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collaborative approach and develop a useful and endorsed plan of action. Specifically, the workshop provided a forum to actively share Ramsey's proposed action with relevant agencies before this documentation was finalized and published. The City will communicate with additional stakeholders (e.g. the Federal Highway Administration and Mn/DOT's Office of Land Management) to ensure that all appropriate agencies are aware of Ramsey's intent to officially map a portion of TH 10. Collaborating with relevant stakeholders can help to ensure that an adopted official map will achieve it's intended purpose of serving as a tool that will guide transportation and land use planning along the corridor and assist in right-of-way preservation activities so as not to preclude future improvements to TH 10. Follow Appropriate Procedures Below are some actions the City of Ramsey must take relative to official mapping to ensure the success of the action. Consult with the Mn/DOT to ascertain what level of corridor research and study that must be accomplished prior to adopting an official map. Once this determination is made, the steps needed to officially map the corridor will be relatively simple to identify and schedule. Develop a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Mn/DOT and Ramsey to officially record Mn/DOT's determination, specify the roles, responsibilities, and actions regarding each partner is willing to play, and the resources each partner should lend to the project. Next, using Mn/DOT's determination and the project's available resources, complete the schedule to prepare and adopt an official map. Mn/DOT will seek approval from the Mn/DOT District Engineer and the Director of the Office of Land Management to use Special Project Advancement measures that would be used to acquire right-of-way earlier than typically done by Mn/DOT. Use of these procedures requires completing a risk assessment for the area recommended for official mapping in the AUAR. Funding for Special Project Advancement may only be granted for projects where no federal funding is available for right-of-way preservation activities. Review laws relating to property rights and federal and state laws regarding the acquisition process. Recognize that commtmication with the landowners at this time must fall within parameters that do not obligate the partners to acquire the property nOW, Ramsey will consider interim measures, such as rezoning, to help preserve right-of-way pending the completion and adoption of an official map. These interim measures will serve to prohibit certain types of development, or require that any development receive approval from the local zoning agency. Determine how development requests will be addressed during the scheduled moratorium (beginning on August 25, 2003, and scheduled to end on February 25, 2004). A moratorium presents many of the same challenges that would be experienced after adopting an official map, as both actions Iflnit development. The City must be careful in RAMSEY TH 10 CORRIDOR AUAR 25