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APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES • 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : June 14, 2004 6 TIME STARTED : 6:35 P.M. 7 TIME ENDED : 10:36 P.M. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmembers Carlson, Dahl, Reinert, Stoltz and 9 Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Clerk, Ann Blair; Community 13 Development Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; 14 Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner; Economic Development Assistant Mary Alice Divine and 15 City Attorney, Bill Hawkins. 16 17 OPEN MIKE 18 19 Sharia Foster indicated she left a letter for the Council at their desks, and hopes they have had time to 20 review it. She stated her husband is also in attendance. 21 22 Ms. Foster stated they have had drainage problems affecting their property that have gotten worse for 23 a year, and they were happy that last year the Council approved Old Birch Street as part of the 2003 24 Storm Water Management Program. She indicated she wanted to note City Engineer Studenski has • 25 been very responsive to them, but they still have a problem. She stated their property gets more and 26 more wet every year. She expressed they are aware City Engineer Studenski has been working with 27 the contractor, but it seems the problem has gone on longer than it should, and they still have a 28 problem. 29 30 Mayor Bergeson asked if their property was next to the Saddle Club. Ms. Foster indicated it is. She 31 stated that in addition, as part of the project the City had to move some utility lines and now it is 32 eroding by their mailbox also. 33 34 City Engineer Studenski advised they have been working through this issue for a long time. He noted 35 the 2003 projects were started late in the year, and while most of the projects were done, restoration 36 was only partly done. He stated the contractor went out to complete restoration this year, but did not 37 get out there right away, and the spring storms have not helped. He indicated they put out a straw mat 38 that is stapled down, but the last rain washed that out too. He stated the improvements seem to be 39 working, but restoration has been a problem. He indicated the contractor needs to complete the 40 restorations and any additional clean-up, and noted there will not be additional compensation for this. 41 He advised he spoke with the contractor tonight and they will be there tomorrow or Wednesday. 42 43 Councilmember Stoltz noted that today Eagle Brook Church had their dedication, and he wonders if 44 anyone from the City was able to attend and represent the Council. Mayor Bergeson stated he 45 attended, as did Councilmembers Dahl and Carlson and Community Development Director Grochala. 46 47 Councilmember Dahl asked if they could observe a moment of silence for President Reagan, which • 48 they did.