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Ordered that the Mayor be authorized to sign the attached Memorandum of Understanding with the MRA
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Ordered that the Mayor be authorized to sign the attached Memorandum of Understanding with the MRA
Memorandum of Understanding
By and Between
The City of Malden
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The Malden Redevelopment Authority
WHEREAS, the City of Malden desires to consolidate all planning and development related functions into a single City department, to be known as the Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning and Economic Development; and
WHEREAS, the City's staff and resources devoted to planning, economic development, conservation and historic preservation, together with the Malden Redevelopment Authority's staff and resources, all contribute to regulating, protecting, planning and promoting the natural and built environment in the City of Malden; and
WHEREAS, the new Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning and Economic Development will house the offices of the Conservation Agent, the City Planner, the City Economic Development Director, the City's Historic Preservation Officer, together with the Executive Director of the Malden Redevelopment Authority and his staff, in order to improve the coordination, administration and implementation of the City's overall planning and economic programs, objectives and goals; and
WHEREAS, the new Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning and Economic Development will provide professional staff and support services to the Mayor, City Departments and the City's Boards and Commissions referenced herein and will be designed to improve the transparency, accountability and public involvement in the City's planning and economic development programs and processes; and
WHEREAS, the Malden Redevelopment Authority, created under Chapter 121B of the Massachusetts General Laws, and as further authorized under Chapter 315 of the Acts of 2000, is charged with the promotion of economic revitalization and redevelopment in the City of Malden an...
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