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Mounds View City Council December 12, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 23 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />None. 2 <br /> 3 <br /> B. Reports of Staff 4 <br /> 5 <br />1. County Road J Improvement Project Agreement 6 <br /> 7 <br />City Administrator Ulrich reported that a meeting was held this morning and it was discussed 8 <br />that the original language in the grant was missing to get the money to the County at the right 9 <br />time to purchase property along County Road J. There was a complicated discussion about how 10 <br />to get that cash available. City Administrator Ulrich advised that a commitment was made by 11 <br />Commissioner Bennett that the County would cash flow the project for land acquisition in the 12 <br />amount of $5 million that would be paid back by grant monies once the language is worked out 13 <br />with the Statute during the next legislative session. He explained that the cash is not available 14 <br />now so it is hoped the County will step up to provide the funding and then the language will be 15 <br />amended during the next session. 16 <br /> 17 <br />City Administrator Ulrich advised that this road project is on a tight time schedule so the County 18 <br />needs to rush to get money forwarded. It is proposed to open this road in 2007 in conjunction 19 <br />with the Medtronic project so it would condense a four year road project into two years. He 20 <br />commented that it is very important to keep it on track and moving along. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Mayor Marty stated there were a number of minor problems and sub-issues in acquiring the 23 <br />different properties. As far as acquiring properties, the $5 million given to the City of Mounds 24 <br />View was to be passed on. But, the City of Mounds View cannot buy property located in Blaine 25 <br />or Anoka County with those funds so there was discussion of a joint powers agreement 26 <br />arrangement. Then the issue of relocation costs came up and where funds would come from 27 <br />since it is covered by State and Federal law. Mayor Marty stated that issue will also have to go 28 <br />back to the Legislature. 29 <br /> 30 <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated there is another $1.5 million for relocation benefits that are not 31 <br />covered by bond money, to allow the right-of-way to be purchased by Ramsey County. A lot of 32 <br />solutions were discussed but the most simple option would be if the County up-fronts the money 33 <br />and allows time for the Legislature to correct the problems. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Mayor Marty stated the money needs to be 100% available to be paid out by March 20 but the 36 <br />next Legislative session will not start until the beginning of March. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Councilmember Thomas stated she deals with this type of issue on a regular basis and the level 39 <br />of aggregation is elevated by the shortness of time. However, it is not uncommon to have to 40 <br />modify language to accommodate what is needed. It is an issue of finding language to allow 41 <br />some things to occur. 42 <br /> 43 <br />C. Reports of City Attorney 44 <br /> 45