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Minutes of the Arden Hills Regular Council Meeting, 2-26-90 Page 2 . . PROGRAM SUPER. Council concurred the candidate is well-qualified and (Cont'd) requested Ms. Severtson attend and be introduced to Council at their regular meeting held March 12. Malone moved, seconded by Mahowald, that Council hire Ms. . Cindy Severtson for the position of Park Program Supervisor, effective March 12, 1990, at an annual staring salary of $20,800.00. Motion carried unanimously. (3-0) REQUEST; BETHEL Council was referred to a letter from Bethel College and COLLEGE, TURN BACK Seminary dated 2-7-90, requesting the City consider TH 51 FRONTAGE RD. vacating the service road along Highway 51, extending from Bethel Drive to the Soo Line tracks, adjacent to the College property. The letter states that Bethel appears to be the exclusive user of the road and it appears the City's best interests are not met by the need to maintain the road for a single user. Council was also referred to a memorandum from Engineer Terry Maurer dated 2-23-90, which indicates staff should review this matter to identify any utilities located under this section of roadway and obtain the necessary easements if Council considers vacation of the roadway. Clerk Administrator Berger advised that both Attorney Filla and Engineer Maurer did not foresee any problems with vacating the roadway, with the exception of identifying utilities and obtaining easement documents if necessary. He recommended if Council concurs with vacating the roadway, staff should be directed to research ownership, identify easements, prepare the necessary documents and schedule a public hearing for vacation of the roadway. Mahowald moved, seconded by Malone, to direct staff to . research ownership of the TH 51 Frontage Road on Bethel College property and prepare the necessary documents to accomplish the vacation of the roadway and retain any easements identified. Motion carried unanimously. (3-0) COUNCIL COMMENTS PARKING; SETBACKS Councilmember Malone referred to Engineer Maurer's letter GREY FOX, RED FOX, dated 1-29-90, relative to the request from Ramsey County & PINE TREE DRIVE for the City to restrict parking for a length of 150-200 feet on Grey Fox Road, Red Fox Road and Pine Tree Drive in conjunction with the signalization at these locations. Malone favored the parking restriction and stated the proposal will help facilitate traffic at these locations. Council concurred and directed staff to advise the Engineer to convey to Ramsey County their approval of imposing the parking restriction at these locations and proceed with installation of the signage when deemed necessary. RAMSEY COUNTY Councilmember Malone referred to the Engineer's letter PROP'D SERVICES dated 1-31-90, relative to the proposed increase in INCREASE charges for Ramsey County services. Malone noted the proposed increase for services will be 10-15 percent and questioned how the increase will affect current Arden Hills projects. Council requested Engineer Maurer report on the effect of the 10-15% increase in . Ramsey County service costs on current projects in Arden Hills.