04-07-25 - City Council WS Minutes

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Lino Lakes City Council Work Session Minutes DATE: April 7, 2025 TIME STARTED: 6:00 P.M. TIME ENDED: 7:51 P.M. LOCATION: Community Room MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rafferty Councilmembers Cavegn, Lyden, Stoesz and Ruhland MEMBERS ABSENT: None Staff Members Present: Interim City Administrator Dave Pecchia, City Clerk Roberta Colotti, Community Development Director Michael Grochala, Interim Fire Chief Dan L'Allier, City Planner Katie Larsen, and City Attorney Kristin Nierengarten. 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items The agenda was adopted as presented. 3. Administration Update The City Administrator presented the following operations updates: • Resolution No. 25-41 "Supporting Retention of City Zoning Authority" was sent to the Lino Lakes State Representative and Senator, as well as the League of Minnesota Cities. Our State Senator thanked the city for sending the resolution and provided notice that the state hearing on the proposed amendment to city zoning authority had been cancelled. • Staff have received the final draft of the public safety department report from Citygate. Citygate representatives have requested a special meeting date of April 30th or May 7th to reduce travel costs. • Working on the agenda for the Joint Work Session with the Charter Commission on April loth and the Special City Council Meeting on April 151h, which was scheduled to interview City Administrator candidates. • Ordinance No. 04-25 "Franchise Extension Agreement" with Comcast, which was adopted by the City Council on March loth, has been fully executed by all parties. • The debriefing of the recent water rescue indicated that one of two ambulances left that was needed at the time of the rescue. The overall ambulance service Page 1 of 4