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Public Works Seeks $449,710 MVP Grant to Build Flooding Database and Advance Green Infrastructure
Summary
Docket 0399 would authorize acceptance and expenditure of a $449,710 Massachusetts MVP action grant for a city project to build a crowdsourced flooding database, prioritize stormwater and riverine flood locations for green infrastructure designs, and engage watershed partners and contractors.
Councilor Gabriela Colette Zapata introduced Docket 0399 at the April 7 committee hearing: a message and order asking the council to authorize the city to accept and expend $449,710 in a Boston MVP Action Grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to be administered by the Public Works Department.
Rachel Luna, interim director of green infrastructure for the city, presented a project to build a flooding database and map focused on inland stormwater and riverine flooding. "Stormwater is generated when rain falls on…
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