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CITY COUNCIL CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey City Council conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 1996, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Glen Hardin Councilmember Carolyn Beahen Councilmember Sheila Beyer Councilmember Kenneth Peterson Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: City Administrator Ryan Schroeder Finance Officer Jessie Hart Administrative Services Manager Linda Waite Smith City Engineer Steve Jankowski Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik City Attorney William Goodrich CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hardin called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:00 p.m. and led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. CITIZEN INPUT Randy Lakings, 16940 Zeolite Street NW, Ramsey, recollected that a couple months ago, it was brought up about putting in speed bumps on Zeolite Street. City Administrator Schroeder stated that was discussed at a neighborhood meeting which resulted due to traffic on Bison, 171st, Zeolite, etc. We talked about various traffic calming procedures. City Council chose to install a couple of stop signs on 171st and to have the Police Department monitor the traffic, and to get a speed and traffic device from the County. Council felt we should try these options first and go from there. Mr. Lakings wanted Council aware of the fact that there are about 15 kids, aged 10 and under, who live between 169th and 170th. Ben Deemer, 14501 Sunfish Lake Boulevard NW, Ramsey, made an appeal that his campaign signs be returned to him or to a public place. Terry Hendriksen, 15631 Ramsey Boulevard NW, Ramsey, stated that the Council Update on Cable is a valuable tool. It's good to see the higher points of the City Council meeting. However, it's only valuable if it's an accurate and unbiased report. He had three issues with the last report. 1) The Charter, as it existed, in reference to the Haubrich project, even if the petition had contained 100% of signatures, it's not a requirement that you order the project. 2) The report seemed to imply that the Charter had not reviewed the fairness of the petition process. At the time of the Haubrich assessment, Councilmember Zimmerman was offended that you ordered this project and asked that the Charter look at this. They did, and recommended no change. 3) It was said that three property owners who are opposed to the project circulated a petition so they would not have to be assessed for it. I 0tendriksen) am the author of the Charter amendment. I do not City Council/October 22, 1996 Page 2 of 13