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APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : September 26, 2005 6 TIME STARTED : 6:31 P.M. 7 TIME ENDED : 8:29 P.M. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmembers Carlson, Dahl, Reinert, Stoltz 9 and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development Director, 13 Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; City Planner Bengston; 14 Finance Director, Al Rolek; City Attorney, Bill Hawkins. 15 16 OPEN MIKE 17 18 Robert Bening, 6788 East Shadow Lake Drive, and Al Demotts, 7140 Rice Lake Road, presented a 19 petition of 528 signatures requesting a referendum be placed on the ballot in November 2006, which 20 amends the Lino Lakes City Charter to not allow a person to be on the Council and on the Charter 21 Commission at the same time. He indicated the majority of the Charter Commission denied the 22 request. Mayor Bergeson stated when a petition is presented Staff reviews the signatures to ensure •23 residency, then Council will respond accordingly. 24 25 Councilmember Carlson asked if Mr. Bening and Mr. Demotts were two members of the sponsoring 26 committee. Mr. Bening replied no, it is not being pursued directly, but is an informal petition. He 27 added they are requesting a petition by City ordinance through City Council. 28 29 Councilmember Carlson asked why the petition is being presented now if the request is to be placed 30 on the November 2006 ballot. Mr. Bening replied it is his understanding that the process takes a 31 while and that he would expect action to be started before the end of January. 32 33 Lloyd Chalupsky and Sally Bachmeier, 2215 Reiling Road, presented letters and pictures of their 34 house for the past two years. He indicated the pictures show a sewer problem on their property 35 emanating from the neighbor's property. He added he has received no response or resolution yet and 36 would like to know where to go from here. He requested a City official visit the site to test it at his 37 expense. Community Development Director Grochala replied last week a letter was submitted after 38 site investigation, which indicated there is no indication fluent is coming from their neighbor's septic 39 system. He added he has been at the site several times in the past. 40 41 Mayor Bergeson suggested another analysis be submitted indicating it is sewage. He added unless 42 Staff brings an action or the attorney brings information, he is unsure what action Council could take. 43 Mr. Chalupsky replied the analysis is in the papers presented tonight. He added, when pipes were dug 44 up, the neighbor cut off the pipe and cemented it so sewage would stop draining into their property. 1p 45