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Amending the financing and spending budgets in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $1,891,358 for Metropolitan Council Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment projects, detailed below; and accepting grant funds from the Metropolitan Council and through the Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment funds through the Parks and Trails program.
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WHEREAS, the St. Paul City Council is typically requested to approve project grant applications (CF #16-1684) that include preliminary project budget estimates; and
WHEREAS, final grant amounts awarded may be more or less than this original estimate based on a specific formula determined by the Metropolitan Council and adjusted at the time of actual grant award; and
WHEREAS, under the Minnesota Session Laws of 2017 which includes an appropriation to the
Metropolitan Council for Regional Park and Open Space Development grants; the following grants are awarded to the City of Saint Paul:
Indian Mounds Regional Park Improvements - fund $780,000 to include trail improvements between T.H. 61 to Bruce Vento Trail including design, engineering, demolition, grading, stormwater management, paving, landscaping and retaining wall construction as required.
Lilydale-Harriet Island and Cherokee Heights Regional Park Improvements - fund $178,328 for design, engineering, and construction of a picnic shelter with restroom facilities. Site work will include grading, erosion control, and stormwater management.
Phalen Regional Park Master Plan Implementation - fund $190,690 for design, engineering, and construction of pedestrian and vehicular circulation and parking. Grading, stormwater management, and erosion control to be included.
Robert Piram (South Saint Paul) Regional Trail - fund $192,340 to include additional design, engineering, easements, potential acquisitions, construction of safety improvements related to the regional trail project specifically at intersections of the trail and private ...
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