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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PR�Il.L-, MfNNESOTA 2.s
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1 WHEREAS, the City Council passed resolutiun 10-133 in February 2010 to allow the Ciry of Saint Paul to
2 act as a fiscal agent pass-through for St. Paul Smart Trips because NTP requires thaf a taxing authority to
3 accept Federal funds that have been awarded; and
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5 WHEREAS, Transit for Livable Communities and Bike Wa1k Twin Cities are administering the federal
6 Non-Motorized Transportation Progranl and have awarded St. Paul Smart Trips a grant of $ll 5,000 each
7 yeaz for two years to fund a residential social marketing program,s in 2� 10 and 2Q 11 that will build on
8 successful past programs in Summit-University and Union Park; and
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10 WHEREAS, the Smart Trips program will use individtiialized social marketing techniques to get people out
11 of fheir cars and choosing sustainable alteinatives such as transit, biking and walking, utilizing direct
12 mailings, delivery of materials, and free events to engage interested huuseholds and pxovide them withthe
13 information they need to make changes in how they get around; and
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15 WHEREAS, Smart Trips has ehosen the Highland Park neighboxhood in v,�hich to focus die 2010 progratn,
16 and will target the 1 1,900 households in the Highland Park Disteict Councit of Sanit Paul with the goal of
17 changing their travel behaviar; and
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19 WHEREAS, Smart Trips will chose another Saint Paul neighborhood for the 2011 prograrn, with the NTP
20 funds contingent of the successful completaon of Smart Trips Highland Park; and
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22 WHEREAS, the Mayor, pursuant to Section 10.071 of t1�e Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does hereby
23 certify $230,000 in funds are available for appropriation in excess of those estimated in the 2010 budget
24 and recommends the following changes to the 2010 budget:
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27 Current Amended
28 Budeet Chan�es Bud¢et
29 FINANCING PLAN
30 NTP Grant for Smart Trips $230,00� $230,000
31 101-36303-3199-61750
32 Total Financing $ -0- $230,000 $230,000
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34 SPENDING PLAN
35 NTP Grant for Smart Trips $230.000 $230.000
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37 Total Financing $ -0- $230,000 �?30,000
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39 NOW, THBREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, Yhat these budget asnendments be made so that the City of
40 Saint Paul may act as the fiscal agent pass-throug�i far the projects.
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Pass a Council resolution to amend the City budget. Resolution 10-133 allows the City to act as a fiscal agent for federal funds on
behalf of St Paul Smact Trips, and this requires a budget amendment.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R):
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t. Has thls person/hrm ever worked under a contract for this department?
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IaiGating Pro6lem, lssues, Qpportuniry (Who, What, Whea, Where, Why):
Saint Paul Smart Trips was awazded $115,000 each year fox two yeacs thxough the federal Non-Motorized Transportarion program.
The Council must pass a resolution for the City to amend the budget and act as a fiscal agent between MnDOT and St. Paul Smart
Trips.
Advantages If Approved:
Work on the pro,gam can proceed, Highland Park and other Saint Paul residents wilI benefit from the targeted mazketing progrem.
DisadvanWges IfApproved:
No¢e
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
Smart Trips will not be eli�ble for the grant without a taxing authority to adt as a fiscal agent. The prog[81II will not be done without
this funding.
TotatAmountaf $230,000.00 Cosf/RevenueButl eted;
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Funding source: Federaf Non-Motorized pctivity Number.
TransportaGon Pilot funding
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RESOIUTION
SAtNT PAUL, MiNNESOTA
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WHEREAS, under the Federal SAFETEA-LU Transportation Aci enacted in 2005, Minneapolis and adjoining communi:ies
havz been aSVocated funds uader the Non-.�Yiotorized TransportaTion Pilot Pre�am; znd
WHEREAS, the Non-Motorized Transportation Pikot {NTP) Program is designed to test how infrastructure improvements,
combined with planning, pu6(ic education, and promotion, can increase the number of people bicycling and walking and reduce
drivin�, with a fows on connections in and out of Minneapolis; and
WHEREAS, St. Paui Smart Trips, a 501(c)(3) non-profif organizatio� that improves access and mobility for those who travel in
and around SY. Paul, has applied for fundin� fram the Non-Mototized Transportation Piiot Prob am; and
WHEREAS, these funds would enable St, Paui Smart Trips to support residential social marketing programs for 2010 and 2011
that will bu�ld upon the success of previous programs in Summit-University and Union Park; and
WHEREAS, the Smart Trips residentiai social marketing progcams use individuzl+zed social market[ng techniques to �et peoplz
auc of their cars and into sustainabie a3ternatives s¢ch as transit, biking and watking, utiliz(ng direct mailir.gs, delivery of
materiais, and free events to engage interested households and provide them with the information they need ro make changes in
how they get azound, and
WHEREAS, NTP requires a taxing authority to accept Federal funds thai may have been awarded;
NOW, TH£REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul acf as the fiscal a�ent pass-through for St. Paul Smart
Trips, and accept, as its agent, Federal aid funds which may be made available for elSgible transportation re]ated projects.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, if funding is approved for the above-ref2renced project, tne proper Gity officials az2 hereby
auchorized and directed to executa grant agreements for the projects and implemeot the activities specified.
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