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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for funds from the Capitol Region Watershed District's 2011 Special Projects Grant Program, and to apply for grants to other agencies and groups as needed for any matching amounts required.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is committed to a sustainable future including cleaner air, soil, water, and other natural resources; and
WHEREAS, the City supports, and will continue to support, collaboration with the CRWD and other agencies and groups to provide resources for increasing water quality, and for providing a cleaner environment throughout the city; and
WHEREAS, the Clean Water Act, administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, mandates improvements in water quality; and
WHEREAS, the Capitol Region Watershed District has solicited grant applications for its 2011 Special Projects fund, to which it has allocated $150,000, for projects that will a) improve water quality, b) preserve and protect plant and wildlife communities adjacent to lakes, rivers, and wetlands, c) establish links between people and water resources through education, and d) provide demonstration projects for innovative management practices; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Department has determined that two projects are appropriate (meet criteria) for these funds:
· Parks and Recreation created a stream in Swede Hollow Park through daylighting of storm sewer water in the historic valley of Phalen Creek in 1989, but have determined that stream flow and water quality does not meet expectations, and needs analysis and corrective action to address sediment loads and water quality issues in order to upgrade this feature to provide a high quality resource, and improve the water released to the Mississippi River; and
· The Payne-Maryland Project to construct an innovative library/recreation community center, and incorporate inno...
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