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City Council Questions for Metropolitan Council Member McCarthy <br />1. In the last cycle of comprehensive plan updates, the City received a Metropolitan Council <br />planning grant of $20,000 for planning assistance. Why is the City not eligible for planning <br />assistance for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan? <br />2. Please provide an update of the possible extension of the Snelling Avenue BRT to Arden <br />Hills. When and how will a decision be made regarding the extension? What are the <br />parameters and significant data points for the decision? What can the City do to positively <br />impact any decisions to increase transit service to Arden Hills? <br />3. Please provide an update on Inflow and Infiltration. Are there any changes to the penalty <br />structure or available grants that the City should be aware of? <br />4. How has the City’s Housing Need Allocation changed for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan? <br />What is the penalty to the City for not meeting its housing need allocation? What is the <br />City’s current Housing Goal for the Livable Communities Program? How is the City’s <br />achievement of that goal measured? What are the penalties for not meeting the Housing <br />Goal? <br />5. At a previous meeting between the City Council and Council Member McCarthy, the City <br />Council voiced concerns about Metropolitan Council grant programs which awarded points <br />in the scoring criteria for availability of transit service. The Council felt that this subjected <br />the City to an unfair disadvantage. Please provide information on grant programs that use <br />transit availability as a scoring criteria and explain how the City can be competitive in those <br />programs. <br />6. How can the Metropolitan Council provide financial assistance for trail connections within <br />the City to provide for a more walkable community?