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Amending the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation’s 2022 Capital Improvement Budget by adding a $30,000 donation from the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to be used towards the Central Village Park and authorizing the Department to enter into a grant agreement.
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WHEREAS, Central Village Park is a 7-acre park and trail system bounded by Aurora Avenue, Western Avenue, Central Ave, and Dale Street and owned, managed, and maintained by the City of Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the mission of TPL is to create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come; and
WHEREAS, TPL partnering, along with Springboard for the Arts and other community partners, to improve Central Village Park in part through the development of a new park master plan that will include community-identified priorities; and
WHEREAS, the TPL wishes to contribute to development of the Master Plan by providing a grant of $30,000 for professional staff time to lead the master plan; and
WHEREAS, the TPL and the City of Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation will enter into an agreement outlining responsibilities and duties; 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 $30,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby accepts the grant from TPL and authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into the Grant Agreement; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor and the advice of the Long Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee, that $30,000 is available for appropriation in the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget, and said 2022 budget, as heretofore adopted by the Council, is here by further amended as attached.
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