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Accepting Federal Recreational Trail Grant Program funds through the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, entering into a grant agreement detailing conditions of the grant and amending the finance and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $200,000 to reflect said grant funds for the Point Douglas Regional Trail Construction project.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council, by its resolution RES 24-293, approved the Department of Parks and Recreation’s submittal of a Federal Recreational Trail Grant Program application in the amount of $200,000 to construct Phase 1 of the Point Douglas Regional Trail; and
WHEREAS, said construction will close one of the most significant gaps in Saint Paul’s portion of the Mississippi River Trail and will provide safer transportation and recreational opportunities to residents of the East Side; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has been awarded a reimbursement grant of $200,000 from the Federal Recreational Trail Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, said funding will be utilized in addition to existing project funds which satisfy the minimum required local match for funding; and
WHEREAS, the Department will provide construction management and implementation services for the project; and
WHEREAS, the Department hereby assures the Point Douglas Regional Trail will be maintained for a period of no less than 25 years; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Saint Paul names the fiscal agent for the City of Saint Paul for this project as:
Andy Rodriguez, Director
City of Saint Paul, Department of Parks and Recreation
25 W. 4th Street, 400 CHA
Saint Paul, MN 55102
WHEREAS, the Department wishes to accept said grant funds and amend the project budget for the additional funding as outlined in the attached financial analysis; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.01 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that th...
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