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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 5, 2017 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : July 5, 2017 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 9:30 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 7 Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 11 Swenson; Community Development Director Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; 12 Public Services Director DeGardner; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 1) Council Chambers Audio/Visual Upgrades – Administrator Karlson recalled the 14 work underway to plan and implement an upgrade to the council chambers audio/visual 15 system. He anticipates at least two bids on the specifications authorized by the council. 16 He introduced Matt Waldron from North Metro Telecommunications. Mr. Karlson 17 added an explanation of new information on a proposal by Z Systems for a design build 18 option. He reviewed the project proposed and information included in his report. The 19 goal is to try and keep the project under $150,000 and that looks plausible. 20 21 Matt Waldron provided information based on his research and expertise. He highlighted 22 Ross Lightning Control System. The system is based on a single computer without the 23 many components. He reviewed a written summary of the information he has provided. 24 25 Council Member Kusterman asked what has led to the design recommendations and Mr. 26 Waldron indicated that much of the layout will remain as is but the control room design 27 will be the major change. Council Member Kusterman said he’s interested in 28 understanding what the city is getting for “redesign” work. Mr. Waldron explained the 29 basic elements of the redesign, including new and one additional camera, cables, a basic 30 gutting of the control room and installation new equipment, and an improved audio 31 system. 32 33 Administrator Karlson remarked that Z Systems, with their proposal to design build and 34 avoid a bidding situation, is working aggressively to get the city’s business and he’s 35 pleased with the cost proposed. He added that the work will pretty much be exclusive to 36 audio/visual. There has been interest in moving the podium to the side to address both 37 the council and audience however that would be a difficult change that is probably cost 38 prohibitive. 39 40 Mayor Reinert remarked that he’s long been concerned about the archaic look of the city 41 cable channel and he wonders about the progress of that improvement. Mr. Waldron 42 explained the technical side of upgrades at North Metro that will all for full HD 43 broadcast. Administrator Karlson explained that City staff is working with the North 44