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municipal facilities, an interpretive center, a new school, retail and service uses, higher~density housing and all natural-resource protection needs (e.g., protecting the shoreland and water quality of Sunfish Lake). (5) Prepariog development and design guidelines for all areas within the site. These guidelines should address general intensity of development, internal road connections, roadway treatments, architectural standards, landscaping, fencing and screening standards, natural-resource protection rules, additional land-use restrictions or incentives (e.g., related to housing densities and/or price ranges), and whatever else is appropriate to ensure high-quality redevelopment of TCAAP. Should TCAAP be granted treatment as or as if it were a BRAC site, additional planning will be needed: (6) Setting up a Local Redevelopment Authority capable of taking on redevelopment of the site. (7) Developing a business plan and development-phasing plan for all developable areas within the property. This plan should include a detailed marketing strategy and estimates of property values both bcfore and after clean-up and demolition. (8) Developing cost estimates for infrastructure and other investments needed to support site redevelopment. (9) Prepariog a financial strategy for absorbing the costs associated with site redevelopment. D. Fund-Raising Strategies and Efforts The planning activities called for in Section VI.C cannot be undertaken without resources. The City must continue to search out and obtain the funding it will need to "digest" TCAAP, particularly in the early stages of redevelopment. A number of resources may be tapped as part of this effort: For systems planning The Metropolitan Council offers planning loans of up to $50,000. This particular application would be best-suited to use of such funds. Although this would be a stop-gap measure, since the loan would eventually have to be repaid, it could provide interim funding that could be repaid from other funds. For the joint public works facility Ramsey County may be the largest user of this facility, but its location in Arden Hills on a prime development site gives the City a larger stake in how the facility is developed. Nonetheless, collaborative funding among the City, County and National Guard would be in order. Funding may also be available from the state. For preparation of park plans and park construction Contributions from the MN Department of Natural Resources, Ramsey County, and adjacent conununities for specific portions of the site. The "active recreation" area shown in the framework plan may be developed privately or as a public-private partnership, for example as a golf course within a residential development. The National Guard has offered to develop the joint ballfields facility shown in the north-western part of the site as an exercise for its engineers. Other lIin-kind" contributions and services may be tapped for development of other portions of the site, even before an official declaration of property excess is made. For all other planning efforts . Federal funding should be pursued in two ways: as part of special legislation to get BRAC rules applied to the closing ofTCAAP, and in the form of a second application to the Economic Development Administration. The amount of money requested from each of these sources should be higher than the $250,000 requested from the EDA in 1995 -- at least $500,000. . State funding should be pursued as well. There are a number of avenues through which this might occur: Camiros, Ltd./SEH. Inc.lLHDL, Ltd. TeMP Framework Plan Page 10 Chapter VI I .1 I I I - I I I .. I I I I I I .- I I