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City of Lino Lakes Home Rule Charter Commission 2005 Annual Report In 2005 the Lino Lakes Charter commission saw or participated in the following developments: • Discussion of the city's 5-year financial plan which had not been updated per city charter, • Discussion of the city's Pavement Management Plan,and that it did not contain a communication plan, • A request by the Commission that the city revise its financial records for 2004 such that they do not indicate the Commission spent monies for attorneys fees when in fact it was city staff that directed the expenditures. This request was not granted,however, some modification of how expenditures related to the city charter are recorded has been considered. • The creation an adoption of an application form to be used by applicants for membership on the commission, • Discussion of other charter cities in Minnesota, • The cancellation of the annual 4/14/05 joint meeting between the city council and the charter commission,which occurred minutes before the meeting was to take place. The city council had met previously on 4/6/05 and discussed charter cities with an attorney from the League of Minnesota Cities. Subsequent questions from council members arose,resulting in a letter from City Attorney Bill Hawkins clarifying the powers of the charter commission on 4/12/05. On 4/14/05,a letter from City Attorney Barry Sullivan was drafted citing"unresolved" "fundamental issues regarding the role and authority of the City Council and the Charter Commission," and advised that a joint meeting should not occur until both groups"have the opportunity to consider the important information that the LMC(League of Minnesota Cities) attorney will provide." Who actually cancelled the regularly scheduled annual joint meeting is unknown,but an apology from the City Council to the commission over the"unfortunate timing of the events"was submitted on 5/4/05, • The meeting with LMC,which had been planned in January for July,was moved to a special commission meeting on 515105, • Two road reconstruction projects were initiated by the city, one in the Shenandoah area and a second on the West Shadow Lake Drive area. The Shenendoah project was successfully petitioned against under the charter by a majority of the affected residents , • The completed Pavement Management Policies document was reviewed, • An invitation to a joint meeting was extended to the City Council, • A plan to hire a consulting firm for the purpose of communicating to the residents city-wide concerning road improvement projects and the charter was not approved by the city council, • The question of whether to attend the proposed joint meeting will be visited by the City Council at the October 10,2005 meeting, Respectfully submitted on this 6`h day of October, 2005, Mike Trehus,Chair Approved this 13a day of October,2005 by the City of Lino Lakes Charter Commission