Title
Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to $1,000,000 per application in Regional Parks and Trails System Competitive Equity grant funds from the Metropolitan Council.
Body
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has published a Notice of Funding Availability for Regional Parks and Trails System Competitive Equity grants of up to $1,000,000 to fund non-capital and capital projects in the regional park system; and
WHEREAS, the grant is available to all regional park implementing agencies identified in state statute; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is an eligible implementing agency; and
WHEREAS, the Crosby Farm Regional Park Boardwalk, East Side Heritage Park Skatepark, the multi-agency project Indigenous Homelands: Strengthening Partnerships and Understandings, Jurisdiction-Wide ADA Accessibility Improvements, and the Mississippi River Learning Center at Bdote: Outdoor Classrooms and Cultural Nodes projects, have been identified as eligible to receive funds; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation wishes to submit grant applications for all said projects and programs; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that Saint Paul City Council authorizes the appropriate City officials to apply for the competitive equity grants.