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Acting Mayor LeTourneau agreed to move this item to later in the agenda. 7.07: Review Framework for Request to Deviate from Street Name Grid for Riverstone Addition; Case of Capstone Homes Community Development Director Gladhill reviewed the staff report and stated that the purpose of the case is to consider a request from Capstone Homes to deviate from the existing street name grid for Riverstone Development. He asked for input from the Council. Councilmember Kuzma stated that he would like to hear about the public safety element. Police Chief Katers stated that the position remains the same to change the names. He stated that there is a public benefit to remain with the County grid system and they do not see that there is a public benefit for changing that which would exceed the benefit from remaining with the County grid system. He stated that the calls for service are dispatched from the County and the grid system allows the department to find the locations (in Ramsey and other neighboring communities) without the use of GPS or Google Maps, as those services could be unavailable. He provided the example of bird names being used in Coon Rapids and Andover and stated that if a bird name is used in Ramsey that could confuse other municipalities noting that because the dispatching is done by the County, other municipalities hear those calls. Councilmember Shryock agreed that the names should not be changed and would be in favor of keeping the names in order to maintain continuity throughout the County. Councilmember Riley stated that the Public Works Committee agreed that they should stay with the letter system and animal names. He stated that the Committee was in favor of changing the Q and S names. Councilmember Shryock stated that she could agree to change those names as Councilmember Riley suggested. Heather Lorch, Capstone Homes, stated that City staff and Capstone have reviewed lists five times with a mix of stones, elements, and animals. She recognized that public works is concerned with names that might be in other categories but have suggested fitting names. She stated that Riverstone is contained within the neighborhood and does not connect and therefore they believed that public works would recognize that Riverstone would remain with the Riverstone neighborhood. She appreciated the ability to deviate from the Q and S names as proposed. She stated that they are pretty far down the path and models are in for permits and therefore they really need the addresses and would like to get this resolved so that planning and design can be completed with the next phase of development. She noted that grading has been completed and street names have the potential to hold them up. Councilmember Kuzma asked if Capstone would be willing to keep Rabbit over Riverstone. City Council/September 12, 2017 Page 10 of 13