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APPENDIX C Statement of Need & Justification Metropolitan Council eligibility requirements for the RALF program outline various parameters (described below). (1) Statement of Need RALF Loans are available for the purchase of property within a proposed right-of-way of a state trunk highway shown on an official map adopted pursuant to Minn. Stat. 394.361 or 462.359. This property was Officially Mapped by the City of Ramsey and MnDOT in 2004. The Official Map was recorded with Anoka County as document #1927049. This property was needed for full acquisition under the original Highway 10 improvement plans created in the early 2000's. In 2014, MnDOT, Metropolitan Council, Anoka County, the City of Anoka, and City of Ramsey together adopted a new plan for improvements to U.S. Highway 10— known as the Highway 10 Access Planning Study (link). Included in Appendix F are letters of Support from the Metropolitan Council and MnDOT. The new Highway 10 Access Planning Study contemplates two potential designs for the Sunfish Lake Boulevard intersection. The City of Ramsey is in the process of selecting a design. Both designs, regardless of which is selected, require full acquisition of 6401 Highway 10. (2) Willing Seller Property to be acquired must have a marketable title and may not be park land or land which is either on, or eligible for, inclusion on a historic register. This property is not needed for parkland, nor is it currently parkland. This property is not a registered historic property, nor is it eligible to become a historically registered property. The property owner is a willing seller, and currently has the property listed for sale (link). The property owner has indicated his priority is to have this property sold by the end of 2016, regardless of the buyer. (3) Evidence of Imminent Conversion To avert the imminent conversion or the granting of approvals that would allow the conversion of property to uses jeopardizing its availability for highway construction. This property, and the residing building, are both designed and situated for convenience retail operations (quick -serve restaurants, gas station, and automated car -wash). Access to this property was altered in 2011. New traffic patterns and access will be more favorable to an office or traditional retail user. As a result, any buyer will need to make various upgrades and improvements to the property. It's assumed, those improvements could cost $30,000- $250,000. The City does not have an explicit/ official/ formal application in play demonstrating imminent conversion (i.e. a site plan application or building permit).