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Council Business <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the regular portion of the City Council meeting back to order at 7:37 p.m. <br /> <br />Case <br /> <br />Proposed Grant from Minnesota Initiative Fund for the Vision-Ease <br />Lens Facility <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec adjourned the regular portion of the City Council meeting at 7:37 p.m. in order to <br />conduct the public heating. <br /> <br />Public Hearine <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the public hearing to order at 7:37 p.m. <br /> <br />Presentation <br /> <br />City Administrator Schroeder stated that the State has a new program to provide funding in order to <br />encourage economic development. The City of Ramsey has been requested to apply for pass- <br />through funds to provide assistance to Vision-Ease Lens in the amount of $100,000. This would <br />assist the company in the purchase of new equipment. The grant would be based on the retention <br />of jobs and creation of new jobs. The company has committed to the creation of 30 new jobs with <br />an average wage of $10 per hour, excluding benefits. In addition to the new jobs that will be <br />created, the company will also retain over 208 jobs. The program is funded by the Department of <br />Trade and Economic Development (DTED). <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Zimmerman and seconded by Councilmember Beyer to close the public <br />hearing. <br /> <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Zimmerman, Beyer, Beahen and <br />Haas Steffen. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />The public hearing closed at 7:46 p.m. <br /> <br />Council Bl~iness <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec called the regular portion of the City Council meeting back to order at 7:46 p.m. <br /> <br />Motion by Councilmember Beahen and seconded by Councilmember Zimmerman to adopt <br />Resolution 407-01-038 authorizing the submittal and execution of the grant application for the <br />Vision-Ease Lens Project. <br /> <br />Motion carded. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Beahen, Zimmerman, Beyer and <br />Haas Steffen. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Case #3: Introduce Ordinance Extending Cable Franchise <br /> <br />City Administrator Schroeder stated that this case is to discuss extending the existing cable <br />franchise. He noted the Continental/US West merger affects several cable franchises in the Metro <br />Area. QCqW is one of the smaller franchises but it had the earliest renewal date. The Cable <br />Commission has requested that the operation extend the existing franchise term to allow for some <br />of the larger cable commissions to negotiate new franchise agreements prior to QCTV having to do <br />so. The cable operator has agreed to an extension to September 1998. <br /> <br />City Council/January 28, 1997 <br /> Page 7 of 11 <br /> <br /> <br />