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January 30, 2014 <br />The following are brief updates regarding development projects located within the community. For more detailed information, <br />please contact the Community Development Department at 763-433-9824, planning@cityoframsey.com or visit <br />www. citvoframsev. com /planning -division. <br />Ramsey Hosts a Successful Builder Networking Event <br />On January 29, 2014, the City hosted a successful Builder <br />Networking Event for local contractors and builders, the <br />first of this format hosted by Ramsey. The City set out to <br />accomplish three goals with this event; 1) Networking, 2) <br />Education, and 3) Improvements to City Processes and <br />Standards. The event was attended by approximately twenty <br />individuals representing a broad spectrum of professionals <br />working in the development process. <br />The Keynote Speaker was Herman Hauglid with the State <br />of Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, speaking <br />on the topic of an upcoming update to the Minnesota State <br />Building Code. Panel speakers also included Kurt Ulrich, <br />City Administrator (Strategic Plan: A New Day, A New <br />Beginning), Ted LaFrance, Economic Development <br />Manager (Economic Development Initiatives), and Tim Gladhill, Development Services Manager (New Development Update). <br />A special thanks goes out to Katy Hauan, JoAnn Shaw, Chris Anderson, Rick Jarson, and Patrick Brama for working tirelessly <br />behind the scenes to make this event a success! Also, thank you to Commissioner Gary Levine, Chairperson for the Planning <br />Commission, for serving as the event's Emcee. <br />Great River Energy (GRE) 115 kV Transmission Line Project Commencing within City of Ramsey <br />Great River Energy is in the process of constructing a <br />transmission line from the city of Coon Rapids to the city <br />of Anoka, with impacts to the city of Ramsey at the Rum <br />River and along Bunker Lake Boulevard. GRE is <br />currently in the process of clearing vegetation along the <br />corridor and mobilizing equipment to begin setting <br />footings as well as staging transmission line poles. The <br />project was approved by the Public Utilities Commission <br />(PUC), a State of Minnesota review process. The route <br />and transmission line poles, consisting of a combination <br />of monopole (metal and wood) as well as lattice design <br />(at the Rum River crossing) were approved by the PUC. <br />This is Phase I of a two-phase project. Phase II, with <br />impacts within Ramsey, will be a separate review process <br />at a future date. <br />