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Authorizing the proper City officials to enter into an Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement with Ramsey County for the administration of Emergency Solutions Grant funds.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul (“City”) receives Emergency Solutions Grant (“ESG”) funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”); and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County (“County”) also receives ESG funds from HUD; and
WHEREAS, the City and County desire administer the deployment of ESG funds within the City of Saint Paul in the most efficient manner possible; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. Section 471.59, two or more governmental units may by an agreement entered into through the action of their governing bodies jointly exercise any common or similar powers; and
WHEREAS, the City and County are parties to that certain Joint Powers Agreement, dated December 17, 2019 (the “Original JPA”), under which the County, as an instrumentally of the City, selects ESG subrecipients, enters into contracts with selected ESG subrecipients, and provides for the administration of the City’s ESG Award on behalf of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City and County desire to amend the scope of the Original JPA to allow the County to directly carry out ESG activities and for the County to be reimbursed for said activities with City ESG funds; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council finds that such means is an efficient method to administer the deployment of ESG funds within the City of Saint Paul; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Saint Paul City Council, that the appropriate City officials are hereby authorized to execute an Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement with Ramsey County in substantially the form as attached.