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7550 Sunwood Drive NW • Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 City Hall: 763 - 427 -1410 • Fax: 763 - 427 -5543 www.ci.ramsey.mn.us March 22, 2007 Natalie Haas Steffen, Councilmember Metropolitan Council 390 N. Robert Street St. Paul, MN 55101 Re: Understanding of RALF Allocations in Ramsey Dear Councilmember Steffen: On behalf of the Ramsey City Council, I would like to thank you for the work you and Anoka County Commissioner Dennis Berg have put into making the acquisition of a critical piece of property along Trunk Highway #10 a potential reality. We have been working for the past two years to negotiate and develop a financing strategy that would allow for the City to participate in the purchase of Mr. Larry Boike's property, located within an area of TH10 that will undoubtedly be needed for transportation access and/or highway in the future. It is our understanding that Anoka County has negotiated new terms with Mr. Boike to acquire the full property, and that the City of Ramsey must complete specific steps and/or actions to assist the County in the acquisition. More specifically, we understand the County intends to use a portion of federal funding allocated to right -of -way acquisition activities for the Northwest River Crossing toward the purchase of the property, and that an additional $1,200,000 is being requested from a RALF allocation made to the City of Ramsey for the purchase of the property located at 7665 Highway #10 Northwest in Ramsey, owned by Mr. Todd Bialon of EZ Auto Sales. The City of Ramsey understands that in order to acquire the Boike property, the City must relinquish its placeholder for the acquisition of the Bialon property, and that if the City is interested in purchasing the Bialon property at some point in the future, a new application must be submitted; furthermore, the City understands the application may not be accepted based on available funds or other limitations of the RALF Program. _92_