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Name: Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP) Planning and Design Grant April 2024 Page: 2 H:\LTCANADA_CI_MN\0N1134421\1_Corres\A_Meetings\2024-05-08 City Council IIJA Application\Little Canada ATIIP Proposal.docx Additional AIITP Notes • Funding award size = $100,000 minimum / $2M maximum • Awardees must provide at least a 20% matching share of the total project cost. o If successful, the City would be eligible to apply for MnDOT IIJA Match Program funds to cover the 20% local match. • Applications are due June 17, 2024. • Awards are typically announced 4-6 months after the deadline. • Planning grants may be used to fund: o Public engagement activities, including community visioning, outreach to affected disadvantaged populations, or other place-based strategies for public input into project plans; o Design and planning studies that support the development of a construction project such as traffic studies supporting an active transportation outcome, active transportation network plans, connectivity analyses, asset inventories, and data collection of active transportation network gaps; o Conceptual and preliminary engineering tied to projects in an approved plan; o Other related transportation planning activities for active transportation networks or spines. Scope of Services – AIITP Program Application Elements This application will build off of the recent Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) submitted on April 26, 2024. The application will request funding for engineering, public engagement, planning, and environmental review associated with the proposed pedestrian bridge over Interstate 35E and the surrounding sidewalk/trail system. Our team will provide the following application support: • Up to two meetings with city staff for a debrief of the key goals, a transfer of knowledge that can help populate key points within the application, and a review of application progress and needs to complete a competitive request. • An application narrative that competitively responds to the following criteria: o Project Description, Location, and Parties o Grant Funds, Sources, and Uses of Project Funds o Merit Criteria – Mobility and Community Connectivity, Community Support, Commitment to Increasing Walking, Biking, and Other Types of Active Transportation, Financial Completeness, Equitable Development, and Other DOT Goals and Priorities o Project Readiness and Environmental Risk • Draft grant forms: SF-242, Lobby Form, SF-LLL, SF-424A, and SF-424B • Support the City in drafting letters of support. • Upload the application via Grants.gov. Expectations of City Staff: • Secure letters of support. • Complete a critical review of draft materials. • Submit the application via Grants.gov.