Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on December 10, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on December 11, 2025, authorizing the Mayor to accept the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Green Resiliency Grant (GRG) - Project No. C3-5694-02-00 / Grant No. 2344 for the Brush Park Green Infrastructure Project (Award up to $4,400,000). (The Department of Revenue/Office of the Comptroller is hereby directed to establish a dedicated capital project code for the accounting, administration, and tracking of all revenues and expenditures related to this GRG award.) Be it so, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
ACCEPT THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL
FACILITIES CORPORATION GREEN RESILIENCY
GRANT (GRG) - PROJECT NO. C3-5694-02-00 /
GRANT NO. 2344 FOR THE BRUSH PARK GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT (AWARD UP TO $4,400,000)
Whereas, in correspondence dated December 2, 2025, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works formally requested authorization for the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon to accept the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation Green Resiliency Grant (GRG) - Project No. C3-5694-02-00 / Grant No. 2344 - in an amount not to exceed Four Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,400,000) for the Brush Park Green Infrastructure Project; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon ("City") is committed to improving environmental resiliency, mitigating flooding, and enhancing public health and safety through sustainable infrastructure investments; and
Whereas, the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation ("EFC") has awarded the City a Green Resiliency Grant ("GRG") for Project No. C3-5694-02-00 / Grant No. 2344 in an amount not to exceed Four Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,400,000) to support green infrastructure improvements at Brush Park; and
Whereas, the planned project will incorporate porous ...
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