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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 1, 2006 APPROVED • 1 2 Ms. Caroline Dahl, Charter Commission Member, came forward and noted a letter from 3 the chairperson of the Charter Commission regarding the Five Year Plan. 4 5 RETREAT ISSUES UPDATE 6 7 Communications Plan — Community Development Coordinator Divine stated during 8 this year's City Council retreat it was recognized that the Council must effectively and 9 persistently communicate to the citizens of Lino Lakes on the issues the Council is 10 addressing, the actions it has taken, and the directions that it is pursuing as a result of the 11 actions. 12 13 Community Development Coordinator Divine stated the Council directed staff to prepare 14 and submit, with the assistance of Councilmember Reinert and Councilmember Carlson, 15 a communications process to be used by the City and the City Council to communication 16 with citizens. 17 18 Community Development Coordinator Divine reviewed a draft of the communications 19 process and asked for Council feedback and suggestions. 20 21 Suggestions to the process included staff members presenting good news reports at 22 Council meetings, the addition of the words respectful or professions within the Image • 23 statement, and the addition of a calendar. The word "all" was dropped from the Official 24 Spokesperson paragraph and the title "Spokesperson" will be changed. 25 26 Financial Analysis Progress — Finance Director Rolek advised staff is in the process of 27 working with the City's financial advisors, Springsted, Inc., and the City's independent 28 auditor to formulate the financial analysis and to develop necessary financing and policy 29 recommendations, per Council direction during the February 20, 2006 Council retreat. 30 31 Finance Director Rolek stated staff is anticipating asking the Council on May 22 to set a 32 special work session within the first two weeks of June to review the results of this 33 analysis. This time frame will dovetail into the preparation for the 2007 Annual Budget 34 and the 2007 — 2011 Five Year Financial Plan. 35 36 I -35W INTERCHANGE/LAKE DRIVE IMPROVEMENTS 37 38 Community Development Director Grochala stated the improvement of the I-35W/Lake 39 Drive interchange has been a priority for the City over the last ten years. However, the 40 project has not been successful in obtaining the necessary funding. As such the City 41 proposed interim improvements to Lake Drive as part of the Legacy at Woods Edge 42 development. 43 44 Community Development Director Grochala stated that given the existing transportation • 45 funding constraints and the limited useful life of the interim improvements the City