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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 12, 2004 APPROVED 1 Work Group does not forfeit the rights of the City Council. He stated that additional language would •2 make him feel more comfortable as well. 3 4 Community Development Director Grochala stated he wants to be clear that the Group will gather 5 transportation data and come up with a product to identify the City's needs if the land develops as the 6 Land Use Plan indicates. The other half of the process for the Work Group is to put together the JPA, 7 which will indicate how the cities will work to accomplish that goal. He stated the initial 8 considerations of the Work Group will be how the group functions. 9 10 Councilmember Reinert stated he supports this group but if the JPA waives the Council's right to 11 make the final decision, then it will probably stumble when it is presented before the Lino Lakes City 12 Council. He stated he thinks Staff will meet, discuss what is needed, make a presentation to the 13 Council, and take the Council's feedback to the Group for further consideration. Then it is up to each 14 of those entities to decide what will occur. 15 16 Mayor Bergeson stated it is important to assure Lino Lakes is well represented at the joint quarterly 17 meetings of the Councilmembers from all of the cities. He stated it is also important that the Council 18 set the directive to Staff on each of the issues. Mayor Bergeson stated Staff will do the "nuts and 19 bolts" work to compile information but there will still be meetings of the combined councils on a 20 quarterly basis. 21 22 Councilmember Reinert moved to approve the appointment of Community Development Staff to the 23 Transportation Coalition Work Group, subject to that approval not forfeiting any of the City 24 Council's voting rights or final approvals that may come from the Work Group. Councilmember • 25 Carlson seconded the motion. 26 27 Councilmember Dahl asked if there is potential to expand this group beyond the nine already 28 identified. Community Development Director Grochala stated he thinks the group, as proposed, is 29 the maximum size. However, there may be future meetings with the I -35E Coalition. 30 31 Councilmember Dahl asked if the original three entities are the major players in this Work Group or if 32 all nine entities will share in decision making and cost sharing. Community Development Director 33 Grochala stated they are in for the whole process but the mechanics will need to be worked out as part 34 of the JPA. He explained that Staff's role will be to provide information to the City Council so they 35 can make an informed decision. He advised that the involvement of MnDOT and the Metropolitan 36 Council will be more from an informational standpoint and to offer recommendations. 37 38 Mayor Bergeson stated they started with a concept to outline an area on the map of the 35E corridor 39 and then the idea was to involve those cities and agencies that have jurisdiction within the boundaries 40 of that outlined area to see if they can work on that to the benefit of all. 41 42 Councilmember Dahl stated she is not concerned about others coming in to offer expertise and help to 43 come to a common goal but she does not want Lino Lake to be the lone entity to have to pay for it all. 44 45 Community Development Director Grochala stated the City can decide to do the studies on their own 46 or to involve the other entities and have them share in the cost burden. He stated that will be a good 47 thing for Lino Lakes. • 48 11