Agenda - Council - 01/27/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Se e · 13 Fully Developed Area ....................... 49 percent Area of Planned Urbanization ............... 34 percent Freestanding Growth Center ................. 11 percent Rural Area ................................. 6 percent with a maximum allocation of $100,000 (Note: The 10 percent allocation for boat launch projects will be used for FY '82 applications. This allocation will be reviewed prior to any decision regarding its use in future years. Likewise, the allocations by policy planning areas will be reviewed based on comprehensive plans submitted to the Council under the requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act.) That the Metropolitan Council adopt project review criteria (Table B) that consider the following: Need for the project. Site suitability. Ability of the applicant to program and use the site effectively. Local fiscal effort for parks and recreation. Consistency of the applicant's comprehensive plan (if available) with the Recreation Open Space Development Guide Policy Plan (November 1980), including the granting of local consent for regional system components within the community. That all applications meeting or exceeding 60 percent of the "need" and "site suitability/design" points in the project review criteria (Table B) be eligible for funding. · That there be a grant maximum of $200,000 in the Fully Developed Area, $150,000 in the Area of Planned Urbanization, $100,000 for Freestanding Growth Centers, and $50,000 in the Rural Area. In any planning area the grant maximum may be doubled if all eligible projects in that area are funded, prior to redistribution of unused funds to other planning areas in accord with Recommendation No. 6. That in the event any policy planning area has unused funds after all eiigible projects (exceed 60 percent) are funded, the excess shall be redistributed to the other planning areas in proportion to the Policy PIanning Area Allocations (Recommendation 2). That there be a limit of one grant per community in all areas but the Fully Developed Area. In the case where a community has a qualified boat launch project, that community is eligible for an additional grant. That recreation criteria be given two-thirds weight and housing performance one-third weight for the Council's staff ranking. That the following Metropolitan Development Framework criteria be applied: In those parts of the Rural Service Area outside Rural Centers, only applications for passive recreation will be considered. Examples of passive recreation applications are: natural resource areas, picnic areas, tent camping, wayside rests, non-motorized tral]s boat launches and beaches. Examples of active recreation applications are: athletic fields, court games and playgrounds, and motorized trails.