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COUNCIL BUSINESS/PUBLIC HEARING Case #1: Vacate a Portion of McKinley Street Right-of-Way; Case of City of Ramsey Mayor Gamec closed the regular portion of the City Council meeting at 7:22 p.m. in order to conduct the public hearing. Public Hearing Mayor Gamec called the public hearing to order at 7:22 p.m. Presentation The eastern terminus of McKinley Street is platted as a cul-de-sac. Continued development of Business Park 95 by the City of Ramsey requires extending Radium Street north off of McKinley. That extension will occur at the location of the cul-de-sac bulb and, therefore, a vacation of that bulb right-of-way is required. Citizen Input None. Motion by Councilmember Haas Steffen and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to close the public hearing. Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Haas Steffen, Beahen, Beyer and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. The public hearing adjourned at 7:22 p.m. Mayor Gamec called the regular portion of the City Council back to order at 7:22 p.m. Council Business Motion by Councilmember Haas Steffen and seconded by Councilmember Beahen to introduce the ordinance to vacate the McKinley Street cul-de-sac bulb. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Haas Steffen, Beahen, Beyer and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #2: Consider Traffic Calming for 149th Avenue Area City Engineer Jankowski reported that staff was directed to prepare some alternatives for traffic calming for the 150th Lane/Uranimite Street/149th Avenue corridor. He has been conferdng with the Director of Public Works on this issue and they have come up with four alternatives. He briefly summarized each one as follows: 1) Cul-de-sac Alternative: This is the most drastic City Council/March 24, 1998 Page 5 of 18