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Finance Committee — Agenda, Feb 6, 2024
City of Somerville, Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Regular Meeting Agenda
Virtual
6:00 PM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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Roll Call
1.
Committee
Minutes
(ID # 24-0078)
Agenda Ready: Approval of the Minutes of the Finance
Committee Meeting of January 23, 2024.
Grant Acceptances
2.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 23-1856)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting acceptance
of, and approval to expend, a $35,300 grant with no new
match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of
Emergency Management to the Police Department for
partial payment of the police storage structure.
3.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 23-1857)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting acceptance
of, and approval to expend, a $42,000 grant with no new
match required, from the Boston Mayor's Office of
Emergency Management to the Police Department for
partial payment of the police storage structure.
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4.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0079)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval to
accept and expend a $30,000 grant with no new match
required, from MA Executive Office of Energy and
Environmental Affairs to the Economic Development
Division for the implementation of a green jobs training
program for nontraditional students.
Appropriations
5.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0056)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting the
appropriation of $25,000 from the Community
Preservation Act (CPA) Fund Historic Preservation
Reserve to Vida Real for a condition assessment of the
building at 404 Broadway.
6.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0055)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting the
appropriation of $426,925 from the Community
Preservation Act (CPA) Fund to the Mystic River
Watershed Association for improvements to the Blessing
of the Bay Linear Park.
7.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0053)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting the
appropriation of $1,405,962 from the Community
Preservation Act (CPA) Fund Community Housing
Reserve to the Affordable Housing Trust.
Transfers
8.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0052)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting the transfer
of $75,605 from the Community Preservation Act (CPA)
Fund Undesignated Fund Balance to the Community
Housing Reserve.
Contracts and Easements
9.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0057)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a time-only extension of three years for the contract with
Vida Real for restoration of the bell tower at 404
Broadway.
10.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0038)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a time-only extension until 12/31/2024 for the contract
with Warner Larson Landscape Architects, to complete
additional design services and punch list work at the
Healey Schoolyard and Athletic Field.
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11.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0067)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
a time-only extension until 1/1/2026 for the contract with
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners for design
services on the Building Master Plan.
12.
Mayor's Request
(ID # 24-0080)
Referred for Recommendation: Requesting approval of
an extension and amendment to the contract with
Symmes Maini and McKee Associates for an additional
three years to 2/28/2027, and a revised amount of
$978,649, for Central Hill design and construction
administration.
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