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Authorizing an increase in the Parks and Recreation Grant Fund Budget in the amount of $437,360 to reflect various grant funding awarded in 2018 from the State of Minnesota DNR, Metropolitan Council, and Capital Region Watershed District.
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WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation has been awarded grant funding in the amount of $290,000 from Metropolitan Council to fund an Education Specialist position and a Volunteer Coordinator position in State Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has been awarded a Legacy grant from the State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources, for $136,500 for Cherokee Regional Park; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation has been awarded an additional $10,860 in 2018 funding from the Capital Region Watershed District for the Como Golf Course Pond North Buffer Project; and
WHEREAS, none of the additional grant funding listed above requires any matching funds; and
WHEREAS, Parks and Recreation wishes to amend these Grant Fund budgets with spending plans for the additional funding; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.07.01 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation, funds of $437,360 in excess of those estimated in the current Grant Budget; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul authorizes these amendments for the Life-to-date Grant Budget.
Financial Analysis
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