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File Location: Pbrama>HDrive>LegislativeInitiatives>2014 <br />LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ENDORSED BY THE CITY OF RAMSEY <br />2014 ANOKA COUNTY LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM <br /> <br />(5) Right of Way Acquisition Fund (RALF)* <br /> <br />ISSUE: The 1982 Minnesota Legislature established a Revolving right-of-way Acquisition Loan Fund (RALF) <br />program to acquire undeveloped property threatened by development that is located within an officially- <br />mapped metropolitan highway right-of-way. This has been an effective tool for use by MnDOT and local <br />road authorities for several decades, including on portions of U.S. Highway 10 in Anoka County. <br /> <br />those businesses on TH 10 in Anoka and Ram <br />Highway 10 / Armstrong Interchange project has identified a $7,000,000 property acquisition need, the U.S. <br />10 / Thurston and Fairoak projects have identified a $24 million property acquisition need for a total right of <br />way acquisition cost of $99 million. <br /> <br />RAMSEY CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION: State bonding funding of $10 million per year for the Right-of- <br />way Acquisition for Ten Expansion (RATE) projects in Anoka County on U.S. Highway 10 from Armstrong <br />Boulevard in the City of Ramsey through Fairoak Avenue in the city of Anoka. <br /> <br />*Identical language as 2014 Anoka County Adopted Legislative Platform <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2014 City of Ramsey Legislative Platform Page 7 of 9 <br /> <br /> <br />