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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to partner with Neighborhood House to submit a Ramsey County Soccer Partners grant application for $50,000 to help fund field improvements at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center/El Rio Vista Recreation Center.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul and Neighborhood House jointly occupy and operate the facility known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center/El Rio Vista Recreation Center located at 179 Robie Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55107; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is the owner of the recreational fields located at the facility and Neighborhood House uses them as part of their programming; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul currently has Capital Improvement Budget funding for field improvements at El Rio Vista in the amount of $1,510,000; and
WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Soccer Partners Program is providing grants to non-profit community based organizations to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local soccer fields; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Department of Parks and Recreation, is seeking approval to partner with Neighborhood House, a local non-profit, community-based organization, to submit a grant application requesting $50,000 through this program to provide for field improvements at El Rio Vista; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to partner with Neighborhood House to submit a grant application requesting $50,000 through this program to provide for field improvements at El Rio Vista, and if awarded, that the appropriate city officials may enter into such agreeements as are necessary to accept and manage the grant.