Title
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for and accept $8,500 in cost-share funding from the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District for mechanical harvesting of aquatic vegetation on Lake Phalen in 2019.
Body
WHEREAS, the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District (RWMWD) offers financial assistance for aquatic vegetation harvesting to protect and improve water resources; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has mechanically harvested aquatic vegetation on Lake Phalen since 2002 and is eligible to receive up to 50% cost-share funding through RWMWD for a 2019 harvest; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation requests permission to apply for and accept up to $8,500 in cost-share funding from RWMWD to cover contractor costs associated with the 2019 harvest on Lake Phalen; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council finds that accepting these grant funds will allow Parks and Recreation to fulfill ecological principles of water resources protection; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of public funds for such a purpose will facilitate and enable it to take place; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that designated Parks and Recreation staff are hereby authorized to seek RWMWD cost-share funds on behalf of the City and, if successful, the appropriate city authorities may enter into an agreement with the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District to accept the funds on behalf of the City.