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RESOLUTION
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul seeks to secure Federal funding for major projects.
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3 WHEREAS, City departments have submitted projects of significant impact that aze in need of
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6 WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council approves this list for Federal funding of major projects.
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the following is the City of Saint Paul's FY20071ist of funding priorities from
the Federal government for the projects and amounts shown:
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The National Great River Park project develops a comprehensive vision for preserving, developing,
managing and promoting Saint Paul's entire 17 mile river valley. It is a concept ]inking natural systems
and recreational resources with community and economic development. There are three pending TEA 21
Federal Crrants approved for Upper Landing Riverbank Improvements totaling $2,666,800 which require a
local match and design and engineering funds of $1,653, 416. We have requested this required portion
from the state as part of the 2006 National Great River Park Bonding request. In addition to this local
match and design/engineering for the TEA 21 portion of the project, there is $2,200,000 in additional funds
needed to complete the project. Background: these TEA 21 grants were submitted in 2001 for the
maximum amount of the grant but that amount is not sufficient to cover all project costs which are
cunently estimated at $5.4 to $5.8 Million.
Amount Requested: $3,400,000 Planning, design and engineering
2) Saint Paul Interoperable Communications Equipment
The Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area has a regiona1800 Mhz trunked radio system available to all
emergency response agencies. Saint Paul Police and Fire Departments are making prepazations to join that
system in 2006. Saint Paul's Integration with other emergency response agencies in this region will
significantly improve regional capabilities in hazardous material, bomb, and collapsed shucture rescue
response; Saint Paul operates regional teams for these specialized responses, yet teams do not have radio
equipment compatible with the regiona1800 Mhz system. Although significant federal funding has been
secured to pay for the "backbone" infrastructure in Ramsey County, the City of Saint Paul will be forced to
fund the vast majority of its mobile and portable radio costs. This funding request would procure all
necessary mobile and portable radio equipment for a11 Police and Fire response units, including the
specialized response teams noted above. This funding request would significantly enhance the City's
ability to respond to day-to-day emergencies, WMD events, and mutual aid requests from other
jurisdictions in support of regional response, planning, and mitigation efforts. Police and Fire
Departments support this as top priority for their departments.
Amount Requested: $3,669,840
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47 3) Central Corridor
48 Saint Paui should support Ramsey County's federal request and ask for funding to support Saint Paul in
49 Plamiing and Coordination efforts of the Public Works and Pianning departments. Currently all money has
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52 Amount Requested: $2 Million for planning in corridor for PED and PW
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4) Saint Paul Emergency Operations Center and Joint Public Information Center Equipment
This funding request would provide for: satellite phone and data communication capabilities; secure video
teleconferencing and secure messaging systems; enhanced waming and notification systems for EOC
activarion and communications to EOC workers; significanUy improved amateur radio capabilities in
voice, data, and video formats; technology for enhanced informarion display and sharing; and noise
reduction materials. This funding request would also allow the City to develop a centralized, co-located
Joint Pubiic Information Center (JPIC). This center would be a dual use facility used to brief the media for
day-to-day press conferences and media releases or during EOC activarions.
Amount Requested: $602,127
5) Warning siren system replacement
This fixnding request would replace the warning siren system that is used to warn the public about
tornadoes, terrorism, and hazardous material emergencies. There are thirty-seven warning sirens in the
field. 'These sirens aze approximately 50 yeazs old. The sirens aze operated through a central computer
control system which is almost 15 years old. It costs approximately $20,000 per year to repair and
maintain the current system. The current warning siren system is in such disrepair that there is a risk of
complete system failure. The City and Ramsey County are exploring the possibility of having an
integrated warning siren system to masimize the publids safety. For example, if there is an emergency
that originates in Mounds View, the sirens would be activated far the City of Saint Paul as well. The City
residents would refer to the media to determine the level of risk to them.
76 AmountRequested: $1,250,000
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6) Closed Circuit Television Cameras — CCTV
This project would place CCTV cameras on a city-wide basis across Saint Paul and the remaining azeas in
Minneapolis. Currently, the Minneapolis downtown azea has CCTV in place through a Tazget Safe Cities
initiative grant. This project would expand CCTV throughout the remaining areas in Saint Paul and
Minneapolis. The City of London relied on their CCTV cameras in the subway system in their response to
the subway bombings which resulted in the quick apprehension of the suspected bombers.
Amount Requested: $900,000
7) Methamphetamine enforcement and education and funding for Narcotics enforcement to
replace Byrne Grant money
Methamphetamine has become a national epidemic during the past several years. The costs to our society
include enforcement, health, clean-up (meth labs), confinement and treatment. With recent legislative
efforts and trafficking methods, local methamphetamine labs have decreased. Over 80% of all
methamphetamine comes from outside the United States. Enforcement efforts must be coordinated
beiween local, state and federal agencies. The Byrne grant has enabled Saint Paul to combat much of the
trafficking into our city. However, more needs to be done and there is an ever present threat that the Byme
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97 Grant Funding will be reduced or withdrawn. In addition to better training, equipment and coordinarion,
98 we need to do more to educate the public on the damaging effects of inethamphetamine. Without
99 conrinued and increased funding, we will not be able to maintain an effecrive enforcement and educarional
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105 8) Police Car Cameras
106 The City of Saint Paul would purchase video cameras with audio attachments to install in 156 police
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vehicles that aze used by our police department in normal patrol duties. This technology would cost
$500,000 to purchase and install and would assist our officers in a number of ways. 'I'he cameras would
provide evidentiary value in cases of reckless driving and drunken driving arrests. The cameras would be
invaluable in terms of suspect identification as well as bringing about more convictions. Their use would
decrease allegations of police misconduct while at the same time protecting both the officers and the public
in such cases. 'I'he cameras would be the reliable witness that is critical in criminal and civil proceedings.
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9) Restore CDBG funding in its entirety
The biggest, and most pressing again this year for the City in general, is full funding for the CDBG
Program. The PresidenYs Proposed 2007 Budget cuts the program by over a billion dollars, or roughly
25%. A reduction to our program of that magnitude, $2 million plus, may drastically change the way the
City funds housing and economic development, neighborhood and community organizations, and the PED
department.
Amount Requested: $9,069,000 (prior funding level)
10) Harriet Island Lower Harbor Dredging
The Army Corp. of Engineers is responsibie for dredging the Lower Harbor neaz Saint Paul's Harriet
Island. Due to the Corp.'s budget presswes, they have been unable to finance this responsibility. We
request that the Corp. be funded directly to provide this specific service, or in the alternative that an
appropriarion be directly awazded to the City of Saint Paul to cover these costs.
Amount Requested: $200,000 for coordination, bidding and contract payment
11) Bioscience
We have received $1 Million in SAFETEA- LU funding to invest in public infrastructure that we will be
using for a traffic study. We have a state bonding request in to construct a short section of Pierce Butler to
connect Granary Drive (in Minneapolis) with Westgate.
Amount Requested: Appropriation of $2 Million for ROW purchase, remediarion, design and
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This proiect would fund the construction of an interconnect between the Saint Paul and Minneavolis
drinki � water svstems The interconnect would be utilized in the event that one of the svstems is rendered
ino�erabie as a result of• contamination of source water natural disasters, terrorist attacks, etc. The
interconnect would both add an additionallayer of securitv and reliabilitv of both the Minneanolis and
Saint Paul water svstems The interconnect would help ensure that the residents of the Twin Cities would
not be affected in the event of these unlikelv events All emplovers located in these cities would be able to
continue their business operations in times when the water svstems are compromised.
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13) 21� Centurv Crime Lab
The establishment of a 21 Centurv Crime Lab in Saint Paul would allow for timeiv results on DNA tests,
resulring in faster chazgeable cases far investigators and attorne� DNA testine is the most accurate
scientific method to posirivelv identifv or exclude susvects The current testin� facilities are overwhelmed
with requests from around the state Currently we must wait three to four months for a rane case and six
to nine months on proverty crime cases.
Amount Requested� $2 miliion for Crime Lab for start un $740,000 in annual costs
BE IT F[JRTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul supports the following FederaI funding
requests made by Ramsey County in 2006:
COUNTY'S REOUEST
1) Central Corridor $10 million
Ramsey County is requesting $10 million doliazs from the federal government for conshuction of "park
and ride" facilities, or street improvements, to encourage ridership along the Central Corridor.
Source of request: Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority
2) Union Depot $8 million
Engineering, property acquisition, construction, to facilitate the implementation of the multi-modal transit
hub.
Source of request: Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority
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requests made by Saint Louis County:
St. Louis County request for Depot renovation in Duluth, $13 million
Environmental work on the Duluth/Saint Paul transit corridor, $13 million
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Action Requesfed:
Supporting Federal funding for Saint Paul, Ramsey Coimty and Saint Louis Co�mty for 2006.
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1. Has this persorJfinn e�er wwked under a contract forthis departmeM?
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2. Has this persoNfirm eeer been a city employee?
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3. Does this persailfirtn possess a skill not normally possessed by any
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Initiafing Problem, Issues, Opportunily (Who, Whaq When, Where, Why): �
The City of Saint Paul needs to submit a list of its requests for federal funding to our Congessionial members.
AdvanWges M Approved: �
Our Congressional members will receive our list of federal requests in a timely manner wlilch will enable them to submit the requests
the Appropriations Committee. �
DisadvaMages IfApproved:
None.
Disadvantages If NotApproved:
The City's deadline is Februazy 27, 2006. Any delays would jeopardize our opportunities for seeking these federal funding requests.
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