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• • • 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 3, 2008 APPROVED DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES : March 3, 2008 . 5:30 p.m. . 7:45 p.m. : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, Reinert, Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson : None Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Director of Public Safety, Dave Pecchia; Community Development Director, Mike Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Clerk, Julie Bartell. POLICE UPDATE Police Chief Pecchia reported that the Lino Lakes Police Department assisted a Kansas city police department (on February 29, 2008) in the arrest of an individual accused of an Internet related crime against children. The individual is a janitor at Centennial Middle School. The Lino Lakes Police Department investigated and they do not believe there has been any related problems at the school. CHARTER AMENDMENT — Steve Bubul, Kennedy & Graven, was present and outlined his most recent correspondence regarding clarification of the impact of various charter amendment alternatives on the ability of the city to issue tax - exempt bonds for improvements. Having exempt areas does create differing rights among property owners and therefore the easiest way to deal with the question would be to remove the exempt zones. Mr. Bubul was asked about the possibility of removing the zones from the Charter Task Force proposal. It was noted that historically the exempt zones were established due to the commercial or anticipated commercial nature of those areas, to deal with the few residential properties located therein. Those zones are exempt from the charter provisions and assessments are basically handled under Chapter 429 rules. The Charter Task Force proposal would add a right to those residential properties to opt out of an improvement project, a right they don't have under Chapter 429 rules. If the zones were removed, the ability of those residential property owners to opt out would change but if it is a situation that absolutely does not benefit the property, generally they can and should not be assessed anyway. The council discussed the implication of changes to larger land holders and was informed that there are generally deferment provisions on undeveloped land. The Mayor noted that the council will need to move in some direction if there is a desire to forward a charter amendment to the voters this fall.