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IV _27 -F k IIA, 2.01 'Total Grant Amount. The Council. will grant to the Grantee the "Grant Amount", identified at Page I of this Agreement which shall be funds from the Tax Base Revitalization Account of the Metropolitan Livable Communities Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Grantee understands and agrees that any reduction or termination. of Tax Base Revitalization Account funds made available to the Council n-iay result in a like reduction in the Grant Amount made available to the Grantee. 2.02 Author -izeid Use of Grant Funds. The Grant Aniount made available to the Grantee under tills Agreement shall, be used only for Cleanup Costs, for the cleanup of the Site described in the application for "Fax Base 'Revitalization Account funds. A Project summary that identifies eligible Uses of the grant funds as approved by the Council is attached to and incorporated into this Agreement as Attachment A. Grant funds must be used for cleanup of the Site which must be located in a Participating Municipality. If consistent w,ith, the application and subject to the lirnitatilo- ns in Nininesolta Statutes section 1 l6j.556, the Grantee may use the grant, funds to provide a oJ I y for a grant under Minnesota portion of the local match requirement for Project Costs that qual*f Statutes slections 1116155 1. to I 16J.557. Grant funds, Must be used for costs directly associated with the specific proposed Project activities for which the grant funds were awarded and shall not be used for "soft costs'*' such as-, administrative overhead; travel expenses; legal fees; insurance; bonds; permits, licenses or authorization fees'. costs associated with preparing grant proposals or applications- operating expenses planning costs, including comprehensive planning costs; and prorated lease and salary costs. Grant funds may not be used for costs of' Project activities that occurred prior to the grant award, un-less, the pre-award costs were for: (a) Site investi.cTation work that occurred within 180 days of the Funding Cycle application due date ,and is identified as a grant- funded activity in Attachment A; or L� (b), Project, cleanup activities that occurred within 18,0 days, of the Funding Cycle application due date that were exprcsslyapproved by the Council Action and are identified in Attachment A. Grant funds, also shall not be used by the Grantee or others to supplant or replace grant or loan funds obtained for the Project from other sources. T lie Council shall, bear no responsibility for cost oveiTuns which maY be incurred by the Grantee. or- others in the implementation or performance of the Project iness subsidy" innesota activities. The Grantee agrees to comply w'th any "bus' bis'dy" requirements of M. Statutes sections 1 16i.,91913 to, I I 6J.995 that apply to the Grantee's expenditures or uses of the grant funds. 2.03 Pr sect Ch,ange,s�. The Grantee, must promptly inform the Council in waiting of any significant changes to the Project forwhich the grant funds were awarded, as well as any potential changes to grant-funded activities described in Attachment A. Failure to inform the Council of any significant changes to the Proj�ect or sigy,nificant, changes to grant-funded components of the Project, and use of grant ftmds for ineligible or unauthorized purposes,,, will jeopardize the Grantee's eligibility for future LCA awards. Grant funds will not be disbursed prior to Council approval of signifitcant changes to either the Project or grant-funded, activities described in Attacl-uiient. A. 2.04 Eminent Domain Restrictions. On January 25), 2006 the Council adopted a policy that restricted the use of L grant funds on projects when eminent domain, authority was used to acquire, private property for "economic development" purposes in connection with the projects. The Page 3 oP 01 Pages,