Page 20 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 20, 2022 BAKER-POLITO | FROM PAGE 19 to. “The bill would increase the availability and quality of housing, build business opportunities in underserved communities, support transportation and environmental projects, and strengthen education and child care systems.” The legislation includes funding to support a variety of transportation and environmental infrastructure projects, including $235 million for transportation projects, $200 million for Cape Cod water and sewer initiatives, and $100 million for ports in Salem, New Bedford, and Somerset. It also builds in funds necessary for the implementation of more than $9.5 billion provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) over the next fi ve years, as well as funding that will allow Massachusetts to access additional federal funding through matching grants. These funds complement investments proposed in the pending MassTRAC infrastructure bond bill and recently announced in the FY23-27 Capital Investment Plan. Continuing the AdministraCITY OF MALDEN – INVITATION FOR BID The City of Malden invites sealed bids in accordance with M.G.L. c. 149 from Contractors for: ON-CALL HVAC SERVICES Email purchasing@cityofmalden.org, include Company Name, Address, Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number, after: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2022, for Contract Documents. Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor, Malden MA 02148. Following the deadline, all Bids received within the time specified will be publicly opened and read aloud. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. May 20, 2022 CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller CITY OF MALDEN – INVITATION FOR BID The City of Malden invites sealed bids in accordance with M.G.L. c. 30, sec 39 M from Vendors for: MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPING AND RELATED SERVICES CITY OF MALDEN – INVITATION FOR BID The City of Malden invites sealed bids in accordance with M.G.L. c. 149 from Contractors for: ON-CALL ELECTRICAL SERVICES Email purchasing@cityofmalden.org, include Company Name, Address, Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number, after: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2022, for Contract Documents. Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor, Malden MA 02148. Following the deadline, all Bids received within the time specified will be publicly opened and read aloud. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. May 20, 2022 CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller Email purchasing@cityofmalden.org, include Company Name, Address, Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number, after: 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 24, 2022, for Contract Documents. Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor, Malden MA 02148. Following the deadline, all Bids received within the time specified will be publicly opened and read aloud. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. May 20, 2022 CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller ~ Legal Notice ~ NOTICE OF INITIAL PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN SITE MEETING Former Manufactured Gas Plant Commercial and Charles Streets, Malden, Massachusetts RTN 3-0000362 CITY OF MALDEN – INVITATION FOR BID The City of Malden invites sealed bids in accordance with M.G.L. c. 149 from Contractors for: ON-CALL PLUMBING SERVICES Email purchasing@cityofmalden.org, include Company Name, Address, Contact Name, Email Address and Phone Number, after: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, 2022, for Contract Documents. Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Office of the Controller, 215 Pleasant Street, 2nd Floor, Malden MA 02148. Following the deadline, all Bids received within the time specified will be publicly opened and read aloud. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. May 20, 2022 CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller A release of oil and/or hazardous materials has occurred at this location, which is a disposal site as defined by M.G.L. c. 21E, § 2 and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, 310 CMR 40.0000. On March 22, 2022, National Grid received a petition from residents in the City of Malden requesting that this disposal site be designated a Public Involvement Plan site, in accordance with M.G.L. c. 21E §14(a) and 310 CMR 40.1404. As a result, a public meeting will be held at Malden City Hall, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden, Massachusetts on June 8, 2022, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to present the draft Public Involvement Plan, to solicit public comment on the draft Public Involvement Plan, and to provide information about disposal site conditions. Copies of the draft Public Involvement Plan will be made available at the meeting. Any questions regarding this meeting or the draft Public Involvement Plan should be directed to Aaron Townsley, National Grid, 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, Massachusetts, (781) 907-3652. The disposal site file can be viewed at MassDEP website using Release Tracking Number (RTN) 3-0000362 at https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/portal#!/search/wastesite or at MassDEP, 205 B Lowell Street, Wilmington, Massachusetts, (978) 694-3200. May 20, 2022 tion’s focus on addressing housing availability and building on the recently fi led economic development legislation, An Act Investing in Future Opportunities for Resiliency, Workforce, and Revitalized Downtowns (FORWARD), this bill would provide $310 million for housing development. It proposes $200 million for workforce housing, $100 million for public housing redevelopment in Boston, Cambridge, Salem, and Worcester, and $10 million to increase permanent supportive housing for individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness. A further $180 million is allocated to targeted economic development initiatives, including $80 million to support eff orts to improve small businesses’ options for purchasing commercial real estate, $50 million to provide fi nancial assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged developers, particularly those owned by women and people of color, who are seeking to undertake large housing construction projects and $50 million to de-risk lending to small business owners in underserved markets where access to capital is otherwise limited. “The unprecedented nature of Fiscal Year 2022 revenues will allow the Commonwealth to continue building our stabilization fund balance while making the critical investments proposed in this supplemental budget to fund infrastructure and spur economic development,” said Secretary of Administration and Finance Michael J. Heff ernan. “We look forward to working with the Legislature to deliver on the important investments laid out in this responsible and thoughtful bill.” “The Baker-Polito Administration continues to take a forward thinking approach to achieve the Commonwealth’s clean energy and environmental goals,” said Energy and Environmental Aff airs Secretary Beth Card. “The fi ling of this FY22 Supplement Budget will deliver important funds to several ports, which serve critical roles in advancing and supporting the Commonwealth’s off shore wind projects.” A number of other initiatives are supported in the supplemental budget proposal, including: • $150 million for higher education campus physical infrastructure primarily at Mass College of Art and UMass Dartmouth; • $55 million for child care, including $45 million for a new family child care home ownership and improvement program, which seeks to increase child care capacity while establishing fi nancial security for family child care providers, and $10 million for innovative and fl exible models of child care delivery; • $55 million for nursing pathways programs; • $30 million for schools and colleges to modernize science and biotechnology labs; and • $28 million for other costs, including $5 million for the USS Constitution park, $10 million for miscellaneous legal settlements and judgments, and $13 million for collective bargaining agreements authorized in an outside section. The legislation also includes several policy proposals, including • A re-filed outside section that would update chapter 70, BAKER-POLITO | SEE PAGE 21
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