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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a donation of $7,700 in plant material from Minnesota Audubon to conduct a bird habitat enhancement project at Pig’s Eye Regional Park, and to enter into an agreement with Audubon, which includes an indemnification clause, to accept this donation on behalf of the City.
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WHEREAS, Minnesota Audubon has received grant funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for a project entitled “Urban Bird Treaty Revival - Better for Birds, Habitat, and People Too”; and
WHEREAS, a portion of this funding can be used to conduct a habitat restoration project within Pig’s Eye Regional Park; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is eligible to receive up to $7,700 in plant material purchased by Minnesota Audubon through the program; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Audubon is requiring that the grantee indemnify Minnesota Audubon, its agents and employees from any claims or causes of action arising from performance of the grant agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council finds that accepting these grant funds will allow Parks and Recreation to fulfill ecological principles of habitat restoration; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of public funds, which includes the promise of indemnification, for such a purpose will facilitate and enable it to take place; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that designated Parks and Recreation staff are hereby authorized to accept plant material from Minnesota Audubon, and enter into an agreement with Minnesota Audubon, which includes an indemnification clause, to accept these materials on behalf of the City.