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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DRAFT <br /> 1 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 <br />MINUTES 2 <br /> 3 <br />DATE : January 27, 2020 4 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 5 <br />TIME ENDED : 6:28 p.m. 6 <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, 7 <br /> and Mayor Rafferty 8 <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Ruhland 9 <br /> 10 <br />Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 11 <br />Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; City 12 <br />Clerk Julie Bartell 13 <br /> 14 <br />1. Establish Date for Strategic Planning Meeting – City Administrator Karlson 15 <br />noted that he provided some dates to the council. He’s still waiting for feedback from 16 <br />some council members. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Mayor Rafferty asked about the agenda for the planning meeting and how matters will be 19 <br />approached. Mr. Karlson said staff is preparing items they’d like to see discussed and 20 <br />council members should bring forward their ideas. The mayor will review the agenda 21 <br />with Mr. Karlson when that is appropriate. 22 <br /> 23 <br />2. Review Regular Agenda – 24 <br /> 25 <br />The consent agenda was reviewed and there were no issues. 26 <br /> 27 <br />5A) Authorize Plans and Specifications for Well House No. 1 - City Engineer 28 <br />Hankee noted that back in March of 2019 the council looked at rehabilitation of Well No. 29 <br />1. Bids for the work were received and were higher than expected and over budget. The 30 <br />bids were rejected with the idea that the project would be reviewed and rebid in 2020. 31 <br />Staff is recommending sticking with the original project scope and going out for bids 32 <br />again. She noted the planned exterior. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Council Member Lyden asked how long this well would continue to perform if the City 35 <br />did no improvements. Ms. Hankee said the well currently doesn’t meet OSHA standards 36 <br />for employees working there since the ventilation isn’t adequate; it is a safety issue for 37 <br />staff and a blight for the neighborhood. Council Member Lyden remarked that the cost 38 <br />proposed for improvements is $625,000 and that is a surprisingly high number to him; 39 <br />he’d like to understand more about that cost. Community Development Director 40 <br />Grochala reviewed improvements planned, noting that with well houses, the mechanicals 41 <br />and the structure needed is very expensive. Ms. Hankee explained in detail the items 42 <br />included in the project. 43 <br /> 44