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t Metropolitan Council S 5 Er Building communities that work ' April 16, 2004 City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd. NW Ramsey, MN 55303 'D APO. ?i. 2004 0 ( c,) " 1 Pe: Re: May 15 Deadline for Requesting Final Disbursement Under Metropolitan Council Local Planning Assistance Program Grant Agreement No. SG97130 Dear Administrator: In 1997 and 1998, the Metropolitan Council awarded over $1,000,000 in local planning assistance grants to 144 metropolitan-area communities to help those communities conduct and implement comprehensive planning activities including the review and amendment of local comprehensive plans, fiscal devices and official controls. The City was awarded a $11830.00 Local Planning Assistance Program grant for certain local planning activities. The grant agreement expired December 31, 1998 and has a remaining balance of $ $1183.00. According to Paragraph 2.04 of the grant agreement, the Metropolitan Council agreed it would disburse ninety (90) percent of the grant amount when the agreement was signed and disburse the remaining ten (10) percent when the grantee completed the work plan activities and submitted the written final progress report described in Paragraph 3.01(b) of the grant agreement. Paragraph 3.01(b) states: Final Progress Report Upon completion of the work plan activities described in Attachment A, the Grantee must submit to the Council a written final progress report which includes: a summary of the work plan activities undertaken and completed since the submission of the midpoint progress report; a summary of project outcomes, costs and sources of funds for those expenditures; and a list of itemized expenditures of the Grant Amount received from the Council and matching funds by category in the budget. Metropolitan Council records indicate that although the work plan activities for which grant funds were requested may have been completed, the Metropolitan Council has not yet received the final written progress report that must be submitted before the Council can disburse the remaining ten percent of the grant amount. Please help the Metropolitan Council close out the grant agreement by taking one of the following actions by May 15, 2004: OPTION ONE Prepare a final written progress report and submit the report to the Metropolitan Council along with a request for a disbursement of the remaining ten (10) percent. Completion and submission of the enclosed one -page Final Report form will satisfy the final written report requirement. The cost information provided in the final report will help document local costs associated with local comprehensive plan revisions. Please send the completed Final Report form, along with a brief Letter requesting the remaining grant funds, to: Metropolitan Council, Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101: Attn: Terry Kayser www.metrocouncil.org Metro Info Line 602 -1888 230 East Fifth Street • St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 -1626 • (651) 602 -1000 • Fax 602 -1550 • TTY 291 -0904 An Equal Opportunity Employer