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Council chair moves FEMA-funded Mokeley Park resiliency work forward after debate over district hearing
Summary
The council referred a $1.17 million FEMA BRIC grant for Mokeley Park to the Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency and Parks after debate over whether the district councilor should receive a separate public hearing before accepting the funds.
The Boston City Council on July 9 took up a message and order (docket 1258) authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of up to $1,170,000 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) funds for phase 1 design, engineering and permitting work at Mokeley Park in South Boston.
Councilor Calabrio Zapata, chair of the Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency and Parks, read a parks department memo describing the BRIC grant as a reimbursable award with a 70% federal, 30% nonfederal cost-share; the memo lists a $351,000 city share within the $1,170,000 total. The grant covers resilient…
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