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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 1 , 2013 <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE April 1 , 2013 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED S : 30 p . m . <br /> 6 TIME ENDED 6 : 30 p . m . <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Stoesz , O ' Donnell , <br /> 8 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT None <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Staff members present : City Administrator Jeff Karlson ; Public Safety Director John <br /> 12 Swenson ; Finance Director Al Rolek ; Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson ; Public <br /> 13 Services Director Rick DeGardner ; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice <br /> 14 Divine ; City Clerk Julie Bartell <br /> 15 <br /> 16 1 . Anoka County Assessor — Board of Appeals process — Peggy Nordrum and Randy <br /> 17 DeJong , Anoka County appraisers , reviewed the process for the upcoming Board of <br /> 18 Appeals . Longtime County Assessor Linda Wiener , who handled the Lino Lakes area , <br /> 19 has retired so other staff will be handling the process . The council will act as the Board <br /> 20 of Review and follow a review process that gives property owners the opportunity to <br /> 21 appeal their current valuation or classification . This year ' s board reviews assessments <br /> 22 payable in 2014 . The board may correct erroneous valuations if they so determine . The <br /> 23 county assessor ' s staff will provide a review of the assessment process , definition of <br /> 24 market value and how mass appraisals are conducted . Ms . Nordrum answered questions <br /> 25 about housing market trends in the area . The mayor suggested that it appears that values <br /> 26 are bottoming out . <br /> 27 <br /> 28 3 . 401 Birch Street Property — Administrator Karlson updated the council on this <br /> 29 property ; neighbors had appeared at the last work session to express their concern that the <br /> 30 property is blighted . There is a purchase agreement on the property so that pretty much <br /> 31 ends the discussion about city or neighborhood purchase . Mayor Reinert indicated that he <br /> 32 spoke with the neighbor who attended the last work session (Mr . Stimson) and there is an <br /> 33 understanding that it ' s a wait and see situation now . He recommends that the city keep an <br /> 34 eye on the property . <br /> 35 <br /> 36 4 . Off- Sale Liquor Licensing — City Clerk Bartell noted previous council discussions <br /> 37 about the possibility of instituting regulations on off- sale licenses within the city . The <br /> 38 council has received information on what other cities are doing in that area — generally <br /> 39 restrictions are related to either proximity of licenses or by population . The council <br /> 40 recently directed staff to prepare an ordinance reflecting a regulation limiting licenses to <br /> 41 within one - half mile radius . Mayor Reinert recalled that the council ' s most recent <br /> 42 discussion seems to have landed on the half- mile restriction but he recalls that there was <br /> 43 still concern about certain areas losing development due to restrictions . <br /> 44 <br /> 1 <br />