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To request that the U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide to the Chief Administrative Officer and other officials of the City's Administration, as appropriate, the information necessary for the Mayor to introduce and for the Council to adopt an ordinance authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer to accept a grant from the U. S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the amount of $149,437.00 for the purpose of funding the proposed Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities' The Richmond Environment: Students as Teachers in their Watershed program, and that the Mayor introduce such legislation as may be necessary to accept such grant funds for the purpose of funding the proposed Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities' The Richmond Environment: Students as Teachers in their Watershed program, and to amend the General Fund Budget for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for the purpose of appropriating $149,437.00 for the purpose of funding the proposed Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities' The Richmond Environment: Students as Teachers in their Watershed program.
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WHEREAS, in a letter dated May 28, 2021, the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expressed its recommendation and tentative commitment to providing a grant of $149,437.00 to the City through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office Bay Watershed Education and Training Program for the purpose of funding a program proposed by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities called "The Richmond Environment: Students as Teachers in their Watershed program" (hereinafter referred to as the "Proposed Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that a grant of $149,437.00 from the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wo...
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