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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />April 2, 2018 <br />APPROVED <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE : April 2, 2018 <br />5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED : 9:05 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, <br />8 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />10 <br />11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John <br />12 Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah <br />13 Cotton; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Planner Katie Larsen. <br />14 <br />15 1. Anoka County Assessor — Preview for Board of Appeal and Equalization — <br />16 Alex Guggenberger, Anoka County Assessor, and Scott Schutz, Anoka County <br />17 Residential Appraiser) reported. Mr. Guggenberger first noted the shortened board book <br />18 provided in the council packet, condensed to make it more usable. He went through the <br />19 board process, which normally starts with contact from a property tax payer. The <br />20 information in the board report was reviewed: <br />21 - residential property added; <br />22 - quintile map; <br />23 - values have risen with total valuation about up to the point of decline; <br />24 - averages compared with other cities in the county; <br />25 - valuation growth compared to expectations; <br />26 The board meeting will be held on April 23, 2018 beginning at 6:00 p.m. <br />27 <br />28 2. Consideration of 2018 Environmental Board Goals — Environmental <br />29 Coordinator Asleson introduced Environmental Board Member Liz Kaufenberg. Ms. <br />30 Kaufenberg thanked the council for the city's dedication to environmental goals. She <br />31 highlighted some of the goals being presented by the Board: <br />32 <br />33 - curbside foodwaste pickup; <br />34 - Emerald Ash Borer Implementation Plan; Replacement plan that will include attention <br />35 to tree variety. Coordinator Asleson added that he is mixing up the replacement trees by <br />36 neighborhood/street rather than within streets. Staff directed to work with neighborhoods <br />37 on their goals for replacement; <br />38 - Continue work on Woolens Park; <br />39 - Expand intern program to identify trees to be removed; important and can't be done <br />40 cheaper than with summer interns; <br />41 - Citywide process to fund wetland banking (mayor questioned if that is environmental or <br />42 perhaps planning oriented); <br />43 <br />44 Mayor Reinert remarked that the list of goals seems to be getting expanding each year. <br />45 He recalls the original charge to the board was to review development plans. He noted <br />