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02/06/01 11:51 FAX 651 602 1674 PLNG GROWTH Metropolitan Council . 54 Improve regional competitiveness in a global economy • January 31, 2001 Michael J. Morrison, City Manager City of St,:Anthony Village 3301 Silver Lake Blvd. St. Anthony, MN 55418-1699 Dear Mr. Morrison: I am pleased to confirm a Metropolitan Council grant of$120,000 for planning the Saint Anthony Northwest Redevelopment Area. Congratulations! As you know, last November the Council selected Saint Anthony's Northwest Redevelopment Area as one of the six opportunity sites to receive Council assistance as part its Smart Growth Twin Cities project. Consultant and other project related expenses incurred since the Council's authorization on November 8, 2000 are eligible for payment from these grant proceeds. In addition to the grant, the Council will amend its contract with the Smart Growth Twin Cities lead consultant, Calthorpe Associates, to provide some additional services to the city for this project.- Council staff has reviewed the city's consultant contract with Dahlgren Shardlow Uban (DSU) and finds that their scope of services is similar to that for the other opportunity.sites.. However, to ensure comparable results across the board Council and DSU staffs have discussed the possibility of the city and DSU working with Calthorpe Associates on four tasks: 1. Host a kickoff meeting on February 8 at 3pm. I believe you have already been contacted about the kickoff meeting and arrangements have been made. At the kickoff meeting we would like city and/or consulting staff to lead a tour of the site for the Calthorpe team and Council staff. Also, we would like DSU to review your project work plan with them to ascertain needed coordination and clarification of roles. 2. Provide land use and transportation data to Calthorpe Associates. A GIS-based sketch model is being completed for the other opportunity sites, and we would like to include comparable information about the Saint Anthony site. Using the information provided, Calthorpe Associates will calculate a series of land use indicators and estimate transportation impacts so that their final opportunity site report can be comprehensive. This can be done once a site plan has been drafted; specific data needs can be discussed at the kickoff meeting. 3. Provide Calthorpe Associates with photos of existing conditions on the site. Calthorpe will use the photos to prepare simulations of what the preferred site plan would look like if built out,i.e. before-after photographs. Again, this is being done for all sites. 4. Participate in a quarterly roundtable of opportunity site participants from all six sites. The intent of the roundtable is to share experiences, work together to solve common problems and meet challenges, ensure greater comparability of results across sites, and allow peer review of interim work products. www.metrocouncii.org Metro Info Line 602-1888 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul,Minnesota 55101-1626 • (651)602-1000 Fax 602-1550 TTY 291-0904 An Equal Oppartunay Fanplaijer