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Authorizing an increase in the Department of Parks and Recreation Grant Fund in the amount of $14,000 to reflect funds received from the Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD) grant program, to support the BIPOC Parks Ambassadors Program, and authorizing the proper City Officials to enter into a grant agreement with the CRWD that includes indemnification language.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation applied for and has received a CRWD grant in the amount of $14,000 to support the BIPOC Parks Ambassadors Program; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Saint Paul finds that funds to provide quality outdoor programming for Saint Paul youth has a public purpose; and
WHEREAS, the CRWD grant funds require that the Department of Parks and Recreation enter into a grant agreement that details the conditions of receiving said fund; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that there is a public purpose in accepting funds to provide quality, nature-based programming opportunities, equipment, and field trips to the youth of Saint Paul and that said funds will permit the programming to move forward; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation wishes to accept said funding and increase the Grant Fund budget for the project in the amount of $14,000; and
WHEREAS, there are no matching grant funds required; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation, funds of $14,000 in excess of those estimated in the current Grant Budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saint Paul authorizes acceptance of the grant funds and approves these amendments for the Life-to-Date Grant Budget; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Department of Parks and Recreation is authorized to execute the necessary grant agreement, which includes indemnification language, with the CRWD to accept and utilize these funds...
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