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Raceway's races. He noted the information provided to the Council relating to the informal <br />noise study conducted by the Police Department. <br />Carl Janzen, Ramsey Raceway, stated they have looked into a lot of different sites the past few <br />weeks but most do not make financial sense. He stated they have talked to the owner of the 7 <br />acre former paintball site and are just learning whether that would be a suitable location. He <br />stated financially and considering the size of the site, it appears to be feasible. Mr. Janzen asked <br />whether that location would be acceptable to the Council. <br />Mayor Strommen noted this is a pre- application phase and informal question being asked <br />whether this is a suitable location. <br />Councilmember Backous stated he found the former paintball site to be a perfect site as it is <br />located away from residential homes, it has adequate exposure, and he hoped they could work <br />out a financially feasible deal with the property owner. <br />Mr. Janzen described how vehicles would access the proposed site. <br />Councilmember Backous asked that the post on Ramsey Raceway's Facebook page be entered <br />into the record as follows: <br />Attention!!!! <br />We need your help!!!! We have been approved for a new site for our race track by Anoka <br />County, but the Ramsey city council is not in favor of the move!! They think that a go -kart track <br />in RAMSEY IS NOT THE RIGHT THING FOR THEIR CITY. We need to persuade the council <br />and Mayor of Ramsey to change their minds!! We need to inundate them with e -mails and phone <br />calls. Please help keep go -cart racing close to home. PLEASE SEND E -MAILS AND MAKE <br />PHONE CALLS TO THE Mayor, council members and city administrator'' tuff I <br />www.cLramsey.mn.us/ramsev.city.council <br />Kurt Ulrich city administrator kulrich@ci.ramsey.mn.us 763 - 433 -9845 <br />Patrick Brama city assistant administrator pbrama@cityoframsey.com 763 - 433 -9896 <br />PLEASE HELP!!! <br />THE MORE THE BETTER!!!! <br />Councilmember Backous took exception to this Facebook posting, noting the City's staff has <br />more important work than to answer phone calls on information that is misleading, noting no one <br />has ever said that Ramsey Raceway is not the right thing for the City. He expressed his <br />disappointment that this had been posted by Ramsey Raceway. <br />Mayor Strommen stated she did have a conversation with Mr. Janzen about that posting and <br />agreed the conversation should focus on what would be the best location. <br />City Council Work Session / September 9, 2014 <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />