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RESOLUTION NO. 6566
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
ACCEPTING THE STATE APPROPRIATION OF A $5,000,000 GRANT TO
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW FOR COUNTY ROAD J RECONSTRUCTION
AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE MEDTRONIC
PROJECT IN MOUNDS VIEW
WHEREAS, on January 3, 2005 the Mounds View City Council directed
City Staff to continue to proceed with further negotiations with Medtronic and to
pursue a course of action consistent with potentially selling The Bridges for
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, Medtronic has made an offer to purchase the 72 acre site off
1-35W and State Highway 10 in the City of Mounds View as the location for its
new Cardiac Rhythm Management corporate campus; and
WHEREAS, Medtronic has proposed in Phase I to construct 820,000 sq.
ft. of office space that would house approximately 3,300 employees at the new
complex, and potentially around 6,000 employees at full buildout; and
WHEREAS, the Bridges Alternative Areawide Review (AUAR) authorized
the City reviewed all transportation issues related to the proposed development
of the site, and the Traffic Impact Study indicated that the main access road,
County Road J, would need to be reconstructed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View and Medtronic pursued funding for
the necessary road improvements and that the Minnesota Legislature approved
$20.5 million, including $5.0 million in a Minnesota Employment and Economic
Development (DEED) Redevelopment Account, and Governor Pawlenty signed
the Bonding Bill on April 11, 2005; and
WHEREAS, Ramsey County will be the lead governmental body
undertaking the specified road improvements, and has issued an RFP to
engineering companies for the predesign and final design activities; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota DEED, the grantor, requires that the City of
Mounds View to submit project information and adopt a resolution accepting the
state appropriation of a $5.0 million grant to the City for the public improvements;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View has not violated any federal, state,
or local laws pertaining to fraud, bribery, graft, kickbacks, collusion, conflict of
interest or other unlawful or corrupt practice; and
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WHEREAS, the City Administrator of the City of Mounds View is hereby
authorized to execute such agreements as are necessary to implement the
above referenced project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT the Mounds View City
Council does hereby accept the state appropriation of a $5,000,000 grant to the
City of Mounds View for County Road J Reconstruction and other improvements
necessary for the Medtronic project, and authorizes staff to develop a
Cooperative Agreement between Ramsey County and the City of Mounds View
regarding the road project.
Adopted this 2ih of June, 2005.
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ROD Marty, Mayor
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Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator
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