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20.24 Subd. 5. Grant application and awards: Grant Evaluation and Rankin!! System 20.2s(GEARS) Committee. (a) The joint powers board shall establish a grant application 20.26process and identify the amount of available funding for grant awards. Grant applications 20.27must be submitted in a form prescribed by the joint powers board. An applicant must 20.28provide. in addition to all other information required by the joint powers board. the 20.2gestimated cost of the project. the amount of the grant sought. possible sources of funding 20.30in addition to the grant sought. and identification of any federal funds that will be utilized 20.31ifthe grant is awarded. A grant application seeking transit capital funding must identify 20.32the source of money necessary to operate the transit improvement. 20.33 (b) The joint powers board shall establish a time line and procedures for the award of 20.34grants. and may award grants only to the state and political subdivisions. The board shall 20.3sdefine objective criteria for the award of grants. which must include. but not be limited to. 20.36consistency with the most recent version of the transportation policy plan adopted by the 21 . 1 Metropolitan Council under section 473.146. The ioint powers board shall maximize the 21.2availability and use of federal funds in proiects funded under this section. 21.3 (c) The ioint powers board shall establish a GEARS Committee. which must consist 21.40f: 21.5 (1) one county commissioner from each county that is in the metropolitan 21.6transportation area. appointed by its county board: 21.7 (2) one elected city representative from each county that is in the metropolitan 21.8transportation area: _ 21.9 (3) one additional elected city representative from each county for every additional 21.10400.000 in population. or fraction of 400.000. in the county that is above 400.000 in 21.11 population: and 21.12 (4) the chair of the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee. 21.13 (d) Each city representative must be elected at a meeting of cities in the metropolitan 21 . 14transportation area. which must be convened for that purpose by the Association of 21.15Metropolitan Municipalities. 21.16 (e) The committee shall evaluate grant applications following objective criteria 21 . 17established by the ioint powers board. and must provide to the joint powers board a 21 .18selection list of transportation projects that includes a priority ranking. 21.19 (f) A grant award for a transit project located within the metropolitan area. as defined 21.20in section 473.121. subdivision 2. may be funded only after the Metropolitan Council 21. 21Teviews the project for consistency with the transit portion of the Metropolitan Council 21.22policy plan and one of the following occurs: 21.23 (1) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be consistent: 21.24 (2) the Metropolitan Council initially finds the project to be inconsistent. but after a 21.2sgood faith effort to resolve the inconsistency through negotiations with the joint powers 21.26board. agrees that the grant award may be funded: or 21.27 (3) the Metropolitan Council finds the project to be inconsistent. and submits the 21.28consistency issue for final determination to a panel. which determines the project to be 21.29consistent. The panel is composed of a member appointed by the chair of the Metropolitan 21.30Council. a member appointed by the ioint powers board. and a member agreed upon by 21.31both the chair and the joint powers board. 21.32 (g) Grants must be funded by the proceeds of the taxes imposed under this section. 21.33bonds. notes. or other obligations issued by the ioint powers board under subdivision 7. 21.34 (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision. in fiscal year 2009. of the 21.3sinitial revenue collected under this section. the ioint powers board shall allocate at least 21.36$30.783.000 to the Metropolitan Council for operating assistance for transit. . . .