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I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />LANDFILL hi) BOC COMMITTEE <br /> CITY OF RAMS~ <br /> AN0~A COONT~ <br /> STATE OF ~INN~A <br /> <br />A special meeting of the Ramsey Landfill Ad Hoc Committee was held on Monday, <br />April 29, 1985 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nc~then Blvd. NW, Ramsey, <br /> <br />Me, rs Present: <br /> <br />FLr. Ooe LeLeux, Chairman <br />Mr. Vern Wentura <br />Mr. A1 Pearson <br />Mr. Steve DeLuca <br />Mr. Doug Fountain <br />Mr. Terry Miller (ex-officio, non-voting) <br /> <br />Memkers Absent: <br /> <br />Ms. Erika Sitz <br />Mr. Roger McCulley <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />City Administrator Llcyd Schnelle <br />City Assessor Lester Wirz <br /> <br />CALL ~O ORDF~ <br /> <br />Chainman LeLeux called the meeting to order at 7:36 p.m. <br /> <br />Ci~CIZ ~N INi~3T <br /> <br />Ms. Terry Ross, an Edina real estate agent, was present to address the <br />Cx)mmittee regarding her feelings on how the landfill has affected home <br />valuations in the City of Ramsey. She referred to a profile sales activity <br />list put out annually by the Greater Minneapolis Area Board of Realtors. She <br />stated that in District 570 (Ramsey, Andover, Burns and St. Francis), there are <br />present/y 302 houses on the market, and of that, 111 are in the City of Ramsey. <br />That represents 37% of the district. Only 63 of these homes have sold. She <br />went on to say that there is a big difference in the average selling price of <br />hones in Ramsey as compared to the district as a whole. In Ramsey the average <br />selling price is $69,650 and in District 570 the average is $87,900. She <br />stated that homes are not selling for what the owners want. She used herself <br />as an example. She stated that she recently sold her house at a $7,000 loss <br />just to get rid of it and it was on the market for over a year. Ms. Ross <br />expressed ooncern that the major reason people in Ramsey have trouble selling <br />their l~nes is because of the landfill. It's the same situation in Andover. <br />You oouldn't give a home away there. <br /> <br />Chairman LeLeux asked Ms. Ross what she feels the City of Ramsey should do. <br /> <br />Ms. Ross stated that she honestly dic~a't know what could be done other than to <br />wait for people to forget or ~ out an ad caml~ign to promote Ramsey, which of <br />course would cost a lot of n~)ney. <br /> <br />Chairman LeLeux asked why realtors don't try to sell Ramsey. <br /> <br />Ms. Ross stated that thef've tried, but it's gotten to the point that agents <br />won't even take Ramsey listings anymore. <br /> <br />Landfill Ad Hoc Committee/4-zg-85 <br /> Page 1 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />