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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to partner with Neighborhood House to submit an NFL Grassroots grant application for $200,000 for the El Rio Vista field, which requires a minimum 1:1 match satisfied by budgeted CIB funds for this project.
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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 of $1,619,000.00 for field improvements at El Rio Vista; and
WHEREAS, the National Football League Foundation Grassroots Program is providing grants to non-profit community based organizations to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields; and
WHEREAS, the National Football League requires a minimum 1:1 match for the grant that is satisfied by budgeted CIB funds for this project; 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 $200,000 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 Parks and Recreation Department to partner with, and if the grant is awarded, enter into an agreement with Neighborhood House on the grant by the NFL Foundation Grassroots Program.