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3. Business Relations Committee. The Business Relations Committee (BRC) continues to meet one-on-one with 10-15 businesses per month. The BRC at its next meeting has . invited Kitty Rhoades of the Chamber of Commerce, to discuss potential collaborative efforts between the two organizations. TCAAP Dwayne Stafford and myself met with representatives ofNSP, at their request, to discuss their power supply plan for the area. NSP currently has an underground mainline which extends from Highway 96 and Hamline Avenue, north along the extension of Hamline Avenue, to County Road I where its connects to a distribution system for the homes north and east of TCAAP. The underground facility is in poor condition and needs to be replaced. The replacement cost (underground) is in excess of$I,OOO,OOO. NSP approached the Minnesota National Guard regarding the possibility of placing this underground utility overhead. The Minnesota National Guard does not wish to have an overhead utility in this location. Therefore, NSP approached Ramsey County regarding placing an overhead utility along Highway 96 (north side), Lexington Avenue (west side), and County Road I (south side). Ramsey County approved NSP's request. The City Council may wish to comment on this issue, as the new overhead utilities would be directly in front of the new City Hall. NSP estimates that the cost of undergrounding all or part of the Highway 96 utilities would range from $40,000 to $80,000. The Staff would appreciate direction from the City Council on how it wishes to pursue or not to pursue alternate designs and/or locations for this new utility. North Metro I35W Corridor Coalition The Staff has not yet received feedback from the Metropolitan Council on the County Road D, . Neighborhood Commons grant application. The City is scheduled to be hooked up to the Coalition server the week of August 24th, which would allow us to electronically interact with the other member cities, as well as to receive the current Ramsey County property records data sets. EDA The Staff continues to work with Welsh Companies and their excavator Rehbein to verify the soil correction cost for the Phase II, III, and IV of the Gateway project. As the City Council will remember as part of the development agreement with Welsh Companies the City agreed to pay up to $250,000 for soil correction costs on the project. The Staff is reviewing the billing to determine the eligibility of the various components so that the EDA may authorize the release of the appropriate funds. . ---