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<br /> <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Parks and Trails <br />500 Lafayette Road <br />St. Paul, MN 55155-4039 <br /> <br />June 30, 2025 <br /> <br />Steve Anderson, Parks and Recreation Director <br />City of Little Canada <br />515 Little Canada Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55117 <br /> <br />Dear Steve Anderson, <br /> <br />RE: City of Little Canada, Project #C014-25-3B <br /> Thunder Bay Trail Boardwalk Replacement <br /> <br />Congratulations, <br /> <br />I am writing in regard to the above referenced project that has been awarded a 2025 Local Trail <br />Connections Program grant totaling $250,000 To replace an aging and unsafe 253-foot section of <br />boardwalk. <br /> <br />Before you may access your grant funds, you must complete the documentation from Trail <br />Grant Project Required Documentation Checklist (attached). The checklist identifies the <br />required approvals from regulatory agencies and contains important information about contacts <br />and addresses for each of the agencies involved in the review and approval. If you have <br />completed a Project Memorandum for this specific project, you may be able to submit that in lieu <br />of some of the documentation requirements. Please contact me for more clarification. Once this <br />documentation is complete, the DNR and your local unit of government must enter into a <br />contractual agreement before you may begin accruing costs associated with your project. <br /> <br />Please remember that no receipts for reimbursement will be honored for your project that <br />precedes a signed contractual agreement between the DNR and your organization. This <br />agreement specifies the terms and conditions of project reimbursement. Do not incur any costs <br />that you plan to have reimbursed by the grant or included as part of the required cash <br />match until after a fully signed grant contract has been processed for your project. Be <br />advised that this grant will expire on June 30 2027; the project will need to be completed by that <br />date. Please notify us immediately if you are unable to complete the project by June 30, 2027. <br /> <br />All required forms for both environmental reviews and reimbursement forms for the <br />administration of your grant are available on the Trail Grant Project Administration webpage at: <br />www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/recreation/grantee.html. Please also review the information under <br />the “Grant expenditures and requests for reimbursement” section for bidding, purchasing, and <br />reimbursement requirements. <br />