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