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COUNCIL MINUTES September 24, 2012 <br />DRAFT <br />•1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />4 <br />5 DATE : September 24, 2012 <br />6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. <br />7 TIME ENDED : 6:55 p.m. <br />8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, Rafferty, <br />9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert <br />10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none <br />11 <br />12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael <br />13 Grochala; City Engineer Jason Wedel; Chief of Police John Swenson; Finance Director Al Rolek; and <br />14 City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 PUBLIC COMMENT <br />18 <br />19 Joe Goetz, Minnesota Chairman of the National Center for Fathering, addressed the council. He <br />20 explained the work of his group — many children don't have a father in their home and that can lead to <br />21 problems in their lives. The group works to make a difference in communities like Lino Lakes. He <br />22 explained their current work at Centennial Middle School and noted that they do have fund raising in <br />• 23 progress. Mayor Reinert asked Mr. Goetz to provide information on the group's efforts to council <br />24 members. <br />25 <br />26 SETTING THE AGENDA <br />27 <br />28 The agenda was approved as presented. <br />29 <br />30 SPECIAL PRESENTATION <br />31 <br />32 Charter Amendment Update — Community Development Director Grochala gave a presentation on <br />33 the charter amendment that is being proposed by the council. Mr. Grochala explained that there is an <br />34 important local question on the ballot this fall, namely a charter amendment dealing with the city's <br />35 special improvement process. This city's special improvement process, mainly dealing with road <br />36 improvements, was reviewed by a citizens task force in 2007. The council has taken up the subject in <br />37 the past year and is proposing this amendment that includes some of the same changes proposed by <br />38 the task force. He urges citizens of the city to get informed on the proposed amendment and noted <br />39 that there is explanatory information on the city Website and at a kiosk at City Hall. There will be <br />40 information presented on the city cable channel soon. He added that the proposed amendment <br />41 preserves the rights of property owners to stop projects and also right of all citizens of the city to <br />42 petition to put projects on the ballot. Staff will continue to offer information on the amendment <br />43 through the election. <br />44 <br />• 45 <br />1 <br />