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Referral to the Lino Lakes Charter Commission Agenda Item STAFF ORIGINATOR: Jeff Karlson, City Administrator MEETING DATE: January 12, 2012 TOPIC: Creation of Task Force to Review Charter Provisions Related to Street Reconstruction COUNCIL REQUEST The Council respectfully requests that the Lino Lakes Charter Commission consider appointing three members to participate on a task force. The purpose of the task force will be to address the City's ability to plan and fund public improvements and to formulate recommendations that can be proposed to the citizens of Lino Lakes, which will facilitate street reconstruction through a process that will enable the City to complete reconstruction projects in a timely and predicable manner. BACKGROUND At the December 5, 2011 work session the City Council discussed how to move forward with needed street improvements in the City. The Council directed staff to prepare a report identifying what the issues are. Staff presented its report at the Council work session on January 3, 2012, which is attached. The Council also discussed the recommendations of the Citizens Task Force, which was created in 2007 to review the charter provisions related to public improvements. The Citizens Task Force concluded that the overriding issue was the inability of the City to reconstruct streets in the most responsible, timely, and cost-effective manner. The City Council recognizes that the process for getting streets reconstructed in the City has been a contentious issue, but a topic that requires further examination. The Council agreed that another task force should be formed to explore solutions that will address some of concerns that have been raised. Toward that end, the Council decided that the task force should be composed of the following representatives: two council members, one representative from each of the City's four advisory boards, three Charter Commission members, and Kathi Gallup, former council member and chair of the Citizens Task Force in 2007. Once the task force is put together, dates and times will be scheduled for the group to meet. ATTACFIMENTS January 3, 2012 Work Session Staff Report