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planning focused on TH 10 corridor. Staff recommended that the City Council authorize the initiation o~an/hUAR for the Highway #10 corridor. [ Motion by ~ou~cilmember Kurak, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to adopt Resolution #03- 06-165 authbrizing the initiation of the Highway #10 AUAR. Motion carried,! Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, and Councilmembers Kurak, Cook, Pearson, Strommen, ~ind ,tgimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #16: /~uthorization to Apply for a Development Grant Through the Livable ~r (]ommunities Demonstration Program; Case of the City of Ramsey Councilme~ber~urak abstained from the discussion. Principal Pld, nneir Trudgeon stated that the Metropolitan Council recently opened up a new round of funding f~r Development Grants through the Livable Communities Demonstration Program. The grant pr~gr ~a~n was created to fund and assist local communities in projects that are ready for construction.t The Metropolitan Council has a total of $7.9 million in grant money available to disperse to t~etdo area communities, with at least 30 percent of the funds targeted for cities located in thi de~reloping portion of the region (which includes Ramsey). There are no minimum or maximum a~ards as part of the grant process and there is no local match required for the Developmeni C~ant. The funds can be used for hard costs such as site assembly, land acquisition, len'~olition of existing buildings, new streets and sidewalks, and for structured parking. Las yeW, the City was awarded $800,000 in LCDA Development Grant funds to assist in the constl 'ucti~on of Sunwood Drive through Town Center. The deadline for the grant applications .s J/tne 30, 2003. Metropolitan Council staff have indicated that they expect to award the gn nts !on December 10, 2003. Staff is still working on completing the application and is proposing !o ~j~ply for funds to assist in the construction of a parking ramp near the future multi-modal Van~it facility and possible City Hall site in the Town Center. This parking ramp is expected to c~ost !slightly more than $5 million. Staff is anticipating requesting approximately $2.6 million, Iwh~eh is roughly half of the cost of construction the parking ramp near the multi- modal transil fad, ility. Staff is also investigating using Park and Ride funds received from MnDOT to sistiin the funding of the parking ramp. Councilmem er ~trommen stated that it was her understanding that staff was still be negotiating the cost of th !pa~ing ramp and this would be a grant to bring in an outside source of funding. City Adminis~at~r Norman replied that that was correct. Councilmeml: er Z..immerman inquired if it would be a public parking ramp. Principal Plan'ner ~rudgeon replied yes. Councilmemb'~r 2~immerman inquired as to why the City would be expected to pay for a public parking ramp. ~, City Council/June 24, 2003 Page 32 of 37