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Page 1 Special Council Mtg. April 16, 1979 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA A Special Meeting of the Ramsey City Council was held on April 16, 1979, at 15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 Members Present: Members Absent: Mayor Gamec Councilman Cox Councilman Reimann Councilman Sorteberg Councilman Mickelson Others Present: City Administrator Schnelle City Engineer Raatikka The purpose of the Special Meeting is for Adoption of Resolutions regarding certain proposed street improvement projects and to adopt a Resolution regardi.ng the authorization to joint the Hennepin County Group Health and Insurance Plan. Mayor Gamec called the Special Meeting to order at 9:30 P.M. Approval'of A§enda Motion by Councilman Reimann and seconded by Councilman Cox to approve the Agenda with the followi.ng addition: Addressing withdrawal from the League of Minnesota Municipal Cities due to the fact that they are recommending a new formula before the Legisla- ture this year that doesn't take the City of Ramsey into consideration for getting proper State Aid funding. Motion carried. Voting yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilman Cox, Councilman Reimann and Councilman Sorteberg. Voti.ng no: None. ~ ~ ' Adoption 'of' ResOl ~ti on regardi_ng~ str9_e_t.~_imJ~rovement ' for 161st Avenue N.W. 'lyi ng 'between ;.Armstrong 'BlVd ~' ~ N ~.W-.' 'and 'L1 ama .' Street 'N ~W~ "an'd'~ O'f' 'IL'l ama St reet N, W'~ .'l y.i-ng ~' betWeen. 161 s~t I A'v-en'u'e 'N ~ W~'-'a nd~.'-16`3r'd' --Av'enue N-. w. A discussion was held regarding costs to larger land owners. Mayor Gamec commented that the street will incur added traffic because of the new development, Oakridge Estates, and persons with larger pieces of land could be put in a position of being forced to subdivide, maybe the Council should look into a different way of spreading the cost. Councilman COx said this is putting considerable pressure on two individual parcels that aren't in the development of the new plat, then it isn't fair to put all the cost on the developer and maybe Woodlawn Estates has already broke the road down into its present condition. He added that the City has received requests from persons from Woodlawn Estates and Forest Hideaway to have the street upgraded, this assessment is spread over a ten-year period, these are some things the Council has to address. A 4/5 vote of the Council is necessary to authorize the improvement and in as much as one of the Councilmembers is absent, he feels this should not be acted on tonight.