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COUNCIL MINUTES May 28, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 4 DATE : May 28, 2013 5 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:05 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, Rafferty , 8 Roeser , and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 12 Staf f members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson ; Community Development Director Mi chael 13 Grochala; Finance Director Al Rolek; City Engineer Jason Wedel; City Planner Katie Larsen; Chief 14 of Police John Swenson; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 RECOGNITION 17 18 At the request of Mayor Reinert, there was a period of silence in recognition of the recent death of 19 Lino Lakes Police Sergeant Chris Bragelman. 20 21 PUBLIC COMMENT 22 23 Amy Pavlis, 7402 Patti Drive , asked the council to consider adding her street to a paving proj ect in 24 the vicinity. Her street is currently graveled and the related conditions cause numerous problems. 25 She believes the people in the area w ould like to see the road paved but don’t necessarily want to 26 individually pay for it. The mayor asked staff t o add the matter to the next regular council work 27 session (June 3). 28 29 Police Chief Swenson , noted that on the previous Thursday evening, the Police Department 30 sponsored a neighborhood meeting regarding a Level Three Offender that is residing in the city. He 31 explained the timetable leading up to the meeting: On April 16, the department received information 32 that the offender may be living in the city; on April 17, police officers observed the offender at the 33 Holiday gas station and an investigation was open ed that led to issuance of a search warrant to track 34 the individual. From May 3 through May 9, surveillance was done by the police department and the 35 Minnesota Bur eau of Criminal Apprehension. As a result t he offender was arrested for improper 36 registrati on as he had not correctly notified authorities of his residence. The process of informing 37 residents began and the hearing was held. The law allows offenders to live wherever they chose but 38 they are required to register their address and the city has the right to notify residents. He added that 39 the Lino Lakes Police Department Web Page has further information. 40 41 SETTING THE AGENDA 42 43 The agenda was approved as presented. 44 45