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t MEMO To: Lino Lakes Community Development Director, Mike Grochala Lino Lakes City Engineer, Jim Studenski From: Paulette Warren, Chair, Lino Lakes Charter Commission Subj: Invitation to Attend Charter Commission Meeting Date: January 3, 2007 On behalf of the Charter Commission, we welcome your attendance at the upcoming Charter Commission Meeting on Thursday, January 13, 2007 at 6:30 in the Community Room at City Hall. The purpose of your attendance will be to explore whether the Commission and the City are able to develop a process and plan together, ultimately resulting in a charter amendment. The Commission would very much like to work with the City to affect a streamlined, consensus -building process for approving neighborhood projects under Chapter 8 of the Charter. When neighborhood projects such as road construction do not have unified support of the affected residents, their chance of approval is diminished. The Commission feels that by working together, and by obtaining a better understanding of the pitfalls of our current process, we will be able to develop a better process and ultimately decrease costs associated with the project planning process. We solicit your viewpoint on where the current process gets bogged down; what ideas you might have for overcoming these gateways; what concerns you have relating to specific, existing projects; and where we might improve the process. We are open to your input and would consider any suggestions to obtain resident input at appropriate points in the process. Our ultimate goal is to work together to create a process that is positive for all. We are holding a place on our agenda for your appearance from 6:35 to7:1OPM. -15-