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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 1, 2019 <br />APPROVED <br />176 <br />177 Council Member Manthey said he likes the idea of reduction. <br />178 <br />179 The council would like more information on reducing the number of haulers. <br />180 6. Environmental Resource Inventory —Environmental Coordinator Asleson <br />181 remarked, with his pending retirement, he was asked to put together information on the <br />182 city's unique resources as well as his job duties. <br />183 The Lino Lakes Environmental Board did a study many years ago that resulted in <br />184 development of an initial resource inventory. He reviewed a PowerPoint that included <br />185 information on that initial inventory as well as how that information has grown: <br />186 <br />187 - Creation of greenways became a goal (Clearwater Creek Development was first <br />188 wetland/conservation development exercise); <br />189 - Resource Management Plan (more developed land cover classification); <br />190 - End product is the greenway system which are the city's wetland preservation or <br />191 management corridors, that recognizes and protect some important resources; <br />192 - Identified high value wetlands, flood plains, soils; <br />193 - Have inventory of some plants; <br />194 - City has information available through the DNR (heritage system); <br />195 - Rare species such as the blanding turtle have been identified; Wollen's Park <br />196 wetland restoration project; <br />197 - Anoka County has developed a sand plane model for Lino Lakes; <br />198 - Wellhead protection program; <br />199 - City wide tree inventory; <br />200 - Blue Heron project. <br />201 7. Environmental Coordinator Salary Adjustment and Succession Planning — <br />202 Administrator Karlson reviewed the written report. Staff is recommending that the <br />203 position be filled based on duties but that Mr. Asleson participate in a phased retirement <br />204 option that allows him to stay while a replacement is found and trained. Staff is <br />205 suggesting that the salary be adjusted for the position after Mr. Asleson's retirement <br />206 based on market research. <br />207 <br />208 Mayor Reinert remarked that this is a unique position and he thinks it warrants the <br />209 council learning more about it. The council concurred. <br />210 <br />211 Community Development Director Grochala said he could provide more information but <br />212 position similar to this often have a variety of combined duties. He addressed a question <br />213 about overlap of duties with outsourced services from the engineering firm; there are <br />214 some functions that are outsourced but the cost is generally more expensive at $80 an <br />215 hour. <br />G <br />