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New Rochelle council approves memoranda to formalize library and school cooling centers
Summary
The City Council approved two resolutions authorizing an MOU with the New Rochelle Public Library and an intermunicipal agreement with the school district to designate cooling centers and set activation conditions; council members asked staff to expand sites to reach seniors and residents in areas without nearby schools.
The New Rochelle City Council on June 17 approved two resolutions to formalize the city’s network of cooling centers, authorizing the city manager to sign a memorandum of understanding with the New Rochelle Public Library and an intermunicipal agreement with the New Rochelle City School District to use school facilities as designated cooling centers.
The measures, carried as agenda items 24 and 25, add a written protocol the city will use to trigger and operate cooling centers during extreme-heat events. City Manager: “No. This is, basically to memorialize from our last conversation about establishing set, cooling centers, that we can have a set protocol to go to,” said the city manager during opening remarks on the item.
Why it matters: City officials said the written agreements aim to speed…
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