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Authorizing the City to approve the amendment to allow Saint Paul Yacht Club to establish, maintain, and utilize dredging and sedimentation infrastructure at the Upper Harbor.
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WHEREAS, the City and Saint Paul Yacht Club (SPYC) entered into an Agreement on June 3, 2004 for lease of real estate on Harriet Island commonly known as “Lower Harbor” and “Upper Harbor” in order to operate two small boat harbors which terminates on April 30, 2030; and
WHEREAS, annual flooding of the Mississippi River causes sediment deposits into the harbors that requires periodic dredging; and
WHEREAS, SPYC intends to secure and maintain all necessary permits, permissions, and equipment to conduct on-site dredging operations; and
WHEREAS, SPYC wishes to establish dredging and dewatering infrastructure within the leased property for the purposes of dewatering dredge spoils before they are permanently removed from the property; and
WHEREAS, the City believes the SPYC capable of managing dredging and dewatering spoils and believes frequent dredging to be increasingly necessary due to flooding trends; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the SPYC provides a value to Saint Paul residents and visitors by providing watercraft storage and access to the local waterways at the Upper and Lower Harbors, and that the future of these harbors is reliant on their good stewardship; Now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saint Paul authorizes the appropriate City officials to enter into the attached Amendment.