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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota, was held on the 9th day of March 2009, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: Pust, Ihlan, Johnson, Roe, and Klausing; Member Pust introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 10696 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MOUNT RIDGE ROAD AND TWIN LAKES PARKWAY WHEREAS, on December 15, 2008, the City approved the final plat and final PUD for the Roseville Park and Ride Transit Facility in the Twin Lakes redevelopment area; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has commenced proceedings to acquire property for the planned Park and Ride Transit Facility; and WHEREAS, redevelopment of the Twin Lakes area has long been identified in the Comprehensive Plan as an important priority for the City; and WHEREAS, the Park and Ride Transit Facility will provide increased mass transit ridership and supplement the successful Rosedale Shopping Center park and ride facility; and WHEREAS, improvements to Mount Ridge Road and Twin Lakes Parkway are necessary in order to provide access to the Park and Ride Transit Facility; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council will contribute funding to the City for the overall infrastructure improvements for the Twin Lakes area; and WHEREAS, the federal funding to be used by the Metropolitan Council to reimburse the City for infrastructure improvements must be spent by December 31, 2009; and WHEREAS, the City has entered into an Interagency Agreement with the Metropolitan Council for the construction of roadway and infrastructure improvements to provide access to the new Park and Ride Transit Facility; and WHEREAS, as part of the Interagency Agreement, the City must construct improvements to Mount Ridge Road and Twin Lakes Parkway; and WHEREAS, failing to construct the infrastructure improvements under the Interagency Agreement would jeopardize the City's collection of the Metropolitan Council's infrastructure funding contribution; and