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Reports of Staff May 20, 2016 Page 7 of 8 of County Rd 10 & Woodale Drive. Segment 11 will run from Red Oak Drive near Western Bank to Groveland Road near Steve’s Appliances and will tie in with the newly constructed sidewalk at Groveland Road. With the completion of the new bridge over I- 35 this fall, Mounds View will have continuous access to the county regional trail system. Community Center Sign: The city is in the preliminary stages of contracting with a sign company to install a new Community Center monument sign across from City Hall. This project is expected to be completed this year. E. Snyder Building Staff is in regular contact with the realtor offering ideas and leads. The main issue is the price and lack of parking. The asking price has been reduced from $2.5 mill to somewhere between $1 to $2 mill. The lease is over $14 p/sq. ft. Many businesses like the location but can’t afford the price and/or require more parking spaces. The owner has been forced paying the mortgage and has indicated that he is accepting reasonable offers and is open to creative financing. F. Bel Rae According to Kelly Royten, Executive Director or the bel Rae Senior Living, their second Memory Care community is now open and they have 10 apartments left for Memory Care. They still have availability for Assisted Living with one bedroom and Studio apartments. There current staffing is approximately 50 employees. Overall, they are over 70% filled. G. County Road 10 Addressing County Road 10 signage has caused much confusion over the years with multiple signs displaying different naming of the road. Sign replacement and updating is the sole responsibility of Ramsey County. The county is aware of the issue; however replacing the signs has proven too costly. As a result, City Administrator, Jim Ericson and others met with Ramsey County officials in February to discuss the matter. The County indicated that the City could effectively change the name of the road as long as County Road 10 remained as the designation. The County communicated to the City that there may be a possibility of funding with the Rice Creek Commons development p rojects. Because of the County’s position to allow the city to change the naming of the street, the Mounds View City Council directed staff to contact the businesses along County Road 10 to get their opinions of the possible name change. Business Develop ment Coordinator, Brian Beeman contacted nearly 90 businesses who overwhelmingly expressed their desire to change the name from County Road 10 to Mounds View Boulevard. The U.S. Postal service was also contacted and they confirmed that they would be able to continue to deliver to Mounds View Businesses even if they have variations of the County Road 10 name. They are able to put in the variations in their