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<br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a City Council Work Session on Tuesday, May 15,2007, at <br />the Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Thomas Gamec <br />Councilmember John Dehen <br />Councilmember David Elvig <br />Councilmember David Jeffrey <br />Councilmember Matt Look <br />Councilmember Mary Jo Olson <br />Councilmember Sarah Strommen <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />Interim City Administrator Heidi A. Nelson <br />Public Works Director Brian Olson <br />City Engineer Steve Jankowski <br />Management Intern Timothy Gladhill <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the City Council Work Session to order at 8:10 p.m. <br /> <br />APPROVE AGENDA <br /> <br />The agenda was approved as submitted. <br /> <br />COUNCIL TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> <br />1) Assessment Policy <br /> <br />City Engineer Jankowski stated there has been an interest on the part of Council to look at <br />funding alternatives for the City Street Maintenance Program. An analysis has been prepared for <br />the next five years of the program which anticipates that 30 miles of streets will need to be <br />overlaid and another 95 miles sealcoated within the 2008 through 2012 programs. On an annual <br />basis this equates to six miles of overlays and 19 miles of sealcoats. Mr. Jankowski indicated <br />since the desire was to attempt to eliminate the assessments he has prepared three scenarios to <br />show the financial impact associated with that. Each of the three scenarios proposed fully utilize <br />the MSA funds to cover the cost of the maintenance work on MSA designated streets. Each <br />scenario also anticipates fully utilizing the developer escrows toward the cost of the first <br />sealcoating. The general fund is currently budgeted for $400,000 this year. Special assessments <br />are at an equal amount; currently 50% of the total project cost is assessed. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / May 15, 2007 <br />Page 1 of9 <br />