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CITY OF <br /> QUADS <br /> Phone: (612)784-3055 <br /> Q Jj Fax: (612) 784-3462 <br /> "Quite Simply the Best" <br /> August 16, 1995 <br /> Honorable Mayor and City Council Members <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 <br /> Dear Mayor Linke and City Council Members: <br /> We,the Mounds View Planning Commission, continue to support City Council Resolution#4531, <br /> approving the TEP ISTEA grant for a pedestrian bridge which would encourage pedestrian bicycling <br /> transportation and visitation of City services and facilities. The Planning Commission believes that <br /> construction of a pedestrian bridge across Highway 10 would encourage mobility and ease of access <br /> to businesses, restaurants, the library, churches, schools, parks as well as the city center. <br /> The Planning Commissions also urges the City Council to approve the matching funds required for <br /> the project. Realizing there has been extended discussions regarding the use of Tax Increment <br /> Financing funds, the Planning Commission requests the City Council review the attached Springstead <br /> publications. These publications show that Tax Increment Financing revenues may be used for: (1) <br /> Public improvements, (2) Social, recreational and cultural facilities, (3) Land acquisition and site <br /> preparation (private), (4) Soils correction, and (5)Administration (up to 10%). <br /> In addition, the City of Mounds View's Bond Attorney, Jim O'Meara, Briggs and Morgan, has provided <br /> his legal opinion in the Establishment of the Mounds View Economic Development Project,Adoption <br /> of it's Project Plan and Amendment of Tax Increment Financing Plan, Section 1.4 "Amendment and <br /> Consolidation of the Development Programs; Designation as Project Plan"that permitted uses <br /> include: (1)the attraction, retention, rehabilitation and preservation of commercial, industrial, retail, <br /> residential, recreational and public service facilities, including necessary or desirable park and <br /> recreational facilities, both active and passive; (2)new and rehabilitated public infrastructures; (3) <br /> community and other public service centers; (4) senior/mature adult and/or other housing <br /> development partnerships or other multi-use housing projects and facilities; (5) other public utilities <br /> (including telecommunications); (6) business incubator loan and other business programs; (7) <br /> transportation systems; (8) and all related activities or undertakings that may be desirable or <br /> necessary in connection with the completion and integration of such community development. <br /> espectfully, <br /> Ao‘tk,A43.a.d7e43- - <br /> Mounds View Planning Commission <br /> PsovDWITH 2401 Highway 10 • Mounds View, MN 55112-1499 s.4i) <br /> 100%recycled paper <br /> Equal Opportunity Employer <br />