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<br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br /> <br />Topic Report: LCDA GrantUpdate <br /> <br /> <br />By: Brian Olson, Public Works Director <br />Amy Geisler, Interim Asst. Com. Dev. Director <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City Council will recall that in 2005, the City received a $363,000 Livable Communities <br />Demonstration Account (LCDA) grant from the Metropolitan Council to construct an <br />amphitheat~r, trails, and other improvements in Town Center East Park. Because the City does <br />not yet have control of this park, the Met Council has granted an extension, which currently <br />allows the City up until June 30, 2008 to complete the grant obligations. City Staff met with <br />Met Council staff on Thursday, February 28th to discuss options for utilizing the grant funds <br />elsewhere within Town Center; Met Council staff has given the City preliminary approval to <br />move forward with using the grant funds to construct the remaining streetscape improvements <br />on Sunwood Drive, including sidewalks, street lights, and plantings. <br /> <br />Staff has prepared a preliminary schedule for construction of the streetscape improvements, <br />and would like to discuss some of the related issues with the City Council. <br /> <br />Attachments: <br /> <br />I) Preliminary schedule of Sunwood Drive streetscape construction <br /> <br />Funding: <br /> <br />LCDA grant and the Ramsey Town Center Letter of Credit <br /> <br />Action Statement: <br /> <br />Direct staff to move forward with the proposed schedule for Sunwood Drive streetscape <br />construction. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: <br />City Administrator <br /> <br />f{f:,~Q- <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />CCWS: 03.11.08 <br />