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Resolution to Accept Grant Funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the 2023 Environmental Justice Government to Government Grant Program to Develop a Model Regional Resilience Network with Resilient Infrastructure in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, Approve a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Appropriate Funds ($1,000,000.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for review and consideration is a resolution to authorize acceptance and appropriation of grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to create a regional resilience network and invest in three more brick and mortar resilience hubs in Ann Arbor (one match funded) and one additional, to be determined hub, in Washtenaw County.
This grant has three main objectives:
1. Launch a model regional resilience network that brings together municipalities, community-based organizations, and other critical care service providers to create facilitated communication channels to assist network partners in enhancing the resilience of local and regional stakeholders.
2. Establish four additional brick and mortar resilience hubs throughout Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County (one of which is match funded).
3. Launch a resilience grant program for community-based organizations working to build the resilience of local stakeholders.
To achieve these objectives, this U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant focuses on six core tasks over the three-year grant period:
I. Co-creating the governance structure for a durable regional resilience network in Washtenaw County.
II. Identifying community-based organizations to lead engagement around identified resilience hub locations.
III. Host regional resilience meetings quarterly during the grant period.
IV. Establish a resilience grant program and administer grants up to $100,000.00 in total.
V. Establish a resilience ambassador program to assist community networking at and around resilience...
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