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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 7, 2016 DRAFT 7 Council Member Rafferty noted that his father is designing the memorial and he does 269 need to understand the location for the design process. He doesn’t necessarily agree that 270 the city hall location is a bad one. 271 272 Mr. DeGardner said that staff could hold off on the island landscaping project until 2017 273 if more discussion is needed about identifying a site for the memorial 274 275 Council Member Manthey remarked that putting the memorial at Lino Park could be a 276 part of a larger revitalization of that park. 277 278 Council Member Kusterman remarked that the plans presented for the island are good and 279 he’s reluctant to push the project out farther in time. But he does understand that it must 280 be clear where the memorial will be in order to proceed on the island. There are also two 281 new members on the council who haven’t said they want to spend money upgrading the 282 island. Council Member Manthey said he has read the staff report and can say he 283 supports the island plan. 284 285 The council concurred that staff will wait on ordering plants for the island project; there 286 will be more discussion by the council. 287 288 8. Updates on Boards/Commissions, Mayor and Council Members- 289 290 Council Member Maher noted that there was short meeting of the North Metro 291 Telecommunications Board; CenturyLink will be the subject of the next meeting. 292 293 Community Development Director Grochala announced that the joint meeting with the 294 city advisory boards has been rescheduled to March 23, 2016, 6:00 p.m. at city hall. 295 296 9. Monthly Progress Report- Staff offered updates on various items (since 297 Administrator Karlson was absent): 298 299 - Digital Scanning Project – City Clerk Bartell reported that staff is seeking to use 300 some contingency funds for a project to have a vendor scan the city’s library of 301 building plan documents. Staff has researched the benefit of sending the work out 302 and is recommending that the city go ahead with the project. Community 303 Development Director Grochala added that it will be quicker and more efficient to 304 outsource the scanning of these 10,000+ oversize documents. The council 305 concurred with the staff recommendation and will consider an appropriation at the 306 next council meeting. 307 - White Bear Lake Lawsuit – Community Development Director Grochala updated 308 the council 309 - Polling Place – City Clerk Bartell said she was directed to report back on the 310 possibility of adding a voting precinct to the city. She reviewed the reasons that 311 have been brought forward to add an additional precinct, some considerations to 312 doing so, what type of schedule would be required and updated the council on 313