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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION August 1,2011 APPROVED 44 2. Issue Tracker Demonstration,Jason Wedel—City Engineer Wedel gave a 45 demonstration of the Issue Tracker system that his firm offers as part of their services to 46 the city. The computer program will assist the city in tracking its issues and projects. 47 Information can be continually updated and allows for citywide tracking of data. He wills 48 end a link to the council members so they can review the program. 49 3. 80th Avenue—Zoning Complaint Update—Community Development Director 50 Grochala recalled that a concern was brought forward to the council about and operation 51 believed to be in violation of the city code at 2122 80th Street. Staff has investigated the 52 situation and discussed site operations with the property and business owner. There are 53 ongoing concerns about the situation in the area of identifying the property use, the 54 amount of junk located on the property and the oversized vehicles that are located on the 55 property. Staff is working with the city attorney to answer outstanding questions, will 56 continue enforcement as appropriate, and will continue to report to the council as new 57 information becomes available. 58 4. Election related Charter Amendments—City Clerk Bartell recalled that the 59 council had previously received information on two areas of the City Charter that are 60 problematic in relation to recently passed state election law that changes dates for certain 61 election activities such as absentee voting. Specifically in the area of filing period dates, 62 the language currently in the City Charter would dictate a filing period open past the time 63 when names can be submitted to the county for inclusion on the ballot. Also, the Charter •--- 64 section on public improvements contains language that is impacted by pre-election dates 65 (submission of ballot language). Staff brought the matter to the Lino Lakes Charter 66 Commission for their consideration of moving technical changes forward for 67 consideration as amendments by ordinance (not to the ballot). The Commission has 68 forwarded a response that they are interested in considering the amendments but would 69 need the city to authorize reasonable funding above their regular budget for their attorney 70 to provide a review to them of the proposed amendments. 71 The Council suggested that city staff should be given an opportunity to answer any 72 outstanding questions about the amendments and, if questions do remain, they encourage 73 the Commission to utilize their existing budget for review costs. 74 75 The city administrator noted that the Charter Commission has delivered some other 76 charter amendments that they propose be adopted by ordinance. As required by state 77 statute, a public hearing is being scheduled at the council meeting of September 12 for 78 those amendments. 79 5. Weekly Progress Report—The city administrator reviewed the report. 80 Regular Council Agenda - The agenda was reviewed. 81 82 Item 6A, Oppidan proposal for a Grocery Store Development Near Hodgson Road 83 and County Road J—City Planner Smyser noted that the city has received a concept 2