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It Metropolitan Council <br />Corridors of Opportunity <br />Local Implementation Capacity (LIC) Grants <br />FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS <br />Application Deadline: Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 4:00 PM <br />Q. What is the Local Implementation Capacity Grant? <br />A. It is a project in the Corridors of Opportunity HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant <br />program. The Corridors of Opportunity Sustainable Community Grant is a three-year grant program that <br />ends in January 2014. HUD requirements associated with the Sustainable Communities program are <br />required to be met by the grantee. <br />Q. What is the funding for? <br />A. The funding is to provide early support for the development of high -density residential and commercial <br />centers designed to maximize access by transit, walking and biking. Funding is focused on the need for <br />development -related planning activities. <br />Q. <br />A. <br />Q. <br />A. <br />What are eligible activities under the general and the site specific projects? <br />The funds are for predevelopment planning for either general planning purposes or for site specific <br />projects that promote the principles of transit oriented development. The funding is NOT for <br />construction or construction -related activities, including site cleanup. There are a variety of eligible <br />projects. See the Application Guidelines for details on eligibility. The grants must be tied to <br />predevelopment land use planning. The grants are not available for training. <br />What entity is awarding the grants? <br />Grants are being awarded by the Corridors of Opportunity Policy Board, which is a collaboration of 22 <br />public, philanthropic and non-profit entities within the seven county Metropolitan region. <br />Q. What is the role of the Metropolitan Council in the grant process? <br />A. The Metropolitan Council is the fiscal agent for the HUD Sustainable Communities Grant program. The <br />entities awarded the grants will be required to execute a sub -recipient grant agreement with the <br />Metropolitan Council. The sub -recipient grant agreement will cover the HUD requirements of the <br />grantee. <br />Q. What is the deadline for the grant application and what are the document submission requirements? <br />A. To be considered a complete application, the grant application must be submitted: <br />• in a pdf electronically by 4 PM on Thursday, March 8, 2012 to susan.hoyt@metc.state.mn.us. <br />• In Sixteen (16) hard copies in 16 individual, three ring binders to the Metropolitan Council, 390 <br />Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, Attention: Susan Hoyt, by 4 PM on Monday, March 12, 2012. <br />Q. <br />A. <br />How much money is available through this grant program? <br />Total: $953,000 <br />o 75% or $ 714,750 is available for site specific predevelopment projects along completed or <br />almost completed transitway corridors including Hiawatha, Northstar, Central, Cedar and <br />Southwest. <br />o 25% or $238,250 is available for general predevelopment planning throughout the 7 county <br />region. <br />