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-- --~ --~---~~------- - ----- --- -- -- - - -- -------- -- - - - ~------------ ---- SAMPLE 06/04/07 , ..'--: ( Qt~t'~~.~: .,........~~i;~~.: --;_:c.:)' . . METROPOLITAN COUNCIL LOCAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT mIS GRANT AGREEMENT is made and entered into by the Metropolitan Council ("Council") and the metropolitan-area governmental unit identified above as the "Grantee." WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes section 473.867 authorizes the Council to establish a planning assis- tance fund for the purpose of making grants and loans to local governmental units to help local gov- ernmental units in the seven-county metropolitan area conduct and implement comprehensive plan- ning activities, including the "decennial" review of local comprehensive plans and fiscal devices and official controls as required by section 473.864, subdivision 2; and WHEREAS, 2007 Minnesota Laws chapter 113, section 18 authorizes the Council to make a one- time transfer of Livable Communities Demonstration Account funds to the planning assistance fund for grants or loans to local governments under Minnesota Statutes section 473.867; and WHEREAS, on May 23, 2007 the Council adopted need-based eligibility criteria for awarding avail- able local planning program assistance and established maximum grant amounts for eligible grant- ees to help grantees review and update their comprehensive plans as required by the "decennial" re- view provisions of Minnesota Statutes section 473.864, subdivision 2; and WHEREAS, the Grantee is an eligible city, county or town in the metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 473.121, or is an eligible metropolitan-area city, town or county acting in partnership with cities or towns and is authorized to submit a joint application and execute this Agree- ment on behalf of the partnership or consortium; and WHEREAS, the Grantee submitted an application for local planning assistance grant funds and was awarded a grant to help fund eligible comprehensive planning activities identified in the application. NOW THEREFORE, in reliance on the representations and statements above and in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, the Grantee and the Council agree as follows: I. DEFINITIONS 1.01 Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms defined in this paragraph have the meanings given them in this paragraph unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context. (a) "Comprehensive Development Guide" means the comprehensive development guide for the seven-county metropolitan area adopted by the Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.145. The Comprehensive Development Guide includes the 2030 Regional Development Framework adopted by the Council pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 473.145, as well as the metropolitan system plans which are the transportation portion of the Comprehensive Devel- - 1 - &