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City of Ramsey <br />15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 <br /> <br />PHONE: (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 <br /> TDD (612) 427-8591 <br /> <br />February 25, 2000 <br /> <br />Betsy Wergin, Chair <br />Northstar Corridor Development Authority <br />2100 Third Avenue N. <br />Anoka, MN 55303 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Wergin: <br /> <br />Recent events of the Northstar Corridor Development Authority (NCDA) commuter rail station site selection <br />process have raised serious concern with the City of Ramsey. Consultants made a presentation to the NCDA <br />technical advisory committee on August 19, 1999, on station site evaluation comparing sites throughout the <br />Northstar Corridor. The station site locations of the Ramsey Boulevard site in Ramsey, the Fourth Avenue site, <br />and the Riverdale site in Coon Rapids were shown to be in par with one another. The City of Ramsey responded <br />with criticism of the study in a letter dated August 27, 1999, stating that the Anoka site was assigned positive <br />points unjustifiably, while the Ramsey site was unfairly assigned negative rating points. It was explained that it <br />was not necessary to criticize the site evaluation because all three sites would be recommended. Now the City of <br />Ramsey has learned from a February 3, 2000, project management team memorandum that the recommendation is <br />being made to remove the Ramsey site from further consideration. <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey has also learned that NCDA staff has reviewed information provided by the City of Anoka <br />promoting the proposed Fourth Avenue station location prior to making its recommendation to accept the Fourth <br />Avenue station location while eliminating the Ramsey Boulevard station location in Ramsey. The City of <br />Ramsey respectfully requests NCDA to provide the rationale for the recommendation of Ramsey's station <br />elimination without consulting the City of Ramsey. The City of Ramsey would also request a sufficient amount <br />of time to prepare its own analysis to why the Ramsey Boulevard site in Ramsey would be a better location for a <br />commuter rail station than the proposed Fourth Avenue location in the City of Anoka. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> <br />'{~t~n6il me~l.~gr~nrie-r s°n- Mayor Gamec <br /> <br /> Cour~c/~'~mb el- Hendriksen <br /> <br /> --~o~ember Connolly (~ <br />Councilm~mber Zimmerman <br /> <br /> <br />