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CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />e teryiCCe <br />Esta6Cished 1857 <br />Agenda Item # <br />Department: <br />Requested Council Meeting Date: <br />IX.2 <br />Administration <br />October 23, 2024 <br />TITLE OF ISSUE: <br />Empowering Small Minnesota Cities Program - Community Futures Technical Assistance Grant <br />BACKGROUND AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: <br />Staff would like to apply for a grant through the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities Program through <br />the University of Minnesota. The Community Futures Program provides technical assistance to communities <br />interested in shaping their future in compelling, realistic, practical, and implementable ways. If awarded, <br />experts from the University would guide the community through a civic engagement planning process and help <br />us identify project funding sources, including the once -in -as -generation federal funding opportunities from the <br />the Infrastructure Investment, Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act, and other existing federal and state <br />funding sources. With significant planning efforts on the horizon, staff believes this grant will add value to <br />future planning documents and reduce costs associated with the civic engagement piece of the next Land Use <br />Plan. The application deadline is November 15th and the engagement process takes approximately 9-12 months. <br />COST AND SOURCE(S) OF FUNDING: <br />N/A <br />REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: <br />Motion to authorize staff to apply for and receive a Community Futures grant through the University of <br />Minnesota's Empowering Small Communities Program. <br />For Clerk's Use: <br />SUPPORTED DOCUMENTS ATTACHED <br />Motion By: <br />Resolution Ordinance Contract Minutes Plan Map <br />Second By: <br />X <br />Vote Record: Ave Na <br />0 Love <br />F--1 Koski <br />Taylor <br />Other (specify) <br />_ F--] Sweeney <br />Mosher <br />Administration Department Use: <br />Consent <br />Refer to: <br />Regular <br />Tabled Until: <br />L-1 Other: <br />