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 XXXX 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. Discussion: 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. 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. 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. Brooklyn Park Curbside Recycling tonnages 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 3783.5 4367.2 4443.3 4308.8 4550.6
Background and History. Displacement According to the United Nations internally displaced people are individuals or groups of people who have been forced to flee their homes in order to escape armed conflict, general violence, the abuse of human rights, natural disasters or those caused by human beings. This population principally presents unsatisfied basic needs, the destruction of its cultural, affective and social supports, as well as inadequate assistance on the part of the State. • The Asian Experience The model “Schools that Teach and Heal” that was developed in Mindanao in the Philippines, has implemented pedagogical strategies that contribute to the preparation of people in new values of citizenship, social responsibility, and the capacity to reconstruct their lives and their communities. Objective: Based on the Asian experience, develop a pedagogical model with a psychosocial approach that meets the learning needs of children and families living in the situation of forced displacement. Specific Objectives:
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. 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. Nearly two decades ago, North Carolina Community College faculty and university faculty from the UNC System, as well as the North Carolina Private and Independent Colleges, began meeting to discuss early childhood education articulation and program alignment. An initial, primary concern was the university’s uncertainty of the community college course content and alignment with university program standards. In 2006, community college faculty from across the state began participation in a two-year Early Childhood Curriculum Improvement Project (CIP). The achieved goal of the CIP was to revise the early childhood program and courses to more closely align with university standards. North Carolina Community Colleges and both public and private universities created several bilateral articulation agreements following the completion of the CIP, which expanded transfer opportunities for community college early childhood education students. Both the 2006-2008 CIP and the 2015 Growing Greatness projects were successful in updating early childhood course content and producing closer alignment with higher education standards. However, articulation through bilateral agreements created challenges. As of fall 2017, more than 14 early childhood education bilateral articulation agreements existed in North Carolina. With each university having a unique individual transfer course list, community college and university student advisors faced many issues and challenges--especially if a student decided to enroll at a different university than originally planned. Additionally, many community college early childhood education courses transferred into the university as electives, instead of specific courses within the major, forcing the students to take additional classes, which increased costs and time to graduation. Session Law 2017-68, Senate Bill 315 (Part II) mandated by March 1, 2018, “the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and the State Board of Community Colleges shall develop an articulation agreement for the transfer of credits earned for an associate degree in an early childhood education program at a community college toward a baccalaureate degree in an early childhood education program at a constituent institution for the purposes of the student obtaining teacher licensure in the area of Birth through Kindergarten. The articulation agreement shall apply to all community college campuses and constituent institutions with early childhood education pro...
Background and History. PCE contamination was first found in the groundwater in 1990 at the nearby Mount Olivet Cemetery irrigation well during routine monitoring by the Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities. This led to the EPA’s involvement at the Site and EPA’s preliminary determination that the source of the contamination was the historic dry-cleaning facility located at the VAMC.
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. 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 3 Exchange water is water provided from Vallecito Reservoir to offset the diversions of junior or non- decreed water uses in the Pine River so that those uses can continue to divert. For example, a new domestic well can lease exchange water that can be released from Vallecito to the Pine River to replace the well’s diversions and thus protect senior water rights in compliance with Colorado water law. Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Tribe) and non-Indian water users and to provide flood control benefits. Approximately 17,000 acres of land on the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Reservation and approximately 40,000 acres of private land receive irrigation water. Fifty percent of the Project cost was allocated to flood control and 50 percent to irrigation, with 5/6 of the irrigation cost and Project water supply assigned to the non- Indians and 1/6 of the irrigation cost and Project water supply assigned to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. The District is responsible for the operation and management of the Project. The District’s portion of the construction costs has been repaid; and pursuant to Civil Action No. 1248-B, District Court, La Plata County Colorado, the non-tribal Project water rights are in the name of the District. Case No. W-1603-76B establishes the Tribe’s reserved water rights in the Pine River, including rights in Vallecito Reservoir. A Memorandum of Understanding (Contract No. Ilr-1161, as amended July 9, 1964) between the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs defines the cooperative use and operation of Vallecito Reservoir for the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project.
