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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION September 6, 2016 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : September 6, 2016 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:06 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 9:40 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 7 <br /> Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director Swenson; 11 <br />Community Development Director Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; City 12 <br />Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Public Services Director DeGardner; 13 <br />City Clerk Julie Bartell. 14 <br />1. North Metro TV (NMTC) Services – Administrator Karlson recalled that when 15 <br />the council considered approval of this group’s budget, there was a request for a report 16 <br />back on the fees that NMTC receives to keep its services going and the possibility of the 17 <br />city handling services on its own. He introduced Heidi Arnson, Execute Director of 18 <br />North Metro Telecommunications Commission (NMTC), to talk about their services. 19 <br />Mr. Karlson noted the amount of cable fees that are passed on to NMTC and also the 20 <br />amount that stays with the city. Mr. Karlson added that the video engineering services 21 <br />provided by NMTC will be helpful as the city looks at a project to upgrade the council 22 <br />chamber and meeting room facilities. 23 <br />Ms. Arnson outlined benefits provided by NMTV: 24 <br />- On staff video engineer that will provide on-site services (services provided 28 25 <br /> times to Lino Lakes in the last four years); 26 <br />- Services relating to needed connections; 27 <br />- Speakers for the Blue Heron Days parade; 28 <br />- On staff certified IT engineer to assist with SCALA matters (building systems as 29 <br /> required); 30 <br />- Programming for the city channel; 31 <br />- Council meetings on-line (streaming), including bookmarking; 32 <br />- A soon to be licensed drone pilot on staff; 33 <br />- Transfer of older videos (old technology such as video tapes) to new technology; 34 <br />- Production of professional DVDs with labeling upon request; 35 <br />- Local news and sports programming; 36 <br />- Production of documentaries; 37 <br />- For residents, use of equipment, teaching of video production, facility tours 38 <br /> 39 <br />Regarding their partnership with Centennial School District, the relationship has changed 40 <br />somewhat only based on financial considerations, since they don’t receive PEG fees or 41 <br />revenue of that type. The school board decided that their meeting coverage would be 42 <br />handled in-house but the district does still have a strong relationship with NMTV. 43 <br /> 44