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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 2, 2007 <br />APPROVED <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 DATE : July 2, 2007 <br />5 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. <br />6 TIME ENDED : 9:30 p.m. <br />7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, <br />8 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson <br />9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Reinert <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development <br />13 Director, Mike Grochala; Public Safety Director, Dave Pecchia; Police Captain Kent <br />14 Strege; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; Finance Director, Al Rolek; Public Services <br />15 Director, Rick DeGardner; Economic Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine; <br />16 Associate Planner, Paul Bengtson; and City Clerk, Julie Bartell <br />17 <br />18 ANDERSON BUILDERS UPDATE <br />19 <br />20 Economic Development Director Divine reported that Anderson Builders has submitted a <br />21 concept plan for the city -owned three acre site on Lake Drive north of 77th Street. <br />22 Questions arose at a previous work session regarding the realignment of 77th Street and <br />23 also about the amount of the purchase offer. A second appraisal of the property that takes <br />24 into consideration current market conditions and property use restrictions was completed <br />25 in June and the value came in within range of the current offer. <br />26 <br />27 Dave Anderson, Anderson Builders, announced that they are still interested in working on <br />28 developing this site; he reviewed a concept plan drawing. Regarding roadway alignment <br />29 planning, they have obtained purchase agreements from the two affected property owners. <br />30 <br />31 The Council agreed to consider the conveyance of land and approval of the proposed <br />32 preliminary development agreement at the July 9, 2007 council meeting. <br />33 <br />34 CITIZENS TASK FORCE REPORT <br />35 <br />36 Kathi Gallup, Chair of the Citizen's Task Force to Review Charter Provisions Pertaining <br />37 to Local Improvements, presented a review of the group's report. Also present was Jon <br />38 Lathum and Laura Carlson, members of the task force. <br />39 <br />40 The group looked at the city's Pavement Management Plan and found that Lino Lakes is <br />41 unique in requiring a local election for each street reconstruction. The group did not only <br />42 rely on existing information, however, but reached out and sought input on the subject. <br />43 Three major reasons were noted for seeking a change: finance, safety and public support. <br />44 <br />1 <br />