Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/20/2014

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Sarah Strommen Councilmember Mark Kuzma Councilmember John LeTourneau Councilmember Chris Riley Members Absent: Also Present: Councilmember Randy Backous Councilmember Jill Johns Councilmember Jason Tossey City Administrator Kurds Ulrich Public Works Superintendent Grant Riemer Development Services Manager Timothy Gladhill City Engineer Bruce Westby Assistant to the City Administrator Patrick Brama 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Strommen called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:47 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: 15153 Nowthen Boulevard: Discuss Study Group Findings Report Assistant to the City Administrator Brama reviewed the purpose of tonight's discussion to present the staff report, Old Municipal Center (OMC) Study Group Findings Report, and recommendation of the EDA in support of pursuing a data center development on the OMC property. Assistant to the City Administrator Brama provided a background of the OMC, noting that this consideration started in early 2012 when the OMC site was identified as being surplus property and the City was approached by Connexus Energy with the concept to use this property for a data center. He described the first and second round of public input and noted the attachments provided for the Council's review included the Findings Report, Feasibility Report, Revised Site Concepts, Meeting Minute summaries, public meeting record, and development comparison chart. He referenced an Appendix that is an interactive web based document. Assistant to the City Administrator Brama stated the OMC Study Group submitted comments and believe the supplemental information is important to present to the Council. City Council Work Session / May 20, 2014 Page 1 of 8