Requesting approval to accept and expend a $187,200.00 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Grant with no new match required, from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to the Public Space and Urban Forestry Division for the Green and Cool Somerville: Sustainable Sidewalk and Tree's project.

To the Honorable City Council: The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant of $187,200.00 from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to the Public Space and Urban Forestry Division, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds. Matching funds totaling $10,000 have already been appropriated by this Council in the FY27 budget. The purpose of this grant is to pay for the Green and Cool Somerville: Sustainable Sidewalk and Trees project. Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item. Respectfully submitted, Jake Wilson, Mayor