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0 <br />0 <br />WORKSESSION ITEM <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: February 5, 2010 <br />TO: Dean Lotter, City Manager <br />FROM: Grant Fernelius, Community Development Director (;; F <br />SUBJECT: February 9th Work Session on Federal Funding Priorities <br />On Tuesday night staff would like to touch base with Council on our federal funding <br />requests for FY2011. As you know, the Council expressed interest in pursuing federal <br />assistance at a work session on January 26th. The process for submitting requests <br />starts later this month and will end in early March. The purpose of this memo is to <br />discuss the funding climate and provide some practical considerations, especially with <br />regard to the Northwest Refinery. <br />Funding Climate <br />Attached is a copy of an email from LGN staff describing the appropriations process for <br />the upcoming year. In general, we have been advised to limit the City's requests to one <br />or two projects that are no more than $2.OM each. LGN provided this recommendation <br />based on the historical precedent which suggests that very few projects are funded <br />through the appropriations process at levels higher than this amount. Providing a lower <br />request also tends to eliminate "sticker shock" that some Members and staff feel when <br />evaluating larger requests. <br />While some offices have a history of submitting the same projects from year to year, <br />Senator Franken has suggested that he will not submit multi-year projects (except for <br />Transportation projects). However, this will not preclude the City from submitting a <br />project which might take multiple years to his office and the offices of Senator Klobuchar <br />and Congresswoman McCollum. <br />Practical Considerations <br />Given the funding climate and the potential list of needs in the Northwest Quadrant, staff <br />believes it is important to re -assess some of the priorities. Much of the discussion on <br />seeking federal funding in the past has focused on the former NW Refinery Superfund <br />site. However, there are a number of factors that should be considered about this <br />project: <br />