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PUBLIC SERVICE
Urban Beautification
Megan Robson (x 2306)/Sara Stacy (x 2896)
Revised
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Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $36,920 from the Toledo Urban Forestry Commission Trust Fund for the Division of Urban Beautification - Forestry Operations to supplement the Re-Tree Toledo grant award for the Professional Services of a Project Consultant; authorizing the Mayor to enter into an amended agreement with Atlas Technical Consultants, LLC.; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This Ordinance authorizes expending an amount not to exceed $36,920 from the Toledo Urban Forestry Commission Trust Fund to supplement the Re-Tree Toledo grant money authorized for the project consultant, Atlas Technical Consultants, LLC. The Re-Tree grant awarded on April 11, 2024 authorized $6.1 million to help close Toledo’s tree equity gap through a comprehensive expansion, restoration, and protection of urban trees in disadvantaged communities.
The Re-Tree Toledo grant period is March 1, 2024 - February 28, 2029. In Year 1, Atlas’s Natural Resource Management Team will complete 1,165 project hours to begin tree inventory assessment and development of site lists, schedule, and planting targets to be completed by Q3. As the Project Management Consultant, Atlas will help plan and finalize the outreach and intake/selection process for the residential planting program with a targeted campaign designed to actively engage residents in tree stewardship and care. While much of the success of the project will be measured in number of trees planted, environmental benefits will take time to realize. To begin measuring environmental impacts, the City will use its tree inventory measure of the number of individual street trees per road mile in project area before and after the project, and future performance measures may include Urban Heat Island data and analysis. Forestry Funds are available for expenditure from the Toledo Urban Forestry Commission Trust Fund.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That an amount not to exceed $36,920 is authorized for expenditure from Toledo Urban Forestry Commission Trust Fund, Account Code 2090-60500-7T71508STDSTD to supplement the Re-Tree Toledo grant for the costs of project consultant.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into an amended professional services agreement with Atlas Technical Consultants, LLC to pay for professional consultant and project management services needed to facilitate the Re-Tree Toledo grant and plant 10,748 trees by end year of 5, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Public Services and the Director of Law.
SECTION 3. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw his or her warrant or warrants against the Account Code in Section 1 in payment of the above authorized obligations in an amount not to exceed $36,920 upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for further reason that the Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to allow the timely facilitation of the grant requirements.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 10, nays 0.
Passed: September 25, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 10, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: September 25, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor