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• • WS — Item 9 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item #9 Date: November 3, 2008 To: City Council From: Julie Bartell Re: City Code Update Background The Lino Lakes City Code, the regulations of the city, has not been updated since 1993. The council has established a 2008 goal to update the code. Currently, the City Code is maintained in the form of a three -ring binder into which staff inserts ordinances as they are approved by the city council. A portion of the code update project is to have that code book reprinted to include all changes since 1993. In addition, staff would like to join the vast majority of Minnesota cities and also maintain an on -line city code, accessible from the city's Web page. This type of access to city regulations is now widely expected by interested citizens, the city's legal counsel, the police department and the larger community in general. The process of updating the code has involved the following steps: • The city hired a code company who prepared a draft code that includes all changes since 1993 and whose legal staff advised the city on changes to bring the code up to date (mainly with state law); • Department directors were asked to review and approve portions of the draft code that relate to their responsibilities along with the legal editorials. In general, directors were advised that policy issues that will require more extensive review and consideration by the council shouldn't be included in a recodification project but rather should be brought forward for individual consideration; • The city clerk inserted all changes into the draft code document for review by the council. 1