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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION September 8, 2009 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES ` 2 MINUTES 3 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION 4 5 DATE : September 8, 2009 6 TIME STARTED : 6:35 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 11:35 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup, O'Donnell, 9 Reinert, Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT 11 12 13 Also Present: Acting City Administrator, Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; 14 Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; Public Services Director, Rick 15 DeGardner; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Finance Director, Al Rolek; Economic 16 Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; City Clerk Julie Bartell; City Attorney, Joe Langel 17 18 1. Harvey Karth re: intersection of Lake Drive and Main Street—Mr. Karth presented 19 data regarding traffic at the intersection and compelled the council to look into additional traffic 20 controls there. 21 Engineer Studenski explained that this situation involves the intersection of two county 22 roadways. He has been in contact with Anoka County in an effort to plan for signaling of the 23 intersection, however, there are some issues involved regarding the need for additional right of 24 way/land to upgrade the traffic control. Staff will speak again with the county and will also 25 prepare a resolution for council consideration. 26 Mr. Karth indicated that he is aware that there are some issues and he feels that an upgrade 27 doesn't have to be grandiose. There are many safety concerns at the intersection as seen with the 28 number of citations that are passed out on average. 29 2. Charter Commission Audit—Acting Administrator Tesch recalled that when the 30 council received the results of the audit done on the charter commission by Attorney Michael 31 Dougherty, they indicated there would be more discussion on several points. Those points are: 32 the commission's operating guidelines, the commission's bill paying guidelines, data practice 33 and communications about the commission's work with the residents. Since the council has 34 reviewed the audit results, Charter Commission Attorney Karen Marty provided a response and 35 audit Attorney Dougherty has provided a response to her response. 36 At the request of the council, City Attorney Langel reviewed and opined on the points. He noted 37 first that charter commissions are governed by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 410, and their role is 38 also established in that statute. Regarding the matter of what bills the city can and cannot pay for 39 the charter commission, Mr. Langel said that he agrees with the rationale presented by Attorney 40 Dougherty in that the commission is a public entity and therefore there are certain things they can 41 and cannot spend money on. They can spend money on framing amendments to the city charter 1