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CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 04 -138
AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR A METROPOLITAN COUNCIL PLANNING
ASSISTANCE LOAN
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes sections 473.854 and 473.867 authorize the
Metropolitan Council to prepare and adopt guidelines establishing uniform procedures for
and award and disbursement of planning assistance grants and loans; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes 473.867 authorizes the Council to give funding to local
units of government to review and amend their local comprehensive plans, and to
implement planning activities that reinforce the Council's Regional Development
Framework to create more livable communities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes requires a planning assistance loan to complete an
Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) for the northeast section of the city along
- -theme 35E corridor:
NOW _THEREFORE, -BE IT RESOLVED that the City Administrator is hereby
• authorized to apply to the Metropolitan Council for a planning assistance loan to
complete an AUAR.
Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 27th day of September, 2004.
Ann Blair', pity Clerk
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hn J. 'Bergeson, Mayor
• AGENDA ITEM 6D
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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
RECOMMENDATION:
• Option 1
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