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7) 8) 9) lO) c) Personnel Committee - regular - June 10, 1997 d) City Council - regular - June 10, 1997 e) Finance Committee - regular June 24, 1997 Adopt Resolution #97-07-167 approving cash distributions made and authorizing payment on accounts payable invoicing received during the period of June 14, 1997 through June 30, 1997 Adopt Resolution #97-07-168 approving 2nd partial payment to W.B. Miller, Inc. for Improvement Projects #96-23 (McKinley Street to Commercial Asphalt) and #97-19 (Utility and Street Improvements to Azurite Street) Adopt Resolution #97-07-169 approving 5th partial payment to M.C. Magney Construction, Inc. for Improvement Project #96-22 (Construction of Pump House and Connecting Watermain for Well No. 3) Adopt Resolution #97-07-170 acknowledging receipt of a petition for a proposed Charter amendment and verification of required signatures Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Beahen and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmembers Beyer and Haas Steffen. COUNCIL BUSINESS/PUBLIC HEARING Council Business Case #1: Presentation by Anoka County Sheriff Anoka County Sheriff, Larry Podany, gave a brief presentation of the workings of the Sheriff Department and the teamwork between his department and the City of Ramsey Police Department. Case #2: EAW Report - Apple Ridge City Administrator Schroeder explained that on June 23, 1997, the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) received a petition from interested Ramsey residents requesting an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) on the Apple Ridge subdivision. The City received that from the EQB on June 24. In the transmittal from the EQB, the City was made the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) and it says the City is responsible for making a determination if an EAW should be done for the subdivision. According to the EQB, the RGU should order it if it's demonstrated the project would have significant environmental effects. The EAW should be denied if it is determined that there is not a significant environmental effect. City Council directed that staff go to an outside engineering firm to review this to see if there is a potential for an environmental effect or not. The RGU has 15 days from receiving the petition to make a decision if an EAW is required or not. That 15 days expires tomorrow (7/09). The City Council has an opportunity to provide for an additional 15-day period which would expire on July 24. The next Council meeting is scheduled for July 22. Council needs to make a decision tonight or move for a 15-day extension. Upon City Council direction, staff approached the engineering firm of Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc. to provide a report upon review of the issue. The third paragraph in their correspondence to the City states: "Based on our review and discussion City Council/July 8, 1997 Page 7 of 15