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For Release: July <br /> q:00 <br /> <br />Bus. Item B-8 <br /> <br /> METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> July 17, 1981 <br />REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT C0~4ITTEE <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council <br /> <br />Re~iew of F~ 1982 LAWCON/LCMR Grant Applications <br /> <br />On July 16, the Physical Development Committee considered the recommendations <br />of the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission regarding the review of <br />Fiscal Year 1982 grant applications for Land and Water Conservation (LAWCON) <br />and Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LC3~R) funds. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />That the Metropolitan Council apply the following criteria in reviewing FY '82 <br />LAWCON/LCMR grants: <br /> <br />1. That applications which meet the general guidelines for boat launches on <br /> lakes identified on Table A, be given priority for funding as follows <br /> <br />From the amount (not to exceed 10 percent of total available grant <br />funds) taken "off the top" prior to allocation of l~uuds to planning <br />areas. <br /> <br />If additional funds beyond this 10 perce~t are needed in order to fund <br />all qualified boat launch projects, these funds shall be taken from <br />the p]n--ing areas in which the boat launch projects are located in <br />proportion to the total project cost of the qualified boat launch <br />projects in each planning area. <br /> <br />That funds available after a maximum of 10 percent in allocated off the top <br />for qualified boat launch projects be allocated by Policy Planning Area as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Fully Developed Area ....................... 49 percent <br />Area of Planned Urbanization ............... 34 percent <br />Freestanding Growth Center ................. 11 percent <br />Rural Area ................................. 6 percent with a maximum <br /> allocation of $100,000 <br /> <br />(Note: The 10 percent allocation for boat launch projects will be used for FY <br />'82 applications. This allocation will be reviewed prior to any. decision <br />regarding its use in future years. Likewise, the allocations by policy <br />planning areas will be reviewed based on comprehensive plans submitted to the <br />Council under the requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act.) <br /> <br /> <br />