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MEMO TO: Mounds View Park, and Recreation Commission FROM: Statf DATE: September 26, 1984 RE: Greenfield Park Grant Update Staff attended a meeting on Friday, September 7 with the State Department of Energy and Economic Development to be formally briefed on the 1985 L.A.W.C.O.N. LCMR Program. Attached is a copy of the final worksheet indicating that Mounds View has been allotted $175,000, of which 50 percent is a match by the local share of $87,500. The major projects slated for Greenfield Park have been broken into five categories: 1. Site work ....................$28,000.00 2. Bituminous trails ............ $35,000.00 3. Lighted tennis courts ........ $60,000.00 4. Bituminous road and parking..$32,000.00 5. Ballfield relocation ......... $20,000.00 The time frame for the L.A.W.C.O.N. LCMR Project is to submit a final application to the Department of Energy and Economic Devel- opment no later than October 22, 1984. Staff is scheduled to review this issue with the City Council at the October 1, 1984 agenda session, with formal approval to occur on Monday, October 8, 1984. Assuming that the project is approved for final submittal by the City Council, staff would begin developing specifications for the hiring of a landscape architect to assist in the specifications for the project. Interviews with the consultants will be sched- uled with the Park Commission on Thursday, October 25, 1984. We would then hope to let the bids in December and begin construc- tion in January as we would need to do the majority of the creek restoration during the winter months. Staff has been working with the Finance Department to develop a proposal for determining the 50% match and we feel confident that we will be able to meet the City's obligation on this grant, although it may take a short term loan from another fund to de- velop the entire match. At this time, the proposed funding for the matching grant is scheduled as follows: 1985 Budget Park Improvements .........$ 40,000.00 Reserve for Capital ....... 19,469.00 1984 Budget Reserve for Capital ....... 16,000.00 TOTAL ...........$ 75,469.00 Balance needed, using these figures, $12,031.00. One potential source of revenue might be the park dedication fee from the Biem property for at least the Rachell Division of $21,849.00. Staff will continue to explore other options for the matching funds and keep the Park Commission advised of the issue at the October Com- mission Meeting. Eli BKA/sll