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Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $38,625 to accept a grant from the Department of Natural Resources to plant 261 native trees to improve canopy diversification in City Council Ward 4.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has received a $38,625 grant from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2010-2012 Minnesota Community Forest Bonding Grant program, per City Council resolution #11-599 adopted 4/6/2011, and;
WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation will use these funds to plant 261 native trees to improve canopy diversification in City Council Ward 4, and;
WHEREAS, project work will occur at College Park, Langford Park, Hampden Park, Como Regional Park, and South Saint Anthony Recreation Center, 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 $38,625 in excess of those estimated in the 2011 Grants and Aid Budget; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor that $38,625 is available for appropriation in the 2011 Grants and Aid Budget, and said 2011 budget, as heretofore adopted by the Council, is here by further amended as follows: