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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with, and provide indemnification for, the State of Minnesota Historical Society (MHS), for a grant in the amount of $25,000 to complete Stages I and II of an Interpretive and Exhibit Concept Plan for the Great River Passage Master Plan.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council by its resolution 11-2415, agreed to accept the State Historic Preservation Officer as an agent of the City of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation to receive Minnesota Historical Society Legacy Amendment Arts and Culture funding for an Interpretive and Exhibit Concept Plan of potential cultural and historical resources outlined in the Great River Passage Master Plan for the Mississippi River in Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Historical Society funding has been approved in the amount of $25,000; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Parks and Recreation Department, wishes to enter into the attached agreement to develop Stages I and II of an Interpretive and Exhibit Concept plan of potential cultural and historical resources outlined in the Great River Passage Master Plan for the Mississippi River in Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has sufficient matching funds in the amount of $22,510 from a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources grant adopted by the City Council on Sept. 9, 2009 for the purposes of planning, design and construction for the National Great River Park (now known as the Great River Passage); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation would like to amend the 2009 Capital Budget to reflect the full amount of the additional $25,000 MHS Legacy Amendment funds; 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 the appropriation funds of $25,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2009 Capital Improvement Budget, and
WHEREAS, the agreement will require that the City hold the Minnesota Historical Society harmless from all claims that may arise from development of the Interpretive and Exhibit Concept plan; and
WHEREAS, such Interpretive and Exhibit Concept plan is necessary to the orderly identification, preservation, interpretation and exhibition of historical and cultural resources of the 17 mile, 3500 acre Great River Passage Master Plan; now, therefore, be it
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 $25,000 is available for appropriation in the 2009 Capital Improvement Budget, and said 2009 budget, as heretofore adopted by the Council, is hereby further amended.
Financial Analysis
See Attachment.
CIB Recommendation
The St. Paul Long-Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee received this request on June 10, 2013 and recommended approval.