Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency, and Parks Hearing on Dockets 0433, 0530, 0653

Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) in the form of a grant of the Massachusetts Diesel Emission Reduction Act grant. The funds will be used to purchase and deploy fuel efficient school buses as part of the Boston Public School fleet. 

An order to authorize the Parks and Recreation Commission to take by eminent domain for Park and Community Preservation purposes, and to grant a conservation restriction on two parcels on Sprague Pond in Hyde Park.

These matters were sponsored by Mayor Michelle Wu and referred to the Committee on March 30, 2022,  April 27, 2022 and May 25, 2022.

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Committee Email:  ccc.ep@boston.gov 

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