City of Boston - File #: 2023-1543

• File #: 2023-1543
• Version: 1
• Type: Mayor Order
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/29/2023
• In control: Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency, and Parks
• On agenda: 10/4/2023
• Final action: 10/4/2023
• Title: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Thirty Thousand ($330,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY24 EEA Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program awarded by the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs to be administered by the Environment Department. The grant will fund Ready Boston's findings through further assessment and exploration of three design alternatives for flood risk reduction on Bennington Street in Boston and Fredericks Park, Belle Isle Avenue, and Montfern Avenue in Revere. The project team aims to complete a feasibility assessment and schematic design of these alternatives to identify a preferred coastal resilience solution to advance further design that will protect Boston and Revere from coastal flooding while providing a myriad of co-benefits, including storm water management, urban heat island reduction, recreational enhancement, and the health and longevity of Belle Isle Marsh.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2023	1	City Council	The rules were suspended; the order was passed.

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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Thirty Thousand ($330,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY24 EEA Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program awarded by the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs to be administered by the Environment Department. The grant will fund Ready Boston's findings through further assessment and exploration of three design alternatives for flood risk reduction on Bennington Street in Boston and Fredericks Park, Belle Isle Avenue, and Montfern Avenue in Revere. The project team aims to complete a feasibility assessment and schematic design of these alternatives to identify a preferred coastal resilience solution to advance further design that will protect Boston and Revere from coastal flooding while providing a myriad of co-benefits, including storm water management, urban heat island reduction, recreational enhancement, and the health and longevity of Belle Isle Marsh.