places.      

These matters are sponsored by the Mayor and were referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation (#1083 on 7/11/2018) and (#1236 and #1239 on 8/22/2018).

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