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<br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at <br />the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma <br /> Councilmember Ryan Heineman <br />Councilmember Chelsee Howell <br />Councilmember Debra Musgrove <br />Councilmember Chris Riley <br />Councilmember Dan Specht <br />Councilmember Matt Woestehoff <br /> <br />Also Present: City Administrator Kurtis Ulrich <br />Deputy City Administrator/ Community Dev. Director Brian Hagen <br />Finance Director Diana Lund <br /> <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> <br />2.01: Contained Solutions Legislative Proposal (Veteran’s Housing Project) <br /> <br />Deputy City Administrator/ Community Dev. Director Hagen introduced the housing project and <br />stated Contained Solutions Executive Director Shawn Towle and his Deputy Executive Director, <br />Kurt Lutzow, were on the call. <br /> <br />Contained Solutions Executive Director Towle stated that because there is a VA clinic in the <br />community, they have a great interest in bringing veterans that need housing to the community. <br />He stated that part of the proposal would be a community center which would focus on workforce <br />development, a veteran building for veterans similar to Habit for Humanity. He stated they are <br />intentionally bringing a new taxpayer base by establishing veterans in permanent housing. He <br />stated they are willing to meet all of the requirements if they build in The COR. <br /> <br />Contained Solutions Deputy Executive Director Kurt Lutzow stated they looked at 12 to 14 <br />communities and each community is slated with this legislation to get it which would be around <br />$8 million dollars. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / March 8, 2022 <br />Page 1 of 13 <br /> <br />