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RAISE Grant (FY 2024) Development & Submittal <br /> <br />Cass County – County Road 4 / County Road 10 <br />Scope of Services <br />December 22, 2023 <br />PURPOSE <br />Cass County has requested KLJ prepare an application for funding through the FY 2024 Rebuilding American <br />Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE). The RAISE funds are being solicited to support funding for <br />various improvements along both County Road 4 and County Road 11. Both project segments are currently listed in <br />Cass County’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP). KLJ will develop a RAISE grant application in accordance with the <br />pending notice of funding availability (NOFA) released for this opportunity. The intent is to update and modify the FY <br />2023 application submitted based on feedback provided by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). <br />I. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED <br />Grant Development <br />KLJ will prepare a RAISE application inclusive of all required project materials. KLJ will integrate comments and <br />guidance provided by Cass County to improve and strengthen the overall project application and competitiveness <br />and to meet established grant/merit criteria of the RAISE program. The updated FY 2024 RAISE Grant will be account <br />for feedback provided by USDOT based on the FY 2023 application. KLJ will support Cass County in securing relevant <br />letters of support and other supporting materials and documentation. <br />Project Support & Coordination <br />KLJ will manage content development of the FY 2024 RAISE application. KLJ will organize calls/meetings between the <br />county and project partners (as needed). KLJ will coordinate with Cass County as needed regarding the supporting <br />project budget and plan for non-federal or federal match/technical data which will be included to meet <br />requirements of the RAISE program criteria. KLJ will work with Cass County to prepare materials to be submitted in <br />grants.gov by the Cass County. KLJ will provide all the necessary grant related content to be posted online through <br />the project webpage previously developed by Cass County. <br />Benefit Cost Analysis <br />KLJ will update the existing FY 2023 BCA for the overall project with data and analysis that is desktop in nature and <br />available through previous work completed by KLJ and Cass County. KLJ is using a subcontractor (The Beckett Group) <br />to do an initial review and QA/QC of the existing FY 2023 BCA. The BCA will include a detailed narrative, spreadsheet <br />documentation and include a technical memorandum. Elements of the BCA will be summarized in the final RAISE <br />Grant. <br />II. DELIVERABLES PROVIDED BY KLJ <br />KLJ will prepare the FY 2024 RAISE grant application, including all supporting documentation and an updated project <br />BCA <br />III. Fee <br />Total cost of services to complete this scope are estimated at $16,970.