ORDINANCE NO. 251044
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Sponsor: Councilmember Andrea Bough
Accepting a $1,254,374.00 Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Grant (the "Grant") to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities; authorizing a contract with John Hopkins University to implement the Grant; appropriating and estimating revenue in the amount of $1,254,374.00; designating requisitioning authority; and authorizing the City Manager to amend and extend the contract.
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WHEREAS the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC) is a three-year initiative designed to turbocharge 25 U.S. cities' efforts to leverage historic levels of federal funding to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities, building on the longtime leadership of U.S. cities to confront the crisis of climate change, which disproportionately impacts disadvantaged communities ("BASC Program"); and
WHEREAS the City received a communication from Bloomberg Philanthropies ("the Foundation") confirming the city's participation in the BASC Program; and
WHEREAS the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation ("BCPI") at JHU will provide technical assistance and support to the City to enhance its ability to pursue transformative solutions, including through collaboration with BASC Program partners: PolicyLink, Natural Resources Defense Council, Delivery Associates, and Sustainable Cities Fund; and
WHEREAS by participating in the BASC Program, through direct support from BCPI, the City will receive an innovation team (i-team) designed to unlock creativity from within city government and communities they serve, and to facilitate and deliver results and impact for residents; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That the City Manager is authorized to accept a $1,254,374.00 Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities to Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Grant to proactively build low-carbon, res...
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