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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FY 1981 LAWCON/LCMR CRITERIA Following are the procedures and the process followed by the Metropolitan Council's Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission in reviewing and ranking local park grant applications last year (FY 1980). No major changes are proposed at this time for FY 1981, although the Commission is considering lowering the maximum grant amount in the Rural Area (Item ~3). Item ~9 has been clarified to reflect what happened last year by adding the word "absolute" before "priority." 1. That funds be allowed by planning area based on: Fully Developed Areas 49% Area of Planned Urbanization 34%' Freestanding Growth Centers 11% Rural Area 6% (max. $100,000) e That housing performance be applied as one-third weight in the final staff rankings. That there be a grant maximum of $200,000 in the Fully Developed Area, $150,000 in the Areas of Planned Urbanization,- and $100,000 in the Freestanding Growth Centers and Rural Areas. e That, recognizing the need for flexibility in administering the grants, the State Planning Agency has the discretion of approximately 10 percent in excess of the grant maximum and that the State Planning Agency shall report annually to the Commission as to the imRact of the grant maximum limitation and exceptions needed. That there be a limit of one grant per community in all areas but the Fully Developed Area with the exception noted in Recommenda- tion No. 10 below. That in the event any Policy Planning Area has unused funds after all quality projects (over 60%) are funded, the excess shall be redistributed to the other Planning Areas in proportion to the Policy Area Allocation Percentages (No. 1 above). That the recreation criteria be applied and that a project must receive 60 percent or more of the available points to be considered for funding.* That the recommended project review criteria on Table B serve as the basis for the recreational criteria ranking.