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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept funds in an amount up to $10,000 from the Capitol Region Watershed District’s (CRWD) Partner Grants program, authorizing the proper City officials to execute an agreement with the CRWD, and amending the financing and spending plan in the Department in the amount of $10,000 to reflect funds received for the Parks Ambassadors program.
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WHEREAS, by CF #20-1400, the Department of Parks and Recreation applied for and has been granted up to $10,000 from the Capitol Region Watershed District Partner Grants program; and
WHEREAS, the required match will be met with in-kind staff time and van transportation already designated for the project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there is a public purpose in providing programs that engage youth, adults, and families from underserved communities in water quality education programs and that acceptance of the grant funding will enable implementation of said education programs; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation wishes to accept said funding and amend the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $10,000; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $10,000 in excess of those estimated in the Grant Fund budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul Council authorizes acceptance of the grant funds and approves these amendments to the Grant Fund budget as outlined in the attached Financial Analysis; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper city authorities are authorized to execute the grant agreement accepting these funds, which includes an indemnification clause, and staff is authorized to apply for reimbursement from the grant funds approved for the project.
Financial Analysis
See Attachment