02-02-2015 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 2, 2015 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 4 DATE : February 2, 2015 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 8:50 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Kusterman, 8 Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 12 Director Michael Grochala; Public Safety Director John Swenson; Finance Director Al 13 Rolek; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Deputy Director of Public Safety Police 14 Division Kelly McCarthy; Deputy Director of Public Safety Fire Division Dan D'Allier, 15 City Engineer Diane Hankee; Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; City Clerk Julie 16 Bartell 17 18 1. Environmental Board Goals -Environmental Coordinator Asleson introduced 19 Environmental Board members Barbara Bor (Chair) and Paula Andrzejewski who 20 reviewed the 2015 goals established by the Board. They noted that the assistance of 21 Environmental intern K.C. Kye has been most helpful this past six months; he has 22 brought much energy and improvement, especially in the area of recycling. 23 Regarding the work for blue herons on Peltier Island, the mayor suggested that the 24 council would consider additional funding for the work if the Board finds that is needed. 25 The board members suggested they would like to work even harder on Earth Day 26 activities and, in light, would like the council's support in advertising those events. 27 Council Member Stoesz remarked that the likes the idea of streaming work such as the 28 heron activity or Earth Day — it's a good way to keep people connected and engaged in 29 the activities. Council Member Roeser made suggestions in the areas of using people 30 involved in the CERT program, helping people get into the solar panel rebate program, 31 and utilizing land parcels for more community gardens (such as tax forfeited parcels). 32 The council discussed the inclusion of mattresses in recycling day and Council Member 33 Rafferty suggested that maybe the city shouldn't charge drop off fees because people are 34 already paying (grant funds are tax dollars), or utilize the revenue from the program to ' 35 further promote environmental goals rather than depositing funds into the General Fund. 36 Council Member Rafferty also mentioned that some cities do "clean up" activities where 37 people are allowed to stack their items on the curb and they are picked up. 38 39 The council will continue discussion at the next work session. 40 41 2. Purchase of Fire Apparatus — Public Safety Director Swenson, along with 42 Deputy Directors McCarthy and D'Allier, first reviewed what the city will be receiving as 43 part of the distribution of the Centennial Fire District equipment. After those items, the 44 new Lino Lakes Fire Division will still need some equipment and staff has researched the 45 market as to the purchase of new or used equipment. They have identified two fire trucks