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cASe #:' <br /> <br />AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE METROPOLITAN LIVABLE <br />COMMUNITIES GRANT <br /> By: Principal Planner Patrick Trudgeon, AICP <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />In July 2002, the City of Ramsey applied for a Livable Communities Grant fi-om the Metropolitan <br />Council to assist in the funding of the Sunwood Drive extension through the proposed Ramsey <br />Town Center. As part of the application, the City requested funding of nearly $2.3 million. This <br />amount is about half of the cost of extending Sunwood Drive with City sewer, water, and <br />stormwater utilities. · <br /> <br />In December 2002, through the work of Natalie Haas Steffan, the area's Metropolitan Council <br />representative, the City of Ramsey received notification that it has been aWarded $800,000.00 in <br />· Livable Communities grant money for the construction of sunWood Drive. <br /> <br />Observations: <br /> <br />The costs for the Sunwood Drive street improvements through the whole ToWn Center area are <br />estimated to be about $2.6 million. The total project, which includes the installation of public <br />utilities (sewer, water, stormwater) is estimated to cost nearly' $4 million. Under the Proposed <br />grant agreement, only costs associated with the street improVements are. eligible for <br />reimbursement. <br /> <br />Under the giant agreement only "hard" costs are eligible for reimbursement (i.e. actual <br />construction costs). Some examples of ineligible uses of the grant funds are such things as <br />administrative overhead costs, legal fees, permit fees, prorated salary Costs. <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Council will disburse the grant funds in response to written disbursement <br />'requests from the City. Under the grant-agreement, the City is required to submit-quarterly <br />reports showing how the grant funds have been expended and how the funds are expected to be <br />expended in the upcoming quarter. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />City Staff recommends acceptance of the grant. <br /> <br />Council Action: <br /> <br />Motion to authorize the Mayor and the City Administrator to execute and enter into a grant <br />agreement with Metropolitan Council for the Sunwood Drive/Town Center project. <br /> <br />Review Checklist: <br /> <br />City Administrator <br />City Attorney <br /> <br />CC: 02/25/03 <br /> <br />-241- <br /> <br /> <br />