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Lino Lakes City Council <br />Closed Meeting <br />Minutes <br />DATE: May 14, 2025 <br />TIME STARTED: 6:00 P.M. <br />TIME ENDED: 7:34 P.M. <br />LOCATION: Community Room <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rafferty Councilmembers Cavegn, Lyden, Stoesz and <br />Ruhland <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: None <br />Staff Members Present: Dave Pecchia, Roberta Colotti, Karen Anderson, and Michael Grochala. <br />Also Attending, Appointed Legal Counsel John Baker and Katherine Swenson. <br />1. Call to Order and Roll Call <br />Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. <br />2. Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items <br />The agenda was adopted as presented. <br />3. Announcement <br />Request from the City's appointed legal counsel (John Baker) <br />Litigation is currently pending in a matter entitled Zikar Holdings LLC (and two others) <br />against the City of Lino Lakes (and two others), filed in federal court in September 2024. <br />The Court has entered two orders in that case, and the Plaintiffs and the City have <br />served and responded to significant written discovery requests, and are planning for the <br />deposition stage of discovery. The parties are also required to submit confidential status <br />letters to the Magistrate Judge (with the next such letters due May 27, 2025). The <br />course of that litigation should be informed by a confidential briefing of the City Council <br />by Ms. Swenson and me as the City's counsel in that case, under the attorney -client <br />privilege. So, under Minnesota Statutes Section 13D.05, subdivision 3(b), I respectfully <br />request that a member of the City Council make a motion to close this meeting to the <br />public, after I'm finished reading my request. <br />To more clearly describe the subject of that closed meeting: The Zikar Holdings LLC <br />pending matter arises from several publicly made decisions, including the City's <br />adoption of a one-year moratorium last summer, and the response of the City Council <br />and several boards appointed by the Council to a request by Zikar Holdings LLC for <br />concept plan review. The closed meeting I request would not include a decision by the <br />Council on whether to settle or continue the pending litigation, but would be limited to <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />