HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 19-04-507 - 04/22/2019 - Georgia SmartSTATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON RESOLUTION NO. 19-04-507
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MILTON AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION
TO GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (GATECH) FOR THE 2019 GEORGIA SMART
COMMUNITIES CHALLENGE (GEORGIA SMART) GRANT PROGRAM FOR FUNDING IN THE
AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000)
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a Regular Meeting on
April 22, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. as follows:
WHEREAS, the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge also known as Georgia Smart, is a
grant funding and research assistance program developed by Georgia Institute of
Technology (GaTech) with funds provided by Georgia Power, and
WHEREAS, Georgia Smart makes $50,000 available per community with a 100% match
requirement, and
WHEREAS, provided that the City receives the grant, Georgia Smart allows the City's
matching funds to be comprised of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) in cash , and Forty
Thousand Dollars ($40,000) in like-kind materials, services, or donations, and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Department of the City of Milton has identified Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000) within the Community Development budget for use in the cost
of the required matching funds, and can attest to Forty Thousand Dollars ($40 ,000) of like-
kind resources (including , but not limited to supplies , materials, equipment, meeting space,
volunteer hours and staff time) that can be attributed to the Georgia Smart grant, and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Department of the City of Milton is prepared to
submit a Georgia Smart application,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Milton does hereby
authorize the Community Development Department to submit an application to Georgia
Institute of Technology for the 2019 Georgia Smart grant program in the amount of One
Hundred Dollars ($100,000).
RESOLVED this 22 nd, day of April 2019
Approv~
Joe Lockwooti , Mayor
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