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<br />2. Relation to other existing or planned projects. The commission examined <br />projects for their impact on one another as well as on the general system. <br />Factors considered included: each project's contribution to the timely <br />development of other projects; relationship to other funding sources, as in <br />projects where regional monies are used to match Great River Road funds; <br />and the project's contribution to concluding a public access development, <br />bringing it "on line" to provide recreation services. <br /> <br />3. Implementing agency priorities. The commission reviewed implementing <br />agency CIPs with each agency, including discussions of project readiness <br />and the agency's capacity to develop the projects. These discussions, at <br />varying levels of formality, sought to achieve agreement in the development <br />schedules of the commission and each agency. <br /> <br />4. Redevelopment of existing capacities. Certain high-use areas in the <br />regional system are in dire need of renovation. For the most part, these <br />repairs do not significantly increase the capacity of the system, nor do <br />they increase its range of recreational opportunity. However, the <br />renovation projects would markedly increase the quality of recreational <br />experience for large numbers of users. <br /> <br />As a result of the process described, namely assignment to an activity category <br />and assignment to a biennium, a ranked project list has been developed for all <br />recreation open space acquisition and development actions. In each biennium, <br />Catgory B projects will be funded before Category C, Category D before E, and <br />so on. In the event that the entire category cannot be funded, an ordered list <br />of projects within a category will be needed. That list, if needed, will be <br />developed by the commission and Council following legislative action that will <br />make available funding known. <br /> <br />As of September 1982, no projects in the proposed CIP are funded. The 1983-84 <br />biennnium will be the basis for the Council's legislative request of the 1983 <br />State Legislature. The requested amount will be determined in December 1982, <br />including consideration of available carry-over funds. To carry out the pro- <br />jects in the 1983-84 CIP biennium, the commission will require $27,450,000 in <br />capital funds. The commission has also projected subsequent bienniums. <br />Projects not completed within the decade are so indicated. Projects will <br />continue to be analyzed and revised annually in future CIPs. <br /> <br />Commission staff emphasized certain criteria in preparing the recommended CIP. <br />They include: <br /> <br />_ A continued preference for acquisition projects over development. If <br />the CIP is carried out as drafted, all elements currently approved in <br />the recreation open space plan will be well under way by the end of the <br />1983-1991 period. All currently identifiable Category B projects will <br />have been acquired by 1991, which will provide a land bank of natural <br />and open space recreation resources that can meet all current system <br />goals. <br /> <br />A preference for recommending development dollars in areas where they <br />will produce maximum service based on a demonstrated need. <br /> <br />3 <br />