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Amending the financing and spending plan in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $7,000 to reflect funds received from the Lower Phalen Creek Project for staff design services for the Wakan Tipi project.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, through its Department of Parks and Recreation, is providing technical design support for predesign of the proposed Wakan Tipi Center at Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary; and
WHEREAS, the Lower Phalen Creek Project (LPCP) received $3 million in State bonds and is actively pursuing private donations and grants; and
WHEREAS, the City and the LPCP will enter into a development agreement with LPCP operating and maintaining Wakan Tipi Center under a long term lease; and
WHEREAS, LPCP has agreed to provide $7,000 to the Department for predesign work; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Parks and Recreation to amend the financing and spending budget for the project in the amount of $7,000; 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 $7,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul, upon recommendation of the Mayor and the advice of the Long Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee, that $7,000 is available for appropriation in the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget, and said 2018 budget, as therefore adopted by the Council, is hereby further amended.
Financial Analysis
See Attachment
CIB Recommendation
The Saint Paul Long-Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee received this request on November 19, 2018 and recommended approval.