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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 1, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : July 1, 2013 4 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 7:40 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, 7 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : Non e 9 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 12 Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Al Rolek; City Engineer Jason Wedel; 13 Public Servi ces Director Rick DeGardner; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City 14 Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 2. Mt. Simon Aquifer Study, WSB – City Engineer Wedel introduced WSB Engineer 17 Nancy Ziegler who distributed the Mt. Simon Aquifer Study that she prepared with the 18 assistance of a geologist. The repor t studies the potential use of the Mt. Simon Aquifer 19 by comparison with the current ly used aquifers. She reported on existing wells and 20 treatment, availability of aquifers, water quantity, water quality and treatment 21 r equirements, construction costs for a new well, operation costs for a lower well, the 22 impact an additional well would have on the existing system and regulatory impacts. 23 Considerations mentioned were that bigger pipes would be required with a deeper sourc e 24 and more energy would be required to pump, the cost difference in chemicals is not clear 25 with available data, there would be impacts on the existing system and there is a 26 regulatory impact. 27 28 The mayor remarked that the report provides information that t he council needs. The 29 council discussed increasing water regulations and possible impacts on the city. When it 30 was noted that the former Schmidt Brewery in St. Paul draws and sells water from the Mt. 31 Simon Aquifer, Ms. Ziegler explained that they have a filtering system within the brewery 32 facility. The mayor indicated that t he report provides the long -term view that is needed 33 for the future; he requested that each council member receive a digital copy of the report. 34 35 1. Fence Permit for Tosney Propert y – Mr. Jim Tosney, 998 Lantern Lane, had 36 addressed the council at the last work session regarding his plans to replace a fence on his 37 property. He has run into issues with the inability to determine property lines and objects 38 to the expense of paying for a land survey in order to get building permission from the 39 city. The council had suggested that Mr. Tosney obtain a sign -off from all adjacent 40 property owners. He presented permissions indicating that all those owners agree with 41 the fence. Community Development Director Grochala indicated that future property 42 owners could still object but he will add appropriate language to the building permit so 43 that the fence can be constructed. 44 45