2.0. SR 05-09-2011Item # 2
MEMORANDUM
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TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator
DATE: May 9, 201 I
SUBJECT: Joint Meeting with Ramsey City Council
The Ramsey Ciry Council and staff will. be joining us for a joint meeting to discuss the items
listed on the agenda. I contacted Ramsey City Administrator Kurt Ulrich in preparation to
determine if there were specific requests or issues related to the agenda items Ramsey
provided. He stated there are not and further indicated they are expecting general discussion
about these items at the joint meeting. Several department heads including Ciry Engineer
Justin Femrite, Fire Chief John Cunningham, and Police Chief Brad Rolfe will also be in
attendance to answer questions.
Below is a list of the City of Ramsey Official's names for your information:
Mayor Bob Ramsey
Councilmember Randy Backous
Councilmember David Elvig
Councilmember David Jeffrey
Councilmember Colin McGlone
Councilmember Jason Tossey
Councilmember Jeff Wise
Ciry Administrator Kurt Ulrich
Engineering Division
Public Works
2011 Projects
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2011 Street Maintenance projects (Overlays and SC)
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Interchange design Trunk Highway 10 At Armstrong
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116/83 Intersection signalization (Legacy Christian Acedemy)
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116 reconstruction (SLB –Germanium St)
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Dysprosium Street reconstruction
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Alpine Drive OL and trail
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Parking ramp expansion
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Rail Station design
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Holiday / Oasis demolition
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Chameleon Street paving (DREP under 3 miles to go)
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Long Term Road maintenance program
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CSAH 5 Overlay
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Sunfish Lake Boulevard and Alpine Drive signal
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Mississippi River Trail
The Mississippi River Trail () is a world-class
MRT
bicycling route that travels from the headwaters of the
Mississippi River at Lake Itasca, Minnesota to the
Delta at the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
Both an on-road element and a future off roadway trail.
Ramsey’s successfully working on both
the on-road system and off street trail –
and received $380,204 in Federal Funds to
connect Ramsey with Anoka.
Elk River and Ramsey collaborated in 2010 to
restore the on-roadway MRT to ‘our’side of
the river and connect our cities.
These two trail systems (on and off roadway)
with prudent planning will attract non-local
visitors and generate tourism and economic
activity.
A 2009, 148 page U of M report
entitled
“Economic Impact of
cites the net
Recreational Trail Use”
benefit to “directly affected business”
at $298,300,000 million dollars
annually in the state from bicycle
rider [only] spending.
If Elk River and Ramsey successfully coordinate, manage
and capture 2% of these revenues –this will equate to
almost $6 million each year for our business community .