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Accepting grant funds, authorizing execution of a grant agreement (with indemnity obligations), and amending the operating budget for City sponsorship of a Metropolitan Council LCDA-TOD Grant Program for the benefit of Hamm’s Brewery West End at 680-694 Minnehaha Avenue E. (District 4, Ward 7).
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WHEREAS, in RES 25-858, the Saint Paul City Council resolved that the City of Saint Paul (the “City”) may act as the legal sponsor in connection with a Livable Communities Act Transit-Oriented (“LCDA-TOD”) Development Grant application for the benefit of the site’s tentative developer, JB Vang Partners, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“JB Vang”), and, thereby, authorized an application to the Metropolitan Council related to the Hamm’s Brewery West End Rehabilitation project located at 680-694 Minnehaha Avenue E. (“Application”); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council accepted the Application and awarded the City a $750,000 LCDA-TOD Development grant for the benefit of Hamm’s Brewery West End Rehabilitation project (“Grant Funds”); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act TOD Grant contract (“Grant Agreement”) requires the City to indemnify the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the Council authorizes acceptance of the LCDA-TOD Development Grant, amends the 2025 budget, and authorizes execution of a grant agreement with the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Saint Paul City Charter, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $750,000 in excess of those estimated in the operating budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul:
1. that upon the recommendation of the Mayor that the $750,000 is available for appropriation in the Operating Budget, the City Council hereby authorizes and approves said budget, as heretofore adopted by the City Council, to be amended as outlined in the ...
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