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APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES •2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : January 24, 2005 6 TIME STARTED : 6:34 P.M. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:05 P.M. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councihnembers Carlson, Reinert, Stoltz and Mayor 9 Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : Councilmember Dahl 11 12 Staff members present: Director of Administration, Dan Tesch; City Clerk, Ann Blair; Public 13 Services Director, Rick DeGardner (part); Police Chief, Dave Pecchia (part); City Engineer, Jim 14 Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; and City Attorney, Bill Hawkins. 15 16 VERBAL REPORT ON WEEKEND SNOW PLOWING 17 18 Public Services Director DeGardner stated he received some concerns from citizens and 19 Councilmembers about the length of time it took to clear the streets of snow this past Saturday. He 20 advised the public service employees started at 4:00 a.m., using four snowplows and seven one -ton 21 pickups, and are usually able to complete the task in eight to ten hours. He noted that because of the 22 unusually large amount of snow, it took approximately fourteen hours, therefore some parts of the 23 city were not completed until 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. He added that three of the employees were not 24 available on Saturday, which added to the delay. •25 26 OPEN MIKE 27 28 There was none. 29 30 SETTING THE AGENDA 31 32 The agenda was approved as presented. 33 34 WELCOME TO SENATOR MADY REITER 35 36 Senator Reiter stated it was a pleasure to be here before the Council. She presented an overview of 37 what the Legislature would be addressing this session, and reviewed the committees in which she is 38 involved. She indicated she is on the traffic committee, which has a project in Lino Lakes for the 39 Lake Drive / 35W intersection, and there is now a bill and a bill number assigned to that project. 40 41 Senator Reiter noted she loves the Lino Lakes area and is pleased to represent them, as well as Circle 42 Pines and Lexington. She stated the Legislature will be looking at extending the deer hunting season 43 for 15 additional days, and also looking at several road projects and numerous environmental issues. 44 She indicated today was bonding day at the Legislature, with a bond proposed at $975,000,000, 45 which was $200,000,000 more than the Governor wanted to see. She stated the Governor's bond 46 should set the pace for the rest of the session. She noted that they are looking for money for 47 education, hoping for about $100 more per student. She stated the pace this year has outpaced any 048 session she has previously been involved in, and this is her fifth year in the Legislature.