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Council advances IU Resilience Institute cohort ordinance after environmental commission presentation
Summary
The council advanced Ordinance 8-20-26 to second reading after the environmental commission described participation in an Indiana University Resilience Institute cohort that would cost Richmond $3,700 and provide $60,000–$80,000 worth of technical support, including a McKinney Climate Fellow and tree-management work.
The Richmond Common Council voted Feb. 2 to advance Ordinance 8-20-26, which authorizes submission, acceptance and appropriation of a grant relationship with Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute.
Lisonbee Bridal, a member of the Environmental Commission, asked for council permission for the city to enter the IU cohort and described previous cohort work as yielding more than $120,000 in tree-planting value and three…
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