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Accepting grant funds, authorizing execution of a grant agreement (with indemnity obligations and other documents related thereto), and amending the operating budget with respect to the City's sponsorship of a Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act Pre-Development Grant Program for the benefit of Hamm’s Brewery Redevelopment at 680-694 Minnehaha Avenue E. (District 4, Ward 7).
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WHEREAS, in RES 25-396, the Saint Paul City Council resolved that the City of Saint Paul (the “City”) may act as the legal sponsor in connection with a Pre-Development Grant application for the benefit of the tentative developer, JB Vang Partners, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“JB Vang”), that is the designed tentative developer of the subject property, and, thereby, authorized an application to the Metropolitan Council related to the Hamm’s Brewery Geo-Thermal Investigation project located at 680-694 Minnehaha Avenue E. (“Application”); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council accepted the Application and awarded the City a $40,000 Pre-Development grant for the benefit of Hamm’s Brewery Redevelopment Geo-Thermal Investigation (“Grant Funds”); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Act Pre-Development Grant contract (“Grant Agreement”) requires the City to indemnify Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the Council authorizes acceptance of the TBRA Contamination Clean Up Grant, amends the 2025 budget, and authorizes execution of a grant agreement with the Metropolitan Council; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Saint Paul City Charter, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $40,000 in excess of those estimated in the operating budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul:
1. that upon the recommendation of the Mayor that $40,000 is available for appropriation in the Operating Budget, the City Council hereby ...
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