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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, February 5, <br />2013, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: Mayor Sarah Strommen <br />Councilmember Randy Backous <br />Councilmember David Elvig <br />Councilmember Mark Kuzma <br />Councilmember John LeTourneau <br />Councilmember Chris Riley (arrived at 6:14 p.m.) <br />Councilmember Jason Tossey (arrived at 5:42 p.m.) <br />Also Present: <br />City Administrator Kurds Ulrich <br />Finance Director Diana Lund <br />Police Chief James Way <br />Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood <br />Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer <br />Human Resources Manager Colleen Lasher <br />Development Services Manager Timothy Gladhill <br />Management Analyst Patrick Brama <br />City Attorney William Goodrich <br />Development Manager Darren Lazan <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Strommen called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:31 p.m. <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />2.01: Consider Bury & Carlson Request to Terminate Lease Agreement <br />City Attorney Goodrich reviewed the staff report and request of Bury & Carlson (B &C) to <br />terminate its lease on March 31, 2013, without having given the required 18 month notice. He <br />reviewed the City's receipts for this property and described the lease terms for both parties to <br />terminate the lease early. The request is to terminate the lease on the southern portion, which <br />had been previously asked and denied by a previous Council. <br />Public Works Superintendent Riemer stated this spot is designated for a future Public Works site. <br />They now have 9.1 acres with one -third taken by soil piles, sealcoat rock, asphalt millings, black <br />dirt, and street sweepings. They would like to move to the south half of this property to clean the <br />site and get it ready for marketing. It is now assessed at $5.9 million and sales will be close to a <br />future land swap. He stated they would like, eventually, to move the salt shed over there. <br />City Council Work Session / February 5, 2013 <br />Page 1 of 18 <br />