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7 for proposals (RFP’s) to have an engineering firm start assisting both the City and the County on implementation of the various items. DNR REGIONAL AND LOCAL TRAILWAY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES On December 3, 2003, Staff attended an open house meeting to discuss the Department of Natural Resources’ 2004 Local Trailway Grant Program. Application must be in by February 27, 2004. The maximum grant amount is $100,000. The project must be completed by December 31, 2005. Given the criteria for a successful application, the only possible project the City could apply for is the pathways along the County Road 10 corridor. Trailways less than ten (10) feet in width are not eligible for grant monies. Staff recommends that the City apply for both federal and local grants for the pathways along the County Road 10 corridor. In order to be a successful applicant, Staff will need to make a case of these pathways providing a connection between residential and commercial sites and other regional nature sites such as Rice Creek and the proposed regional nature park to be located on the TCAAP site. NPDES PHASE II The City has submitted its NPDES Phase II permit, which included the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer permit and the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP). As part of the SWPPP, the City has formalized and started to implement forty-eight (48) storm water pollution prevention programs. As part of the requirements of the NPDES Phase II permit, the City must conduct an annual public informational meeting. This is scheduled for January 26, 2004 at a regular City Council meeting. The informational meeting is intended to provide the public with an update on what goals were met that calendar year and to allow an opportunity for the public to comment and provide input on the storm water program. LONG RANGE STREET MAJOR MAINTENANCE PLAN The Public Works Department has started the necessary data collection for developing a long- range street major maintenance plan. The goal is to have the draft long range plan completed by spring of 2004. The plan will show which neighborhood streets the City intends to upgrade, the planned year for the upgrade, and the estimated costs. The first step is to review all of the street segment that are candidates for street major maintenance, determine their deficiencies, and then assign a condition rating. This is known as Pavement Condition Index (PCI). Many cities hire a company to assist in developing pavement rating. Mounds View has done so in the past. However, for 2003 and 2004, this activity is being conducted by Staff as a cost saving measure. Another piece of data that will be collected is a survey of all property owners who own property on streets that are candidates for major maintenance. This will consist of a simple question posed on a separate card and will be included in the utility bill for these properties. And, finally, the last piece of data being collected is utility data. This will include utility condition data and historical utility case failures. The combination of the street condition data, utility condition data, and knowledge of whether a property owner is in favor or a project or not, will provide Staff and the City Council the necessary data to develop a plan that will address the condition of the City’s streets in the most cost effective and politically acceptable manner possible.