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Councilmember Dehen stated that he wanted to make sure that by adding this section of roadway to the City's responsibilities that the City wouldn't be neglecting another section of roadway. Councilmember Look stated that he is slightly amused at how upper level government creatively budgets. He stated that the County will get the same amount of tax dollars that they have gotten in the past and yet they are turning the road back over to the City. He stated that there was a County Commissioner at the last meeting that told the City Council that the County was safety minded, and yet this road, in his opinion, is close to a catastrophe. Councilmember Elvig stated that he sees this road becoming a State Aid road as a positive because it will return some tax dollars to the community. He stated that he is also hopeful that this will help resolve the 167th Avenue connection issue. He would like to hear the specific improvements that are planned and also what is happening with the Green Valley Road connection. Public Works Director Olson stated that the option staff selected would repave the entire roadway, not just an overlay. There are some wetland areas that will need to be excavated and some unsuitable soils removed and built up. He stated that the plans call for two -12 foot drive lanes and two-4 foot wide shoulders. In addition to that, turn lanes and bypass lanes are planned for the intersections of CR 5, Variolite and Armstrong. He talked to the County about a connection to Green Valley Road and the County has a long-term vision to connect that to CR 64 and he was unable to sway them from that position. The City could continue to talk to them about this plan. Motion by Councilmember Elvig, seconded by Councilmember Jeffrey, to adopt Resolution #07- 11-312 authorizing entering into the Joint Powers Agreement with Anoka County for Jurisdictional Change and Rehabilitation of C R 63 (173rd Avenue/175th Avenue) from County State Aid Highway 83 (Baugh Street) to County State Aid Highway #5 (Nowthen Boulevard) (CP 08-10-63) Anoka County Contract 2007-0604. Further Discussion: Councilmember Elvig stated that he gave a presentation to the County Transportation Committee and he found out at that meeting that of the millions of dollars spent in the last 5 to 7 years for road improvements in Ramsey, the State paid less than 5% of those costs. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Elvig, Jeffrey, Dehen, Olson, and Strommen. Voting No: Councilmember Look. Case #8: Consider the Sale of Lot 1, Block 4, Gateway North Industrial Park Plat 2 to Ace Solid Waste Economic Development Coordinator Sullivan stated that at the last City Council meeting, the City authorized a counteroffer of $310,000 for the sale of Lot 1, Block 4, Gateway North Industrial Park Plat 2 to Ace Solid Waste. He stated that Ace Solid Waste did not accept that City Council / November 27, 2007 Page 13 of 18