HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2023-090 Authorization for County Parks Grant for East Ithaca Nature Preserve Tree PlantingMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
June12, 2023
TB Resolution 2023 - 090: Authorization to Apply for Funding through the 2023Tompkins County Municipal Parks and Trails Grant Program for a Tree Planting Event in the East Ithaca Nature
Preserve
Whereas, the Tompkins County Department of Planning and Sustainability has announced the availability of funding under the 2023 Municipal Parks and Trails Grant Program, which lists
Park or Trail Improvements (e.g., benches, trash cans, lighting, tree planting) as an eligible project, and
Whereas, the Town of Ithaca had a successful tree planting event in the East Ithaca Nature Preserve in October 2022 with the planting of 75 trees by community volunteers, and
Whereas, the East Ithaca Nature Preserve has a need for additional native tree and shrub planting, since all the Ash trees in the preserve are dying and invasive plants are continuing
to spread, and
Whereas, the Town of Ithaca estimates the total cost to hold another community tree planting event this fall to plant at least 100 native trees and shrubs to be approximately $2,100,
and
Whereas, grant applications are due by June 19, 2023; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Supervisor of the Town of Ithaca, or designated representative, is hereby authorized and directed to file an application for a tree planting event at East Ithaca Nature
Preserve under the Tompkins County Municipal Parks and Trails Grant Program in an amount not to exceed $2,100, and upon approval of said request to enter into and execute a project agreement
with Tompkins County for such financial assistance to the Town of Ithaca.
Moved: Margaret JohnsonSeconded: Rich DePaolo
Vote: ayes – Johnson, DePaolo, Howe, Levine, Goodman, Bleiwas and Rosen