Minutes - Council - 10/06/1976 - Special

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Special Meeting October 6, 1976 Council SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF RAMSEY COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA A Special meeting of the Ramsey City Council was held on October 6, 1976, at Ramsey City Hall, 14100 St. Francis Boulevard, Anoka, MN 55303 Present: Mayor Cox Councilman Mickelson Councilman Reimann Also Present: Absent: Councilman Gorham and Councilwoman Oliphant Mayor Cox called the meeting to order, at 12:21 p.m. Acting Clerk Peddycoart Don Greenberg Bernie Steffen Robert Muller, Chairman of Ramsey Economic Dev. Committee Mayor Cox stated the purpose of the meeting is to discuss the possibility of obtaining a grant for a new municipal center and fire station. Mr. Muller said that he had talked to an interested person, Mr. Nelson, and his firm is very much interested in doing the project. Mr. Steffen explained some of the things that would be required to get the grant. He said as he read through what is required, there is a time table problem, very detailed information required from the architect and engineer and costs of each segment of the project. Also, the City has to pay any preliminary costs up to the grant. Th'e environmental impact, soil compaction, waste water system that is going to be used, alternative locations and designs, public reaction are some of the items that will have to be considered. Also, wild life in the area, design and cost information must be quite complete, and environment information must be quite complete. He said if Council is agreed to proceed with the grant, they would have to select an architect and instruct him to proceed at as low a cost as possible and use the city engineer to answer environmental questions, review unemployment issues and general questions that have to be answered. The city attorney can certify the land, etc. These items are top priority. Mr. Steffen said he will contact the Metro Council and find out how this is handled procedurally. The rest of the grant information needed is more than $450.00 of anybodies time to gather up the other information and unemployment data. Mayor Cox said he wanted to make sure the job gets done right and he has confidence in certain people's ability to get it done. He has confidence that Mr. Steffen can do the job. Mr. Greenberg agreed that it should be done by someone that is familiar with the problems and things that have already been done. Mayor Cox added that this provides a check and balance to have someone who is not so closely associated with the project itself. Mr. Steffen said the $450 will not include Council meetings at Metro Council or State Planning Agencies or taking the grant to Brainard.