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The committee recommended approval of five funding requests totaling $280,139.54, including hazardous-waste facility upgrades, a Blue Bike station, youth violence prevention, police software, and Special Response Team equipment and training.
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The recommendations would support improvements to Somerville’s hazardous household waste facility, add an 18-dock Blue Bike station with 10 bikes, and fund several police and youth-safety initiatives. The youth violence prevention grant passed 3-1 because of concerns about data sharing and possible immigration-enforcement access. The committee also discussed using a housing tax-increment financing tool in future projects, but no specific proposal was approved; city staff are consulting housing and other stakeholders.
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