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1 1 1 COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22, 1995 and how it operates and enjoyed the opportunity to meet the other group members and the people who actually "make things work in the City." She is very pleased about the project. Ms. Sullivan felt that this person is an excellent representative of other group members. Mayor Reinert thanked Ms. Sullivan for her presentation. Brian Bourassa and David Mitchell, OSM - Mr. Bourassa explained that he has resigned his position at OSM and has accepted a position in another unrelated field. He noted that he has worked in some capacity for the City for the past eight (8) years and thanked the City Council for the opportunity to serve his community. Mr. Bourassa noted that he has been treated with great respect by both the staff and City Council and expressed his appreciation to both staff and Council. Mr. Bourassa introduced Mr. Mitchell and explained that Mr. Mitchell will be assuming his duties at OSM including representing Lino Lakes at the Rice Creek Watershed District. He explained that Mr. Mitchell is well qualified for the consulting engineer position, already has a working relationship with Mr. Powell and will serve the City well. Mr. Mitchell said that everyone at OSM is sad to see Mr. Bourassa leave but they wish him well. He gave a brief outline of his qualifications and experience as well as naming a number of other communities where he has worked as a consulting city engineer. Mr. Mitchell noted that he lives in the City of Blaine and this will make it easy for him to serve the City. Mayor Reinert said that the City Council is looking forward to working with Mr. Mitchell. He also said that he is sorry to see Mr. Bourassa leave his position with OSM and wished him the best in the future. Judith Seekon, 889 Main Street - Ms. Seekon explained that there is a very dangerous traffic situation on Main Street east of Lake Drive. She said that a very large traffic sign has been post saying, "State Law Unlawful to drive on shoulder of the road ". Every time that she comes home from Lake Drive, she has to make a left turn into her driveway. While she is waiting for traffic coming from the east to clear, traffic is coming from the west at very high rates of speed and pass her on the shoulder. This is getting really dangerous and will become more dangerous when school is out for the summer. Ms. Seekon noted that there is normally a lot of pedestrian traffic in her area and in the summer there are bikers, joggers, mothers with strollers using PAGE 5 3 9