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PINK � - FINANCE G I TY SA I NT PA U L
CANARV - DEPARTMENT
BLUE - MAVOR File NO.
' Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
I�iEREAS, the Mayor and City Council did approve and adopt the Lewis Pdrk
Rehabilitation as part of the 1980 Unified Capital Improvement Budget on
September 27, 1979, by Council File Number 273779, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor has submitted a grant preapplication for said project to
the U.S. Department of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Services
Division of funding assistance, and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of the Interior has made a grant offer in the
amount of $74,520 as stated in the attached notice; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby authorize
and direct the proper City officials to submit a full grant application and to
provide such assurances as necessary to the U.S. Department of the Interior for
the Lewis Park Rehabilitation;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper Clty officials are hereby authorized and
directed to execute such agreements as necessary to accept any grant awards for
the U.S. Department of the Interior and the State of Minnesota.
COUNCILMEN
Yeas �� Requested by Department of:
tlei Levine _� Corr�munity Services
Ho [n �avor
Maddox
H�n McMahon � __ Against BY
addo Showalter
Showalte �
Sco Wiison Form A v by Cit Attor y
Ado hy Counci . Date SEP A �(Q(�---- �
ertified Y� ed by Council . � BY ^
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/�pprove avor. Date ��`1. �QR� Approved Mayor for S missi n to Council
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�t1t�iEa S E P 2 Q 1980
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- Rev. : 9/8/76
EXPLAAtATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS,
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MAYOR'S O�FF�C�
Date : August 26, 1980
T0: MAYOR GEORGE LATIMER «
FR: THOMAS J. IC�LLEY �
�� GRANT FOR LEW�S PARK R�HAB�I,�TATxON
ACTION REQUESTEDs
Councj1 authoriza�lon to subnit finat grdnt atppllcsttions dnd to accept grant .
funding fram the Depa�r�ment of �nterfor dnd the Sta�te o�f Mlnnesota.
PURPOSE AND RATIONALE FOR THIS ACTION:
The c�ty hats been offered a tentative grant award by the Depa�rt�ent af Interior.
A flnatl a�pp1ica�tlon and ngreements must be submitted to ensure recelpt of ��
�7�,520.
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, ATTACI�NTS:
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Honorable George La.timer �AYj3/Z�s � :
Mayor, City of St. Paul -
City Hall -
St. Paul, Minnes 55102
Dear Mayor r• �J��
As Director for Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, it
gives me great p asure to inf'orm you of an Urban Pa.rk and Recreation
Recov+ery (UP Program grant offer of $74,520 to t�e city of
• St. Paul, Minnesota, for the reha.bilitation of Lewis Pa.rk and an . .
irmova.tion gxant of $b18,884 for the construction of an energy-efPicient,
earth-,shelt�er r�creation center.
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Di�ector Fr.�nk Jones, of vur Regional Office, will conta.ct you to
�rk out th� details oP the actual grant agreement and contra.ct.
_ �roi� your Recov+ery Action Program and the acceptance of this -
� ' grant of�er, you are firm�y c�a8nt.tting St. Paul to contirnzing revi- '�---
talization of its recreation resources and programs, including the
obligd.tion to maintain publlc outlays for pa.rks and recreation at no
less than current levels in accordance with the local ecxrrni.tment pro-
visions of the UPARR Act. Fbllowirag throu� on these initial co�ranit-
ments will greatly enh�nce your oomnunity's cornpetitiveness for flzture
UPARR fluiding. It will also accomplish the ma�or ob�ective of the
UPARR Program which is to stir�az].ate increased camauiity suppor�t _
for cost-ef'�'ective progr�ams tha.t meet the most pressj;ng r�ecreation
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needs of your citizens.
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Your carra�unity��s ca�rrnitrnent to systenatic Recovery ACtion planning .
and financing is particular]�y praisewortY�y. �e challer�e of the '
UPARR Program is to 3mprove the responsiveness and e#'ficiency of
recreation systems in a time of fiscal restraints. �e key to
this is better r�eoognition by citizens and public officials of
the critica]. i�ortance of recreation in the qua.lity of urban ��e.
I extend rr� congratulations on this grant offer and besL wishes
for t�he success of�your continuing recreation revitalizati� efforts.
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� Sincere�y, - .
Ctu�is �erral Delaporte
Director "
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