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• Receive Update on Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA) Rulemaking Project and Consider Official Response Council Update City's Bond Rating of AA+ is Re- affirmed by Standard & Poor's (S &P) Rating Service. The City did not recently issue debt to obtain the updated rating. Standard and Poor's changed its ratings criteria in September 2013 and contacted the City with additional questions related to finances, policies and local economy that they are now using for rating governmental agencies. S &P took these results to their Rating Committee on July 22, 2014, and affirmed the City's AA+ rating that has been in place since November 2009. The full report of their rating's rationale is attached. Attached to the Weekly Update is Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Report for 2014. S &P's outlook for the City is to not raise the rating for the City over the next two years (would be highest rating of AAA), but does not expect to lower the rating in the next two years because they believe the City has a very strong management team that will maintain the current financial profile. Fire Department Update. On Monday at the intersection of Ramsey Blvd and Hwy 10 a two vehicle PI ended up with one vehicle on its side. With the vehicle being unstable, a patrol vehicle was parked against the vehicle to stabilize as crews performed extrication to remove the victim. One person transported to hospital. Ramsey Relief Association at the Game Fair. Representatives of the Ramsey Relief Association will be staffing a booth at the Game Fair to conduct a fundraiser and also perform recruitment activities for future firefighters. Police Department Update. On Sunday morning at approximately 0700 hours, a Ramsey Officer on his way home from work, came upon a single vehicle rollover accident at the 8000 block of Hwy #10. As he slowed down to check for injuries he observed two juvenile males exit the vehicle and beginning running southbound. The off -duty officer relayed information to on -duty officers as he watched the two parties running through a cornfield. Officers located the males and took them into custody not far from the accident location. They stated that their car had been stolen by a man with a gun and they were running from him They stuck to their tale until they learned that an off -duty officer had seen them run from the vehicle. Both of them were taken to Mercy due to minor injuries from the accident. It was later learned that one of the juveniles was a runaway and had a warrant for assault. Development Update. Attached to the Weekly Update is the Key Ramsey Development Projects Handout. Save the Date: • City Council Meeting. The first regular City Council meeting in August has been rescheduled from Tuesday, August 12 to Monday, August 11, due to the Primary Election. • Primary Election. Tuesday, August 12, 2014 — all 8 polling locations open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Our Mission: To work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost - effective, and efficient government services