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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a $4,400 donation to support the EcoRanger Academy within the Environmental Services program of Parks and Recreation.
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WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Parks Conservancy (Conservancy) is a Minnesota non-profit, 501(c)(3), organization whose mission is to enhance and expand parks and recreational opportunities throughout Saint Paul; and
WHEREAS, the Conservancy applied for a grant, with City cooperation, from Recreaton Equipment Inc. (REI) to support the EcoRanger Academy bicycle crew, a bicycle transportation-based Youth Job Corps (YJC) - crew as well as to fund interpretive programming within the Environmental Services program of Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, REI has awarded the Conservancy a grant of $4,400 for those purposes; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby accepts the donation of $4,400 in grant funding from the Saint Paul Parks Conservancy to purchase equipment and materials to support the EcoRanger Academy, and to fund interpretive programming within the Environmental Services program, and thanks both the Conservancy and REI for their generous donation.