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Case #5: <br /> <br />Request for Final Plat Approval of Villas of Meadow Pointe Townhomes: <br />Case of Allstate Development, LLC <br /> <br />Case #6: <br /> <br />Request for Final Plat Approval of Meadow Pointe: Case of Allstate <br />Development, LLC <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon presented a letter signed by Kevin McGhee of Allstate Development, <br />LLC dated February 20, 2003 waiving the 60-day rule. Based on the letter staff recommended <br />that the Council table action on Cases #5 and #6. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Elvig, to table action based on <br />receiving waiver from Mr. McGhee dated February 20, 2003 received by staff February 24, 2003. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, and Councilmembers Cook, Elvig, Kurak, Pearson, <br />Strommen, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Case//7: <br /> <br />Authorization to Accept and Execute Metropolitan Livable Communities <br />Grant <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that in July 2002, the City of Ramsey applied for a Livable <br />Communities Grant from the Metropolitan Council to assist in the funding of the Sunwood Drive <br />extension through the proposed Ramsey Town Center. As part of the application, the City <br />requested funding of nearly $2.3 million. This amount is about half of the cost of extending <br />Sunwood Drive with City sewer, water, and stormwater utilities. In December 2002, through the <br />work of Natalie Haas Steffan, the area's Metropolitan Council representative, the City of Ramsey <br />received notification that it has been awarded $800,000.00 in Livable Communities grant money <br />for the construction of Sunwood Drive. The costs for the Sunwood Drive street improvements <br />through the whole Town Center area are estimated to be about $2.6 million. The total project, <br />which includes the installation of public utilities (sewer, water, stormwater) is estimated to cost <br />nearly $4 million. Under the proposed grant agreement, only costs associated ~vith the street <br />improvements are eligible for reimbursement. Under the grant agreement only "hard" costs are <br />eligible for reimbursement (i.e. actual construction costs). Some examples of ineligible uses of <br />the grant funds are such things as administrative overhead costs, legal fees, permit fees, prorated <br />salary costs. The Metropolitan Council will disburse the grant funds in response to written <br />disbursement requests from the City. Under the grant agreement, the City is required to submit <br />quarterly reports showing how the grant funds have been expended and how the funds are <br />expected to be expended in the upcoming quarter. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec recommended that they table action until they are sure that the funds are <br />guaranteed because many of the grants that have been issued have been pulled. <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon replied that he did not see that as a problem. <br /> <br />City Council/February 25, 2003 <br /> Page 19 of 24 <br /> <br />P39 <br /> <br /> <br />