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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 6, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : May 6, 2013 4 TIME STARTED : 6:40 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 9:15 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; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City Planner Katie 13 Larsen; Cit y Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 The council held a Board of Appeal meeting previous to the beginning of the work 16 session. 17 18 1 . Local Surface Water Management Plan (EOR, Inc.) – Community Development 19 Director Grochala noted that the city is required to have this pla n in place and to keep it 20 updated along with the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD). The city hired EOR, 21 Inc. to complete a draft updated plan that co uld be distributed for review to other 22 jurisdictions . The plan itself provides an assessment of the c ity’s water resources along 23 with establishing goals and policies, implementation actions and processes and costs. 24 The City’s Environmental Board has reviewed the proposed updated plan and 25 recommends approval. 26 27 Brett Emmens, representing EOR, Inc ., expla ined the contents of the report, adding that 28 while plans are laid out in the document , the city will decide what is appropriate and 29 when. Mr. Grochala pointed out actions that are already programmed by the city and 30 areas wh e re other work (funding) is pla nned for the future. 31 32 The mayor asked what has changed from the last update and what is the city agreeing to 33 do by accepting the plan (including in the future)? Mr. Emmens noted that the plan 34 expands the horizon into future years, to keep plans moving f orwarded as well as dealing 35 with currently planned improvements. Mr. Grochala added that the plan lays out for the 36 city how it will address water quality and issues related to it; the plan helps to keep the 37 city consistent with state law. It is a policy document that doesn’t deal necessarily with 38 specific projects. Council Member O’Donnell asked if and how the plan is incorporated 39 into the city’s Five Year Forecast? Mr. Grochala explained that most of the plans are also 40 included in that forecast. 41 42 The m ayor suggested that counc il members review the document and direct any questions 43 to Mr. Grochala. The council concurred that the plan will be considered for release for 44