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Authorizing the Office of Financial Services to accept a $49,000 grant and authorizing execution of a grant agreement (which includes an indemnification clause) with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Local Climate Action Grant Program for developing a municipal fleet decarbonization plan.
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WHEREAS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), has allocated $1.5 million in funding during FY2025 through the Local Climate Action Grant program to develop or implement plans of action that enable local jurisdictions to adapt to extreme weather events and a changing climate and/or to reduce the local jurisdiction’s contributions to the causes of climate change; and
WHEREAS, the greenhouse gas inventory conducted by the City of Saint Paul in 2016 documented that 31% of emissions in Saint Paul are generated by the transportation sector; and
WHEREAS, greenhouse gas emissions from the City’s fleet operations have increased over the past either years despite actions to replace some City-owned gas-powered passenger vehicles with battery electric and hybrid vehicles; and
WHEREAS Resolution number 25-62 passed on 1/22/2025 authorized the Office of Financial Services to apply for a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Local Climate Action Grant for developing a municipal fleet decarbonization plan; and
WHEREAS the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency awarded the City of Saint Paul a Local Climate Action Grant of $49,000 with a required match of $24,500; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Financial Services has identified matching funds available in the Green Energy Loan Fund and wishes to accept said funding and execute a grant agreement (which contains an indemnification clause) with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby authorizes and approves entering into the grant agreement with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (which includes an indemnification clause) to...
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