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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2000, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Thomas Gamec Councilmember Susan E. Anderson Councilmember Margaret Connolly Councilmember Terry Hendriksen Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator James E. Norman City Attorney William Goodrich Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Director of Public Works/Fire Chief Dean Kapler Finance Officer Diana Lund Human Resources Manager Rhonda Heryla City Engineer Steve Jankowski City Engineer Brian E. Olson Police Chief David Gustafson CALL TO ORDER Mayor Gamec called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:04 p.m. and called upon Councihnember Anderson to lead in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. CITIZEN INPUT A1 Kempf, 15520 St. Francis Boulevard NW, Ramsey, stated that he is becoming increasingly distressed and frustrated by the apparent lack of interest by the City of Ramsey to settle the right- of-way acquisition required by the T.H. #47 project. There has been no legitimate offer made for the portion of his front yard lost to this project. The only offer that was made, nearly a year ago, dated July 15, 1999, was by Evergreen Land serVices who was contracted by the City. Their offer was made site unseen and wasn't worthy of consideration and he never heard from them again. In December, the Anoka County Court assigned commissioners to resolve the right-of- way acquisition issues. After hearing nothing from them, he wrote a letter to Mayor Gamec indicating the lack of action. Shortly thereafter, on May 22, 2000, they finally viewed the property. Much of the property was already cleared in preparation for the project. Currently he has not heard from them and according to the City Engineer, he also has received nothing from City Council/July 11, 2000 Page 2 of 15