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PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a public hearing on Tuesday, February 23, 1993 at the Ramsay Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota to hear comtnents regarding the 1993 Annual Street Maintenance Program. Members Present: Mayor James Gilbertson Councilmember S heila Beyer Councilmember Glen Hardin Councilmember Kenneth Peterson Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Finance Officer Sandra Ashley Helling City Engineer Steven Jankowski City Attorney William Goodrich Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gilbertson called the public hearing to order at 8:08 p.m. PRESENTATION City Engineer Jankowski stated that the following projects are included in tonight's public hearing:: g93-01 Crow's Unplatted Addition, #93-02 Stanhope River Hills, #93-03 Oakridge Estates, #93-04 High Point, #93-05 Gorham's Sandy Acres and Section 24 Unplatted,//93-06 Pineview Estates and 2nd Addition, #93-07 157th Avenue - Section 21, #93-08 161st Avenue Armstrong - Variolite and #93-09 Brookview/White Pines Estates/Meadowbrook. CITIZEN INPUT Brad Thorud, 7826 - 161st Avenue N.W., Ramsey (Improvement Project//93-08) stated that he lives across the street from Central Park. He stated that the Central Park parking lot is used for the game fair parking and that generates about 30,000 vehicles driving down his street to the park. Armstrong Kennels makes a profit on the game fair, the Jaycees make a profit on the parking and the residents pay for the upkeep of the street. The City uses the corner of the park to store rock for sealcoating plus the park is also used as one of the tree recyclingdrop-offs. These two items also generate a lot of traffic. Mr. Jankowski agreed that this is a unique situation. He stated that 161st Avenue N.W. was paved in 1979. It is in bad shape because of never being sealed plus it does get a higher legel of traffic. Mr. Jankowski stated that one consideration that came up when 161st Avenue N.W. was discussed at a Road and Bridge Committee meeting was that this project be assessed differently from the others. If it were assessed the same as the other projects, it would be about $1,400.00. The City would pick up 50% of the initial share of the cost and then split 50% between the south and the north side and assess front footage between Central Park and Federal Cartridge. Public Hearing/1993 Street Maintenance Program/February 23, 1993 Page 1 of 2