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<br />. Continual monitoring of submittal process to ensure congressional leaders and staff representatives <br />in both the House and Senate received and processed funding requests; maintained contact with <br />appropriate federal offices responsible for tracking and management of requests. <br />. Continue~ work with other congressional offices including Congressman Oberstar, Chair of the <br />House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, to exchange. information and encourage <br />support. <br />. Arranged visits with congressional leaders and staff in Washington D.C. including Senators Klobuchar <br />and Franken, Congresswoman Bachmann and Congressman Oberstar; maintained a monthly <br />presence in Washington D.C. to ensure a high level of project awareness and exposure. <br />. Met with Senator Klobuchar and Senator Franken staff in local offices to discuss project viability an.d <br />needs providing updates as funding needs changed. <br />. Provided communication and coordination among project partners; met regularly with City, County <br />and private partners to review strategy, progress, needs and outcomes. <br /> <br />The most significant outcome of the work completed to date is that a complete funding package made <br />up of local, state and federal sources has been identified for the construction of the rail station. This <br />funding package requires fewer Reauthorization dollars and makes Ramsey an even more attractive and <br />viable candidate for federal support. The strong and diligent position Ramsey has taken to advance the <br />completion of the rail station has been solidified in the minds of decision-makers and policy leaders as a <br />result of this work, and continuing these efforts is essential to realizing the final goal of securing funds. <br /> <br />1 1 <br />