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MEMORANDUM To: Mr. Charles Christopherson, Hakanson Anderson, From: Mr. Joe Westphal P.E., Project Engineer, Haugo GeoTechnical Services (HGTS) CC: Mr. Shawn Heinen, HGTS; Mr. Paul Haugo, HGTS Date: Friday, January 15, 2016 Re: Proposed Redevelopment, Vacant Parcels along 142nd Ave NW in Ramsey, MN HGTS Project #15-0861 This memorandum is provided to summarize the soil borings completed on January 4, 2016 at 14165 Ramsey Boulevard NW & unaddressed parcel along 142nd Ave NW, located in Ramsey, Minnesota. Our scope of services included performing two (2) soil borings to assist in evaluating the site soils conditions and provide a brief summary of the soil boring results. The western parcel (14165 Ramsey Boulevard NW) is a 4.6-acre vacant parcel located at the northwest quadrant of Ramsey Blvd and the Burlington Northern rail line, just north of U.S. Highway 10. The eastern parcel (unaddressed; Lot 2, Block 2 of Gateway Industrial Park) is a 1.25- acre vacant parcel located at the northwest quadrant of 142nd Ave NW and Limonite Street NW. Based on a brief review of historical aerial photographs, it appears the eastern parcel has been vacant since 1991. The western parcel had a building structure in the southwest portion of the property and the area around the building was used as a staging/parking area for semi trailers until 2006. After the summer of 2006 the building and semi trailers were removed and the parcel has been generally vacant since. Haugo GeoTechnical Services (HGTS) performed two standard penetration test borings, one on each parcel, on January 4, 2016 with a rotary drilling rig, using continuous flight augers to advance the boreholes. The boring locations were selected and staked in the field by Hakanson Anderson. The test soil borings were performed in general accordance with ASTM Specification D-1586 procedures. The soil boring location sketch, Figure 1 (attached), was prepared by HGTS using an aerial photograph from Anoka County GIS Website as a base, and included the GPS boring locations. Soil boring logs SB-1 & SB-2 and Descriptive Terminology are also attached. The two soil borings encountered a foot of topsoil underlain by generally native granular soils to the termination depths of the borings. The native granular soils generally consisted of poorly graded sand (SP), clean sand. The penetration resistance values (N-Values) shown as blows per foot (bpf) on the boring logs, ranged from 3 to 24 bpf within the native sands indicating a very loose to medium dense relative density, but were generally loose to medium dense overall. Groundwater was encountered in each boring at depths of 5 to 8 feet below the surface, correlating to elevations of 854 to 856 feet MSL. Briefly, the parcels, in our opinion, are generally "buildable" for future redevelopment. Redevelopment plans were not available at the time of this report but, depending on loads, Avenue S, neapalis, N 55407`