12-05-2016 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION December 5, 2016 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : December 5, 2016 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9930 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 8 Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT None 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 12 Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah 13 Cotton; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Planner Katie Larsen; City 14 Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie Bartell. 15 16 1. LED Retrofit Proposal for Civic Complex -Public Services Director 17 DeGardner introduced Jeff Rutz of Meridian Energy Products who reviewed the lighting 18 replacement proposal (that was distributed) noting that it doesn't include the council 19 chambers. There are savings in kilowatt hours as well as light costs and revenue from a 20 rebate. Mr. Rutz noted the payback on the investment is about two and a half years and 21 the lighting life is about five years. Mayor Reinert asked if a street lighting retrofit is 22 something the city should consider also and Mr. Rutz said that isn't included at this time 23 but he suspects it would be a good idea since LED technology has improved immensely. 24 Director DeGardner commented about lighting values as well as technology that allows 25 the change in some lights without new fittings. The council further discussed the 26 frequency of replacement requirements; Director DeGardner added that with less frequent 27 replacement, there would be savings in labor costs. Mr. DeGardner added that the 28 Finance Director has verified that that there is funding available in the current budget for 29 building maintenance/facilities. 30 31 The council concurred to move forward with the project. 32 2. Rush Line Corridor Presentation by Mike Rogers, Transit Project Manager 33 for the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority —City Planner Larsen Mike 34 Rogers of Ramsey County for a presentation on the proposed Rush Line Corridor project. 35 36 Mr. Rogers reviewed a presentation including: 37 -the area (corridor) that was studied; 38 - Public outreach involved and how that will be used for development of a best option: 39 - Evaluation criteria by project goal; 40 - Community Engagement (over 150 events and contact) and what was learned from that 41 process; 42 -Remaining alternatives for further assessment (heavy freight rail no longer an option, 43 need access to Maplewood Mall; possible alignment with Highway 61); 44 - Review of Goals by Remaining Transit Vehicles (looked at light rail, dedicated bus II