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12) Adopt Resolution #07-03-078 Approving 4th Partial Payment to W.B. Miller Inc. for I.P. #05-23 Ebony Street Improvements 13) Adopt Resolution #07-03-079 Approving Pay No 4 to EH Renner and Sons, Inc. for Improvement Project #04-51 Wells No 7 & 8 14) Adopt Resolution #07-03-080 Approving the Sale of Lot 2, Block 1, Sunfish Lake Business Park 3rd Addition Motion carried. V oting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Olson, Strommen, Elvig, Jeffrey, and Look. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Dehen. COUNCIL BUSINESS Case #A: Consider Authorizing the Official Mapping or a Portion or the Northwest River Crossing and the use or RALF Funds to Purchase Property within the Northwest River Crossing Corridor Community Development Director Trudgeon reviewed that for the past year, the City of Ramsey and Anoka County have been in discussions with Mr. Larry Boike regarding the purchase of his property located within the future Northwest River Crossing Corridor at 14453 Llama Street. Information from the recently completed Highway 10 Access Management Study indicates that the Boike property will be impacted both by the future river crossing as well as by needed interchanges to connect to Highway 10. Mr. Trudgeon stated Anoka County has informed the City that the purchase of the Boike property is a transportation priority for the region. Mr. Boike has previously marketed his land for development, but has been willing to sell the land to Anoka County. Anoka County is planning on using several sources to fund the purchase of the Boike property. These include use of Federal Funds, other County sources, and RALF funds administered by the Metropolitan Council. The City of Ramsey has successfully been using RALF to purchase several properties in the Highway 10 corridor. To that end, the City of Ramsey and Metropolitan Council have earmarked some RALF dollars for additional purchases along Highway 10. Anoka County is requesting that the City allow for approximately $1.2 million of the earmarked funds to be utilized, the Metropolitan Council is requiring (a) that a letter from the City be sent indicating that Ramsey will allow the use of the earmarked RALF dollars and that the City understands that no additional funding for purchases in the Highway 10 Corridor will be available until June 2007; and (b) that the Boike property be officially mapped in order to be eligible to use RALF. Mr. Trudgeon stated Bolton and Menk have quoted a price of $7,500 for official mapping of the Boike property. This would be the only cost the City would incur as part of this transaction. The following three motions are being requested from Council: (1) adopt a resolution authorizing the City of Ramsey to Officially Map the Boike property as part of the Northwest River Crossing Corridor; (2) enter into a contract with Bolton and Menk regarding the creation of an Official Map of the Boike property for the Northwest River Crossing Corridor; (3) authorize the City to send a letter to Metropolitan Council indicating the City's support of utilizing RALF funds currently planned.for use in the Highway 10 corridor for the purchase of the Boike property. Metropolitan Councilmember Haas Steffen stated rather than the letter from the City stating they would like to use the RALF funds for the Boike property, the City needs to withdraw the request City Council I March 27, 2007 Page 4 or 19