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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 5,2010 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : April 5, 2010 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9:25 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty,Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 12 Staff members present: Acting Administrator Dan Tesch; Community Development 13 Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Jim Studenski; City Planner Jeff Smyser; 14 Finance Director Al Rolek; Director of Public Safety Dave Pecchia; City Clerk Julie 15 Bartell. 16 17 1. Anoka County Assessor Linda Weiner,Board of Appeals process—Ms. 18 Weiner, Residential Appraiser, and Mike Ducklow, Principal Appraiser, of the Anoka 19 County Assessor's Office were present. Ms. Weiner presented the council with the 2010 20 Local Board of Appeal and Equalization, County Assessor's Report and explained that 21 the purpose of the hearing is to hear from citizens on the subject of their valuation or 22 classification—not taxes or to discuss a prior year valuation. There have been fewer calls 23 than usual for this year's hearing, and even a couple calls from persons concerned that 24 their valuation is too low. When she is able to speak with individuals ahead of the 25 hearing, she advises them to bring sales comparison information. Ms. Weiner reviewed 26 the technique that is used to set values and also sales information for the vicinity. 27 28 Mr. Ducklow reviewed general information on commercial/industrial valuations in the 29 city, noting that the classification as a whole is being lowered. 30 31 The council heard an explanation of the local process compared to the "Open Book" 32 meeting held at the county level. Cities may opt out of having a local process and 33 actually must do so if there is not a council member who has received the required 34 training for the process. It was noted that if there is a local process in place, individuals 35 must first attend that hearing before they are eligible to move to the county level. 36 37 2. CSAH 34 (Birch Street) Corridor Study Discussion (cont'd from 3/1/10) - 38 Community Development Director Grochala recalled that Anoka County and SRF 39 Consulting Group staff presented the elements of the draft corridor plan and proposed 40 implementation phases at the council's February 1, 2010 work session. Again the overall 41 objectives of the study are to improve safety, mobility and coordinate land use and 42 transportation decisions for the corridor. The study establishes the main 43 intersections/points along the corridor. Staff recognizes that the council expressed some 44 concerns about some corridor design elements presented in the study. In order to address 1