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• • <br />Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473, including the Regional Blueprint adopted by <br />the Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.145. <br />(b) "Comprehensive Plan" means a comprehensive plan which complies with Minnesota Statutes <br />sections 473.858 through 473.865, including those provisions in section 473.859 which <br />require housing elements and housing implementation programs. <br />(c) "Metropolitan Land Planning Act of 1976 " means the land use planning provisions of <br />Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473, including Minnesota Statutes sections 473.175 and sections <br />473.851 through 473.871, as amended. <br />II. GRANT FUNDS <br />2.01 Grant Amount. The Council will provide to the Grantee the "Grant Amount" identified at <br />page 1 of this grant agreement which the Grantee shall use for authorized purposes and eligible <br />activities. Any reduction or termination of the match amount required under paragraph 2.02 may <br />result in a like reduction in the Grant Amount. <br />2.02 Seventy - Five Percent Limit. The Grant Amount provided to the Grantee under this <br />agreement may be used to pay up to seventy -five (75) percent of the total costs and expenses of the <br />projects, services and activities described in the Grantee's work plan and budget. The Grantee shall <br />match the Grant Amount received from the Council on at least a one - for -three basis. The matching <br />funds may include in -kind work or cash and shall be identified in the work plan budget and in the <br />progress reports required under paragraph 3.01. <br />2.03 Authorized Use of Funds. The Grant Amount provided to the Grantee under this agreement <br />shall be used only for the purposes and eligible activities described in the Grantee's work plan and <br />budget as approved by the Council. A copy of the Grantee's approved work plan and budget is <br />attached to and incorporated into this agreement as Attachment A. Eligible activities are outlined in <br />the May 1997 Metropolitan Council Local Planning Assistance Grant Guidelines and include, but <br />are not limited to, staff pay, consultant and professional services, printing and publishing. Grant <br />funds may not be used for per diem payments to appointed or elected board or commission <br />members. Grant funds also may not be used to purchase or acquire equipment or other tangible, <br />nonexpendable personal property or for activities inconsistent with the Council's Comprehensive <br />Development Guide, the Metropolitan Land Planning Act of 1976, as amended, Minnesota's Critical <br />Areas Act of 1973, as amended, or other applicable state laws. The Grantee agrees to promptly <br />remit to the Council: any unspent grant funds; any grant funds which are not used for the authorized <br />purposes specified in this paragraph; and any interest earnings described in paragraph 2.05 which <br />are not used for the purposes of implementing the work plan activities described in Attachment A. <br />2.04 Disbursement Schedule. Within thirty (30) days after final execution of this agreement, the <br />Council will disburse to the Grantee ninety (90) percent of the Grant Amount. The ten (10) percent <br />amount withheld will be disbursed to the Grantee upon completion of the work plan activities and <br />receipt of the fmal progress report described in paragraph 3.01(b). <br />2.05 Interest Earnings. If the Grantee eams any interest or other income from the Grant Amount <br />received from the Council under this agreement, the Grantee will use the interest earnings or income <br />only for the purposes of implementing the work plan activities described in Attachment A. <br />2 <br />