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Dept/ Agency: Administration/ Office of the Business Administrator
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds from the 2020 LEED for Cities and Communities Grant Program.
Entity Name: U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Entity Address: 2101 L Street, NW #500, Washington, District of Columbia 20037
Grant Amount: $0.00
Funding Source: U.S. Green Building Council, supported by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Total Project Cost: $0.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: Funds to be expended by December 31, 2020
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Each local government selected will receive an award package including:
* One (1) year of USGBC Silver membership;
* Registration in LEED v4.1 for Cities and Communities;
* Certification review fees, LEED v4.1 for Cities and Communities;
* Access to the Arc reporting platform to encourage continuous improvement and benchmarking;
* A two (2) day, in-person orientation workshop with other selected communities;
* Access to online education resources, project management tools and monthly conference calls; and
* A dedicated USGBC staff liaison with ongoing programmatic and technical support.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") has a long-standing commitment to advancing sustainability, environmental health, and community well-being, as evidenced by the creation of an Office of Sustainability (Ordinance 6PSF-e, adopted on August 3, 2016), and development of various sustainability commitments captured in the Newark Sustainability Action Plan of 2013 and 2020, as well as the Sustainability Eleme...
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