City Council Committee on Ways and Means hearing on Dockets #0636 #0635, Parks and Environment Revolving Funds

Message and order authorizing a limit for the Parks Department revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2020 to reimburse for the administrative cost to those City agencies which enforce CBC Chapter 16, sections 1.9 and 1.9B and for cost associated with licensing and registration. This revolving fund shall be credited with any and all receipts from all dog registration fees collected pursuant to CBC Chapter 18, section 1.4 and fines pursuant to CBC Chapter 16, section 1.9 and 1.9B. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).

Message and order authorizing a limit for the Distributed Energy Resource revolving Fund for Fiscal Year 2020 to facilitate the purchase of offsets of greenhouse gas emissions which shall be associated with a portion of the electricity consumed by the City annually; and to operate, maintain, monitor, and expand the City's existing solar arrays and Boston Public Schools' combined heat and power facilities. This revolving fund shall be credited with any and all receipts from the sale of renewable and alternative energy certificates and demand response program revenues produced by combined heat and power units located at Boston Public Schools sites, and solar renewable energy certificates produced by the City's photovoltaic arrays. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).

These matters were sponsored by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and referred to the Committee on April 10, 2019.

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Written comments may be made part of the record and available to all Councilors by sending them by email, fax, or mail to arrive before the hearing. Please use the information below.

Mail Address:  Docket #0636 #0635, City Council, City Hall, 5^th Floor, Boston, MA 02201

Fax Number:  617-635-4203 Attn: Michelle A. Goldberg, Docket #0636 #0635

Committee Email:  CCC.WM@Boston.gov

Staff Email:  michelle.a.goldberg@boston.gov   Staff Telephone:  617-635-4645

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