HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.A. Grant Presentation from Xcel Energy Foundation to SPLWSA for Quarry Lake
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CITY OF SHAKOPEE
MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
From: Jamie Polley, Director of Parks, Recreation & Natural Resources
Meeting Date: July 7,2009
Subject: Grant Presentation from the Xcel Energy Foundation to the
Shakopee-Prior Lake Waterski Association (SPLWSA) for the
Future Development of Quarry Lake Park. (A)
INTRODUCTION
City Council is asked to allow a representative from the Xcel Energy Foundation to
present a grant to the Shakopee-Prior Lake Waterski Association (SPLWSA) for the
future development of the City's Quarry Lake Park.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
A letter from the SPLWSA is attached to this memo describing the actions of the
SPLWSA in obtaining funds for the future development of Quarry Lake Park. The Xcel
Energy Foundation has requested that the presentation of the Xcel Energy Foundation
grant to the SPLWSA take place during a City Council meeting. Staff feels that this
presentation is appropriate because the funds secured through the grant will be
specifically set aside for the future develop of a City owned park, Quarry Lake Park.
VISIONING RELATIONSHIP
A- Active and Healthy Community
REQUESTED ACTION
City Council is asked allow a representative from the Xcel Energy Foundation to present
a grant to the Shakopee-Prior Lake Waterski Association (SPLWSA) for the future
development of the City's Quarry Lake Park.
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P.O. Box 867, Prior Lake, MN 55372
June 23, 2009
Ms. Jamie Polley
Director, Parks Recreation, and Natural Resources
City of Shakopee
1255 Fuller St.
Shakopee,~ 55379
Re: Xcel Energy Foundation $5000 Grant to SPLWSA for Quarry Lake Project
Dear Jamie;
As you requested, I am sending you a letter describing information about the $5,000 Xcel Energy
Foundation Grant that Xcel Energy plans to present to the Shakopee-Prior Lake Waterski Association
(SPL WSA) at the July 7, 2009 City Council meeting. Michelle Swanson, Manager of Community &
Local Government Relations for Xcel Energy, will present the check. I will be there to accept the check
on behalf of SPL WSA.
SPL WSA brokered the original property donation/purchase transaction that led to the Quarry Lake
Project. The terms of the resulting Use Agreement between the City and SPLWSA obligate SPLWSA to
raise funds on behalf ofthe City for the Quarry Lake Project. At the City's direction, the SPLWSA has
drafted $220,000 in successful grants on behalf of the City. These include a generous $30,000 grant from
the Xcel Energy Foundation, and others from the Federal Recreational Trails Grant Program, Polaris
Industries, and the MPCA. In addition, the SPLWSA separately has raised another $28,000 on its own
behalf earmarked for the Quarry Lake Project.
During 2008, the SPLWSA applied for and received a $10,000 matching grant from the Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) for the Quarry Lake Project. In order to qualify for these
funds, SPL WSA was required to raise an additional $10,000 in matching contributions for the Project.
SPLWSA eventually raised a total of$7,155 from its own Members toward this goal, and applied
successfully to the Xcel Energy Foundation for a $5,000 grant to make up the balance. This further
generosity ofthe Xcel Energy Foundation enables SPL WSA to meet the SMSC matching requirements,
and we wanted to celebrate on July 7 the additional $22,000 raised for the Quarry Lake Project. These
funds bring the total SPL WSA has raised on its own behalf and earmarked for the Quarry Lake Project to
approximately $50,000.
Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you on July 7.
Sincerely,
John Davis
Quarry Lake Project
Shakopee - Prior Lake Waterski Association