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ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Road and Bridge Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 11, 1997, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmember Sheila Beyer Councilmember Natalie Haas Steffen (arrived at 5:40 p.m.) Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder City Engineer Steve Jankowski Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith Police Chief Mike Auspos CALL TO ORDER Councilmember Zimmerman called the regular meeting of the Road and Bridge Committee to order at 5:30 p.m. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case #1: Update of Well Head Protection Joint Powers Agreement City Engineer Jankowski reminded the Committee that, in November, the City Council authorized participation with Anoka County to investigate the cost of performing a county-wide well head protection plan. Plans require that the area contributing to the recharge area of each well be defined, and the assessments of each well's vulnerability be made. If Ramsey participated, our share would be 4.8 percent of the total estimated cost of between $100,000 and $200,000. The plan was to hire a qualified consultant to perform the work. Mr. Jankowski continued that on January 23, 1997, the Anoka County Municipal Well Head Planning Group met to review statements of qualifications by consultants. At that meeting, we were informed by the Minnesota Department of Health that they would offer the resources of their organization in preparing the plan, as a result of funding that was made available to their agency by the Safe Drinking Water Act re-authorization. The planning group accepted their offer. Mr. Jankowski suggested a lot of credit for getting this funding should go to the Anoka County Health Department, as they made all the calls, etc. Motion by Councilmember Beyer and seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman to recommend that Council ratify the Joint Powers Agreement recommendation to discontinue the Phase I consultant selection process and to authorize commencement of Phase II work set forth in parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Minnesota Department of Health proposal at zero cost to the City of Ramsey. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Beyer and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Absent: Councilmember Haas Steffen. Case #2: Priority Street Lights City Engineer Jankowski reported that, in 1993, the City began installing priority street lights which, by definition, include only those intersections of State trunk highways, County roads and arterial City streets. He explained the policy for classifying locations of lights into A through D priorities. In late 1995, the Council allocated funds for the installation of priority A and B lights. Road & Bridge Committee/February 11, 1997 Page 1 of 4