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CITY COUN CIL WORK SESSION January 7, 2013 DRAFT CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : January 7, 2013 4 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 8:45 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, 7 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Environmental Coordinator 11 Marty Asleson; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; Community 12 Developmen t Director Michael Grochala; Public Safety Director John Sw enson; City 13 Clerk Julie Bartell; City Attorney Joseph Langel. 14 15 1. Interview EDAC candidate Tom Colgan – Mr. Colgan was interviewed by the 16 council; Mayor Reinert thanked him for his interest in ser ving. 17 18 Council Members completed individual ballots indicating their choices for filling 19 positions on the city’s advisory boards. A vote on appointments will occur at the next 20 regular council meeting on January 14, 2013. 21 22 2. Linda Weiner, Appraiser – Ms. Weiner announced that she will be retiring from her 23 position with Anoka County as of the next week. She thanked the council for their 24 assistance and support of her work over the past 12 years. She also thanked staff at city 25 hall for their assistance . 26 27 The council collectively offered thanks to Ms. Weiner and wished her well in her 28 retirement. 29 30 3. Environmental Board 2013 Goals - Environmental Coordinator Asleson introduced 31 Environmental Board Vice Chair Barbara Bor who reviewed the 2013 goals as appr oved 32 by the Board. She highlighted that efforts will continue into 2013 to improve recycling 33 operations with an expectation for increased tonnage. Regarding community gardens, 34 there are plans to develop a sign for the gardens. When asked about the heron rookery, 35 Mr. Asleson updated the council on the flashing and other efforts to protect the hero ns. 36 The mayor offered thanks to the Environmental Board and Mr. Asleson for their work. 37 38 4. Off -Sale Liquor Licenses – City Clerk Bartell reported to the coun cil on the number 39 and location of off -sale liquor licenses in the city as well as regulations that other cities in 40 the area use to limit this type of license. Most regulations correlate either to population or 41 geography. The mayor recalled a city regulat ion previously in place that limited licenses 42 to one mile apart. Council Member Roeser noted that a limitation of the number of 43 licenses could set up a situation where an area that is without this type of store would not 44 be eligible because all the licens es are taken . Council Member Rafferty suggested that 45 1