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Page 2 of 3 4. State, local or private matching funds 5. No multi year projects (except transportation) • 6. Not the first funding source 7. Is there a federal or state grant program that could fund your requests? In addition to these considerations, LGN and City staff will be having a conference call on February 2nd to discuss the latest in Washington and to discuss other considerations when preparing your appropriations requests. Transportation Authorization Update: As you may recall, Congresswoman Betty McCollum submitted two projects to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on behalf of the City of New Brighton. The submissions included the following: • Request Amount: $800,000 - Plan, design, engineer, and construct Bike/Pedestrian Bridge & Connections from New Brighton Northwest Quadrant Redevelopment project to Long Lake Regional Park. • Request Amount: $2.4 million - Design, Engineer, acquire right-of-way, and replace Old Highway 8 Bridge over Interstate 694. Federal Transportation programs are currently operating under a continuing resolution while House and Senate leaders discuss the best path forward on a new transportation authorization measure. Chairman Oberstar has a desire to complete a bill in the next couple of months to six months which would be the vehicle for the City of New Brighton's High Priority Projects to move forward. The President has suggested that he would like to push authorization out up to a year. However, it seems very possible that a transportation bill will start to move forward in the near future as the Committees in charge of finding the funding for the bill have a lighter load then they did when healthcare was front and center on the agenda. The City has also submitted projects to Senators Klobuchar and Franken. However, it is expected that they will • again solicit projects as they did not seek comprehensive information the first time around. It is unclear at this point when the Senate will solicit additional information or when the bill will gain the momentum that it needs to move forward. We will continue to keep you updated on the status of your projects as it relates to the broader issue of Transportation Authorization. Strateuv Recommendations: As the City moves forward on the submission of your fiscal year 2011 appropriations projects, we would submit the following recommendations for your review as we believe they will assist the City in ensuring that your projects remain on top of the pile. A few of these recommendations are a few weeks out, but we will certainly be in touch when we feel the time is right to institute them. We will work with you to refine these recommendations and provide additional thoughts as the circumstances change and process moves forward. We recommend that the City: o Consider sending a follow-up letter to each of the Members stating your federal appropriations priorities (a few weeks following submission of the projects and before the Members internal Committee deadlines — in the House the internal deadline is March 19Th, Senate TBD). o Consider a visit to Washington, DC to discuss your projects with House and Senate staff. o Consider arranging a follow-up meeting with the Minnesota staff of Congresswoman McCollum and Senators Klobuchar and Franken o Consider a Council Resolution supporting the appropriations submissions We greatly enjoy working with you and look forward to advancing your presence and federal funding objectives in Washington. •Should you have any questions, comments, or concerns, at any time, please do not hesitate to contact me on my cell phone, work phone, or by email Best, 2/3/2010