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Tuesday, October 21, 2003 Page 11A
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<br />LINO LAKES
<br />Mayor
<br />John Bergeson
<br />Incumbent, Unopposed
<br />Q: List your personal
<br />information:
<br />• Married with two grown
<br />children
<br />• Resident of Lino Lakes for 22
<br />years
<br />• Business degree from the
<br />University of Minnesota
<br />• Employed as chief financial
<br />officer at Bethel College and
<br />Seminary
<br />• Active church member
<br />• Board member of the Lino
<br />Lakes Lions Club
<br />• Member of several commu-
<br />nity and professional organi-
<br />zations
<br />Q: List your political
<br />experience:
<br />• Mayor for two terms
<br />• City Council member for
<br />three terms
<br />• Planning and Zoning Board
<br />• Centennial Fire District
<br />Board
<br />• Police Merger Task Force
<br />• Economic Development
<br />Advisory Board (chair in
<br />1990)
<br />• Centennial Schools
<br />Facilities Task Force
<br />• Liaison to Friends of the
<br />Park Foundation
<br />• Ways and Means Committee
<br />Q: Why are you running
<br />for office?
<br />A: Although I have been on
<br />the City Council for a number
<br />of years, I still feel that there
<br />is a lot of work yet to be done.
<br />I hope to see the completion of
<br />Bergeson
<br />the Town Center, some senior
<br />housing and additional retail
<br />and service businesses. I hope
<br />we can continue to improve
<br />city services. We need to find
<br />some solutions to road and
<br />traffic problems. I feel that my
<br />years of experience will
<br />enable me to be a strong part-
<br />ner in shaping the future of
<br />Lino Lakes.
<br />Q: What are the biggest
<br />challenges facing the city
<br />today, and what solutions
<br />can you offer to address
<br />these 'challenges?
<br />A: I think the biggest chal-
<br />lenge is blending the old and
<br />the new, deciding what should
<br />be preserved and what should
<br />be improved.
<br />Q: How do you feel about
<br />city growth and improve-
<br />ments? What can be done to
<br />improve the city's ability to
<br />supply the needs of resi-
<br />dents?
<br />A: I think a little growth is
<br />a good thing for Lino Lakes.
<br />Without the growth of the
<br />past few years, we would not
<br />have the new parks and trails,
<br />the new schools, the
<br />Target /Kohl's shopping area
<br />or the improved police and
<br />fire services. The key is to
<br />have well- planned measured
<br />growth that contributes to the
<br />quality of life in Lino Lakes.
<br />Q: What part of city gov-
<br />ernment most interests
<br />you, and how would your
<br />knowledge in that area be
<br />beneficial to the City
<br />Council?
<br />A: I am really interested in
<br />all aspects of city govern-
<br />ment. At the present time in
<br />our history, community devel-
<br />opment is where the action is.
<br />I am proud of the 30 new tax-
<br />paying businesses that have
<br />located in Lino Lakes — the
<br />new retail establishments
<br />including banks, restaurants,
<br />convenience stores, Kohl's
<br />and Target. Planning contin-
<br />ues for the Town Center, the
<br />YMCA and the I -35E corridor.
<br />Q: What else do you want
<br />voters to know about you?
<br />A: I would like the voters to
<br />know that the YMCA needs
<br />your help to complete their
<br />building campaign. The Y will
<br />be located next to City Hall
<br />and will service many of the
<br />social, health and recreation
<br />needs traditionally provided
<br />by a community center.
<br />City Councilor
<br />Daniel E. Stoltz
<br />Q: List your personal
<br />information:
<br />• Robin and I have been mar-
<br />ried for 19 years
<br />• Three children, Dustin
<br />(12th eradel_ Heirli (1 flth
<br />these challenges?
<br />A: Intentional, proactive
<br />and strategic growth — bal-
<br />ancing the need for residen-
<br />tial and responsible commer-
<br />cial development while also
<br />maintaining and keeping our
<br />parks and trails a prominent
<br />City Councilor
<br />Donna Carlson
<br />Incumbent
<br />Q: List your personal
<br />information:
<br />• Resident of Lino Lakes for
<br />30 years
<br />• Graduated Summa Cum
<br />Laude, University of St.
<br />Thomas, 1993
<br />• Partner — Christine L.
<br />Anderson Partnership,
<br />graphic design
<br />• Married to Harry Carlson
<br />for 40 years
<br />• Children — Mike Carlson,
<br />married to Kathy;
<br />Christine Anderson, mar-
<br />ried to Scott; Elaina
<br />Carlson
<br />• Grandchildren —
<br />Michaela and Jordan
<br />Anderson; Cole, Jessica
<br />and Alexandra Carlson
<br />• Lino Lakes City Council,
<br />completing fourth year
<br />• President, Lino Lakes
<br />Economic Development
<br />Authority
<br />• Fairview Lakes Regional
<br />Healthcare Board of
<br />Directors
<br />• Centennial Fire District
<br />Steering Committee
<br />• Active member of St.
<br />Joseph Parish
<br />• Council liaison to
<br />Environmental Board
<br />• Other local and education-
<br />al organizations
<br />Q: List your political
<br />experience:
<br />• Lino Lakes Planning and
<br />Zoning Board
<br />• Governing Board
<br />Memorial Hospital District
<br />• Coordinator for Home
<br />Delivered Meals
<br />• Coordinator for St.
<br />Joseph's Loaves and Fishes
<br />Too
<br />• Lino Lakes Vision 2020
<br />• Girl Scout Troop leader
<br />• Boy Scout assistant webe-
<br />los leader
<br />• Assisted youth sport
<br />organizations as coach, sec-
<br />retary treacnrar and +i-„r_
<br />Carlson
<br />Q: Why are you run-
<br />ning for office?
<br />A: I am motivated by a
<br />desire to serve our commu-
<br />nity, which my husband,
<br />Harry, and family members
<br />also do, at church, Scouts,
<br />school and youth sports.
<br />Q: What, are the
<br />biggest challenges facing
<br />the city today, and what
<br />solutions can you offer
<br />to address these chal-
<br />lenges?
<br />A: How to manage
<br />growth, protect the envi-
<br />ronment and provide quali-
<br />ty services for our citizens
<br />cost efficiently. The key-
<br />stone is good planning that
<br />protects the quality of life
<br />residents moved to Lino
<br />Lakes to enjoy. We build on
<br />the solutions adopted in the
<br />Comprehensive Plan, Five
<br />Year Financial Plan,
<br />Zoning Ordinance, Growth
<br />Management Plan,
<br />Handbook for
<br />Environmental Planning
<br />and the Lino Lakes Home
<br />Rule Charter. Each of these
<br />issues is addressed in those
<br />documents.
<br />Q: How do you feel
<br />about city growth and
<br />improvements? What can
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<br />council decision has
<br />exempted the. Village from
<br />that number. The
<br />Comprehensive Plan states
<br />that the cost of infrastruc-
<br />ture that results from
<br />development should be .
<br />borne by the development.
<br />How we improve the city's
<br />ability to address the needs
<br />of citizens is addressed in
<br />the documents cited above
<br />and the city budget. For
<br />instance, a schedule for
<br />needed road improvements
<br />is included in the Five Year
<br />Plan. The Lino Lakes Home
<br />Rule Charter, our city's
<br />constitution, gives the
<br />right to vote on increasing
<br />taxes to reconstruct roads
<br />to the citizens. The first
<br />road reconstruction refer-
<br />endum, held in 1997,
<br />passed. This is an impor-
<br />tant right granted to the
<br />citizens.
<br />Q: What part of city
<br />government most inter-
<br />ests you, and how would
<br />your knowledge in that
<br />area be beneficial to the
<br />City Council?
<br />A: I would choose setting
<br />policy. My years of experi-
<br />ence on the Lino Lakes City
<br />Council and Planning and
<br />Zoning Board have provid-
<br />ed the opportunity for me
<br />to learn the planning docu-
<br />ments of our city. The
<br />training I have received
<br />through the League of
<br />Minnesota Cities has added
<br />to that learning and taught
<br />me how to apply it. My
<br />leadership roles in commu-
<br />nity service have allowed
<br />me to get to know our city
<br />and to encompass the voic-
<br />es of many citizens in set-
<br />ting policies and goals.
<br />Q: What else do you
<br />want voters to know
<br />about you?
<br />A: I support the right of
<br />citizens to address the City
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