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RESOLUTION
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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1 Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of a Gift from the University of Califomia-Berkeley, Allowing
2 PED Staff to Attend and Make A Presentation at a Symposium on Creating Mixed-Income
3 Neighborhoods Along Transit Corridors
WFIEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is engaged in a planning effort to create a vision and strategy for
community development along the Central Corridor, given the planned investment in light rail transit; and
8 WHEREAS, this planning effort will result in a document entiUed a"Central Corridor Development
9 Strategy," which should be ready for review and adoption in the spring of 2007, first by the Planning
10 Commission and subsequently the Mayor and City Council; and
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12 WHEREAS, a major emphasis of the work on the "Central Corridor Development Strategy" has been on
13 preserving mixed-income neighborhoods along the corridor, and avoiding economic displacement of the
14 residents and businesses there once LRT is constructed and begins operating; and
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WHEREAS, this work has drawn national attention, and the Center far Community Innovation at the
University of California-Berkeley has invited PED staff to make a presentation at a symposium it is
organizing regazding planning for mixed-income communities in development adjacent to major transit
investments; and
WHEREAS, the University of California-Berkeley has offered to pay the costs for PED staff to attend and
present at the symposium, which is scheduled for March 9, 2007; now, therefare be it
RESOLVED, that upon the recommendation of the Mayor, the Council of the City of Saint Paul does
hereby authorize acceptance of a gift of up to $1,200 from the University of California-Berkeley to pay for
airfare, transfers, lodging, and food for PED staff to attend and present at the symposium entitled "Are We
There Yet? Bay Area Transit-Oriented Communities and Mixed Incomes" on March 9, 2007 in Berkeley,
California.
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APPROVAL OF CITY COi�NCIL RESOLUTION ACCEPTING A GIFT OF UP TO $1,200 FROM THE UNIVERSTTY OF
CALIFORNIA-BERKELY TO COVER TRAVEL, LODGING, AND FOOD COSTS FOR PED STAFF TO ATTEND AND
PRESENT AT A SYMPOSIUM ON MARCH 9, 2007.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Foilowing Questions:
Planning Commission 1, Has this persoNfirm ever worked unde� a contract for this department'? �'
CIB Committee Yes No
CivilService Commission
2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this perso�rtn possess a skill not normaliy possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separete sheet and attach to green sheet
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opporfunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
The Center for Commun�ty Innovation at tha University of Califomia-Berkeley has invited PED staff to attend and present at a
symposium i[ is organizing on creating mixed-income communities along transit corridors. PED staff will present the Ciry's on-going
work to create the "Cenhal Coaidor Development Strategy." The symposium is scheduled for Mazch 9, 2007. The university has
offered to pay the costs for staff to attend and present at the symposium.
AdvanWgeslfApproved: -
The City of Saint PauPs work on the Central Coxridor will receive nationai atten6on.
DisadvanWges If Approved:
None.
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
PED staff will not be able to attend and present at the symposium as requested.
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