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<br />- Page:: 0["2 <br /> <br />This. same committee will be meeting again on August 3rd at 9:00. They will be trying to <br />dwindle down the list some more before the pass their recommendations on to the Livable <br />Community Advisory Committee. Another disappointing event was that the Met Council <br />staff had not distributed staff comments to the review panel members until right at the start <br />of the meeting. I know that there are some positive staff comments in regards to our <br />application. If we make it through the next meeting, our application may have a better <br />chance with actual staff reviewing the application versus volunteers serving on the review <br />committee. <br /> <br />There were only a couple of applications from small Cities. The projects that were <br />eliminated were from 5t. Paul, Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center, Robbinsdale, West 5t. Paul, <br />Osseo, 5t. Paul Park, Blaine, Oak Park Heights and 5t. Francis. A number of the <br />larger Cities submitted multiple applications. <br /> <br />One of the highest ranking projects was from the City of Oak Park Heights. They are <br />requesting over $7.5 million dollars. If they are awarded a grant in the full amount, the <br />process becomes a mute point for the remaining 16 finalists. <br /> <br />I am not sure how the funds will be divided between development and pre- <br />development projects. The review panel only kicked out 2 of 18 projects that are in the pre- <br />development stage. I am not going to advocate that we submit an application for the Met <br />Council opportunities p~;;;~::::-;. .^.: ~:-:;; meeting, Met Council staff distributed a list of <br />ten projects that they were supporting for the opportunities site program. This program is <br />only going to be able to help four communities. I believe we would be wasting our <br />time chasing this grant. However, the Mayor received a flyer from DTED in regards to a <br />redevelopment grant program that they are sponsoring. They have six million <br />dollars available. Our downtown revitalization project may be a fit for this program. I plan <br />to attend their upcoming grant workshop on this program. <br /> <br />I am pleased that we have made it this far in the process and I am going to remain <br />optimistic. This has been a good learning process and if we are not funded we will prepare <br />to gather the Met Councils recommendations and resubmit for next year. We will continue <br />to pursue all available grant opportunities. <br />, One week to Fete des Lacs. All events seem to be on track. Posters from the carnival <br />arrived this mornina and will be distributed to area businesses over the weekend. Ballfield <br />fences have been completed at LaMotte Park. Thank you to the volunteers. Lion's and <br />public works for bringing this project to completion. <br /> <br />, The bid opening for Hunter's Crossing is scheduled for this afternoon at 2:00. <br /> <br />* The Ordinance #4 workshop had about six citizens in attendance. The consensus was to <br />send the Ordinance back to the Planning and Zoning Committee. The overall length of <br />recreational vehicles being 28' was an issue with most people. If the lenghth was <br />increased to 35', it appeared that most people would be satisfied. An additional public <br />hearing will have to be scheduled for comment on these changes. <br /> <br />'Grand opening for Centerville Beach is scheduled for tomorrow at the Regional Park. <br /> <br />* Enjoy your weekend! <br /> <br />7/21/00 <br />