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A competitive application was submitted to the MnDNR Outdoor Recreation Grant program on <br />April 1, 2024. Staff recently found out that the MnDNR Outdoor Recreation Grant program <br />received $16.5 million in grant requests for an available $4.6 million of funding. Unfortunately, <br />this project was not selected for funding this year per Attachment A - Letter from MnDNR. <br />With the design and construction documentation work that has already been completed for this <br />project, it is ready for public bidding, if desired. Bidding of the project does not commit to <br />construction of the project and will allow staff to assess potential next steps and economies of <br />scale with the park projects identified in 2025. <br />Timeline <br />• January 2024 — start of design work (Complete) <br />• March 11, 2024 — City adopts Resolution 2024-014 (Complete) <br />• April 1, 2024 — DNR Outdoor Recreation application due (Complete) <br />• June/July 2024 — anticipated DNR grant results announced (Complete) <br />• July 2024 — Direction from Council to proceed with bidding <br />• July/August 2024 — Potential project bidding <br />• August/September 2024 — Review of bids and brought forward to City Council for <br />potential Award construction contract for Fall 2024 construction <br />Budget Impact <br />Within the proposed 2024-2028 CIP Budget, the Arden Manor Hardcourt is budgeted at <br />$160,000 (per the original scenario below), with $110,000 grant funding anticipated from <br />CDBG. Scenario 2 includes a revised budget totaling $226,000, with the anticipated MnDNR <br />Outdoor grant funding that would take the place of the CDBG grant funding that the City did not <br />receive. Given the City was unsuccessful in attaining the two grant funds, the final scenario <br />indicates that if the City decides to move forward with the project, the funding would come <br />solely from the PIR-Parks fund. <br />ORIGINAL SCENARIO 2 FINAL <br />CDBG Grant Funds $ 110,000.00 $ - $ - <br />DNR Outdoor Grant Funds $ - $ 113,000.00 $ - <br />PIR - Parks $ 50,000.00 $ 113,000.00 $ 226,000.00 <br />Total $ 160,000.00 $ 226,000.00 $ 226,000.00 <br />The MnDNR grant funding breakdown within the grant application, which the City was <br />unsuccessful in attaining, was as follows: <br />MnDNR Grant Request <br />$ 113,000.00 <br />City Match Amount <br />$ 113,000.00 <br />Total Project Cost <br />$ 226,000.00 <br />Depending on actual bid amounts, the City will need to identify the funding source to <br />supplement the grant funds that were not received, if the direction is to move forward. <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />