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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a regular meeting on Monday, November 7, 1994, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor James Csilbertson Councilmember Sbeila Beyer (arrived 7:53 p.m.) Councilmember Glen Hardin Councilmember Kenneth Peterson Councilmember Gerald Zimmennan Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Finance Officer Jessie Hart City Engineer Steven Jankowski City Attorney William Goodrich CALL TO ORDER Mayor Cdlbertson called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:00 p.m. and led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Hag. CITIZEN INPUT Rod Nelson, 9335 - 173rd Avenue N.W., Ramsey, asked someone to give him a synopsis of the proposed bridge crossing. Mayor Gilbertson stated that the "No Freeway Here" Signs mean exactly that, there is no freeway here. The City has talked about the bridge for years, however, there is no actual alignment yet. City Administrator Schroeder stated that there has been a fair amount of discussion about the Ramsey/Dayton bridge between the Cities of Ramsey and Dayton for a number of years. The question has been where should the river crossing be. Most recently, Anoka County has purchased right-of-way between Ramsey and Armstrong Boulevards for the bridge alignment. In October 1993, the Ramsey City Council submitted a comprehensive plan amendment to the Metropolitan Council which included a transportation map that had been included in a prior plan. When considering the comprehensive plan, they did so by stating all references to the bridge be removed from the plan. City Council recommended a transportation review plan occur; RLK was contracted with. Most of the past year, the Planning Commission (PC) and the Economic Development Commission (EDC) have been reviewing this plan. In late October, the EDC recommended the transportation plan, as it relates to the bridge, be recommended to City Council with the bridge between Ramsey Boulevard and Armstrong Boulevard, with the intersection at County Road #116. The Planning Commission will recommend alignment at Armstrong Boulevard and Puma Street N.W. about a mile west of the EDC's recommendation. City Council has not reviewed this. Once they receive recommendations from both the EDC and the PC, a public hearing will be held. Then the City Council will take up the matter. Mayor Cailbenson stated there was also talk at one time of a private toll bridge. City Council/November 7, 1994 Page 2 of 13