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Motion by Councilmember Haas Steffen and seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman to recommend Council approve River's Bend Park Capital Improvements and authorize staff to advertise for bids for completion of the shelters for Emerald Pond and River's Bend Parks. Further discussion: Councilmember Zimmerman mentioned a certain amount of vandalism is done to parks and suggested that maybe neighborhoods would be interested in policing the parks. Councilmember Haas Steffen expressed agreement and suggested an "adopt a park" program. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Haas Steffen, Zimmerman, Beahen and Beyer. Voting No: None. Case #2: Approve Police Department Budget Amendments Finance Officer Hart explained that when the Finance Committee approved the purchase_ of two 1997 Ford Crown Victoria's as new squads at their regular meeting on March 25, it was known that a budget amendment would be necessary to accomplish the entire purchase and set-up of the two vehicles. Ms. Hart stated that in conjunction with this budget amendment, there are several other areas that will need attention due to projected budget shortfalls and changes in the staffing areas for 1997. She summarized the personnel/staffing needs, capital outlay and the budget amendment/reallocation. She verified that all these amendments are within the Department's budget - there is no change in the total budgeted amount. Motion by Councilmember Haas Steffen and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to recommend Council approve the resolution approving budget amendment for the Ramsey Police Department. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Haas Steffen, Beyer, Beahen and Zirmnerman. Voting No: None. Case #3: Development Fees City Administrator Schroeder commented that the development fee relates to the Transportation Fee discussion and that the Committee/Council has talked about the validity of such an impact fee. The City currently charges $500 in one.way or another. Of the fee we have been charging, a portion is directly related to sidewalk or trails. Councilmember Haas Steffen felt that the City Attorney should be present to discuss this issue. Mr. Schroeder stated that when the analysis was done for the impact, $99.40 per lot was directly related to trails, etc. The question is what portion of that fee has validity. He talked about the relation to storm water and how much of this fee is for storm water drainage. Councilmember Haas Steffen stated that the City does not want to pay money back that we have already collected. We do not have these things in place so we are talking about retroactivity. Finance Committee/April 22, 1997 Page 2 of 4 I I I ! I I I I I I ! I ! I I' I: I I