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Councilmember Strommen referenced page 70, which is page 2 of 8 of the Grant Agreement, under Grant Funds, Section 2.02 states "Ineligible uses include: activities prior to award of grant; construction costs; master and comprehensive planning activities and related design workshops or other public involvement techniques; ..." She stated she wants to make sure the Met Council understands the City's project. Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon indicated the City had a clearly defined process and the planning included citizen involvement. Page 76 includes a summary by the Met Council. The last paragraph states "The City requested $33,000 to complete the CRRA study including inventory of existing land uses and natural features; infrastructure, identification of development scenarios, determination and design of infrastructure, financial analysis and implementation of land use and regulatory tools." He stated this description sounds like a plan; however, he will get clarification from the Met Council. Councilmember Strommen stated she wants to make sure there is not an expectation for redevelopment to happen on the ground with this. Councilmember Kurak stated the obligation in the rural reserve area has been refen'ed to, however, she believes the term "two year" was removed from the Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Zimmerman concurred with Councilmember Kurak and noted she had inserted some language in the Comprehensive Plan when this was discussed. He directed staff to look up the language that Councilmember Kurak had inserted. Councilmember Kurak stated this was a predominant sticking point of the Comprehensive Plan with the last Council. It is important that they are not discussing implementation, and for the comfort level of the Council they may want to discuss this further. City Administrator Norman stated this is funding for a study that is required to be done in the Comprehensive Plan. Councihnember Strommen stated she wants to be sure the City is on the same page as the Met Council before this is approved. Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon indicated he would contact the Met Council and get the correct form to bring back to the Council. Councilmember Kurak requested this be brought back as a case, rather than on the Consent Agenda. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Strommen, to table the authorization of the Metropolitan Predevelopment Grant Program. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Strommen, Cook, Elvig, Pearson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. City Council/February 24, 2004 Page 30 of 31