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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to apply for up to $24,000 from Twin Cities Public Television SciGirls East Side STEM Grant to implement the STEM Programming with Kids Grant.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul performs significant services for residents of the Metropolitan area and all Minnesota residents through its ownership and operation of its parks, trails, and amenities; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation is requesting permission to apply for $24,000 in grant funds from the Twin Cities Public Television “SciGirls East Side STEM Programming with Kids Grant” to support Saint Paul’s recreation centers and two summer STEM Camps and activities at the recreation centers; and
WHEREAS, if granted, eight recreation centers would receive up to $2,000 each (Arlington Hills, Edgcumbe, El Rio, Langford Park, Linwood, Martin Luther King, North Dale, and Palace), and Dayton’s Bluff/American Indian Magnet and Wilder/Washington Tech Magnet, may receive up to $4,000 for each center; and
WHEREAS, grant funds would allow the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide quality STEM programming to Saint Paul youth; and
WHEREAS, there is no amount match required of these funds by the City and other supporting agencies; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul authorizes the Department of Parks and
Recreation to apply for grant funds from Twin Cities Public Television SciGirls East Side STEM Programming with Kids Grant.