Number
100314
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
090082
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Resolution amending Common Council File Number 090082, a resolution relating to an application for, acceptance and funding of a 2009 USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry Assistance Grant.
Analysis
Common Council File Number 090082, adopted on May 27, 2009, authorized the Department of Public Works - Operations Division (Forestry Section) to apply for, accept and fund a 2009 Cooperative Forestry Assistance Grant titled “Strengthening Diversity in Urban Forestry Service Delivery”, a project to recruit, train, and assist with placing low-income Milwaukee residents in the urban forestry profession. The grant provided $201,600 for the project, with additional funding provided by a $148,910 in-kind contribution by the City, and a $100,000 third-party contribution from the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, for a total project cost of $450,510. Since the adoption of Common Council File Number 090082, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board has increased its third-party contribution by $300,000, for a total contribution of $400,000, which increases the total project costs to $750,510. This resolution amends Common Council File Number 090082 to reflect the increased contribution by the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board.
Body
Whereas, Common Council File Number 090082, adopted on May 27, 2009, authorized the Department of Public Works - Operations Division (Forestry Section) to apply for, accept and fund a 2009 Cooperative Forestry Assistance Grant titled “Strengthening Diversity in Urban Forestry Service Delivery”, a project to recruit, train, and assist with placing low-income Milwaukee residents in the urban forestry profession; and
Whereas, The 2009 Cooperative Forestry Assistance Grant provided $201,600 in funding for the Strengthening Diversity in Urban Forestry Service Delivery program, with additional funding to be provided by a $148,910 in-kind contribution by the City, and a $100,000 third-party contribution from the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, for a total project cost of $450,510, and
Whereas, Since the adoption of Common Council File Number 090082,
the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board has increased its third-party contribution by $300,000, for a total contribution of $400,000; now, therefore be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that Common Council Resolution Number 090082 is amended by deleting the 4th “Where as” clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
” Whereas, The implementation of this project will cost $750,510, of which $201,600 (27%) will be provided by the grantor and $148,910 (20%) will be provided in-kind by the City and $400,000 (53%) will be provided by a third party contribution from the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board; now, therefore, be it”
Requestor
DPW Forestry Section
Drafter
LRB10307-2
JWC
6/28/10