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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : April 4, 2022 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 8:48 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, 8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty 9 MEMBERS ABSENT 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Community Development 11 Director Michael Grochala; Activity Center Manager Lisa Lamey; Public Services 12 Director Rick DeGardner; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Human Resources and 13 Communications Manager Meg Sawyer; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 1. Lakeview Area Storm Drainage Plan — City Engineer Hankee reviewed her 16 written report, including reviewing a map of the area with the council. This is an area 17 that traditionally has drainage issues, is scheduled for street reconstruction in 2027 and 18 has a storm drainage plan in place that dates back to 1987. Staff is recommending that 19 municipal utility improvements are called for and that the referenced 1987 plan be 20 updated to provide better information going forward. 21 22 Councilmember Stoesz asked if there has been interest in lot splits in the area and 23 Director Grochala remarked that, looking at the lots, he sees there is limited opportunity 24 for divisions. 25 26 Mayor Rafferty remarked that springtime is a perfect time to see the issues out there. 27 There may be even more of an urgency to getting this done. 28 29 Councilmember Cavegn asked if ponding would help and staff said plans will dictate the 30 best options and it may be a variety of approaches. There can be a proposal put together 31 and the council can decide from there. 32 33 2. Water Treatment Plant Next Steps — Community Development Director 34 Grochala reviewed his written report. He noted that the City recently received the results 35 of a water treatment plant feasibility study that recommended a conventional gravity 36 filtration system modified for biological filtration. Authorizing plans and specifications 37 to put the project together would be the next step. Mr. Grochala overviewed the schedule 38 going forward from there (as included in the written report). 39 40 The council expressed interest in touring a newer water treatment facility in another city. 41 42 Councilmember Stoesz asked if it would be wise to overbuild for the future. Mr. 43 Grochala remarked that current plans would include some room for the future and that's 44 probably as far as you'd want to go. 1