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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 1,2010 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : March 1, 2010 5 TIME STARTED : 5:58 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 10:40 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty,Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 Staff members present: Director of Administration Dan Tesch; Community Development 12 Director Michael Grochala; Director of Public Safety Dave Pecchia, Environmental 13 Coordinator Marty Asleson; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; 14 Director of Finance Al Rolek; City Engineer Jim Studenski; City Planner Jeff Smyser; 15 City Clerk, Julie Bartell. 16 17 1. Blue Heron Update—Environmental Coordinator Asleson explained that he has 18 provided the council with a summary of some of the Masters Degree thesis work of Mr. 19 Andy Van Duyke on the subject of the Great Blue Heron Rookery on Peltier Island. He 20 reviewed the information noting that historically there have been various possibilities 21 studied for the disappearance of the herons. Raccoons predators were identified as the 22 main problem; a"slow zone"was established on the adjacent lake way as well. The idea 23 of trapping the raccoons came with some concerns so rather the practice of adding metal 24 flashing to trees so that coons cannot climb them was implemented in 2006. The 25 numbers have been going up since that time. 26 27 Wayne LeBlanc provided the council with additional written information on Heron 28 Actions and Needs on Peltier Lake. He suggested that the message with this situation is 29 to remain diligent in keeping the area quiet and secure with the flashings. 30 31 The Mayor confirmed that the flashing effort will continue and most likely grow. He 32 believes the herons are important to the city and the situation must continue to be 33 monitored so it never becomes too late to preserve the presence of the herons. 34 35 2. Council Support of Broadband Connectivity—Finance Director Rolek 36 explained that the City's information technology(IT) supporter,the City of Roseville's 37 Metro-INET, is seeking the city's support for a technology stimulus grant sought by 38 American Fiber Systems (AFS). The grant funds would be used to install a fiber optic 39 network that would be available to Metro-INET for only the cost of annual maintenance. 40 He introduced Mr. Terre Heiser,Network Manager and Executive Director of Metro- 41 INET. 42 43 Mr. Heiser explained that Metro-INET is composed of nineteen metropolitan 44 communities (67 facilities including police and fire) utilizing a network under the 45 governance of joint powers agreements. The institutional network is currently provided