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'1 /' Recommended Grant Award: $2.5 million Use of Funds: . Acquire property for Nicollet Park and arts/cultural facility ($1,073,000) . Relocate businesses and demolish buildings ($536,500) . Design, grade and construct Nicollet Commons Park ($890,500) Other Funding: .'';'~~ The city has completed Burnsville Parkway streetscaping, and will invest up to $17 million in Heart of the City public improvements over the next 15 years. . The project was awarded a $1.6 million LCDA grant in 1999 for its first phase to construct streets, remove a gas station in a location that will serve as the Heart of the City gateway, and construct a community plaza. Regional Connections: . Burnsville Transit Station is located to the north of the project, across Highway 13. When in the Ground: . Construction of streets (funded with the 1999 grant) expected to begin in Spring 2001. . Construction of the Nicollet Commons Park as first phase of redevelopment is expected to occur Spring/Summer 2001. . Residential construction expected to begin Spring/Summer 2001. 3. Phalen Village Main Street Model: Transit-Oriented Neighborhood Project in Brief: . Builds on a comprehensive redevelopment plan for the Phalen Village Area and includes four components: Redevelop a strip mall at one end of Phalen Village "Main Street" to develop rental townhouses and a bui Iding with convenience store and apartments on upper floors; Improve building exteriors and reposition tenants in an auto-oriented strip mall, with dedication of space for transit and pedestrian improvements; Build 72 cooperative senior apartments; Complete Phalen wetland restoration project and natural corridor beween Lake Phalen and Ames Lake. . A $650,000 LCDA grant awarded in 1996 assisted the city to purchase and demolish the shopping center formerly on the site of the wetland, restored as Ames Lake. Advisory Committee Comments: . This project is a key piece to continue implementing the vision in the Phalen Village area.