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Item No. 7 Staff Report No. Meeting Date: September 20, 1999 Type of Business: WK WK: Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; CA:Consent Agenda; CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Rick Jopke, Community Development Director Title/Subject: October 6, 1999 North Metro I35W Corridor Coalition/ Metropolitan Council Meeting Date of Report: September 15, 1999 BACKGROUND At the September 13, 1999 City Council meeting Mayor Couglin reported that there was a joint North Metro I35W Corridor Coalition/Metropolitan Council meeting scheduled for October 6, 1999 at the New Brighton Family Service Center. City Council members are invited to attend this meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to update the Metropolitan Council members on the purpose of the North Metro I35W Corridor Coalition(Coalition) and the current and possible future activities of the Coalition. This meeting is unique in that the Metropolitan Council has not formally met as a group outside of its chambers in downtown St. Paul before. The Metropolitan Council has been very interested in the work of the Coalition because it is a new approach to implementing many of the livable community goals that the Metropolitan Council has put forward. The Metropolitan Council is looking at the work of the Coalition as a model that could be implemented in other parts of the metropolitan area. They have expressed a willingness to fund projects in the future and have asked the Coalition to come up with specific projects to implement its goals. The upcoming meeting will be important to keep the interest of the Metropolitan Council and to help the Coalition define what specific projects should be submitted in the future. Attached for your information are background materials on the Coalition that describe what the Coalition is all about and its goals for the future. Budget information is also attached. The Coalition has been funded through a combination of dues from member communities and grants from a variety of outside agencies and foundations. In 1999,the total budget for the Coalition was $356,895. Of that total $65,000 (18%)was funded by member dues. Mounds View's dues in 1999 was $4511 which was only 1.26%of the total budget. Member dues are determined based on a formula that takes into account population and net tax capacity. Mounds View pays less dues than all of other Coalition members except Circle Pines. To date the activities of the Coalition have focused on GIS system development and planning activities. The GIS system that has been developed is the major accomplishment of the Coalition to date. The GIS system,which Mounds View has access to, is a tremendous tool. Presentations of the Coalition GIS system have been presented to a number of local, state, and national groups.