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AGREEMENT BETWEEN <br />THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />AND THE CITY OF RAMSEY <br />WITH REGARD TO A TRANSIT SERVICE EXPANSION PLAN <br />UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 473.4461 <br />THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the Metropolitan Council, a public <br />corporation and political subdivision of the state of Minnesota, and the City of Ramsey, a <br />Minnesota municipal corporation. <br />WHEREAS: <br />1. Minnesota Statues, section 473.446, subdivision 1, provides that for the purposes <br />specified in the subdivision, and except as otherwise provided in the subdivision, the <br />Metropolitan Council ( "Council ") shall levy each year upon all taxable property within the <br />metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2 ( "Metropolitan Area), a <br />regional transit capital levy as specified in the subdivision. <br />2. Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4461 provides that notwithstanding any provision of <br />section 473.446 or any other law, the Council may not levy a tax under section 473.446, <br />subdivision 1, in any city not included in the transit taxing district as it existed on January <br />1, 2001, unless the Council and the governing body of that city have agreed on a transit <br />service expansion plan. <br />3. The transit taxing district is defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.446, subdivision <br />2. <br />4. The City of Ramsey ( "City ") is located in the Metropolitan Area but was not included in <br />the transit taxing district as it existed and was defined by statute on January 1, 2001. <br />5. The Council and the City have reached agreement on a transit service expansion plan <br />for the City in accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4461. <br />6. The parties desire to enter into this agreement in order to formalize the agreement <br />between the parties on the said transit service expansion plan, which agreement shall <br />authorize the levy of a transit tax in the City in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, <br />section 473.446, subdivision 1. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the Metropolitan Council and the City of Ramsey hereby agree as follows: <br />ARTICLE 1 — TRANSIT SERVICE EXPANSION PLAN <br />In accordance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.4461, the parties hereby <br />agree on the following transit service expansion plan for the City of Ramsey: <br />1.01 Ramsey Northstar Train Station. A financial contribution not -to- exceed $1,300,000 <br />shall be provided by the Council for the construction of a new Northstar train station located in <br />the City of Ramsey described as follows: <br />• Located at the BNSF tracks, adjacent to the existing parking ramp facility <br />