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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION April 24, 2017 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : April 24, 2017 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 7 Manthey and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Maher 9 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 11 Director Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Clerk Julie Bartell. 12 13 1. Charter Commission Request for Annual Budget Increase – Administrator 14 Karlson recalled a previous council discussion regarding this matter. Staff was directed 15 to get more information from the Chair as to the Charter Commission’s specific need for 16 additional funds. The commission chair has clarified that they are requesting a budget 17 increase to be provided annually. Mr. Karlson said he reviewed the minutes for the last 18 meeting and sees that the attorney proposed has requested a retainer of $5,000. 19 20 Mayor Reinert stated that he supports having a charter but his experience has been that 21 the leadership of the commission has not been reasonable as far as working with the 22 council. There is a radical element that does not wish to work with the council. As far 23 as past budgets, it traditionally has not been as high as noted in the letter. He feels he has 24 tried very hard to work with the group and he is still willing to try, but a blank check 25 wouldn’t be appropriate. 26 27 Council Member Kusterman noted that the commission’s request “for attorney fees” is 28 not specific enough. He also noted state law dictates the job of the commission and it is 29 to frame and amend the charter. That would be the job of an attorney so he understands 30 there could be a need. If they were to bring forward a specific proposal for which an 31 attorney is needed, that should be considered. 32 33 Council Member Manthey remarked that he’d also like more specifics. He wonders if it 34 is a conflict of interest though to deny funds when the council would ultimately be seeing 35 the product of the commission’s work. He isn’t sure what to think when there isn’t clear 36 information and he hears only the experience of the council. 37 38 2. Review Regular Agenda of April 24, 2017 – 39 40 Consent Item 1E – Resolution No. 17-32, Extension of Time for the Submittal of the 41 PUD Final Plan/Final Plat for Mattamy Homes (Watermark) – City Planner Larsen 42 briefly reviewed the request. She updated the council on the work of Mattamy Homes to 43 sell the property and the fact that they won’t be able to put together a sale by the deadline 44 for their application; they would receive an additional six months with approval of the 45