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• AGENDA ITEM 6D • • STAFF ORIGINATOR: DATE: TOPIC: VOTE REQUIRED: BACKGROUND: Mary Alice Divine 9/27/04 Consideration of Resolution No. 04 -138 authorizing application for a Metropolitan Council Planning Assistance Loan Simple majority City staff has requested a scope, process and cost estimate from Dalgren, Shardlow and Uban (DSU) to complete an Alternative Urban Areawide Review for the I -35E corridor. DSU will be working with a consultant team that will include Applied Ecological Services, URS Corporation, TKDA and the 106 Group Ltd, all groups who have been involved previously in Lino Lakes with natural resources, traffic analysis, engineering and cultural resources. Staff is working with these groups to refine the scope and process, and anticipates the final cost of the AUAR, which may take up to a year to complete, in the range of $250,000. Potential funding sources include Hardwood Creek, LLC, (the development team working on a master plan for the 360 -acre parcel on 35E), Anoka County, the city's surface water management and trunk utility funds, and community development department budget. The Metropolitan Council offers planning assistance loans for completing activities within the city that encourage effective planning and create more livable communities, and that implement the Council's regional development framework. This resolution authorizes application for a loan in the amount of $75,000 to be used as a funding source for completing the AUAR. Loans are interest free, and not to exceed three years, although exceptions can be made to extend the loan to five years. The loan would be repaid through an area charge to developers as development along the corridor takes place. OPTIONS 1. Adopt Resolution No. 04 -138. 2. Do not adopt the resolution and direct staff to find an alternative source of funding for the AUAR