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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT DRAFT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES 12175 December 5, 2011 : December 5, 2011 . 5:30 p.m. . 8:45 p.m. : Council Member Gallup, O'Donnell, Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert : None Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Engineer Jason Wedel; Finance Director Al Rolek; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner, Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 1. Reconstruction of West Shadow Lake Drive — The Mayor noted that he and another council member placed this item on the agenda because they feel the need to keep the conversation going regarding road reconstruction in the city. The topic of this road and its history is one area but also he is interested in talking about the Charter Commission and the possibility of getting something amenable done in that area. The council asked for information on working within the current charter to get this road project on the ballot in the fall and Community Development Director Grochala then reviewed the process including updating the feasibility study, public hearing in July, and election following in November. It was noted that there is a charter amendment under review by the Charter Commission that deals with a timing issue involved with the date for submission of ballot language and the Charter dictated timeframe for public review. Mr. Grochala added that a feasibility study has been done on the Shenendoah area also and staff has also considered bringing forward the LaMotte area. The Mayor wondered if the council would be interested in putting road project(s) on the ballot or putting a charter amendment on ballot. Pat Smith, West Shadow Lake Drive, remarked that perhaps a different tactic is called for to get road projects done. He suggests changing the focus from single projects to changing control of road work to the council level; that question could be put on the ballot. The council then discussed the recommendation of the Citizens Task Force to Review Charter Provisions Pertaining to Public Improvements. Council Member Gallup was the chair of that group and she explained that the amendment proposed by that group generally left the road project discussion within the neighborhood with plenty of opportunities for that discussion. Mr. Grochala recalled that the proposed amendment did remove the citywide referendum but left a lot of neighborhood involvement. Mr. Grochala suggested getting all parties together for explanation and information so that everyone has a common understanding of the situation and from that point coming up