02-06-2017 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES APPROVED February 6, 2047 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : February 6, 2017 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9:43 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; Environmental Coordinator Marty 14 Asleson; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie 15 Bartell. 16 1. Environmental Board Goals — Environmental Coordinator Asleson introduced 17 Environmental Board Member Nancy Klebba, who reviewed the written staff report 18 outlining the Board approved goals for the current year. Environmental Coordinator 19 Asleson was asked to explain the difference from last year's goals and he indicated that 20 the list of goals has been enhanced and Community Development Director Grochala 21 added that the list is quite similar to 2016 goals. 22 23 The council discussed the organics recycling program and Mr. Asleson gave an overview 24 of the growth of that program. 25 26 Mayor Reinert noted that a very important job of the Environmental Board is to review 27 proposed developments and provide input to the council on environmental aspects. He 28 gets a little concerned, with expansion of goals for the group, that they have enough time 29 for a good drill down on those developments. Environmental Coordinator Asleson 30 explained that the process for review of developments remains a priority and the group 31 has even been willing to do on -site visits; the other efforts are also important to the group 32 and he feels there is adequate time and energy for both. 33 34 The council discussed tonnage (recycling) and Mr. Asleson explained that tonnage is 35 down. He suggested that it could be the result of some reporting changes or there could 36 actually be less recycling; he is looking into the situation. Monthly recycling day 37 continues to be a success and the council is supportive of continuing that effort. Council 38 Member Manthey suggested utilizing the communication services of North Metro Cable 39 to get the word out. 40 41 The council discussed the program to deal with the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) problem 42 which will eventually impact trees in the city. It was explained that there are funds in the 43 budget for this year that will allow for treatment of about one-third of the trees on city 44 property. City park properties have mostly been addressed.