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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 25, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : February 25, 2013 4 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:2 0 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, 7 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 12 Director Michael Grochala; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; 13 City Cler k Julie Bartell. 14 15 Review Regular Agenda, February 25, 2013 Council Meeting – The council reviewed 16 the agenda for the meeting. 17 18 Item 3A, Resolution No. 13 -22, Authorizing Investigation Feasibility of a Regional 19 Utility System – Administrator Karlson expla ined that he and other area city 20 a dministrators are bringing forward a recommendation to jointly seek grant funding to 21 study the feasibility of a joint sewer and/or water system. He distributed information 22 outlining the purpose, background, involved agenc ies, key issues and rationale of the 23 concept. At this time he is requesting council authority to sign onto the grant request. 24 Mayor Reinert noted some concern about how a shared system may pan out for this city; 25 Lino Lakes could lose control over its ow n utilities and there is the possibility of 26 becoming responsible for older infrastructure in other cities. Administrator Karlson 27 responded that, under this proposal, the city would still own its infrastructure but there 28 could be some shared costs down the line. The m ayor said he doesn’t have a problem 29 with doing the study but he wants the city to keep eyes wide open on the idea. The 30 council concurred that it is worth doing the study and Administrator Karlson added that 31 he is committed to working to keep the scope of the study where it should be. 32 33 Item 6A , Resolution No. 13 -20, Approving Efforts to Seek Special Legislation 34 Authorizing Conveyance of Certain Tax -Forfeited Land from Anoka County to the 35 Lino Lakes Economic Development Authority – Economic De velopment Coordinator 36 Divine summarized her written report on Item 6A as well as the agenda items for the 37 Economic Development Authority meeting scheduled before the regular council meeting. 38 She explained that the Lino Lakes Assisted Living group wishes to purchase additional 39 property within the tax forfeited Legacy area. In order to implement a plan, the city’s 40 EDA would purchase the property from Anoka County and resell it to the developer; the 41 county would receive some administrative costs and the cit y’s special assessments for the 42 parcel will be covered. The Letter of Intent proposed is not a binding commitment . The 43 second part of the action is to seek special state legislation to authorize the conveyance of 44 the land. 45