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Votes at a glance: commission approves grants, contracts, easements and event permits
Summary
On Aug. 27 the City Commission and committee meetings approved multiple resolutions and contracts — including a $90,699 USGBC grant, a $750,000 placemaking grant for Canal Park, a $1.2M budget substitution for infrastructure projects, multiple construction and resurfacing contracts, and ArtPrize event designation — mostly by voice vote with motions carrying.
City committees and the Commission of the Whole approved a series of resolutions, contracts, easements and event designations during the Aug. 27 session. Items were moved and carried by voice vote unless otherwise noted below.
Key approvals and outcomes - US Green Building Council West Michigan grant: Commissioners approved acceptance of $90,699 to fund a healthy and sustainable buildings policy specialist (equitable healthy and zero-carbon buildings initiative). (Motion passed by voice vote.)
- Canal Park placemaking grant: The Commission accepted a $750,000 grant from Right Place Incorporated for Canal Park improvements; Parks Director Marquette described a roughly $7 million project (expanded paths, a pavilion shelter and a new play space). (Motion passed by voice vote.)
- Budget substitution: A resolution was approved to substitute $1,200,000 from deobligated capital improvement funds into the Infrastructure Improvement Program to pay for Ferris system and Wastewater Treatment Facility groundwater treatment projects. (Motion passed by voice vote.)
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