Minutes - Council Work Session - 06/28/2022

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma Councilmember Chelsee Howell Councilmember Debra Musgrove Councilmember Chris Riley Councilmember Dan Specht Councilmember Matt Woestehoff Members Absent: Councilmember Ryan Heineman Also Present: City Administrator Brian Hagen Parks and Assistant Public Works Superintendent Mark Riverblood Administrative Services Director Colleen Lasher City Engineer Bruce Westby City Attorney Fritz Knaak 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Kuzma called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: Provide Direction on 2023 City-Led Project to Extend/Reconstruct Riverdale Drive East of Sunfish Lake Boulevard City Engineer Westby introduced Dan Lonnes from Bolton & Menk and Jason Orcutt from the Anoka County Transportation Division. He stated they are attending to outline the purpose for having the City lead the construction and reconstruction of Riverdale Drive East of Sunfish Lake Boulevard as a 2023 improvement project. He stated the biggest benefit is that it will help shorten the duration of the project on Highway 10. He stated Council concurrence is being sought on whether they are in favor of having the City lead this as a 2023 improvement project. Mr. Lonnes gave a presentation on the staging and why this is a critical piece. He stated they were tasked by Mr. Orcutt to put a staging plan together to get this built as fast as possible and to come up with recommendations to meet the stakeholders goals. Mayor Kuzma asked who is doing the engineering, is that already done and they could send that out for contract if the City were to handle that, or is that something the City has to take on. City Council Work Session / June 28, 2022 Page 1 of 20