The Livable Communities Advisory Committee (LCAC) reviews and recommends funding awards to the Council under the Livable Communities Demonstration Account. This is a 13-member technical review group with broad expertise that reviews complex development and redevelopment proposals against the program's criteria for connected development patterns that link housing, jobs and services.
Appointment |
Member |
|---|---|
| Chair | Ruth Grendahl, Apple Valley (city council member) |
| Area of Expertise Specified in Committee Bylaws |
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| Local government - Planning, economic or community development (two members) | Janet Jeremiah, Community Development Director, City of Eden Prairie |
Development finance - One private finance member, one public finance member |
Vacant Ken Johnson (public finance), Former President and CEO, St. Paul Port Authority |
Development - One new development member, one redevelopment member |
Don Jensen (new development), DM Breckenridge Properties LLC Peggy Lucas (redevelopment), partner, Brighton Development |
Transportation - Transportation and development relationship (two members) |
James Barton, consultant, transportation and land use Charlene Zimmer, Zan Associates (integration of infrastructure and development) |
Environment - Integration of natural and water resources in development (two members) |
Regina Bonsignore, Gina Bonsignore Landscape Architecture LLC (ecological systems) Doug Snyder, Exec. Dir., Mississippi Watershed Management Organization |
Site design - Architecture, land planning specialty (two members) |
Lance Neckar, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of Minnesota Dan Marckel, 1000 Friends of Minnesota, Community Outreach and Education Coordinator (urban design) |
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