Substitute
Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Board of Commissioners - District 5
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): District 5
To allocate an amount not to exceed $5,000 from the District 5 Reserved for Appropriation Funds to Roots Down for the District 5 Fruitful Communities Edible Garden Projects for the maintenance of all sites at District 5 libraries
Body
Information Contact: Mereda Davis Johnson, District 5
Phone Number: 404-371-2159
PURPOSE:
To designate $5,000 from the District 5 Reserve for Appropriation Account to Roots Down for the Fruitful Communities Initiative (Maintenance).
NEED/IMPACT:
The Fruitful Communities Initiative is a landscaping plan that helps state, county, and local governments, and mid-sized developers establish regenerative food systems through planning and design consulting, training, Productive Urban Landscape (PUL) education, and ongoing community outreach. The maintenance will be conducted at the following locations: Stonecrest Library, Lithonia-Davidson Library, Salem Panola Library, Hairston Crossing Library, and Redan Trotti Library.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$5,000 from District 5 Reserve for Appropriations Account to Roots Down for the Fruitful Communities Initiative (Maintenance)
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the resolution and authorize the chief executive officer to execute all necessary documents.