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<br />Chief Way stated that it is the same amount of work on the grant for one officer as it is <br />for two and if the City requested two and received the grant for two, we could actually <br />deny one - no penalty. <br /> <br />Consensus ofthe Council was to apply for two officers and plan to budget accordingly. <br /> <br />4) Discuss Process for Re-Positioning Ramsey Town Center Development <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that if all goes as planned, the City will end up with 150 <br />acres of the Ramsey Town Center land. We need to look at marketing and sale of the <br />property and planning how we want to approach sales. There are. a number of things to <br />go through - marketing could include a RFP process for bringing developers in. There <br />has been some discussion about maybe forming a committee or task force to talk about <br />these things. We could work with Jim Lasher and give him some of these tasks as he did <br />with the process of buying from the bank. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued regarding an OST process, the Master Plan for the Town Center and <br />the standards and that the Town Center will continue to look as it currently does if no <br />changes are made, will "big box" be acceptable or not, should developers pitch their ideas <br />to the City or should the City try to, guide more, identifying land for a community center, <br />land swapping with US Bank, identifying what land is worth, what land is to be used for <br />parks, what do we feel is our break-even point, etc. Councilmember Dehen felt that the <br />Master Plan will not" be altered that much and, if it is, we are opening ourselves up to a <br />lawsuit. Mr. Ulrich stated that we need to protect property values and investments people <br />have already made. We would still be looking at high standards. Mayor Ramsey stated <br />that we recognize that but part of this is public buy-in. There are a lot of things we <br />cannot change. Councilmember Wise noted that it will be very hard to come up with the <br />cost of the property because there is so much time invested in this project - way more <br />than the $6.75 million to purchase the property. <br /> <br />Councilmember Look stated that he is a proponent of having developers pitch their ideas <br />to the City and then the City can guide. <br /> <br />Community Development Director Miller felt that some type of public process would be <br />good; however, not necessarily an OST. <br /> <br />Mr. Olson stated that there are more than just land sales and assessments. There are still <br />regional roadway improvements, etc. We need to identify obligations that we are trying <br />to get out ofthe land sale. Councilmember Look agreed that's how we need to determine <br />what our land value is. <br /> <br />Discussion ensued regarding a land swap, overpass on Armstrong, parks, etc. <br />Councilmember McGlone felt that there is not a need for more parks - but bigger central <br />parks instead. He noted that we are talking about redefining this project. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session - April 7, 2009 <br />Page 4 of7 <br />