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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY BUILDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM FOR UP TO $1,500,000 TO CONTINUE FORESTRY RESPONSE TO EMERALD ASH BORER DAMAGE AND IMPROVE DULUTH'S URBAN FOREST.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to submit an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program for a grant of up to $1,500,000 to continue forestry response to Emerald Ash Borer damage and improve Duluth's urban forest.
FURTHER RESOLVED, the City of Duluth has the legal authority to accept these funds and the financial, technical, and managerial capacity to ensure proper planning and maintenance of the project. Matching funds of up to twenty five percent of the total project cost is required. The City will meet the required match with in-kind contributions of personnel, equipment, and materials that are paid for in baseline City budgets, as well as the annual forestry budget of $50,000.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Duluth City Council names the fiscal agent for this project as Jen Carlson, City of Duluth Finance Director, 411 West First Street, Duluth, MN 55802.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program for a grant of up to $1,500,000 to continue forestry response to Emerald Ash Borer damage and improve Duluth's urban forest.
Planting funded by the grant will focus exclusively upon neighborhoods identified as disadvantaged by federal government agencies. Neighborhoods to be served include the Hillside, Lincoln Park, Fairmount, Morgan Park, Gary/New Duluth, Fond du Lac, and portions of the Observation Hill, Denfeld, Cody, and Irving neighborhoods.
Grant funds would be used to:
1. Accelerate the replacement of ash boulevard trees removed from di...
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