HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-079 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2024/07/08Resolution No. 24 - 079
Approving a memorandum of agreement to participate in the Twin
Cities Commercial Energy Efficiency Collaboration
Be it resolved by the city council (the “city council”) of the City of St. Louis Park,
Minnesota as follows:
Whereas, the City of Minneapolis has recently proposed that the City of St. Louis Park
enter into a memorandum of agreement in order to participate in the United States Environmental
Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant-funded Twin Cities Commercial Energy
Efficiency Collaboration (the “Agreement”); and
Whereas, other prospective parties to the Agreement include the Cities of
Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, Burnsville, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins,
Inver Grove Heights, Richfield, and Roseville, as well as the Midway Chamber of Commerce, the
African Economic Development Solutions, the Lake Street Council, and Energy Smart (the
“Prospective Parties”); and
Whereas, under the Agreement, the Prospective Parties would form a coalition of
local governments and nonprofits from the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area to distribute
the grant funding to eligible businesses, property owners, nonprofits and government
organizations for commercial energy efficiency improvements and projects (the
“Project”); and
Whereas, the Agreement has been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney; and
Whereas, Minneapolis has provided a deadline for the execution of the Agreement of
August 1, 2024; and
Now therefore be it resolved that the city council of the City of St. Louis Park
hereby approves the Agreement subject to the following conditions:
1. That the above recitals are incorporated into this Resolution as findings as if fully
set forth herein.
2. City staff are hereby authorized and directed to take any other actions deemed reasonable
and necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution.
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Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the city council July 8, 2024
Kim Keller, city manager Nadia Mohamed, mayor
Attest
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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