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Accepting an Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund grant administered through the Minnesota Department of Administration, establishing a financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $432,000 for the construction of the Hmong Plaza in Phalen Regional Park, and entering into a required grant agreement (which includes an indemnification clause).
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WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Administration was appropriated funds from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund for a grant of $432,000 to the City of Saint Paul to construct the Hmong Plaza at Phalen Regional Park; and
WHEREAS, their are no matching fund requirements for said grant; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation wishes to accept said grant funds and establish a financing and spending plan for said Department of Administration grant; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation will provide construction management and implementation services for the project; and
WHEREAS, the grant contains an indemnification clause and the City Council finds that there is a public purpose in providing for the betterment of our public parks facilities and that acceptance of the grant funding will enable construction of an important cultural amenity to proceed; 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 $432,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2023 Capital Improvement Budget; 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 $432,000 is available for appropriation in the 2023 Capital Improvement Budget, and said 2023 budget, as heretofore adopted by the Council, is hereby amended as attached; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council authorizes the Department of Parks...
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