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I I ie I I I I I I i I I I I I I PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 01- CITY OF RAlVISEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN INTERIM ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA ON THE CITY OF The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1. AUTHORITY This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to that authority granted to the City. by MSA 462.355, Subd. 4, entitled "Interim Ordinance." SECTION 2. PREAMBLE AND PURPOSE WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is part of an area experiencing ~owth in population and employment; and · WHEREAS, as a consequence of growth in this part of the region and adjacent areas, there has been significant traffic increases along the TH 169, TH 10, TH 101, and 1-94 corridors, causing substantial delays at the individual corridor crossings of the Mississippi River during the rush hours; and WHEREAS, this increased traffic congestion along these corridors has been recognized as a regional pr/ority in the Minnesota Departrhent of Transportation (Mn/DOT) Metro Division 2005 - 2025 Transportation System Plan, Metropolitan Council's Transpo~ation Policy Plan; and WHEREAS, the Anoka County Comprehensuive Plan, the Hennepin County Transportation Systems Plan, and the Comprehensive Plans of the cities of Ramsey and Dayton contemplate the expansion of a Northwest Metro roadway connection, involving a Mississippi River crossing between Ramsey and Dayton; and WHEREAS, Mn/DOT, Anoka Conty, and Hennepin Conty have expressed a willingness to finance and participate in a Northwest Metro Corridor and River Crossing Study to consider a long-term option to address the relief of the highway corridors and river crossings; and WHEREAS,, the City of Ramsey acknowledges that it is in the best interest of the City to study the potential for a future river crossing and to examine the impacts of options on the cities, counties, and properties in the northwest metropolitan area; and -77-