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Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration du r6tablissement
Administration agricole des Prairies
Kneehill County
P O Box 400
Three Hills Alberta
TOM 2AO
Attention Rob. Mayhew
Operations Director
Dear Mr Mayhew
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PFRA
600 138 4' Avenue S.E
Calgary Alberta
T2G 4Z6
February 27, 2004
Re Prairie Grain Roads Program (PGRP)= Linden Road West - Paving
On behalf of the Agreement Management Committee I am pleased to inform you that your project was
approved for assistance under the Prairie Grain Roads Program (PGRP) on February 24,2004
Expenditures incurred after February 24,2004 are eligible for assistance Detailed project information has
been outlined on the attached Approved Project Information sheet Please'review this document to ensure
that the conditions of approval are clear
The federal funding will be provided through a contribution agreement between your County and the
Government of Canada, as represented by Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) A PFRA
representative will be contacting you in the near future to process the contribution agreement Unless
noted otherwise it is in order for the competitive process to proceed as outlined on the attached Approved
Project Information sheet. Please be advised that one of the conditions of this agreement will be that
all projects must be awarded by an approved competitive process Federal funding will be forfeited
if the competitive process is not followed
The County will be responsible for all regulatory approvals required to proceed with the project
As there is a federal funding allocated to the project, it is a requirement to abide by the Canadian
Environniental Assessnient Act (CEA,4) In order to minimize any potential funding delays, we encourage
you to discuss any implications which result from the CEAA with your consulting engineer or PFRA
representative as soon as possible
If you have any questions about the evaluation or approval process, please feel free to contact the
undersigned at (403) 292 5720
Sincef y,
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PFRA Calgary
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PRAIRIE GRAIN ROADS PROGRAM (PGRP)
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MUNICIPALITY
PROJECT LOCATION
APPROVED PROJECT INFORIMATION
Kneehill County
Linden Road West
PROJECT COST BREAKDOWN
Estimated Total Project Cost
Maximum federal Share
Municipal Share
PFRA REPRESENTATIVE
ADDITIONAL NOTES
1,451,100
967,448
483,652
R W Cameron
S114 26 30-26 NV4
PFRA, 600,138 - 4'h Avenue S.E
Calgary, Alberta, T2G 4Z6
Phone- 403 292-5720
The maximum amount of federal funding available to this project is identified
above Requests for additional funding must be applied for in accordance with the
Cost Overrun Policy as determined and approved by the Agreement Management
Committee If necessary, contact the PFRA Representative noted above to discuss
changes to project fiinding as soon as possible
2 Federal finding will not be issued prior to the successful completion of any required
environmental mitigation in accordance with the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Act
3 All projects must be awarded following an approved competitive process
A municipality which chooses to submit a bid for a PGRP project
approved for their municipality must deliver its tender package to the
PFRA. office location, as noted under the PFRA Representative
above, at least twenty four (24) hours prior to the tender opening A
representative of PFRA will deliver the municipality's tender
package to the tender opening.
If this requirement is not met, the municipality's tender package
will not be honoured by the PGRP and wort, completed by
municipal forces on the project may not be considered eligible
for PGRP assistance
4 The project as identified above in the Project Location represents the total PGRP
approvals within the Municipality
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