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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 2/23/2026 Item No.: 10.e. Department ApprovalCity Manager Approval Item Description:Authorize Mayor and City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and a Cooperative Funding Agreement with the City of Maplewood regarding continued funding of the Rice & Larpenteur Alliance 1 2 Background 3 Dating to the summer of 2016, the City has been actively engaging with the cities of Maplewood and St. 4 Paul, along with Ramsey County, regarding revitalizing and re-envisioning the Rice Street and 5 Larpenteur Avenue corridor. The cities and County commissioned a Rice and Larpenteur Area Vision 6 Plan, which was accepted in 2018. Since early 2019, the cities and County have been working with the 7 Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce (SPACC) to provide consulting services surrounding 8 implementation of the Vision Plan through the Rice & Larpenteur Alliance. 9 10 The Rice & Larpenteur Alliance fiscal year runs from March through February. The Professional 11 Services Agreement (Attachment 1) provides funding to SPACC for professional services to run the Rice 12& Laprenteur Alliance. Since Roseville serves as the fiscal agent to the Alliance, the Cooperative 13 Funding Agreement (Attachment 2) is with the City of Maplewood, who provides their Alliance funding to 14 the City of Roseville, who uses it, coupled with City funds, to pay for SPACC's professional services. Up 15 until this fiscal year, the Cooperative Funding Agreement included the City of St. Paul. However, they 16 have been removed from the agreement as they will be providing their funding through a different 17 program, which will go directly to the Rice & Larpenteur Alliance. The County's financial contribution to 18 the Alliance is through grant funding. 19 20 Prior City Council authorization of these agreements include: 21 February 10, 2025: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for a 7th year 22 February 26, 2024: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for a 6th year 23 February 2, 2023: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for a 5th year 24 February 14, 2022: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for a 4th year 25 February 8, 2021: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for a 3rd year 26 March 9, 2020: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for a 2nd year 27 April 22, 2019: City Council authorized agreements for funding the Alliance for its 1st year 28 Moving into the eighth year, the Alliance will continue with its current structural model whereby SPACC 29 provides professional services to the Alliance, with the Executive Director of the Alliance reporting to an 30 executive board. The Executive Director continues to be Kim O'Brien, an employee of SPACC. City 31 staff seek authorization to enter into the necessary contracts to fund the eighth year. A Work Plan for 32 the Alliance is made a part of the Professional Services Agreement and is provided as Attachment 3. 33 34 Policy Objectives 35 City participation in the Rice and Larpenteur Alliance supports the City's community and civic 36 engagement strategic priority. City participation in the Alliance advances the desired impact of Page 1 of 2 Qbhf!:7!pg!2:7