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1 <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />Item No: XX <br />Meeting Date: August 14, 2023 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Don Peterson, Director of Public Works/Parks and Recreation <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9797, Approving and Accepting a Grant from Ramsey <br />County, Be Active, Be Green, Bench Initiative Program <br />Background/Discussion: <br />The City Council has reviewed and discussed plans to beautify Mounds View <br />Boulevard. One aspect was to place benches along this corridor. The Council tasked <br />the Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission to review the placement of benches <br />and set a priority list for the needed benches. <br />The Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission completed this task and mapped <br />out where benches should be installed. Funding for the benches was discussed and the <br />City Council directed Staff to look for grants and other methods of funding. If no grants <br />were found, the City Capital Budget would be used, and monies would be budgeted for <br />benches. <br />Staff was made aware of a grant from Ramsey County, "Be Active, Be Green, Bench <br />Initiative." Staff submitted an application along with a map. Connie Bernardy, the Active <br />Living Ramsey Communities Director, visited Mounds View. After a site tour, she <br />indicated that this would be a "great corridor for this program." <br />Staff was notified on July 27, 2023, that the City of Mounds View was selected as a grant <br />recipient to the "Be Active, Be Green, Bench Initiative" and the City was awarded 32 <br />benches to place along Mounds View Boulevard in close proximity to the locations <br />indicated on the map. <br />The City would be required to install the cement pads the benches would be placed on <br />and maintain the benches. <br />Staff is estimates the cost of each pad to be $450.00. Funding for this project would come <br />from the Street Improvement Fund. <br />Strategic Plan Strategy/Goal: Maintain and Plan for Infrastructure Improvements. <br />Financial Impact: No Financial Impact to 2023 Budget, the 2023 Street Improvement <br />Fund has $75,000.Oo for trail way development and ADA Transition projects. <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />