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Councihnember Anderson referenced an article regarding a program that assists low-income <br />families with fixing up their existing homes, and she thinks it would be a project worth pursuing <br />in the future for the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec explained that it is questionable as to how long the CDBG funds will be coming to <br />the City. There is a debate over how much funding should be given to the Cities for smaller <br />projects rather than being pooled for the County to use on a larger project. <br /> <br />Councilmember Zimmerman replied that if the money goes into a pool, it would probably not be <br />used in the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen noted that the funds have been used in the past for handicap <br />accessibility improvement project and he questioned if a portion of the remaining CDBG funds <br />could be used to make the old City Hall handicap accessible. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that it would be good to pursue the probability of using the <br />funds for the old City Hall. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Connolly, to have Staff <br />contact the City Attorney to determine if they can advertising the reallocation of CDBG funds <br />without targeting any specific project and, if so, begin the 30-day comment period. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Connolly, Anderson, <br />and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec noted that he has had several comments that the grooming of the old City Hall is <br />great and wanted to thank Staff for their work. <br /> <br />Councilmember Connolly noted that the exhaust pipe for the furnace is slanting down towards <br />the furnace and concerned that it will cause the furnace to rust. <br /> <br />Director of Public Works Kapler replied that the building was recently hooked up to natural gas <br />and since it is not being used this winter they will not heat the building, but he will look into the <br />piping issue. <br /> <br />Case//6: <br /> <br />Introduction of Ordinance to Repeal Ordinance #98-05 <br /> <br />Director of Public Works Kapler stated that on August 24, 1999, Staff presented Council with a <br />case to adopt an ordinance (#99-11) to vacate the 'bulb' on the eastern terminus of McKinley <br />Street, A similar ordinance was adopted in 1998 (#98-05) for the same purpose but with a <br />typographical error in the legal description. The error was corrected with the adoption of#99-I 1. <br /> <br />City Council/October 26, 1999 <br /> Page 9 of 16 <br /> <br /> <br />