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Accepting the $40,000 Environmental Assistance Grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for the topic area Communities Adapting to Climate Change and Extreme Weather; providing a matching grant of up to $13,409; entering into a grant agreement with the MPCA that identifies the terms, and conditions of the funding award; and amending the 2015 grant budget in the amount of $40,000.
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WHEREAS, the approval of RES 14-1245 authorized the Environmental Policy Director in the Mayor's Office to apply for a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Environmental Assistance Grant for Focus Area F, Communities Adapting to Climate Change and Extreme Weather; and
WHEREAS, the City has been granted the $40,000 grant from the MPCA; and
WHEREAS, the MPCA grant requires a match of at least 25% of the total project; and
WHEREAS, the City will be providing a total matching grant of $13,409, where $11,034 will be a cash match and $2,375.00 will be in-kind match; 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 $40,000 in excess of those estimated in the 2015 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor recommends that the following additions, set forth in the attached financial analysis be made to the 2015 budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, the Saint Paul City Council hereby authorizes the appropriate city officials to enter into the grant agreement with the MPCA to carry out the project specified therein and to comply with all the terms, conditions, and matching provisions for the grant agreement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the City Council approves the changes to the 2015 budget as defined in the attached financial analysis.
Financial Analysis
See Attachment.