Consolidated Amendment #A to H.4714

Consolidated Amendment "A" to H4714

Consolidated A

Consolidated Amendment A

Fiscal Note: $125,815,000

Amendments: 1, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 29, 36, 41, 42, 44, 47, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, 91, 100, 101, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 111, 112, 114, 115, 117, 118, 121, 125, 128, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 167, 168, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, and 223

Mr. Sánchez of Boston and others move to amend H.4714 in section 2A by inserting in line 10 the following item:-

7008-1116For the commonwealth’s local economic development projects; provided that $250,000 shall be expended for the facilitation and support of the Massachusetts-Israel Economic Connection operated by the New England Israel Business Council to pursue economic collaboration between Israel and Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the fit-out of the ground floor of the Union Station garage in the city of Worcester for commercial use; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the City of Melrose for the expansion and improvement of the Victorian Downtown Business District; provided further that not less than $100,000 shall be expanded for the development of a water and sewer economic infrastructure feasibility study and master plan in the Town of Leicester; provided further, that $400,000 shall be expended for the design and construction of connecting the Methuen Rail Trail to the Spicket River Greenway in the City of Methuen and the City of Lawrence; provided further that not less than $225,000 shall be expended for the purpose a feasibility study and business plan for an Applied Climate/Coastal Resilience Innovation Center in the Town of Barnstable; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be used to renovate the Chevalier Theater in the City of Medford; provided further, that $250,000 shall be used for Street and sidewalk construction on Commercial Street in City of Medford; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for engineering improvements to the slip ramp for Route 1A and I-495 in the Town of Wrentham; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for parking improvements in the Town of Holliston; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the establishment of a building code upgrade fund in the City of Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Falmouth Economic Development and Industrial Corporation to fund fiber optic cable expansion in Falmouth; provided further, that the Secretary shall expand $100,000 for mitigation of or contribution toward any costs associated with or arising out of design, construction or infrastructure improvements related to the redevelopment of the intersection of Carew and Cass Street in Springfield; provided further, that $200,000 shall be expended for improvements to Goddard Park and Auburn Pond in the town of Auburn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for sidewalk projects for the new Village Center in the town of Pelham; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for a commercial kitchen in the Community Hall in Pelham; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Sweetser Park Foundation in the town of Amherst; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the construction of secure bicycle shelters and marked bicycle lanes on State Route 4/225 in the town of Bedford; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for the construction of bus transit shelters in the town of Burlington; provided further that not less than $250,000 be allocated to infrastructure improvements to Lincoln Street in Marlborough for the revitalization of the French Hill area; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended to the City of Fitchburg for the implementation of a municipal fiber-optic telecommunication infrastructure; provided that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for improving sewer infrastructure along Route 20 in the Town of Shrewsbury; provided further, that $100,000 shall be expended for an erosion study located in the town of Salisbury; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the City of Newton, to improve external marketing of economic development services offered by the city; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the City of Newton, to conduct a market analysis and community engagement process in order to develop a strategic vision plan for the future of Newton Centre; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the City of Newton, to expand the capacity of the Newton Innovation Center; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the City of Newton, for new bathroom and locker room facilities at Gath Pool; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the MetroWest Tourism and Visitors Bureau; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for sidewalk, road, and parking improvement projects in commercial and retail areas within the town of Ashland; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for sidewalk, road, and parking improvement projects in commercial and retail areas within the city of Framingham; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for park development costs for North Mountain Park in the Town of Dalton; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for repairs and the beautification of Sullivan Park in the City of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for repairs and the beautification of Stockton Park in the City of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the renovation and repair of Burgoin Square Park Soccer Field in the City of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $100,000 for the improvement of sidewalks and bike path infrastructure in the city of Lawrence; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the University of Massachusetts at Lowell for technical assistance, mentoring, prototyping, product development, and manufacturing referral services for medical device, manufacturing and technology-based startups within the Hamilton Canal Innovation District and to promote industry and supply chain partnerships; provided further, that no less than $40,000 be provided to the town of Sterling for the implementation of an online, E- Permitting program; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the Downtown Taunton Foundation to facilitate commercial and residential housing development; provided further, that $50,000 shall be expended for the Southeastern Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau; provided further, that not less than, $250,000 shall be expended for the installation of lights at the baseball fields located at Aaron Krock Memorial Park in Worcester; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for administrative costs related to the operation of the Life Sciences Consortium of the North Shore run through North Shore InnoVentures in Beverly; provided further that not less than $50,000 be expended to the Essex National Heritage Commission for the purposes of improving signage on Essex Heritage Sites; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be allocated to the Roxbury Trust Fund for the creation of jobs, job training and placement, business development and expansion, financial workshops for individuals and small businesses, education, literacy and English language acquisition in the Roxbury neighborhood of the City of Boston; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for career and technical training programs held at the Malden YWCA; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for sidewalk, road, and parking improvement projects in commercial and retail areas within the city of Malden; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the City of Haverhill for the advancement of redevelopment on Merrimack Street; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the City of Haverhill for a grant program to support rental costs for new small businesses in the City’s Central Business District; provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the establishment of a feasibility study, site assessment, and pre-development work through the City of Haverhill on the former Dutton Airport parcels; provided further, that not less than $250,000 be expended to the City of Peabody for the design, manufacturing, and implementation of a wayfinding plan and signage for Centennial Business Park; and provided further that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for coastal culvert repair in the Blish Point section of the Town of Barnstable……………………………………$8,840,000

And further amends said section 2A by inserting after item 6720-1351 the following item:-

7002-1120For grants to municipalities and other public instrumentalities for design, construction, building, land acquisition, rehabilitation, repair and other improvements to publicly-owned infrastructure, or those owned or operated by nonprofit organizations; provided, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended on land acquisition for the purposes of market rate housing in the City of Fall River; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the City of Newton Parks and Recreation Department for the purpose of replacing the bath house located at Crystal Lake in Newton, a Great Pond under MGL Chapter 91; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for provided that $1,000,000 shall be expended for the Clippership Connector, a multi-use path in the City of Medford; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended to the Town of Adams for the construction of the Greylock Glen Outdoor Center; provided that $5,000,000 shall be expended for the Harbor Development Commission in the City of New Bedford for the construction of a Fisheries Innovation Center; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to the development and improvement of the Waterfield lot in the Town of Winchester; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a pilot Transportation Management Association to address mobility and connectivity gaps in the Town of Stoneham; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the growth of the startup and small business ecosystem in the City of Worcester including the operation of incubators, accelerators and other new ventures; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be allocated for dredging of Milton Landing in the Town of Milton; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the continued maintenance and development of Powers Farm Park in the Town of Randolph; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for site readiness and storm water management at the William Stanley Business Park in Pittsfield; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 be allocated to the Marine Biological Laboratory to be used for the restoration of the seawall located at Waterfront Park in the town of Falmouth; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be allocated for dredging in the Town of Tisbury; provided further, that not less than $1,300,000 shall be expended for new equipment and technological improvements to combine Next-Gen Sequencing with High Performance Technology and Big Data Analytics to mine the rich genetic diversity of marine organisms for a joint proposal of the Ocean Genome Legacy/Northeastern Marine Science Center (OGL/MSC) and Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute; provided further, that $1,500,000 shall be expended to support improvements to the water and sewer infrastructure system along state highway route 20 in the town of Oxford; provided further, that not less than $900,000 shall be expended for implementing infrastructure improvements and development strategies of the Drury Square Plan in the town of Auburn; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for economic development of the Avon Industrial Park in the Town of Avon; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the Paul Revere Heritage Site in the Town of Canton; provided further, that not less than $3,500,000 shall be expended for an extended care career ladder grant program, consistent with section 410 of chapter 159 of the Acts of 2000; provided further, that not less than $3,500,000 shall be expended for the establishment of a pilot program in the city of Lowell administered by a local 501(c)3 that has the capability to provide zero to 3% loans to local commercial businesses to implement energy efficiency updates to increase commercial activity, contribute to downtown revitalization, promote job creation in economically depressed areas, or advance other local economic development goals; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended to Way Finders, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to New North Citizens Council, Inc., a City Wide Neighborhood and community agency in Springfield, for infrastructure improvements and capital investments to support the low income Neighborhood revitalization, Business Corridor redevelopment, financing for Facade for Micro/small businesses, and other community economic development initiatives; provided further that not less than $500,000 be allocated for the design and construction of a regional cultural arts center at the Burlington Mall or other suitable location in the town of Burlington; provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be expended for dredging in the waterways and the construction, rehabilitation and repair of on-shore facilities located at Brayton Point in the Town of Somerset to support the growth and expansion of the off-shore wind-driven electricity generating projects; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the design of a pedestrian and bicycle bridge connecting businesses, housing and public transit in the Alewife section of Cambridge; provided further, that not less than $750,000 shall be expended for the renovation and rehabilitation of the Patton Homestead in the Town of Hamilton; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the reconfiguration and renovation to the downtown area in the Town of Topsfield; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the replacement and renovation for the water main in the Town of Ipswich; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for signalization on Main Street in the Town of Wenham; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for signalization on Route 1 in the Town of Rowley; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the redevelopment of the Old Town Hall building in the Town of Walpole; provided further, that not less than $2,700,000 shall be expended for infrastructure and road improvements at the intersection of Interstate Highway Route 95, South Main Street, and Old Post Road in the Town of Sharon; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the economic redevelopment in the Downtown Mixed Use Overlay District in the Town of Stoughton; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for business development along Pleasant Street in the City of Worcester; provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for the demolition of the former Microfab building in the city of Amesbury; provided further, that $500,000 shall be expended for improvements and repairs to the Route 1 corridor located in the city of Newburyport; provided further, that $500,000 shall be expended for improvements to the Welcome Center in the town of Salisbury; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended to promote facilities that produce mass timber products for building construction located in Massachusetts gateway cities, provided that such facilities use or produce responsibly harvested wood products certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be allocated to municipalities for upgrading traffic signals to light-emitting diode technology and intelligent transportation system applications, such as autonomous and connected vehicle-related technology, performing regional operations such as re-timing, developing special event plans and monitoring traffic signals and for maintaining and operating traffic signals; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available to the Municipal Americans with Disabilities Act Improvement Grant Program, operated by the Massachusetts Office on Disability, for the purposes of supporting capital improvements specifically dedicated to improving access for persons with disabilities while enhancing economic development in cities and towns across the Commonwealth; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for the construction of an Anaerobic Digester for the City of Greenfield for sludge disposal; provided further, that $1,000,000 shall be expended for construction, renovations, and infrastructure improvements for the Italian Home for Children campuses located in the Jamaica Plain district of the city of Boston and in the East Freetown section of the town of Freetown; provided further, that not less than $1,500,000 shall be expended for the construction of a police station facility in the town of Newbury; provided further, that not less than $700,000 be expended to the town of Grafton for the Westboro Road-Route 30 Sewer Extension Project; provided further, that not less than $500,000 be expended to the town of Northbridge for the urban renewal and redevelopment of the downtown area; provided further, that not less than $525,000 be expended to the town of Upton for the revitalization of the town center; provided further, that not less than $500,000 be expended to the town of Grafton for the Fisherville Mill 40R Streetscape and Infrastructure Improvements Project; provided further, that not less than $400,000 be expended to the town of Northbridge for the property redevelopment study; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be allocated for dredging of Plymouth Harbor; provided that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for career training and costs associated with equipment upgrades for the Career and Technical Services program at Weymouth High School; provided further, than not less than $500,000 be expended for the dredging of the Back River in the area of the Weymouth Back River boat launch facility and the nourishment of George Lane Beach; provided further, that $3,000,000 shall be expended for the city of Lowell for the design and engineering of a 1,000 space parking garage on the site of a current surface parking lot; provided further, that $3,000,000 shall be spent for the restoration of downtown sidewalks, lighting, street furnishings, street trees and other plantings and facade restoration grants in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $1,200,000 shall be expended for a site assessment to Rockbestos in the Town of Clinton; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended for water and sewage infrastructure in the town of Northborough; provided further, that not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the creation and development of a cultural highway along state highway route 62 in the towns of Hudson, Berlin, Clinton, Sterling, Princeton, Stow, and Maynard, which shall ensure the preservation of the economic, cultural, historical, agricultural and scenic aspects unique to the route and its host municipalities; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the development and expansion of the Life Sciences Education and Training Center located in the Myles Standish Industrial Park in the city of Taunton; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the façade improvement program and streetscape improvements in neighborhood business districts in the City of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $3,500,000 shall be expended for new construction of 4,500 lineal feet of Riverside Drive with accompanying infrastructure as a Public Way within the Ludlow Mills complex; provided further, that not less than $8,000,000 shall be expended to the town of Lee for the planning, design, and construction of a new water line from the water treatment plant into downtown Lee, for increased access to water and public safety, and to make possible the continued development of the former Eagle Mill into a mixed-use residential, retail, and hotel establishment; provided further, that not less than $3,000,000 shall be expended to commence investigation, develop, refine, and build prototype vehicles/vessels utilizing nonpolluting sources such as photovoltaic power; said project being the beginning of a continuing process which will create long term jobs within the Commonwealth and the above work being accomplished at Massachusetts higher learning facilities; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for the restoration and rehabilitation of the historic Everett Square Theatre in the Hyde Park section of the City of Boston; provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be expended to the City of Haverhill for the establishment of a building code upgrade fund; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 will be appropriated to the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts for the restoration of the Victory Theater in Holyoke; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended for Jackson Square Recreation Center in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston; provided further, that not less than $2,000,000 shall be expended to the Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain; and provided further, that not less than $1,000,000 shall be allocated to the Town of Dennis toward the dredging of the Sesuit Harbor……………………………………………………………………………………………………..$116,975,000