Docket 0891
Roll call 1 of 2 at the meeting of April 30, 2025: 13 yes, 0 no.
The motion
City Council Approves $180,000 Grant for Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
The City's own summary of the docket.
yeas 13.
The clerk's full description
Councilor Santana called Docket #0891, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2026 (BRIC Grant), awarded by the Federal Management Agency, passed through the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, to be administered by Emergency Preparedness. The grant will fund a sustained pre disaster natural hazard mitigation program to reduce overall risk to the population and structures, while also reducing reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed; yeas 13.