Agenda - Council - 09/04/1991 - Joint with Anoka City Council

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CASE gl TRANSPORTATION ISSUES By: Ryan R. Schroeder, City Administrator Background: There are two issues that staff would like the joint Councils to consider regarding transportation. Additionally, attached for your review, as requested by the City of Anoka, is a resolution which the Ramsey City Council passed recently requesting the State to study the speeds on T.H.//47 with the intent of reducing those speeds. The City of Anoka has also asked Ramsey to consider a trail corridor crossing from Anoka into the River's Bend Park in Ramsey. At the meeting, Staff will present some corridor ideas for Council consideration. The second item is a request by the City of Ramsey of the Anoka Council to pass a resolution of support for the proposed Mississippi River Crossing located south of Highway 4/10 between Ramsey Boulevard N.W. (County Road g56) and Armstrong Boulevard N.W. (County Road g83) into the City of Dayton. CASE #2 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS By: Ryan R. Schroeder, City Administrator Background: There are two small parcels, one in Ramsey and one in Anoka, which seem reasonable to trade by annexing to one city and detaching from the other. The first parcel is located at the southwest intersection of Trunk Highway g47 and County Road gl 16. The parcel is a small triangular piece currently located in the City of Ramsey but too small for Ramsey to realistically develop; however, it can be attached to a larger parcel within the City of Anoka. Staff would propose that Ramsey detach this parcel and allow for annexation by the City of Anoka. The second parcel is located north of Highway gl0 and crossing the Burlington Northern tracks behind the ParaBody facility at the southeastern limit of Ramsey. Currently, there is a small triangle of Anoka jutting into Ramsey at that location. Again, it is too small to be of any value to the City of Anoka, ownership is controlled by the same owner of a larger piece in the City of Ramsey, and annexation by the City of Ramsey would follow a section line. Therefore, it would be proposed that Anoka allow for detachment of this parcel and Ramsey be allowed to annex the parcel. CASE #3 SHARED SERVICES By: Ryan R. Schroeder, City Administrator Background: Staff from Ramsey and Anoka have met to consider joint delivery of various services. Also discussed were areas of service delivery for which one community or the other has a staffing shortage or overage which could be dealt with by either gaining assistance or granting assistance to the other community. One such area is Community Education/Recreation. It currently appears that six communities are looldng at offering the basic level of service by the Community Education ann of School District gl 1, while Anoka, Andover and Ramsey appear to be looking at the hub model of service. It should be noted, however, that the school district has yet to determine whether it will