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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 8, 2006 APPROVED 1 VLAWMO RESOLUTION 2 3 City Administrator Heitke advised that throughout the past two years, discussions have 4 occurred within the VLAWMO in order to have the necessary resources to effectively 5 manage the water resources within its jurisdiction. Recently, member units, including 6 Lino Lakes, agreed to extend the joint powers agreement for an additional year in order to 7 allow for the exploration of ways to obtain adequate financial resources, as well as 8 address the need for a water plan and resolve governance issues. 9 10 City Administrator Heitke stated the Board of Directors has proposed to address the 11 funding problem by proposing legislation, which would make VLAWMO a special 12 purpose taxing district, allowing them to levy taxes on properties within their jurisdiction. 13 The Board is seeking resolutions of support from its member units for this legislation. 14 15 Mr. Jeff McDowell, Lino Lakes representative on the VLAWMO Board, came forward 16 and explained the proposed legislation and resolution of support with the Council. 17 18 The Council indicated unanimous support for the proposed resolution proposing a special 19 purpose taxing district, allowing them to levy taxes on properties within their jurisdiction. 20 21 This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, February 13, 2006, 6:30 22 p.m. 23 24 Mayor Bergeson called for a short break at 9:04 p.m. 25 26 Mayor Bergeson reconvened the meeting at 9:15 p.m. 27 28 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 29 30 Item 7A, September 8, 2005 Special Council Work Session Minutes — City Clerk Bartell 31 distributed a memo outlining the history of the minutes. It was noted that action needs to 32 be taken on the minutes. 33 34 Ms. Caroline Dahl, 1101 Holly Court East, came forward and distributed three different 35 draft copies of the minutes noting their differences. 36 37 City Clerk Bartell advised the draft minutes in the Council packets are the original draft 38 received from TimeSaver. 39 40 Councilmember Carlson referred to the December 19 Council minutes. She asked that 41 they be reconsidered and requested an opinion from the City Attorney regarding the 42 reconsideration of the minutes. 43 44 Councilmember Carlson questioned if there is a new format for the expenditures. She 45 also requested a copy of the staff report for Item 1D, Resolution No. 06 — 13, Correcting 7