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RESOLUTION
OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA �"� �
Presented By
Referred To
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1 WF3EREAS, Section 86.03 (b)(3) of the Saint Paul Administrative Code states that the
2 "lease of park lands and/or recreation facilities for a period of more than five (5) years where the
3 property will no longer be exclusively for the use of the public shall, without limiting the
4 provisions of chapter 13 of the City Charter, be considered a diversion or disposal subject to the
5 provisions of section 13A1.01 of the City Charter"; and
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WHEREAS, the City and Neighborhood House have entered into a cooperative
partnership to construct a new facility on the site of the current El Rio Vista recreation center, to
be known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building; and
WHEREAS, the parties intend to enter into a long-term lease of the facility, subject to the
City's right to the exciusive use of the portion of the building to be used as parks and recreation
space;and
WHEREAS, the new facility will be lazger than the existing recreational center, and will
provide additional space for pazks and recreation programming, and will continue the provision
of social services by Neighborhood House from the new facility; and
WHEREAS, the I.ease and Operating Agreement will not include the lease of any of the
outdoor recreational lands, nor will there be any net loss of recreaUonal space within the
building; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 13.01.01 of the City Charter, parkland shall not diverted
to other uses or disposed of except in accordance with the provisions listed therein, which
includes a review of the proposal by the Saint Paul Parks Commission, which then submits its
recommendation to the city council, and a public hearing to be conducted by the city council for
the purpose of considering the proposal and the recommendation; and
WIIEREAS, the Saint Paul Parks Commission has reviewed the Project and has
recommended its approval of moving forward with the construction and long term lease to NH;
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WHEREAS, notice of the public hearing was published at least 10 warking days prior to
the hearing in the legal newspaper; and
WI�REAS, the City Council finds that the construction of the new Paul and Sheila
Wellstone Center for Community Building and its ]ong term lease to Neighborhood House,
subject to the City's right to exclusive use of the parks and recreation space will not result in the
loss of park land; now, therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, that the City Council finds that the construction of the_new�?auland-She�l��
— 2 Wellstone Center for Community Building and its long term lease to Neighborhood House,
3 subject to the City's right to exclusive use of the parks and recreation space, is in the best
4 interests of the public, and further finds that there because there is no loss of park land, that no
5 additional park lands need be acquired to replace those lands diverted or disposed.
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Bob BieSCheid � 0 ar an Rec "
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. Action Requested:
Signatures on attached resolution allowing the City and Neighborhood House to enter into a cooperative parnierslup to construct a
' new facility on the site of the cutrent El Rio Vista Recreation Center, to be known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for
Community Building.
. Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Following Questions:
Planning Commission 1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
CIB Committee Yes No
'' Civit Service Commission 2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
- 3. Dces this person/firm possess a skill not nortnally possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
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Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity(Wh¢ What, When, Where, Why):
The exisimg EI Rio Vista Recreation Center and Neighborhood House do not have enough space to provide for necessary prograzmm�ig
, for the neighborhood. The Saint Paul Pazks COmmission has reviewed the Project and has recommended its approval.
AdvaMages If Approved:
THe construcrion of the new Paul and Shefla Wellstone Center for Community Building will continue.
DisadvantageslfApproved:
None
� Disadvantages If Not Approved: -
THe construction will be delayed. �$.�'� ! : i���"°"
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the resolution to authorize the development agreement and long-term
lease of the facility being consiructed on the site of the El Rio Vista recreation center, to be
known as the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, and to determine
whether the long-term lease of the facility will constitute a diversion or disposal of pazk property,
will be heard and considered by the Saint Paul City Council at a meeting to be held in the
Council Chambers on the 3rd floor of City Hall and Court House at 15 W. Kellogg Blvd. on the
Sth day of May, 2004, at 530 P.M..
Dated: April 14, 2004
Shari Moore
Deputy City Clerk
(April 19, 2004)
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