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