Resolution - #22-080 - 04/12/2022

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Councilmember Musgrove introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION #22-080 RESOLUTION APPROVING COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH ANOKA COUNTY FOR 2022 LIDAR FLIGHT DATA WHEREAS, Anoka County has partnered with the State of Minnesota to collect high- resolution digital elevation data developed from airborne LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) in the central Mississippi Minnesota region in the spring of 2022 (the "LIDAR Project"), under the State's funding received from United States Geological Survey (USGS); and WHEREAS, Anoka County contributed $58,000 toward the LIDAR Project, along with other Minnesota counties, as matching funding for the State to remit to USGS for the LIDAR project; and WHEREAS, under the LIDAR Project, Counties are encouraged to share the resulting data with other public bodies or organizations, including but not limited to cities and townships, watershed and conservation districts, and other organizations that may directly benefit from the use of such data; and WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey agrees to contribute $2,500 toward a portion of the County's costs associated with the LIDAR Project. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That the Ramsey City Council hereby authorizes the City Engineer to execute the Cost Sharing Agreement with Anoka County for 2022 LIDAR Flight Data, for and on behalf of the City of Ramsey. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmember Howell,and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Mayor Kuzma Councilmember Musgrove Councilmember Howell Councilmember Heineman Councilmember Riley Councilmember Specht Councilmember Woestehoff and the following voted against the same: None