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