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. . . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: May 2, 2000 TO: Joe Lynch, City Administrator Terrance R. Post, City Accountant @ Authorization for Detailed Plans and Specifications for 2000 CDBG Projects FROM: SUBJECT: Backl!round Staff submitted grant applications to Ramsey County for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Arden Manor Park Improvements and an Old Highway 10 Watermain Extension. City of Arden Hills Resolution No. 00-14 and No. 00-15, adopted at the February 28, 2000 regular Council meeting authorized these applications. Subsequent Development After a review at the Ramsey County Community and Economic Development staff level, on April 25, 2000 the Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) approved both of the City of Arden Hills' CDBG grant applications. The next stage of the approval process is to gain Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approval at the federal level. This approval is expected to be approved by mid-June. Recommendation Based upon the input from Ramsey County's HRA staff, there is an extremely high probability that these two (2) projects will gain federal funding approval. In an effort to "dual track" these two projects prior to formal federal approval, staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No, 00-19 entitled, "Authorizing City Engineer to Prepare Plans and Specifications for Arden Manor Park Improvements and the Old Highway 10 Watermain Extension Projects." Council should be aware that, because of the federal funding source, both of these project will require Environmental AssessmentlEnvironmental Review Record Statutory Checklists, and compliance with the Davis Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements as part of the bidding packages.