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a • • COUNCIL MINUTES October 22, 2012 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : October 22, 2012 6 TIME STARTED : 6:35 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 8:30 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, Rafferty, 9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael 13 Grochala; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; Finance Director Al Rolek; Chief 14 of Police John Swenson; City Attorney Joseph Langel; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 PUBLIC COMMENT 17 18 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 19 20 SETTING THE AGENDA 21 22 The agenda was approved as presented. 23 24 SPECIAL PRESENTATION 25 26 Charter Amendment Update — Community Development Director Grochala spoke to the question 27 of what would change if the proposed charter amendment is passed this fall. He explained that the 28 process for public improvement projects is still outlined in state law and the city charter and the 29 amendment would just tweak the process. The process for proposal of projects would not change; 30 the public hearing process with notification of property owners would not change. With the change, 31 an additional hearing is called for based on neighborhood input to give time to work on concerns. 32 After hearings the ability of a project to go forward still rests with the neighborhood. Finally the 33 community as a whole can petition to stop a project. He noted that information on the amendment is 34 available on the city's Web site, at a kiosk at city hall and through a public service program on the 35 city cable channel. 36 37 Mayor Reinert announced his support for the charter amendment. He clarified that the process under 38 discussion is for neighborhood roads, not the county or state roads we sometimes see under 39 construction in the city. The process proposed is a fair balance and gives residents more influence on 40 the work impacting them and as well maintains the integrity of the city charter. 41 42 CONSENT AGENDA 43 44 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1A through 1G, as presented. 45 Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote.