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HRA (Immediately following Council — CC) • Review Draft Purchase /Development Agreement between the City of Ramsey HRA and CommonBond. Portions may be closed to the public per MN Stature 13D.05 Subd. 3. • Review Draft Purchase Agreement between the City of Ramsey HRA and Casey's General Store. Portions may be closed to the public per MN Stature 13D.05 Subd. 3. • Development Manager Compensation for Development at North Commons Council Update Highway 10 & Armstrong Interchange Project. Legislative funding is still looking okay for the project; however, the Senate Bonding Bill included only $8 million instead of the $10 million allocated. As part of the negotiations, the "Bonding Bill" was broken -down into bonded projects and cash projects. The Armstrong Interchange is proposed as a cash allocation. The House Bill is still in Committee at $10 million. Mayor Strommen has written a letter requesting that the Senate amount be restored to $10 million. Attached to the Weekly Update is a Letter from Mayor Strommen regarding Hwy #10 and Armstrong Interchange to Senators Stumpf and Bakke. Any differences in the House & Senate Bills will be resolved in Conference Committee (comprised of House and Senate members). Will Ramsey Get a New Zip Code? For the past two decades City Staff and elected officials have routinely attempted to work with the U.S. Postal Service to secure an independent zip code for the City of Ramsey. A new zip code requires a new U.S. Post Office. In 2013, City Staff made yet another attempt at the new zip code challenge and fell short of success. At the time, U.S. Postal Service officials reported an effort was being made to actually reduce the number of post offices in the Twin Cities; and subsequently a reduction in zip codes. Recently, a very motivated and passionate Ramsey resident has taken it upon herself to lead a new charge to secure a Ramey zip code. This resident has periodically provided Staff with updates. Listed below is analytical information collected by this resident and a summary of her interactions with the U.S. Post Office. • At one point in time, Ramsey did have a post office (164 years ago by Lake Itasca). • Ramsey has a larger population than most surrounding communities; all of whom have zip codes. • Ramsey has a significantly sized business community. • Ramsey's growth outlook is much stronger than all surrounding communities. • Ramsey has plenty of shovel -ready space in great locations, ready for a post office. • At this point, the U.S. Post Office `Northland District Retail Specialist' based out of Minneapolis is considering this request. He has indicated the required `analysis' for a new post office in Ramsey will begin soon. This analysis is anticipated to be the first step in the official process of securing a new zip code in Ramsey. Updates to come. The Spring Recycling Day event was a huge success! The sun was out and so were a lot of Ramsey residents. There were over 460 vehicles that came through the 4 -hour event, which equates to servicing 115 vehicles per hour. We have yet to receive tonnage information from each of the vendors that participated, but anticipate that the tonnages reported will reflect the huge turn- Our Mission: To work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost - effective, and efficient government services