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WEEKLY UPDA Adiw,isna.rorr kapivt 00k, RAMSEY Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Please Note: No Meetings Scheduled Thursday, April 3, 2014 7:00 p.m. - Planning Commission — Council Chambers Preview of Next Week Council Update March 27, 2014 Planning Commission (7:00 p.m. — CC) • PUBLIC HEARING: Consider Request for an Interim Use Permit to Utilize an Alternative Surface for Expansion of Outdoor Sales /Display Area at 7575 Highway 10 NW & the Adjacent Vacant Parcel to the East; Case of M & G Trailer Sales and Service • Review Sketch Plan for Parcel Owned by Village Bank located at 6080 Highway 10 NW] • Consider Response to Thrive MSP 2040 (Metropolitan Council Regional Development Framework) Mississippi Skyway — Grant Award (a wee less than an additional, half a million in funding for regional transportation connections) . City Council recently directed Staff to begin the Final Design, together with the Alternaitves Analysis for the Mississippi Skyway, utilizing the $100,000 Transit Orinented Development grant. At the March 11 Council meeting, Staff reported that the request to the National Park Service of $240,000 for years 2014, and again in 2015 for the Skyway, was approved at the Regional headquarters in Omaha Nebraska, and forwarded to Washinton D.C. for funding consideration. On Monday, Staff received verbal confimation that the proposal was termed a `great project' and was approved for the full $480,000, for Ramsey in 2014. The next steps after the TOD funded activity would be developing a Cooperative Agreement for the Mississippi Skyway (as a Regional improvement), and pursuing additional Nat'l Park Service funding for the balance of the estimated $1.9 million required for construction of the skyway (the $480k would be considered Ramsey's 20% local match). The so- called Trails and Open Space Partnership (City, County, Met Council staff ect.) that has been collaborating on park, trail, and related transportation projects since the 1990's with the Park Service; was also successful in securing $100,000 in 2015 for Mississippi West Regional Park in this same funding request above, thus providing another local match for more trail improvements within the park. Not including the recent boat landing investments in Ramsey; the aggregate non -city cash awards associated with the Mississippi River Trail and Skyway, total $2,240,000 in recreation, transportation, and economic development related infrastructure improvements. It would appear that it is looking like a sunny, New Day and Beginning for Ramsey...Congratulation to Mark Riverblood for his supurb effort in securing this grant!