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1. HOW HAS THE CITY PAID FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PAST, IS <br />THERE A POLICY? <br />The City DOES have a formal program in place for maintenance and replacement of EXISTING <br />public infrastructure. Please reference Ramsey's adopted assessment policy/ long term street <br />maintenance program. This policy does not apply well to the Capstone Residential <br />Development/ New Ramsey Business Park Discussion —as this area requires new arterial <br />infrastructure (greenfield area). <br />The city does not have a formal policy in place for NEW infrastructure. Historically, this process <br />has been addressed on a case -by -case negotiated basis in Ramsey. Based on staff research, <br />below are some common trends/ informal policies. <br />1. Collector Roads/Arterial Roads <br />In the recent past, the City of Ramsey has generally split costs 60:40 (60% City). This <br />occurred in The COR in 2004, and 2005 on Rhinestone Street and Sunwood Drive. This <br />occurred in 2013 on the Legacy Christian Academy project (extension of Bunker). <br />Looking further into the past, staff conducted historical research on arterial/ collector <br />"municipal" roads (please see appendix for details). 16 developments were analyzed on <br />four major municipal roads: Sunwood Drive, Alpine Drive, 167th Ave, and Variolite <br />Street. Below is a summary of findings. <br />• Most commonly, the City of Ramsey has paid for arterial roads, not developers. <br />The City has used MSA funds, TIF funds, PIR funds, and bonding. <br />• There is a small sample of projects, in which developers did pay for a PORTION <br />of arterial infrastructure (Sunwood Drive in the early 1990s). Developers made <br />a partial contribution in the amount of what they would have paid, had the <br />arterial/ collector road been a standard residential neighborhood/ internal <br />road. In these cases, there was not a policy/ or specific percentage split. It was <br />a case -by -case analysis approach, determined by an engineer. <br />2. Internal Public Roads <br />For residential developments, it appears Ramsey has required developers to pay 100% <br />of costs associated with internal/ public roadway systems (i.e. neighborhood public <br />roads). In some cases, the City of Ramsey has helped developers with internal <br />roadways, by financing these improvements upfront via bonding, and paying them back <br />via an assessment agreement with the developer (typically 5 year term). <br />Page 2 of 8 <br />