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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, March 28, 2023, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Mark Kuzma (attended remotely) Acting Mayor Chris Riley Councilmember Chelsee Howell (attended remotely) Councilmember Debra Musgrove Councilmember Michael Olson Councilmember Dan Specht Councilmember Matt Woestehoff (joined at 8:09 p.m.) Also Present: City Administrator Brian Hagen Police Chief Jeff Katers Community Development Director Hanson Economic Development Manager Sean Sullivan City Attorney Fritz Knaak Zoning Code Enforcement Officer Craig Swalchick City Engineer/Public Works Director Bruce Westby 1. CALL TO ORDER Acting Mayor Chris Riley called the City Council Work Session to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 2.01: Request for Feedback on Preliminary Development Proposals for Parcel 46 Economic Development Manager Sullivan reviewed the Staff report and the proposals from developers who are interested in Parcel 46 for homes, market -rate apartments, and retail spaces. He reviewed the proposals from Norhart, Centra Homes, and Capstone Homes. He shared that a large format retail developer may be interested in the site but he is not sure who the developer is. He requested to revisit the pause on apartments on City land. He stated that all of the developers were present to answer any questions. Councilmember Specht asked if there is a timeframe of when the large format retailer is likely to reach out. Economic Development Manager Sullivan explained that they could know who the developer is in the next few weeks but the process with a bigger retailer would take much longer. He added that the information about the wetland areas of the land has been shared with the large format retailer. City Council Work Session / March 28, 2023 Page 1 of 7