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651 Hale Avenue North Oakdale, Minnesota 55128 telephone: 651.]]0.8448 facsimile: 651.]]0.2552 www.eorine.com Date I July 14, 2011 To I GLWMO Board of Commissioners cc From I Tom Petersen and Camilla Correll Regarding I 2012 Grant Applications Background On July 6, 2011 FOR met with Tom Petersen to explore potential grant applications for the Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization. Now that a draft of the third generation Watershed Management Plan is complete it is easy to identify projects thatwould qualify for the various grant programs available to watershed management organizations. In addition, there are components of the GLWMO TMDL Protection and Restoration Plan that were scaled back in response to the MPCA's request to reduce the project budget. If the GLWMO were successful in securing grant funds it could potentially leverage expenditures for theTMDL as local match and strengthen theTMDL Protection and Restoration Plan. This memorandum is being submitted to the GLWMO Board for their consideration. If the Board agrees that these proposed projects are worth moving forward with and they will potentially have the funds for the matching portion of the grant we will move forward with drafting these grant applications when the state government restarts. Grant Program Descriptions There are a number of grant programs available to assist in funding GLWMO projects. While it is not a given that these grant programs will be available (pending outcomes of Special Session) it would be good to have a plan in place since the deadline pre government shutdown was September 2011. The timing pre govemment shutdown was as follows: ✓ BWSR staff is working on draft grant RFP while they wait for approval (assuming it will not change much — so they can hit the ground running) ✓ Aug. 1— Issue RFP ✓ Sept. 15— Submittal deadline ✓ Dec. 15— BWSR Board Approval ✓ Early Winter— Grant Agreements sent out ✓ Apr. 30— Execute Grant agreements The following is a description of the grant programs for which the GLWMO would be eligible: Clean Water Partnership Funds Description - Minnesota's Clean Water Partership was created in 1987 to address pollution associated with min off from agricultural and urban areas. The program provides local govemments with resources to protect and improve lakes, streams, and groundwater. Financial assistance available through the program falls into two categories: grants and low interest loans. Grants are available for up to 50 percent of project costs; loans may be used for only the project implementation phase and may cover the entire cost of implementation or supplement a grant. The implementation phase involves putting in place BMPs such as sedimentation ponds, manure An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc. water I ecology I community