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Case/48: Settlement of Ebert Construction/SEH Fire Station II Claims <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodrich stated that in September 2002, the City Council approved an agreement <br />with Short Elliot Hendrickson ("SEH") architects of the Fire Station II project. The settlement <br />provided that the City would pay its outstanding bill with SEH in return for SEH indemnifying <br />the City from any further claims by Ebert Construction, the general contractor of the project. <br />SEH and Ebert have now agreed to settle Ebert's outstanding claim by SEH paying Ebert <br />$8,000.00 on behalf of the City. There is no cost to the City as a result of this settlement. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Cook, seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman, tO authorize the <br />Mayor and City Administrator, on behalf of the City, to execute the Release and Settlement <br />Agreement between Ebert Construction, Short Elliot Hendrickson, Inc. and the City. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Cook, Zimmerman, Elvig, Kurak, <br />Pearson, and Strommen. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Case #9: Report from Ramsey Town Center Task Force <br /> <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the Ramsey Town Center Task Force has been meeting <br />since March 21, 2002, to gather information about mixed-use, transit-orientated, pedestrian <br />friendly development. Specifically, the Task Force has been looking at how a "town center" <br />could be developed in Ramsey in the area known as Section 28 and bordered by Anoka County <br />Highways #116 (Industry Boulevard), #56 (Ramsey Boulevard), #83, (Armstrong Boulevard), <br />and the Burlington Northern railroad. The Town Center Task Force has been meeting twice a <br />month and have completed many tasks over the past eight months. This report is intended to <br />give the City Council an update on the Town Center Task Force's work during the past year. <br /> <br />Alena Hunter, Chairperson of the Town Center Task Force, 14682 Helium Street NW, Ramsey, <br />stated that she was excited to work with the new Council. She explained that the Town Center <br />Task Force has been reviewing an enormous amount of documents and they have done a lot of <br />good in depth research. She strongly recommended that there be a couple of joint meetings with <br />the Town Center Task Force and the City Council. <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />Report Card/Status Report <br />Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that the Town Center Task Force has created a "report <br />card" describing the status of tasks being undertaken. It is planned for this format to be <br />used in the future to give the City Council a quick update on the progress of the Town <br />Center. As can be seen from the "report card", most of the research that the Town Center <br />Task Force undertook has been completed. The Task Force is still working with <br />Hoisington, Koegler Group Inc. (HKGi) on the Fiscal Impact study. As the City Council <br />knows, the Calthorpe Process is complete and we expect to receive their final report in <br />the next few weeks. The Task Force is still working on a City-directed general concept <br /> <br />City Council/January 14, 2003 <br /> Page 17 of 27 <br /> <br />P43 <br /> <br /> <br />