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STAFF ORIGINATOR: MEETING DATE: TOPIC: VOTE REQUIRED: BACKGROUND AGENDA ITEM 3Ai Julie Bartell, City Clerk November 9, 2009 Public hearing & first reading of Ordinance No. 09 -10, Adopting a Code of Ordinances for the City of Lino Lakes (amending, restating, revising, updating, codifying, and compiling certain ordinances of the city dealing with the subjects embraced in the code of ordinances) 3/5 The Lino Lakes City Code establishes the laws, rules and policies under which the city operates. Although there have been amendments approved by the council and some state law changes impacting city regulations, this document has not been updated since 1993. The council's most recent Goals, Objectives, Management Action Plan calls for completion of a project to bring this document up to date. 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 intends that the city will also maintain the code on -line, making information accessible from the city's Web page. This type of access to city regulations is now widely expected by citizens, the city's legal counsel, the police department and the larger community in general. To this end, city staff and the council have engaged in the following process: • The city hired a codifier 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 area of responsibility along with consider the changes recommended by the code company's legal counsel; • The city clerk inserted all changes into the draft code document for review by the council. The council has overviewed the code, section by section, with staff explaining any changes that were seen as substantive and with the council incorporating changes as they deemed appropriate;