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Cotlncilmt:i~l~:~ ~itrommcn referenced page 70, which is page 2 of 8 of the Grant Agreement,
<br />under Gr~t~l !' m~&~, Section 2.02 states "h~eligible uses include: activities prior to award of grant;
<br />constrm:ti<~ { o~:l~,: master and comprehensive planning activities and related design workshops
<br />or other lml-,li,.: i~,'~}lv~nnent techniques; ..." She stated she wants to make sure the Met Council
<br />tmdcrstan(t~-; 1}~t:: ( 'itr~;'S project.
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<br />Assist:mt (i,)~u~it.y Development Director Trudgeon indicated the City had a clearly defined
<br />process aJ~(i Ilia: pi~mning included citizen involvement. Page 76 includes a summary by the Met
<br />Council. '1't~,: i:~si paragraph states "The City requested $33,000 to complete the CRRA study
<br />including .~,v~:[~{>~'y o1' existing land uses and natural features; infrastructure, identification of
<br />dcvclopm,z~t sct:~arios, determination and design of infrastructure, financial analysis and
<br />implen~cntztii~ (~;~ land use and regulatory tools." He stated this description sounds like a plan;
<br />however, !~: ,,x'i I! ?t elm'ification fi'om the Met Council.
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<br />C. ottncilm~lbcc ~tr©mlnen stated she wants to make sure there is not an expectation for
<br />red cvclop ~, :l~i t,~ i l~p pcn on the ground with tiffs.
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<br /> stated the obligation in the rural reserve area has been referred to,
<br />/he tcm] "two year" was removed from the Comprehensive Plan.
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<br />Cotmcilm,:!~l>,.:~' ;/~ntncrman concurred with Councilmember Kurak and noted she had inserted
<br />some lalqgt~:i.c, i:~ ire Comprehensive Plan when this was discussed. He directed staff to look up
<br />thc langtm?/., il~,ti ( '.ouncihncmber Kurak had inserted.
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<br />Councihntz~-tl,~:,: I<~ u~'a~k stated this was a predominant sticking point of the Comprehensive Plan
<br />with thc l.~si (¢om~cil. It is important that they are not discussing implementation, and for the
<br />co~n fforl lcv,q ,~i' llx,3 Council they may want to discuss this further.
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<br />City /Xdm~s:i~';ti,.)t INc,'man stated this is funding for a study that is required to be done in the
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<br />Co tmcilm~:n~t~t:: ~;~t'rm~men stated she wants to be sure the City is on the same page as the Met
<br />Council b{;lk,~<: il~i: is approved.
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<br />Assistant ('{)~l~!tmity l)cvelopment Director Trudgeon indicated he would contact the Met
<br />Cotmcil a~'~rl ~,.~.~1 ll~., c~m'ect form to bring back to the Council.
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<br />('~otmcilm(x~t,<'~ [<ut'ark requested this be brought back as a case, rather than on the Consent
<br />Agcllda.
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<br />Motion b? (',:u~.:ih-nc'mber Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Strommen, to table the
<br />authorizttti,,~ ~1 li~ Metropolitan Predevelopment Grant Program.
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<br />Motion (;a,-~'ie~i, ';,oting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Strommen, Cook, Elvig,
<br />Pearson, ami ;/;i,-~crman. Voting No: None.
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