Good morning, everyone.

Um, let's go ahead and call our fiscal committee meeting to order.

Um, we have a number of items.

First is a resolution of resolution approving a $67,000 agreement with Access of West Michigan for the urban agricultural project at Joel Joe Taylor Park.

Do you have a motion?

So moved.

Support.

Moved in support, Miss Claypool.

Good morning, Laura Claypool with the Parks Department.

Uh so you have a resolution that authorizes an agreement with Access of West Michigan to implement a community-based urban agriculture project at Joe Taylor Park.

Um it's in the amount of sixty seven thousand dollars, and the funding is coming from a grant that we received from Eagle uh for environmental justice.

Um through this partnership, Access will develop new gardening and orchard and native plant infrastructure and deliver a full season of community-led programming.

Activities will run May 1st of 26th through September of 27 and will support the city's um broader effort in uh expanding urban agriculture opportunities throughout the community.

Questions, colleagues?

Hearing none, all those in favor?

Aye.

Any opposed item carries, thank you.

Um next, or well, I guess you're staying up here.

Uh next is a resolution approving an $83,000 agreement with Jade Rabbit for agricultural projects at Garfield and MLK Parks.

Sure.

So moved?

Support.

Ms.

Claybole.

Uh same situation.

So this one is with Jane Jade Rabbit to um implement projects at both uh Garfield Park and MLK Park in the amount of um $83,000 again, funded through that same Eagle Environmental Justice Grant.

Jade Rabbit will develop uh and activate new agricultural spaces at both parks, cultivation work, education, volunteer education, and community focused programming, and um that will take place again May 1st of 2026 through September of 27, and we'll just continue to expand food access um environmental health and community capacity in neighborhood parks.

I have a question.

Why am I raising my hand?

You have the mic, Commissioner, I think you're good.

Uh uh my question is um these are eagle grants, but I know Jade Rabbit has done some other activation for us.

Is was this a renewable grant that we got, or is this a a new nope?

Um it's a new grant, and it it's twofold.

It's one for building out infrastructure and two for the actual programming and um community education around the urban agriculture.

Okay, all right, great.

Thank you.

Yes.

Thank you, uh Chair.

Uh so with the in line with that questioning, I know when we have the new uh community center at MLK Park, uh there used to be community gardens there.

So that will let this be in restoration of the community gardens that were present.

So Jay Drappett will be doing uh work at two separate parks.

The work that they're doing, um a smaller part of the uh funding that that organization is receiving is for the programming piece at MLK.

When we did the park reconstruction, we did include in that project the rebuild of the infrastructure at MLK Park.

The other side of that grant is through Garfield Park, and that will be both the infrastructure and the programming side of things.

But when we did the project, we did build out that um replacement of the of the infrastructure at MLK.

Awesome.

So that's already replaced.

So this is sort of a new thing in.

I'm so thankful to hear this.

Both of these are great and come into the south side, and then in addition, as we know, we have so many great ideas and goals within our climate action adaptation plan, and I think it is wonderful to see staff uh continue to look for innovative innovative ways to fund these things, right?

Not creating additional pressure to our neighbors, but seeking different funding.

So thankful for the state and for your staff and all of our staff here at the city for finding ways to uh support these goals that we've put forth for our neighbors.

So thank you so much.

Commissioner, we appreciate that.

All those in favor?

Hi.

Hi.

Any opposed item carries, thank you.

Uh, next is a resolution accepting a grant award in the amount of four hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars from the federal emergency management agency to be matched with the city share of a hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars in connection with Plaster Creek Advanced Assistance.

So moved.