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I ~ I I I I I I I II I I I I I I r I 8.15.01 the funds. The rest of the $12 million a year in administrative money is used for various special projeets. Wallop-Breaux is supposed to be new money for new fishery improvements. But some of the money is being used to replace state funding from licenses and the general treasury. The U. $, Fish and Wildlife Serviee views itself as simply a conduit of dollars to the states. Pittman-Robertson - Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act Funded by an excise tax on angling and hunting equipment, this program helps rai<;e the revenue necessary to fund specifie restoration projects by state fish and wildlife agencies. Sport Fish Restoration Act States receive federal aid monies for fisheries management, administered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service on a 75 percent (federal) and 25 pereent (state) basis. The federal share is from excise taxes and the state share is mainly from sport fishing licenses. DNR's Flood Hazard Mitigation Program Up to 50 percent cost sharing is available through the bonding program. As with PFA funds, this alternative best applies to a phased construetion scenario, sinee the state funding is on the biennium, Metropolitan Council Water Ouality Initiative Grant Annually, Metropolitan Council sponsors the Water Quality Initiative Grant Program. Initially focused on improving the quality to the Minnesota River, the program expanded in 1996 to consider larger, regional based applications. The program includes both technical and educational grant categories. A maximum of $100,000 is available, with up to three grant periods. A 25 pereent match is required. Applieations have been due in Mareh. Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund The Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund is focused on projeets that demonstrate alternative forms of urban design and development that promotes more effieient use of land and regional services. This funding source could be geared towards water quality restoration and/or retrofitting treatment into a redeveloping setting. An example is the Phalen Village in St. Paul, where the Restoration of Ames Lake near a mostly vacant shopping center, was funded in 1996. RCWD Cost-Sharing for Municipal Retrofit Stormwater Ouality BMPs The purpose of this program is to encourage municipalities to incorporate water quality management praetiees in redevelopment, roadway, and storm sewer improvement projects. The amount of the cost share by RCWD is 75% of estimated project cost, or bid cost (whiehever is lower), not to exceed $50,000. A-ARDEN0101.00 Page 34 City of Arden Hills, Minnesota Local Stormwater Management Pian