Attachment A For Local Governments Requesting a 2014 Capital Appropriation I.

Project Basics 1) Name of the local government or political subdivision that is submitting the request: St. Louis County 2) Project title: St. Louis County Sheriffs Volunteer Rescue Squad Storage & Meeting Space 3) Project priority number (if the applicant is submitting multiple requests):1/1 4) Project location (please list town(s)/city(ies) and county(ies): Virginia and Canosia Township, St. Louis County 5) Ownership and Operation: Who will own the facility: St. Louis County Who will operate the facility: St. Louis County Names of any private entities that will occupy/use any portion of the building: N/A 6) Project contact person (name, phone number and email address): Dave Phillips, Undersheriff, 218-726-2340, phillipsd@stlouiscountymn.gov

II. Project Description 7) Description and Rationale: Provide a brief project description and rationale (one page maximum). This request is for $837,500.00 in State bond funding for predesign, design, re-model and reuse of an existing building owned by St. Louis County to be utilized by the St. Louis County Sheriffs Volunteer Rescue Squad for equipment storage and meeting space; and new construction of a cold storage building to meet the storage needs of the rescue squad in the southern part of St. Louis County. St. Louis County is committing $837,500.00 of local levy dollars to this project. The project is for two locations as follows:

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St. Louis County Sheriffs Rescue Squad: Virginia, MN The proposed investment would be to remodel and reuse an existing St. Louis County public works building for the Rescue Squad north headquarters for operations and storage. Total Project Cost: $1,300,000.00

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2. St. Louis County Sheriffs Rescue Squad: Canosia Township, MN This portion of the investment would be to add the needed cold storage building to serve the Sheriffs Emergency Operations Center/Rescue Squad south headquarters located in Canosia Township. Total Project Cost: $375,000.00 The St. Louis County Sheriffs Office is responsible for providing law enforcement services to approximately 7200 square miles; the largest county east of the Mississippi River. The St. Louis County Sheriffs Volunteer Rescue Squad is comprised of 65 members who provide service to the County by helping the Sheriff fulfill the statutory obligation land and water related emergency response, search and recovery. Rescue Squad members volunteer, on average, approximately 23,000 hours including searches for missing persons, drowning recovery operations, motor vehicle extrication, as well as public demonstrations and education. The Rescue Squad is known regionally and nationally for its expertise in canine search technique, underwater technology for recovery operations, technical woods search/rescue technique, and search management for incident command. The St. Louis County Sheriffs Office has mutual aid agreements with all Region II Sheriffs and City agencies within Region II, and the Rescue Squad serves the entire region when requested by agencies needing support. In the past year, Rescue Squad members have assisted Stearns County, Lake County, Cook County, Carlton County, Burnett County (WI), Bayfield County (WI), Douglas County (WI), Duluth Police, Virginia Police, Eden Prairie Police, and Superior Police (WI). These assists have ranged from missing children to cold case searches as well as drowning searches. The vast geography of St. Louis County requires the placement of resources to best serve the citizens and the region. Currently, the Sheriffs Office has main offices located in Duluth, Virginia, and Hibbing. The Rescue Squad had previously headquartered their north membership in Cook, MN, but the building was in poor condition and the location was not conducive to centralized emergency response for the Iron Range and north. The proposed investment would reuse/remodel an existing St. Louis County building, previously used by the Public Works Division, for operations and storage. The proposed location in Virginia, MN allows for faster response of consolidated resources to all Range cities, as well as Ely and recreational areas such as the BWCA, Lake Vermillion, and Voyageurs National Park. This is possible due to the sites location on Highway 53, which feeds numerous other highway junctions from Virginia. The second location is the existing Emergency Operations Center/Rescue Squad south headquarters located in Canosia Township, just north of the City of Duluth. The location is very conducive to emergency response for the region, but storage space is at a premium. This portion of the investment would allow for additional indoor storage of emergency equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, command vehicle, all terrain vehicles, and room for general storage and supplies. Currently, many pieces of emergency equipment are stored outside and are subject to the elements such as snow, ice, and rain. With time, the exposure of elements takes a toll on equipment and causes them to degrade faster than if stored securely indoors.

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The investment for Rescue Squad facility improvements is an investment for the region, as the Rescue Squad serves and assists many cities and Counties. Area law enforcement and fire departments would strongly support this submission. 8) Square Footage:

NORTH RESCUE SQUAD FACILITY This project includes the renovation of an existing metal framed structure, 10,000 sq/ft in size in Virginia MN, which formerly served as a motor pool facility. This project will include the remodeling of the former vehicle shop area into an operational headquarters; also included is the renovation of the cold storage portion of the building to house Rescue Squad vehicles and equipment. As part of this project the existing building needs a new roof and some exterior repairs. SOUTH RESCUE SQUAD FACILITY The St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center in Canosia Township presently has an operational headquarters and minimal storage space. This project request is for the new construction of a 5,000 square foot vehicle and equipment storage building detached from the existing building, but on the same site approximately 75 feet from the existing building.

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III. Project Financing The following table describing the total amount of financial resources needed and the proposed uses of funds must be submitted for each project. Enter amounts in thousands ($100,000 should be entered as $100). Enter the amount of state funding requested on the line State GO Bonds Requested. Uses of Funds must show how all funding sources will be used, not just the state funding requested. Sources of Funds total must equal Uses of Funds total. In most cases, the state share should not exceed 50% of the total project cost. Do the project cost estimates below include inflation (see question 10 below)? X No Sources of Funds Prior For For For Dollars in Thousands Years 2014 2016 2018 State GO Bonds Requested Funds Already Committed State Funds City Funds County Funds Other Local Government Funds Federal Funds Non-Governmental Funds Pending Contributions City Funds County Funds Other Local Government Funds Federal Funds Non-Governmental Funds l TOTAL* Uses of Funds Dollars in Thousands Land Acquisition Predesign (required for projects over $1.5 M) Design (including construction administration) Project Management Construction Furniture/Fixtures/Equipment Relocation (not bond-eligible) TOTAL* Prior Years N/A N/A N/A $837.5 Yes

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$837.5

$1,675 For 2014 N/A $25 $100 $25 $1,500 $25 N/A $1,675 For 2016 N/A For 2018 N/A

$1,675

Total

$1,675

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* Totals must be the same. IV. Other Project Information 10) Project schedule. Identify the date (month/year) when construction crews are expected to first arrive on site, and the date (month/year) when construction will be completed with a certificate of occupancy. Anticipated Start Date: August, 2014 Anticipated Occupancy date: March 2015 (For facilities projects, this information will also be used to calculate an inflation cost, using the Building Projects Inflation Schedule posted on the Minnesota Management and Budget website. 11) Predesign. For projects with a total construction cost of $1.5 million or more: Has a project predesign been completed? Yes X No

If so, has the predesign been submitted to the Commissioner of Administration? 12) Yes x No

State operating subsidies. Identify any new or additional state operating dollars that will be requested for this project. (Specify the amount and year, if applicable). N/A Sustainable building guidelines. Discuss how the project meets or exceeds the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.325, which may be found at http://www.msbg.umn.edu/. These are now mandatory for all new buildings or major renovations receiving state bond funding.

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St. Louis County Property Management requires the development, design, and implementation of facility projects to utilize an integrated design process and LEED Platinum criteria/guidelines as the baseline for project design and facility operation and maintenance. Although we do not seek LEED accreditation for any of our facilities, these criteria/guidelines drive our decisionmaking process and feed into our cost-benefit analysis of each project element. For every design element decision, we consider the ROI and weigh the benefit of green and/or LEED Platinum versus conventional solutions. Some of the sustainable building practices that will be utilized in the projects identified in this document include: LED lighting (only) throughout both facilities, R50 roof, occupancy sensors for lighting and ventilation, R32 walls, low flow domestic water fixtures, long life-cycle materials and methods, low maintenance materials, premium efficiency motors and equipment, variable frequency drive HVAC equipment, high performance windows, and heat recovery units for ventilation. Both the remodel and new construction will exceed Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines.

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Sustainable building designs. Explain the extent to which the project will use sustainable building designs, if applicable.

When bidding any project, Property Management insists that architects design each project with sustainability, energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness (over the long term) in mind. Property Management tracks the performance of all of the buildings it manages and is motivated to ensure appropriate sustainable building design elements have been considered and implemented where possible on each project it manages. This project will follow this same practice.

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Resolution of support and priority designation. Has the governing body of the applicant passed a resolution of support (which indicates the projects priority number if the applicant is submitting multiple requests)? Yes X No If so, please attach the signed resolution. If not, please indicate when the resolution will be coming (and forward the resolution to MMB when available): July 9, 2013

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