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Councilmember Dehen concurred. Fire Chief Kapler suggested a meeting with himself and Councilmembers Dehen and Look at the current fire as they have not been involved with these discussions. Councilmember Elvig stated he does not see selling the land as an option. Council had adopted a resolution to dedicate the land for some type of community use. Councilmember Look suggested the possibility of the old Amoco site on Highway 47 as a location for a fire station. He suggested someone could have a use for the current building. One possibility might be to sell it to the School District to liquidate funds to use towards a new building, rather than levying additional funds. He stated the message he got with his campaigning is that the residents are getting tired of new, bigger, better and more beautiful facilities going up with their tax dollars. Fire Chief Kapler advised in addition to response time, an access to the north/south corridor is a large consideration in the location of the fire station. He suggested a meeting with himself and Councilmembers Dehen and Look to discuss the Fire Station No. 2 Replacement Study also. Councilmember Strommen noted the fiscal impact analysis will be updated this summer, and a decision needs to be made regarding the fire station prior to that. She requested that Council be provided with the fiscal information that was discussed tonight. Councilmember Elvig stated this all revolves around timing. If the City is anticipating and posturing for growth that does not occur they need to readjust. This is a timing issue in how to finance this. He agrees with not taxing the people. They need to determine what can be done to generate the dollars to afford the fire station, as opposed to adding it onto the general levy. 2) PSD, LLC Option Property Agreement Mr. Jim Deal, PSD, LLC, stated staff asked him to brief the Council on what is happening with PSD, LLC. PSD has had a good working relationship with staff and the Council and he does not want anything to jeopardize that. Mr. Deal stated PSD is involved with residential and office development. He began with 10 acres on Highway 10 where a moratorium was put in place. He moved to the Ramsey Town Center area through an exchange agreement with Mr. Feges. PSD currently own 26 acres in the Ramsey Town Center area resulting from purchases from Mr. Nedegaard. Mr. Nedegaard had needed funds and wanted PSD to partner with vested interest in Ramsey Town Center. PSD chose to purchase land rather than become a partner Mr. Deal provided an overview of the following upcoming and ongoing projects PSD is involved with in Ramsey Town Center: ■ Anoka County Medical Examiners Office is a project coming forward. PSD has worked out internal issues for the project, but there are external issues, including the road the County needs final answers for. Hopefully construction will begin late this year. This office will encompass eight counties, along with a training facility for Hamline University. City Council Work Session / February 27, 2007 Page 3 of 5