10-01-2018 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 1, 2018 APPROVED 135 - A review of the school's business profile; 136 - Benefits for the City of Lino Lakes; 137 - Testimonial from Lino Lakes resident about the need for the school; 138 - Positive media focus for Lino Lakes; 139 - Potential revenue for the City. 140 141 Ms. Cavegn explained her passion for the program as it is really needed. Her goal right 142 now is to hear how interested the city council is and move toward that. 143 144 Mayor Reinert said he would like to hear from staff about how they think this would fit 145 into the City's programming. Initially, it seems more school oriented but he wants staff 146 take a look. 147 148 Council Member Stoesz said he's been following the program on Facebook and he thinks 149 it's a good fit for the City. He has met with Ms. Cavegn. 150 151 Council Member Manthey remarked that the level of professionalism provided in the 152 classes probably wouldn't be met by the school district. He knows the City is losing 153 programming to the school district, perhaps this would be a good fit. He has interest in 154 more information. 155 156 Ms. Cavegn said she originally taught cooking through the school district's community 157 education program but found that was limiting (to school district boundaries and days of 158 school) so she has broken off. She also explained their classification as an E business so 159 they do not have certain requirements but they do follow every food safety measure 160 recommended by regulations. 161 162 Administrator Karlson noted that he has met with Ms. Cavegn and Director DeGardner 163 and they did discuss possible drawbacks, including space needs at the Senior Center, 164 impact on current uses, future tenants and facility improvement needs. He also expressed 165 concern that the investment is pretty much around this cooking school and that use need 166 could change in the future. There is also consideration that overall renovations are being 167 considered for the facility. 168 169 Council Member Rafferty noted that is cooking popular right now but this school seems 170 very much linked to Ms. Cavegn's participation and things could change with her life. 171 Ms. Cavegn said she has five instructors that would love to have her job; she has built a 172 cohesive unit as a team and there is talent to step up if needed. She further explained how 173 well the multi -talented team would be able to fill roles as needed. 174 175 Council Member Stoesz said he encourages more discovery. 176 177 Mayor Reinert reiterated that he needs more information, including on financials and not 178 just revenue but costs. The council will get more information from Director DeGardner 179 so they will discuss this further. 0