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• CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 9, 2005 APPROVED 1 2 CITY OF LINO LAKES 3 MINUTES 4 5 6 DATE : February 9, 2005 7 TIME STARTED : 5:05 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 7:33 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl 10 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : Reinert 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Director of Administration, 14 Dan Tesch (part); Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, 15 Jim Studenski; Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner (part); Environmental 16 Specialist, Marty Asleson (part); and Community Development Assistant, Mary Divine 17 (part) 18 19 20 2005 ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD GOALS, ROD KUKONEN, CHAIRMAN 21 ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD 22 23 Environmental Specialist Asleson advised the Environmental Board annually sets goals 24 as a part of their work program. The Board is requesting the City Council accept their 25 goals for 2005. At their December meeting, the Board adopted the goals. 26 27 Mr. Rod Kukonen, Chairman of the Environmental Board, presented their 2005 goals. 28 He referred to the goal regarding pursing the possibility of Lino Lakes becoming certified 29 as a community wildlife habitat through the National Wildlife Federation. He explained 30 the point system, noting it is based on population. The City needs 100 homes certified as 31 a backyard habitat. The challenge with that is the cost to be certified. The Environmental 32 Board will actively be pursuing this goal in 2005. 33 34 Council requested copies of the information from the National Wildlife Federation web 35 site. 36 37 This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, February 14, 2005, 6:30 38 p.m. 39 40 WALL MURAL, POLICE DEPARTMENT 41 42 City Administrator Heitke advised the Police Department has proposed painting a mural 43 on the lobby wall, outside the Police Department. Members of the Police Department are 44 present to provide a more detailed explanation of what they envision and how the mural 45 would be painted. Since there are guidelines in place for the building, which address 46 appearance issues and reference "a great deal of planning has been incorporated into the 47 architecture and interior design", it is apparent there have been past discussions regarding 48 building appearance. For that reason, staff would like Council feedback on the proposed 49 mural.