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•J R Page 4 Planning and Zoning August 8, 1979 gineer had lists of active federal grants for fire departments, police and. so forth. Mr. Short indicated that "grantsmanship" was,a full time job. because the state and federal grants situation was always changing, and mentioned three communities in White Bear that had jointly hired .someone just to handle this. His experience has been with park related grants. Mr. Reinert asked if the planner had available any formulas for When a population reached a certain level, what types of services should be, provided, people hired, and so on. Mr. Short , fe I t ,that perhaps a, manage- ment consultant would have those answers, but he did not. _Mr, Gotwald, in relation to grants, said that all federal money was funneled. through Metro Council now for sewers and water. He suggested that,the City Ad- ministrator could keep up with some of the grants available.: Mr. Short In relation to Metro Council „ said that -it was a regional clearinghouse for grants, which meant they review grants applicationsfor,federal money and priortize;the applicants as to whether they are consistant,with the regional plans., Mr. Reinert mentioned that a Legislarute Advisory Committee was being considered,; which sould be,a clearinghouse for federal, money coming into the state. Continuing with the "other" section, under roads, Mr. Gotwald reviewed the, stivation and felt they were an asset. The'5-year plan had largely eli- minated the gravel road system and there were now 34 miles of road, with 32-4 miles of new surfaced roads added in the past 3,months; all streets installed by developers had met thespecifications; and there was the free- way system and several municipal, county and state were a problem, although. there were not too many of these. The road system would become an asset when the City reached the 5,000 population level, at which time state aid from the city's share of the gasoline tax would be received for certain roads. There was a formula for computing the amount the City would re- ceive, based onithe number of miles of city and county roads, and certain criteria to be met. He estimated the City would receive about $80,000- 90,000 a year to improve and maintain qualifying, designated roads. Mr. Gourley brought up the case of Moline Concrete, where they had expanded and were now using 4th Ave. which was not built for that heavy a use. He thought the City should be aware of that potential situation when a heavy industrial use came in, and askedif there were a way to get the developer to cooperate in upgrading the portion of the roads they would be using. Mr. Gotwald said that the only way to upgrade 4th Ave. from Lilac going north be posted with a 5-ton limit; these would be two ways to control that type of situation. Mr. Gourley asked if there were a way to control this when the industry came in, prior to the problem rather than after the fact. Mr. Gotwald recommended that if there were multiple property owners, the planner and engineer could recommend the improvement be assessed directly to those people. Mr. Gourley noted that a lot of roads would suffice under the present use, but wouldn't if more industry moved in, and thatin the , case in point, 4th Ave. it would be unfair to assess the individuai property owners along the rest of the road to upgrade it to commercial status. There would be no ordinance change involved to handle the situation but Mr. Gourley asked that this be kept in mind for possible future situations. Mr.. Johnson suggested a developer agreement like the one from Lakeville be used. It was noted that Mr. Gotwald had drawn up a map for the City showing the different plats in relation to each other, and this was in the office.