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APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 WORK SESSION MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE : January 26, 2009 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. <br /> 6 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member O'Donnell, <br /> 8 Reinert and Mayor Bergeson <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Stoltz, Gallup <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Director of Community <br /> 13 Development, Michael Grochala; Police Captain, Kent Strege; Environmental <br /> 14 Coordinator, Marty Asleson; City Planner, Paul Bengtson; City Attorney, Joseph Langel, <br /> 15 City Clerk, Julie Bartell <br /> 16 <br /> 17 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS <br /> 18 <br /> 19 The following items were discussed. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Item 3A—Annual Advisory Board Appointments—Mayor Bergeson pointed out that <br /> 22 the council decided they would only interview incumbents reapplying for board position <br /> 23 if there was no contest for the seat. With the Economic Development Advisory <br /> 24 Committee (EDAC)however the council was not consistent in that there were four <br /> 25 applicants for three seats. To be consistent, the council decided to hold off on the EDAC <br /> 26 appointments until interviews were concluded. An interview session was scheduled at <br /> 27 the beginning of the upcoming council work session (5:30 p.m. on February 2, 2009). <br /> 28 Staff should schedule those interviews. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Item 6A—2009 Environmental Board Goals—Environmental Coordinator Asleson <br /> 31 introduced Board Vice Chair Barbara Bor. Ms. Bor reviewed the proposed 2009 goals <br /> 32 (included in entirety in Resolution No. 09-06) and provided the council some written <br /> 33 information relative to conservation workshops. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 JOHN DEHAVEN, 612 BIRCH STREET, PROPERTY SUBDIVSION <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Mr. DeHaven has been working with the city on a subdivision of his property and has <br /> 38 concern about the escrow process and the charges against his escrow account. He <br /> 39 suggests that the $1,000 up front escrow charge for this type of a project is too high for <br /> 40 the average citizen. Further the charges against that escrow by(former) city attorney <br /> 41 Scott Baumgartner are exorbitant for the work performed. He also believes that the staff <br /> 42 charges are too high and Anoka County reported to him that the city didn't even need to <br /> 43 be involved in this process. Mr. DeHaven requested that the council look over the <br /> 44 charges and see if they can be reduced. <br /> 45 <br />