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City Administrator Norman reviewed that the City Council adopted the Official Map for the <br />future Highway l0 corridor in April. The adoption of the Highway 10 Official Map allows the <br />City to begin preserving land within the future corridor by accessing Right-of-way Acquisition <br />Loan Fund (RALF) administered by the Metropolitan Council. As there will be many requests to <br />utilize the RALF funds presently and in the future, staff is bringing forward a blanket resolution <br />for Council consideration. The resolution will allow the City to submit loan applications to the <br />Metropolitan Council for the purchase of properties within the Highway t 0 co~Tidor. <br /> <br />Councilmember Kurak requested'that the Council be informed in a worksession or in the weekly <br />update when staff begins working with property owners. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig asked if Ralf funds would work with tha trailer park complex. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman responded in the affirmative. <br /> <br />'Motion by Councilmember Cook, second by Councilmember Elvig, to adopt Resolution #04-07- <br />196 authorizing the loan application and purchase of properties under the RALF program. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councihnembers Cook, Elvig, Kurak, Pearson, <br />Strommen, and Zimmennan. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />MAYOR AND COUNCIL INPUT <br /> <br />1) Council Updates <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec made the following announcements: <br /> <br /> The Anoka County elected officials meeting will be on July 28"~ with a barbeque prior to <br /> the meeting, starting at 5:00 p.m. <br />· The EDA Golf Tournament will be August 17th. <br />· The City will not be receiving any local govermnent aid, due to the government's <br /> interpretation that was made of the ruling. <br />· It is likely that there will not be a special session, which will affect Northstar. There will <br /> <br /> · be a meeting with a delegation of Anoka County in regards to holding the funding for <br /> Northstar in place. <br />· He has been meeting with the people on the Rum River in regards to the No Wake <br /> Ordinance, and he is working with the Water Patrol. There is getting to be a lot of. <br /> erosion. If the Council does not have any objections he will put an ordinance together to <br /> be sure Anoka, Andover and Ramsey are in conjunction. He will be lneeting with the <br /> residents again and will inform.them. <br /> <br />Councilmember Pearson indicated residents should pay attention to the speed wagons when they <br />see them. The wagons are placed in areas where there are known problems. A lot of people <br />walk on the streets and kids use it for rollerblades and bicycles. <br /> <br />P98 <br /> <br />City Council/July 27, 2004 <br /> Page 34 of 35 <br /> <br /> <br />