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Accepting Metropolitan Council and the Department of Employment and Economic Development grants, amending the 2021 City budget upon acceptance of said grant: and approving and authorizing execution of a grant agreement and other necessary documents.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Economic Development applied for and has received grant funding from the Metropolitan Council’s Livable Communities Tax Base Revitalization Account Grant, Livable Communities Demonstration Account Pre-Development Grant, and Livable Communities Transit Oriented Pre-Development Grant as reflected in RES 21-606, RES 21-618 and RES 21-718; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council approved the following grant applications (the “MC Projects”):
" Transit-Oriented Development Account Pre-Development grant of $52,500.00 for 990 Payne Avenue
" Livable Communities Demonstration Account Pre-Development grant of $150,000.00 for ReConnect Rondo (Rondo Restorative Development Overlay District);
" Livable Communities Act Tax Base Revitalization Account grants of $37,400.00 for 1490 7th Street East, $174,600.00 for 1222 University Avenue, $20,800.00 for 694 Minnehaha Avenue and $38,400.00 for 375 Selby Avenue (YWCA Expansion); and
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Economic Development applied for and has received grant funding from the Department of Employment and Economic Development Contamination Cleanup and Investigation grant as reflected in RES 21-584; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Employment and Economic Development approved the following grant applications (The “DEED Projects”):
" Contamination Cleanup and Investigation grants of $81,117.00 for The Hollows (520 Payne Avenue), and $1,392,178.00 for Farwell Yards (102 and 150 West Water Street and 75 Bidwell Street); and
WHEREAS, to complete the MC and DEED Projects, the City of Saint Paul must enter into grant agreement and other related documents with the State of Minnesota (collective...
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