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IN~IDE JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2007 Calendar & Contacts 2 Finance 3 Development 5 Public Safety 7 Public Notice 8 Community News 11 Ramsey Star Express to Begin Service January 22, 2007 Stucl( in traffic? You're in luck! The Ramsey Star Express will offi- cially begin service beginning on January 22,2007. The Ramsey Star Express will consist of four (4) daily trips to Minneapolis in the morning, with four (4) return trips to the Ramsey Parl(ing Facility in the afternoon and evening, Monday through Friday. Fares will be $4.50 each way. Schedules and route information for the Ramsey Star Express are available at the Ramsey Municipal Center, Coborn's of Ramsey, or online at www.commutercoach.org as well as www.metrotransit.org. The Ramsey Star Express is Route 856. Riders will need to use transit passes from Metro Transit to ride the Ramsey Star Express. Visit www.metrotransit.org to purchase a Metropass, Stored Value Card, or for more information. The fare of $4.50 must be paid entirely with Stored Value cards or cash. For riders that currently using a Me- tropass, an additional fare of$1.75 must be purchased with cash only. Coborn's of Ramsey will also be selling Stored Value cards for the new Ramsey Star Express. The Ramsey Star Express is a new express commuter coach service from the Ramsey Municipal Parking Facility, located at 7650 Sunwood Drive, to Downtown Minneapolis's 5th Street Garage. Parl(ing in the Ramsey Munici- pal Parking Facility is free. The Ramsey Star Express is operated in cooperation with the Northstar Corridor Development Authority (NCDA), which currently operates the North- star Commuter Coach from Elk River and Coon Rapids to Downtown Min- neapolis. The Northstar Commuter Coach is the pilot program of the Northstar Commuter Rail set to begin service in 2009. The city of Ramsey will host various l(icl(-off activities the first week of service to celebrate the start of this new express commuter coach. The city of Ramsey will also provide 100 free Stored Value Cards (worth $22) to riders. These free Stored Value Cards are first come, first served and are available by calling Mary Jo Warner, Public Worl(s Secretary, at 763-433-9820. For questions about the Ramsey Star Express, please contact 1-888- 528-8880 or email commutercoach@commutercoach.org. See page 8 for bus schedule See you on the bus! Ramsey Town Center Update As you have been able to witness, Ramsey's Town Center continues to evolve. Projects such as the PACT Charter School, the new municipal parking facility, NAU Insurance, several residential subdivi- sions, Ramsey Municipal Center, and Coborn's Grocery with it's surround- ing commercial area have all tal(en shape as anticipated. It is with great sadness how- ever that we've recently said goodbye to the project's main developer, Mr. Bruce Nedegaard. Mr. Nedegaard passed away in November after a long illness. He had a long reputation of successful residential and com- mercial development in the metro area and will be sadly missed in the Minnesota development community. Town Center Today The Ramsey Town Center project has been experiencing finan- cial difficulties due to the declining marl(et conditions for development during the past two years and the uncertainty of the leadership of the Ramsey Town Center LLC develop- ment group due to Mr. Nedegaard's health. It is important to draw a distinction between Ramsey Town Center LLC and the city of Ramsey. Ramsey Town Center LLC is a Continued on Page 10 www.ci.ramsey.mn.us Volume 22 · Number 1