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METROPOLITAN <br />COUNCIL <br />■ <br />uefllodoi}aw <br />Committee Meeting Date: January 23, 2023 <br />For the Metropolitan Council: January 25, 2023 <br />Business Item: 2023-11 SW <br />Right -of -Way Acquisition Loan partial repayments from City of Ramsey for Parcels along US Highway 10. <br />District(s), Member(s): District 9, Zeran <br />Policy/Legal Reference: Minn. Stat. § 473.167, Subd. 2 <br />Staff Prepared/Presented: Tony Fischer, Transportation Planner (651-602-1703) <br />Amy Vennewitz, Deputy Director Transportation Planning (651-602-1058) <br />Division/Department: MTS <br />Proposed Action <br />That the Metropolitan Council accept five proportional repayments of Right -of -Way Acquisition <br />Loan Numbers (RALF Loans) L0801, L0705, L0404, L0503 and L0602 in the City of Ramsey and <br />releases related Council claim on the portions of the property that the payments are intended to <br />cover. <br />Background <br />Minn. Stat. Section 473.167, Subd 2 established the Right -of -Way Acquisition Loan Fund (RALF) <br />program to allow the Council to make loans to cities to purchase right-of-way needed for future <br />highway use in advance of the land being developed or redeveloped, with the goal of avoiding <br />more costly acquisitions. <br />Between the fall of 2023 and spring of 2026, Anoka County will lead the construction of the City of <br />Ramsey's Highway 10 Gateway Project (Figure 1). This project includes two, grade -separated <br />interchanges at Ramsey Boulevard and Sunfish Lake Boulevard that will replace existing <br />signalized intersections. The at -grade BNSF railway crossings on Ramsey Boulevard and Sunfish <br />Lake Boulevard will also be grade -separated. <br />