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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for $8,000 in funding through the Capitol Region Watershed District Special Grant program to engage youth from underserved communities in outdoor education and recreation activities and, if successful, enter into an agreement providing indemnification for Capitol Regional Watershed District.
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WHEREAS, Capitol Region Watershed District has a Partner Grants program, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is eligible to receive up to $20,000 in grant funds for eligible clean water projects including education programs and materials, organizing projects, workshops, events, or clean water landscaping projects:; and
WHEREAS, it is the intention of Parks and Recreation to submit a proposal for $8,000 to engage people from underserved communities in outdoor education and recreation activities; and
WHEREAS, if funded, the grant agreement will require that the grantee indemnify Capitol Region Watershed District, 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 the grant funds will serve a public purpose by increasing awareness of the outdoors and the availability of recreational activities in Saint Paul; 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 the Department of Parks and Recreation is hereby authorized to seek funding on behalf of the City and, if successful,the appropritate city officials are authorized to enter into an agreement with Capitol Region Watershed District to accept the funds on behalf of the City, which contains an indemnification clause.