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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 1995, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Glen Hardin Councilmember Carolyn Beahen Councilmember Sheila Beyer Councilmember Kenneth Peterson Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Finance Officer Jessie Hart City Engineer Steve Jankowski Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik City Attorney William Goodrich CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hardin called the regular City Council meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. and led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. CITIZEN INPUT Ben Deemer, 14501 Sunfish lake Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, presented City Council with a memo from himself regarding a memo circulated at the beginning of March that he was unaware of until just recently. The memo circulated in March has become public knowledge and he feels the contents damage his reputation. He requested City Council to please read the memo and address at a later time. Steve Croteau, 5939 - 151st Lane N.W., Ramsey, conveyed his personal concern and that of others about prevailing attitudes relating to residential development in the City. He stated he moved to Ramsey in 1993, from Champlin where he had neighbors on both sides. He told Council of his search for the perfect lot to build a home on, etc., which he eventually found in the City of Ramsey. At that time, he inquired of the time line for City sewer and water as that posed the most serious threat both in economics and quality of life He stated he was told by then City Administrator Dave Hartley that it would be eight to twelve years and also that the utilities would have to be petitioned for. He added that he and the neighbors with 2.5 acre lots feel that Fox Knoll will destroy their dream. The Fox Knoll development project was brought to the City's Planning Commission in October 1994. Mark Kleckner was proposing a subdivision of two, 10-acre lots which was approved by the Planning Commission. Six months later, this subdivision now proposes 22 homes and the residents of 151st Lane plan to "battle" for quality of life. We have been to a series of meetings and it's become quite evident that the people are looking for mature leadership relative to future development of our City. We have met with people numerous times that we have met through meetings such as this. We organized the Ramsey Residents for Responsible Government. He disseminated a copy and read the organization's Mission Statement which is asking that a moratorium be implemented on the expansion of sanitary sewer into any new or existing residential area within or beyond the current MUSA and to insure that any request to the Metropolitan Council for expansion of the MUSA be ratified by the majority of voters prior to submission. He stated that the moratorium would City Council/April 11, 1995 Page 2 of 9