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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION December 7, 2015 DRAFT DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES : December 7, 2015 . 6:00 p.m. . 9:30 p.m. : Council Member Stoesz, Kusterman, Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert : None Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; Public Safety Director John Swenson; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell 1. Franchise Ordinance for CenturyLink (Item 3A, December 14, 2015 Council Agenda) - Administrator Karlson introduced the North Metro Telecommunications Commission's attorney, Mike Bradley, who gave a presentation regarding a cable franchise application from CenturyLink. Mr. Bradley's PowerPoint presentation is included in the council packet. He noted that the council will be considering an ordinance granting a cable television franchise to CenturyLink on December 14. The council asked about the benefits to the citizens and heard that although the new services will cost about the same as for the current provider, there may be more services or channels offered by CenturyLink for the same cost. The entire city will not be included initially but more service area will be added as the franchise grows. There will be some system infrastructure added while some is in place already. Council Member Stoesz, who represents the city on the North Metro Telecommunications Board, said he is supportive of the action because he feels the additional services will benefit the city and there will be franchise fees as well. There will be different levels of service speed offered. 2. American Legion Parking - The American Legion has approached the city regarding the possibility of expanding their parking area onto City owned property adjacent to their site and the matter was discussed at the November 2, 2015 council work session. At that time the council requested that the American Legion determine what they need for parking spaces, develop a parking plan, and determine how much land would be needed to construct it. A representative of the Lino Lakes American Legion post spoke to the council about the Legion's plans. He distributed a hand drawn site plan. Community Development Director Grochala discussed the need to have water run off plans that can be reviewed by the watershed district.