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FY04-05 The legislature has designated that at least 25% of available funds be spent on remediating sites in Greater Minnesota unless sufficient applications are not received. This allows the grant program to assist with cleanup efforts statewide. ELIGIBLE GRANT APPLICANTS: Eligible applicants for this program are statutory or home rule charter cities, economic development authorities, housing and redevelopment authorities, counties, or port authorities. While these are the eligible applicants, the site can be either privately or publicly owned. GRANT ELIGIBLE QUALIFYING SITES: A site must meet each of the following criteria in order to qualify for a Contamination Cleanup Grant: 1.) A grant may not be given to a municipality in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area unless it is participating in the Metropolitan Council's Local Housing Incentives Program. For information on the Local Housing Incentives Program, call Guy Peterson at the Metropolitan Council at (651) 602-1418. 2) A site may not be scheduled for funding under the Federal Superfund Program (United States Code, title 42, section 9601 et seq.) or the Environmental Response and Liability Act (Minnesota Statutes §§ 11513.01 to 115B.24) under the current or next fiscal year. 3) A site must contain contaminants, pollutants or hazardous substances as referenced in Minnesota Statutes § I I5B.02 or petroleum that is not eligible for the Minnesota Petrofund. Asbestos abatement in buildings does not qualify under this grant program, unless it is part of demolition necessary for RAP implementation. 4) A site must have an appraised or assessed value after adjusting for the effect on the value due to contamination (pre -cleanup) that is 1) less than 75% of the estimated project costs (see definition of Project Cost) costs OR, 2) less than or equal to the estimated cleanup costs (see definition of Cleanup Cost) for the site if the cleanup costs equal or exceed $3 per square foot for the site. 5) Finally, to qualify for this grant program, it is expected that the site will be improved with buildings or other improvements, and that these buildings or improvements will provide a substantial increase in the property tax base or will be used for an important publicly owned or tax exempt facility. The final development of polluted sites may include, for example, commercial, industrial, office or housing development. Housing developments should include an affordability component. There should either be affordable units on the site, or units committed to another site within the applicant's jurisdiction. Housing developments that do not include any affordable units (on- or off - site) may not be considered for funding under this program. "Affordability" is defined using U.S. Housing and Urban Development and/or Metropolitan Council standards, determined by the municipality. Cleanup III