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Resolution to Accept Grant Funds from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to Create a Circular Economy Action Plan and Appropriate Funds to the FY25 Major Grants Program Fund ($99,630.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for review and consideration is a resolution to accept and appropriate $99,630.00 in grant funding from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy ("EGLE") through their NextCycle Circular Economy Grant program. This funding will support the expansion of circular economy work throughout the City. As part of this award, the City will match $91,000.00 in funding, bringing the total project amount to $190,630.00.
With the NextCycle Michigan Circular Economy Grant funding, the City will develop a Circular Economy Action Plan that will identify the needs, assets, and opportunities that exist within the Ann Arbor community to create a more circular local economy. This action plan will be created with input from frontline communities, businesses, and institutions in the City. The resulting document will complement the City's A2ZERO Carbon Neutrality Plan by establishing priorities and goals regarding the circular economy, identifying resources for the long-term support of existing circular economy programming, learning directly from the Ann Arbor community as to what future programming is needed, and creating a plan to implement programming that meets these needs.??
This work builds on the recently developed A?ZERO Circular Economy Community Engagement Strategy, the first phase of a broader equitable engagement project around the circular economy. Currently, the City is working with G. O. Williams & Associates, L.L.C. and a group of Resident Advisors from frontline communities throughout Ann Arbor to implement this strategy and receive input directly from frontline communities to inform the Circular Economy Action Plan.?
Grant funds will be used to continue to engage frontline com...
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