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03/09/202020-094
03/09/2020
20-094
Public Works
Order
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Title, Order
Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for $7,500 in Project Canopy Grant Funds from the Department of
Agriculture and Conservation and the Maine Forest Service.
This Order would allow the City to apply for a Project Canopy Grant in the amount of $7,500.00 for
the development of an updated forestry management plan for the Rolland Perry City Forest. The City
has been a recipient of this grant in the past. If awarded the city would be responsible for a
matching amount to be spent as either in-kind services or with funding.
Government Operations Committee
03/02/2020
Recommend for passage
Consent
03/09/202020-094
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
03/09/2020
20-094
Nichols
Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for $7,500 in Project Canopy Grant Funds from the Department of
Agriculture and Conservation and the Maine Forest Service.
Whereas; The last Forestry Management Plan was developed in 1999 and the City is in need of an updated
plan, and
Whereas; The Department of Agriculture and Conservation along with Maine Forest Service provide these
grants to assist communities in developing forestry management plans, and
Whereas; The City has applied for and has been the recipient of these grant funds, requiring a 100% match,
in the past, and
Whereas; This will allow the City to develop a plan to ensure the City's forest is healthy, safe, and welcoming
place for residents and visitors of the city.
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that, the City Manager is Authorized to apply for Grant
Funds through Project Canopy in the Amount of $7,500 from the Department of Agriculture and Conservation
and the Maine Forest Service.
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 9 2020
CO 20-094
PASSED
CITY tLERK/