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A resolution accepting a Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Program grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of the Mayor, to pursue transformative solutions together with community partners that address long-term solutions combating climate change.
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WHEREAS, Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University has awarded an in-kind grant in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 during the first two years of the grant program to provide for a three-person innovation team including the team's salary and benefits and professional development and programming resources; and,
WHEREAS, Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $620,000 ($120,000 to be distributed for years one and two of the grant program to be used for non-personnel services expenses and an estimated $500,000 to be distributed in year three of the grant program for the salaries and benefits of the three-person innovation team including professional development and programming budgets; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant be accepted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities Program grant by and between the Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Office of the Mayor, to pursue transformative solutions together with community partners that address long-term solutions combating climate change, a copy of which i...
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