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• <br />• <br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 4, 2004 <br />APPROVED <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />4 MINUTES <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 DATE : August 4, 2004 <br />9 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. <br />10 TIME ENDED : 7:00 p.m. <br />11 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert <br />12 and Mayor Bergeson <br />13 MEMBERS ABSENT : Stoltz <br />14 <br />15 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Engineer, Jim Studenski <br />16 (part); City Planner, Jeff Smyser; Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner; Chief of <br />17 Police, Dave Pecchia (part) and City Clerk, Ann Blair (part) <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 BLUE HERON PARADE UPDATE SARA DUGINSKI, SUPER TARGET <br />21 <br />22 Schedule of Events Update — Mr. John Kram, SuperTarget, distributed and reviewed an <br />23 updated schedule of the events scheduled for Blue Heron Days noting the changes from <br />24 the previous schedule. The event does begin on Friday night with a concert at Miller's on <br />25 Main. A bike rodeo and safety camp has also been added to the schedule of events. <br />26 <br />27 Invitation to the Council — Mr. Kram distributed an invitation to the Councilmembers <br />28 noting they have been invited as VIP guests at the parade. Mayor Bergeson has agreed to <br />29 be the Grand Marshal of the first annual parade. <br />30 <br />31 Chief Pecchia advised staff did distribute packets to the area residents and informed <br />32 businesses along the parade route. There is an alternative route for those would want to <br />33 leave the area during the events. Another leaflet will be distributed prior to the event. <br />34 Volunteers will be taking care of the City roads during the road closings. A sound meter <br />35 will be utilized during the concert to determine noise volumes. <br />36 <br />37 Mayor Bergeson requested a representative from the parade be present at the next Council <br />38 work session to discuss any issues that may have come up. <br />39 <br />40 DISCUSS PROPOSED WINTER "NO PARKING" ORDINANCE, RICK <br />41 DEGARDNER <br />42 <br />43 Public Services Director DeGardner advised the Public Services Department's most <br />44 important and visible task during the winter months is keeping the City streets in a safe, <br />45 passable condition for vehicles. After a typical snowfall, it currently takes maintenance <br />46 staff approximately 10 hours to clear the 180+ lane miles of City streets, 159 cul-de-sacs, <br />47 31 dead ends, and 17 parking lots. The most common and time-consuming problem <br />48 encountered is when vehicles are parked on the street during snowplowing operations. <br />49 Not only is a large windrow of snow left on the street when the snowplow operators drive <br />