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HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-042 - Rose Foundation - "Green the Green" Grant for Chinook Salmon Habitat12/05/2018 _._ [TE't OAK LAN D, Cr, 94. CO_S E:-LRO`_`E DL'.'` R(_. SE DATION YEARS 19-042 Council Approval 2/14/19 FAX: 510 Grant Contract Puget Sound Slcivardship .\litigation Fill 2018 Jack Pace, Director, Dept. of Community Development City of Tukwila 6200 Southcenter Blvd Tukwila, WA 98188 Dear lack. I'm happy to inform you that the Rose Foundation's Board of Directors has approved a grant of $25,000.00 to City of'1 ukwila for Green the Greer. This grant is awarded through the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund, which was created by a record legal settlement between the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF ) Railway, and has since been supplemented by several other pollution mitigation payments including SSA Terminals, Whitley Evergreen, Rainier Petroleum Corporation and Louis Dreyfus Company. More recently we received mitigation funds from Cargill, and another record settlement payment from BNSF, which involved Soundkeeper numerous other waterkeepers and the Sierra Club. The Fund's goal is to mitigate past pollution runoff by supporting community -based efforts to protect or improve the water quality of Puget Sound. In order to recognize Puget Soundkeeper Alliance's role in generating these funds for the community, this letter will specify language that you need to use in public communications related to the grant. Please see the Additional Conditions & Restrictions section for signage guidelines. This letter will serve as the grant contract. To acknowledge receipt of this grant and to accept its terms, please read, sign and return this grant contract at your earliest convenience. Contracts can be returned by mail, fax or email. Please keep a copy of the grant contract for your permanent records. Once we have received a signed copy of this grant contract, a grant payment will be sent by US Postal Service to the address above. We reserve the right to cancel this grant if a signed copy of the grant contract is not received by the Rose Foundation within 60 days of the date of this letter. C 16/S Grant Requirements The undersigned certifies that as a tax-exempt government or public agency, it is not subject to state or federal income taxes, shall comply with state_ and local regulations imposed on Code Cities organized under RC\ti 34A and agrees: • Funds ill only be expended in accordance to the provisions stated in the Ct9.14/2015 application. • To repay anv portion of the amount granted which is not used for the furtherance of the proiect(s) referenced above. If the Foundation determines that grantee is not capable of satisfactorily completing the vvork of the grant, the Foundation may, at its discretion, demand repayment of grant funds, withhold payment of future grant funds and/or declare the grant terminated. • noti v the Foundation nnmechange in its tax or leg .1 status, including but not Limited to federal or state tax exemption; or anv change to the executive staff, or to staff responsible for achieving the grant purposes; • Not to expend any of these funds for any purpose other than religious, charitable, scientific or educational Nvithin the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 170(c (2)( B). • Not to expend any of these funds on lobbying activities whatsoever, nor for electioneer activities such as endorsing, campaigning, or otherwise supporting elected officials or candidates for public office. • 'Fo make its hooks available to the Foundation upon reasonable advance notice during the grant period and for one year following the termination of the grant. • If in the sole judgment of the Foundation any contingencies required under this grant are not fulfilled within the grant period, the grant shall expire, and the Foundation can demand full or partial repayment of grant funds. Additional Conditions & Restrictions: 1. Any signage or publicly distributed materials related to a project must display the following acknowledgement: Support tot" (P, ,jed `4iame 1 cis ��rovided h --' the Puget Sound Stewardship Land Mitigation I-unnd, a rantniaking fund reatedby tiie Puget Soumikeeper Alliance and administered b v the Rose Foundation _for ComtY unities and t/ZI Environment. 2. You are encouraged to notify the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance at psa@pugetsoundkeeper.org two weeks before anv significant volunteer opportunities so they can coordinate with you and possibly provide volunteers to help with the event. 3. Because this grant comes in 2 installments of $12,500, the next payment will be made after receiving satisfactory interim report of the project. g Reporting_ Requirements You are required to report on the activities that you conducted with this grant. Your report due dates are as follows: Interim: 01/ 31 i 2020 Final: 1 /3112021 Please note that if you wish to reapply for a grant from this Fund, then the final report for this grant will be due before considering your organization for new funding (groups can reapply to a fund once every 12 months). To submit reports, please log onto our online application system at v-w rosefdn.or€ionlineapnlication. Fiscally Sponsored Projects If your organization is fiscally sponsored by a 501c3 organization, both the proiect and the fiscal sponsor must sign and return the contract. We will send the contract to both the fiscal sponsor and the project. Once we have received the contract from both the project and the fiscal sponsor, the grant check will be mailed to the fiscal sponsor. Public Acknowledgement of Grant If it is appropriate, we would appreciate being listed as a source of financial assistance. Please use our full name, "Rose Foundation For Communities and the Environment." You may also use our logo, which can he downloaded at www.rosefdn.orellogo. Please also see Additional Conditions & Restrictions above for signage guidelines. Tim Little will be your program director for this grant. For all future communications, the best wav to reach him is by email at tlittleg'rosefdn.org, or you can also contact me by phone at (5 10 ) 658-0;02. Sincerely, Tim Little Executive Director To Execute this Grant Contract If you agree to these terms and conditions as outlined in this grant contact, please sign and return this letter. To expedite the grant payment, you may sign, scan and return the grant contract via ernail to grants@rosefdn.org or fax to (510) 658-0732. Or you may mail the signed contract to the Rose Foundation, 201 4' Street, Suite 102, Oakland, CA 94607. Please tnake a copy for your records. p ORGANI Check here it serving as the fiscal sponsor for the project APPROVED AS TO FORM: Iv\ e& DATE 3-`-f-19 Rachel Turpin,'City Attorney DATE 4