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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 there are available for appropriation, funds of $200,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2026 Capital Improvement Budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Saint Paul City Council, upon recommendation of the Mayor and the advice of the Long Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee, that $200,000 is available for appropriation in the 2026 Capital Improvement Budget, and said 2026 budget is heretofore adopted by the Council is hereby amended as attached; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council finds that there is a public purpose in providing for the betterment of parks facilities and that acceptance of said grant funding will enable continued implementation of said betterments; and, be it
FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City may enter into an agreement with the State for the above project, and that the Director of Parks and Recreation and other City officials are hereby authorized to execute such agreements as are necessary to implement the project on behalf of the applicant.
Financial Analysis
See Attachment
CIB Recommendation
The St. Paul Long-Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee reviewed this request on October 12, 2026, and recommended approval.