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Chris Anderson <br />City Planner <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />November 18, 2019 <br />The Metropolitan Council is pleased to award the city of Ramsey the amount of $28,000 as part of our <br />2019-2022 Water Efficiency Grant Program. The amount of matching funds required from your <br />municipality, based on the grant award above, is $9,340. The city of Ramsey is one of forty in the Twin <br />Cities Metropolitan Area that applied for and was accepted into this grant program. We are pleased to <br />report that all available grant funds have been awarded and that all applicants will receive an award. <br />The amount of funds requested totaled $1,393,527, while the amount of funds available is $787,600. <br />Because funds requested exceed funds available, a set of ranking factors and an objective scoring <br />system were developed to establish a method to distribute the available funds. A committee of three <br />staff members reviewed the applications and developed this ranking and scoring system. if you are <br />interested in learning more about the ranking factors and scoring system, please contact me at <br />briar. davis dC. metc.state.mn, us and I will send you a detailed description of this process. <br />Below are some critical points to remember: <br />• New construction and new developments are not eligible <br />• Funds are for rebates or grants only; consulting and city staff time are ineligible <br />• Grant recipients must display the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment logo and the <br />Metropolitan Council logo on all documents which are intended for public use <br />The Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment is available here: http://www.lepacv.leg.mn/lepacy- <br />logo/legacy-Joao-download <br />To obtain electronic and print versions of the Metropolitan Council logo, please contact me at <br />Brian. davis a(7metc. sfate.mn. us. <br />As you prepare your municipality's grant or rebate program, please be aware that the following <br />information must be reported on a quarterly basis, on forms to be provided by the Metropolitan Council: <br />• Number, type and amount of rebates or grants provided to property owners, along with each <br />property address <br />• Estimated annual gallons of water saved per installation <br />• Municipality matching funds disbursed <br />• Number of unmet funding requests from property owners <br />• Electronically scanned copies of receipts to verify the cost of eligible devices being reported <br />390 Robert Street North Saint Paul, MN 55101-1805 <br />P. 651.602.1000 M.651.291.0904 j metrocouncil.org <br />METROPOLITAN <br />COUNCIL <br />