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City of Ramsey Anoka County, Minnesota Request for Proposals for "Ramsey Town Center Cinema" 1. Introduction and Executive Summary The City of Ramsey ("City"), is inviting pre-qualified cinema developers and operators along with their design and/or construction team ("Developer Team") to submit proposals relating to the development of up to a 3000 seat Multi-plex movie theater (The "Project") located in the Ramsey Town Center: a 370 acre Mixed-Use Development Project located in the City of Ramsey Minnesota on Sunwood Drive. The Ramsey Town Center Masterplan (exhibit A), a detailed site plan (Exhibit B), City's adopted Design Guidelines and architectural renderings of a potential theater which would be suitable for this Project are included a~ attachments. The City has entered into a Real Estate option and Purchase Agreement with the current land owner to secure necessary property in preparation for the Project. In addition, the City is currently constructing a 580 car parking structure which may be made available to the Project according to terms and conditions mutually acceptable to both parties. To caffitalize on the potential that the Project offers, the City is seeking the right firm, or group of firms, to serve as the Developer/Operator Team for the cinema. The City will work closely with the Developer Team towards all required approvals. Involvement by City, however, does not relieve the Developer Team of its responsibilities and obligations reflected in this Request for Proposal ("RFP"). 2. The Project Area Over the past five years, the City of Ramsey and Ramsey Town Center, LLC ("Master Developer") have been actively developing Ramsey Town Center. Ramsey Town Center is a 370-acre, mix'd-use development located on U.S. Highway 10 between Ramsey Blvd. and Armstrong Blvd. in the City of Ramsey. The Ramsey Town Center will have over 2,800 housing units, 775,000 square feet of commercial, retail, office, and civic uses, a transit station for the potential future Northstar Commuter Rail, and 25 acres of new parkland. The Ramsey Town Center design is based on New Urbanism and Transit-Oriented Design principles that emphasize pedestrian orientation, a mix of land uses, and connections to existing trails in Ramsey- The Ramsey Town Center is practical solution that will meet the community's needs for shopping, employment, and residential options and is especially important as the project will create a central and identifiable "downtown" in a city that does not have one. Ramsey Town Center Cinema - Request for Proposals I ofll -344-