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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the amount of $6,000,000.00 from the United States Department of Agriculture, to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Special Fund Budget by (i) creating a new special fund for the Office of Sustainability called the Grant - USDA Coalition Based Urban Greening, (ii) appropriating the increase to the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Office of Sustainability’s Grant - USDA Coalition Based Urban Greening by $6,000,000.00, and (iii) appropriating $3,417,354.00 of such funds to certain community-based organizations, all for the purpose of providing funding for the Urban Forest Master Plan, invasive species removal, workforce development, community engagement, and agroforestry.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, is hereby authorized to accept funds in the amount of $6,000,000.00 from the United States Department of Agriculture for the purpose of providing funding for the Urban Forest Master Plan, invasive species removal, workforce development, community engagement, and agroforestry.
§ 2. That Article I, Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2023-071, adopted May 8, 2023, which adopted a Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, and made appropriations pursuant thereto, be and is hereby amended by creating a new special fund for the Office of Sustainability called the Grant - USDA Coalition Based Urban Greening for the purpose of providing funding for the Urban Forest Master Plan, invasive species removal, workforce development, community engagement, and agroforestry
§ 3. That the funds received from the United States Department of Agriculture are hereby appropriated to the Special Fund Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, by increasing estimated revenues by $6,000,000.00, increasing the amount appropriated for expenditures by $6,000,000.00, and allotting to the Office of Sustainability’s Grant - USDA Coalition Based Urban Greening the sum of $6,000,000.00, and appropriating $3,417,354.00 of such funds to certain community-based organizations in the following amounts:
(a) Groundwork RVA …………………………. $1,850,703.00;
(b) Virginia Interfaith Power & Light …………. $614,171.00;
(c) Southside ReLeaf ………………………… $700,030.00; and
(d) Happily Natural Day ………………………. $252,450.00.
all for the purpose of providing funding for the Urban Forest Master Plan, invasive species removal, workforce development, community engagement, and agroforestry.
§ 4 This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.