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RE-TREE Grant Program
Department of Public Service
Jody Prude (x2896)/ Megan Robson (x2306)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Inflation Reduction Act Restoring and Enhancing Tree Canopy for Resilience, Equity and Engagement in Toledo (RE-TREE Toledo) grant agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service and to accept and deposit a grant of $6,098,294 into the Operation Grants Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of same; authorizing the Mayor to enter into project partner agreements and award contracts necessary to carry out the program; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Restoring and Enhancing Tree Canopy for Resilience, Equity, and Engagement in Toledo (RE-TREE Toledo) Program is a comprehensive program to restore, expand, and protect urban trees and forests in Toledo's disadvantaged communities and close the "tree equity gap." Highlights of the program include: the planting of 10,748 trees (street trees, private residences and commercial properties, parks, and publicly owned vacant lots) in disadvantaged census tracts and the inclusion of 56 high school students from these communities who will participate in a paid forestry jobs training program. Key partners of the program are Metroparks Toledo, the Woodlawn Foundation, Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful, the Lucas County Land Bank, Toledo Public Schools, and the Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions.
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NOW THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into an Inflation Reduction Act Restoring and Enhancing Tree Canopy for Resilience, Equity and Engagement in Toledo (RE-TREE Toledo) grant agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service and to accept and deposit a grant of $6,098,294 into the Operation Grants Fund Account Code 2016-27100-8G02024STDSTD.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $...
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