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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into Lease Agreement between the City and First Tee - Minnesota (“FTMN”) for the First Tee Sanford Family Learning Center.
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WHEREAS, the City is the owner of the Highland Park National Golf Course, located at 1403 Montreal Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55116; and
WHEREAS, in 2011 the City gave permission and funding assistance to FTMN for the construction of the First Tee Sanford Family Learning Center on the Highland National Golf Course site; and
WHEREAS, ownership of the Learning Center was transferred to the City upon completion with the understanding that FTMN would be permitted to lease the building for its golf programs;and
WHEREAS, FTMN was formed for the purpose of providing Saint Paul area youth, and other youth across Minnesota, with golf and life skills lessons that meet the mission statement of the organization; and
WHEREAS, City and FTMN wish to enter into an agreement for the operation and use of the Learning Center; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to enter into the attached Agreement.