Background and History. Surcharge parking fees collected by Metro are deposited in a reserve account and used to repay XXXX debt service. The surcharge fees were imposed on Metro's parking facilities within Prince George's County. Therefore, with the decision to pay off (i.e., defease) MDTA's bonds, the County and Metro wish to use any remaining reserve account fund balance on required parking pedestrian, bicycle, and other station access improvements at Metrorail stations in Prince George's County. The funds could also be used to establish a new Dedicated Account that supports a new parking fund agreement between the County and Metro. In December 2020, the Board approved defeasing the XXXX bonds and terminating the Surcharge Agreement (Resolution 2020-45). This action allows MOTA to defease their existing facility bonds. Consistent with the schedule presented to the Board in December 2020, the parties to the Surcharge Agreement are prepared to sign all required termination documentation before the end of April 2021. Additionally, Resolution 2020-45 approved the transfer of any fund balance remaining in the Surcharge Agreement's reserve account to a Dedicated Account. The current Fund balance is $23.7 million; the estimated settlement amount to defease MDTA's bonds is $18.0 million. The Fund balance of $5.7 million is available to be placed into a new Dedicated Account, which is the subject of a new parking fund agreement (Parking Fund Agreement) between Metro and Prince George's County. The County and Metro have negotiated a Parking Fund Agreement that sets forth the approved uses of such funds. Staff seeks Board approval of the Parking Fund Agreement between Metro and the County that will govern the use of approximately $5.7 million for parking and/or station access improvements in Prince George's County.
Background and History. Who are Refugees? Table 1 Top 20 Countries of Origin among US Refugee Arrivals, 2005‐2009 Country of Origin # Arrivals 2005-2009 % of Total Arrivals A Brief History of Refugee Protections
Background and History. Garfield County is blessed with a beautiful physical environment that has shaped the communities and people who live here. Known as the Grand Valley, its character and vitality arise from a unique patchwork of miners, ranchers, entrepreneurs, sports-minded people, artists, intellectuals and visionaries. It is a mix of third and fourth generation residents who tamed the land and newcomers who moved here for a lifestyle that includes clean air and water, small towns, and recreation. Whether you are a rancher or hunter, a cyclist or skier, or an artist who is inspired by the natural beauty of our rivers and mountains, the common thread that weaves this mix of independent-minded individuals into communities is the beauty of the land. The quality of life we cherish is second to none. Western Garfield County is also a place of economic diversity, a tapestry woven of many threads, each of which is important to the overall design. In 2003, agriculture contributed $1.9 million to Garfield County’s economy.1 Hunters brought in $3.8 million2, and tourism dollars from the county’s west end pumped in several million more. Compared to the nearly $13 million generated by the gas industry that same year3, these segments of the economy may seem less important, but they are the threads that have sustained the economy when the boom cycles of the energy industry vanished. In the 1980s and 90s, energy development in the county was centered near Parachute. Natural gas development now has the potential to grow county wide. With the gas in the Piceance Basin and oil shale development in the county’s west end as well as the potential for coal bed methane development from New Castle to Carbondale, there may be few untouched places in Garfield County as the nation’s thirst for this fuel continues to grow.
Background and History. Displacement • The Asian Experience Objective: Specific Objectives:
Background and History. The Pine River Project consists of Vallecito Dam and Reservoir and associated land and facilities. The project was authorized in 1937 under provisions of the Department of the Interior Appropriation Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 835). Construction was initiated in May 1938, and the project facilities were dedicated on September 14, 1941. The authorized purposes of the project are to provide supplemental irrigation water to both the
Background and History. A sale of this property to the same purchaser was approved by the Board in the Summer of 2011 (XXXX 101225). However, no purchase and sale agreement for that sale was ever consummated because the parties could not reach agreement on terms. The proposed purchaser is the owner of adjoining properties. Consolidation of Metro's property with the purchaser's adjoining properties would enhance the development potential of Metro's property. Therefore, this transaction does not require public bidding due to the "adjacent property owner" exception (Section 7.14) of the WMATA Joint Development Policies and Guidelines.
Background and History. LUCENT and CSM want to expand manufacturing capacity and take advantage of their world class process and manufacturing know-how, maximize the use of existing and future manufacturing assets and gain the benefits of a high volume semiconductor operation.
Background and History. The Town and its neighboring communities suffered major devastation as a result of Super-xxxxx Xxxxx that struck the area on October 29, 2012. In response to the storm, the federal government began implementing recovery and rebuilding efforts through its National Disaster Recovery Framework. The National Disaster Recovery Framework identifies “local disaster recovery managers” as an integral component of the recovery and rebuilding process. The manager serves as a town’s liaison to the state and federal support structure. FEMA proposed that NJF should develop a local disaster recovery manager network as quickly as possible. This network is specifically intended to provide direct assistance to municipalities as they strive to recover from storm damage and, in addition, help ensure that rebuilding occurs in a manner that anticipates and responds to future storm events and sea level rise and helps the community become more resistant to damage from such events and more sustainable for future generations. NJF secured private foundation funding to enable hiring Recovery Planning Managers (“Managers”) that could be assigned to specific towns. Priority would be assigned to towns that experienced extensive damage from the storm and that have small municipal staffs with limited in-house capacity to seek out, apply for and administer federal and state funding and manage the recovery and rebuilding process, including the planning and community engagement that is necessary to address future storm events. The Town passed a municipal resolution on 2013 requesting that NJF provide a Manager to work with the municipality to provide direct, ongoing assistance to help municipal staff develop and implement its long-term recovery and rebuilding process as quickly as possible and authorizing to enter into appropriate agreements with NJF formalizing the arrangement.
Background and History. Brooklyn Park is the sixth-largest city in Minnesota with a population of more than 80,000 people, and the fourth largest in the metropolitan area. We are a community that believes our residents are our strongest asset and the key to making Brooklyn Park thrive and prosper. More than half of our residents are people of color and 1/5 of our residents were born outside the United States. Twenty-six percent of residents speak a language other than English at home. In 2003 Brooklyn Park and the Hennepin Recycling Group (which is administered by Brooklyn Park staff) were the first to pilot and then implement single-stream recycling in Minnesota. Set out rates grew from 50% with weekly two-stream collection to over 90% with every-other week single-stream collection, were rates have remained since 2009. Recycling tonnages are growing.
Background and History. The Town of Golden Beach Police Department is requesting the purchase of Two Yamaha Marine engines with installation. The vessel currently has 2014 Twin Yamaha 300hp Engines which have over 4268hrs almost three times that of the average lifespan of a recreational outboard. Therefore, making these engines unreliable for patrol at this time. The vessel in last few months has gone in for service many times and at this point it’s recommended to obtain residual value from the current motors in order to use to lower the cost of the new engines. The Marine engines will be installed on our current vessel for police patrols and public safety.
