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Authorizing proper City officials to submit a Gateways for Growth Implementation Technical Assistance and Grants Program application.
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WHEREAS Saint Paul and the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce received Gateways for Growth Challenge Award for 2021; and
WHEREAS the City of Saint Paul was selected as one of ten communities to received customized research and individualized technical assistance from the Gateways for Growth Initiative - an initiative of the New American Economy and Welcoming America - to develop a multi-sector strategic plan during the one-year period from December 2020 to December 2021.
WHEREAS in December 2021, Gateways for Growth extended the technical assistance period to March 31, 2022; and
WHEREAS in January 2022, Gateways for Growth announced the launching of the Gateways for Growth Technical Assistance and Grants program which will provide an additional six months of technical assistance from March 31, 2022 through September 2022, and grant funding of up to $20,000 to support Gateway for Growth Awardees implantation of their multi-sector strategic plan; and
WHEREAS Gateways for Growth has invited the City of Saint Paul to apply for the Implementation Technical Assistance and Grants program, which would include the funding of up to $20,000 by March 1, 20221; and
THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Saint Paul City Council authorizes the St. Paul City Attorney, Lyndsey M. Olson, and her designees to submit, on behalf of the City of Saint Paul, an application to the Gateways for Growth Implementation Technical Assistance and Grants to provide an additional six months of technical assistance and grant funding of up to $20,000 for the purposes outlined herein; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if the grant funds are awarded, the City Council authorizes the Saint Paul City Attorney, Lyndsey M. Olson, and her designees to enter into a grant agreement with Gateways for Growth.