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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION September 4, 2018 <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : September 4, 2018 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 8:50 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 7 <br /> Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 11 <br />Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie 12 <br />Larsen; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City 13 <br />Engineer Diane Hankee; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 <br /> 15 <br />1. Water Storage Siting Analysis – City Engineer Hankee and Greg Johnson, WSB 16 <br />& Associates, reviewed a presentation that included the following information: 17 <br /> 18 <br /> - background on water tower siting discussion (including two sites); 19 <br /> - site evaluation (supporting recommendation for Birth and Centerville site); 20 <br /> - recommendation to move to final design for site. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Ms. Hankee noted that additional water storage was originally planned for several years 23 <br />earlier but has been delayed due to a slowdown in development. The cost has increased 24 <br />over that period. The council reviewed storage options, including size, in 2017. 25 <br /> 26 <br />The council concurred with the staff recommendation. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Mayor Reinert noted recent discussions with Anoka County about land adjacent to Rice 29 <br />Lake Elementary on which the oldest house in Lino Lakes is located (house is vacant). 30 <br />The county had planned to raze the house but, working with city staff, there’s possibly an 31 <br />option to leave the house in place to be used as the City’s next well house. Community 32 <br />Development Director Grochala explained plans to meet with county staff to discover 33 <br />what options are possible. Council Member Maher remarked that the plans should 34 <br />include a plaque explaining the building’s historical significance. 35 <br /> 36 <br />2. Cedar Street East and Elmcrest Avenue/24th Avenue Paving – City Engineer 37 <br />Hankee reviewed her written staff report. The cities of Lino Lakes and Hugo share 38 <br />interest in these two roadways since they are at or near each city’s border. City staff of 39 <br />both cities have been discussing ways to work together on a joint project to improve the 40 <br />roadway. The Cedar Street estimate is $1.6 million and $250,000 is the estimate for 24th 41 <br />Avenue/Elmcrest. The Cedar Street improvement is higher mainly because of additional 42 <br />infrastructure. Proposed funding for Cedar Street would be assessments previously 43 <br />collected and also Municipal State Aid (MSA) funds. 44 <br /> 45