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New Haven board moves to seek brownfields funds, continue crisis-response team and consider school bus cameras amid housekeeping items
Summary
At its July 7 meeting the New Haven board moved favorably on a package of administrative orders and ordinance amendments, including pursuing a $995,000 Brownfields grant for riverfront remediation, authorizing steps to continue the Elm City Compass crisis response team, and advancing a school-bus camera enforcement system; several personnel appointments and many individual tax-assistance requests were also read into the record.
The New Haven board reviewed and moved favorably on a slate of administrative orders and ordinance amendments at its July 7 meeting, including authorization to pursue federal and state grants, continuation of a city crisis response contract, and consideration of a school bus violation camera program.
The board agreed to pursue up to $995,000 from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s municipal Brownfields grant program to support remediation at properties on Front Street and to partner with Riverfront Development LLC on a planned mixed-use project. According to the presentation, the grant would fund environmental investigation, removal of petroleum-impacted soils, limited demolition of blighted buildings and construction of a seawall to…
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