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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City, to accept a donation of kitchen appliances from the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, to be used as part of planned kitchen upgrades at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center.
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WHEREAS, Saint Paul Administrative Code Section (“SPAC”) §41.03 allows the City to accept any form of donation subject to the following: (a) All donations of any type in any amount of value shall be received and processes in accordance with proper and accepted accounting practices. (b) All donations shall be received and accepted by city council actions according to SPAC §41.03 and according to reporting procedures established by administration and approval by the city council. (c) All donations shall be made public and subject to periodic audit; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 465.03 authorizes the City to accept gifts and donations of personal property; and
WHEREAS, the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center has offered to donate two refrigerators and two freezers to the City of Saint Paul to support the Department of Parks and Recreation’s kitchen upgrades at Martin Luther King Recreation Center; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City, would like to accept the donation of kitchen appliances to help make upgrades to the teaching kitchen at Martin Luther King Recreation Center; and
WHEREAS, the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center shares a building space with Martin Luther King Recreation Center and are important partners in the community, and collaborate on many projects; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department has already allocated resources, and began implementation of plans to make upgrades to the kitchen at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this donation has a public purpose in accordance with Minnesota Statutes §465.03; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of Saint Paul hereby a...
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