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<br />Assistant City Engineer Himmer stated the cost for 7100 impacts is $10,100. He explained there <br />are also impacts at 7131 and 7046 so staff considered all acquisition costs to assure a comparison <br />based on "apples to apples." <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen asked about the third property. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Himmer explained there would be a small impact for easement damages <br />to the third property. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook asked about the trail and stated hopefully this will be an example of using <br />Sate Aid dollars for the road. He noted that in the Northfork area, MSA funds were used for <br />trails/sidewalks and the City Council talked about policy relating to MSA and assessments. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Himmer stated there will be no assessments because this project <br />improves the safety and geometries of the road. It will also improve walkability by including <br />trails. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated the Council discussed possibly assessing some of the Northfork <br />costs since the road would be upgraded. He is concerned about spending about $1 million of <br />MSA dollars for this project. He asked if all the MSA dollars will be spent on one project when <br />there are many projects throughout the City. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Himmer agreed with the concern of using $1.4 million potentially on <br />this project. He explained that MSA dollars accrue annually and carry into the next year. <br />Ramsey can also spend out into the future allocations. He stated he was trying to get down to the <br />exact costs and impacts to the future with MSA dollars. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated the Council discussed having a policy for use of MSA dollars. With <br />the Northfork property, Andrie Street, there was going to be an assessment; however there will <br />be no assessment with this project. He stated there needs to be a consistent policy. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Himmer stated they are two drastically different projects because this <br />project was looked at as a major road within Ramsey that was not up to safety standards, there <br />was a need for an east/west connection, and it was initiated by Ramsey as a transportation need. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig stated with the Northfork project, the City was petitioned to improve the <br />road to a higher standard and that initiated the discussion that at some point the City should look <br />at a policy. With Northfork, the only tool to upgrade beyond the City's standards involved MSA <br />plus assessments. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Himmerstated that is correct and Northfork was always intended to be <br />an assessed project. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig noted that Ramsey was "scolded" for pooling State Aid funds because the <br />City was not putting the money to work. He stated it is good to have a road plan to anticipate <br /> <br />City Council / August 12, 2008 <br />Page 21 of26 <br />