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815E Rise, Incorporated 8406 Sunset Road Northeast Spring Lake Park, Minnesota 55432-1387 (612) 786-8334 FAX: 786-0008 An Affirmative Action Employer January 12, 1995 Ms. Paula M. Schloer Accountant City of Lino Lakes 1189 Main Street Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Dear Ms. Schloer: Thank you for sending us an application for the City of Lino Lakes' 1995-96 Community Development Block Grant program and advising us of your deadline for the application and public hearing date in your letter of December 27, 1994. Last year the City of Lino Lakes approved a $500 Community Development Block Grant for Rise to purchase a van. We would like to extend our thanks to the City of Lino Lakes for this funding. Your grant along with several other CDBG grants from the Cities of Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Ham Lake, Ramsey, and Andover, made it possible to purchase a van to meet our ongoing transportation needs. On behalf of Rise, Incorporated, its Board of Directors, and the many people we serve each year we are submitting this application to request matching funds for two mini -vans approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN DOT). One van will transport 13 passengers and a wheel chair and the other will transport 17 passengers and two wheel chairs. To be eligible for the van grant, however, MN DOT requires a 20 percent fund match from the recipient. The total cost of the vans is $84,000 and the match is $16,800. We invite the City of Lino Lakes to contribute $1,000 toward the matching funds. In the last three years the number of people Rise served in all of its programs increased. We now serve more people with severe disabilities. In spite of their challenging needs, however, over 90 percent of Rise participants work either part time or full time at community-based jobs. Efficient and flexible transportation is a critical component to the success of community-based jobs for our program participants. While the population Rise serves is growing, public funding of programs and funding for capital expenses is decreasing. Rise is therefore looking to the CDBG program to secure the matching funds needed for the MN DOT grant. If it weren't for Rise transportation, many people would not have access to the jobs they work at each day. Committed to integration, employment, and independence for all people through service excellence.