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Regular City Council Minutes - 9/15/03 Page 2 not require the item to be removed from the Consent Agenda. City Manager Beets also advised that a clarification of the monopole agreement, Consent Agenda Item XI., L, entitled, "Approving a Lease Agreement with Sprint PCS to Occupy Space on the Civic Center Campus Monopole," should state that the Sprint antenna would be located at eighty feet (80'), rather than the stated sixty-five feet (65'). City Manager Beets clarified for Mayor Kysylyczyn that the pole height would be built at one hundred feet (100'), with the ability to add an additional fifty feet (50') if and when warranted. There were no public or Council comments on the remainder of the Consent Agenda items; nor in the Land Use items listed. III. Presentations A. Update on County's Dale Street Improvement Project Ramsey County Traffic Engineer Dan Soler was present to update the City Council and citizens on work being performed by Ramsey County on Dale Street, specifically traffic signal and geometric improvement options available at the intersection of Dale Street and County Road B. Mr. Soler reviewed three (3) options for lane configurations and the advantages and disadvantages of each option. 1) Four (4) lane configuration, leaving a single phase signal as existing; 2) Leaving the Lane configuration as it currently exists; splitting the signal phases for separate north/south arrows (similar to that at the intersection of County Road C and Rice Street); 3) Four (4) lane road striped to move everyone to the right lane, introducing a left turn lane and arrow, with protected left turn phasing (similar to that at the intersection of County Road C and Hamline Avenue). Mr. Soler discussed the various safety and delay issues Presentations Update on County's Dale Street Improvement Proj ect