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Members Present: <br />Also Present. <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, <br />at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Mayor Bob Ramsey <br />Councilmember Randy Backous <br />Councilmember David Elvig <br />Councilmember Colin McGlone <br />Councilmember Sarah Strommen <br />Councilmember Jason Tossey <br />Councilmember Jeffrey Wise <br />City Administrator Kurds Ulrich <br />Deputy City Administrator Heidi A. Nelson <br />Public Works Director Brian Olson <br />City Engineer Tim Himmer <br />City Clerk Jo Ann Thieling <br />Senior Planner Tim Gladhill <br />Planning Intern Patrick Brama <br />City Attorney William Goodrich <br />Development Manager Darren Lazan <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Ramsey called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:46 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Discuss Updates to the City's Comprehensive Sanitary and Water Plans <br />City Engineer Himmer reviewed the staff report and requested Council feedback on sewer <br />system upgrades, whether to extend a forcemain sanitary sewer extension into the Northeast <br />Sewer Area and include the associated costs within the 2030 MUSA study period; whether to <br />create a residential equivalency factor for determining connection charges on high density <br />residential developments; and, whether to maintain a minimum fund balance in an amount equal <br />to the average annual expenses over the study period. <br />Brad Dewolf, Bolton & Menk, provided a presentation addressing projected population, <br />projected sanitary sewer flows, six projects contained in the sanitary sewer Capital Improvement <br />Plan, funding of sanitary sewer utility expenses, sanitary sewer utility revenue, and connection <br />charges. Mr. Dewolf then presented alternate funding scenarios: Alternative la for a gravity <br />City Council Work Session / March 27, 2012 <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />