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Lino Lakes City Council <br />Work Session <br />Minutes <br />DATE: February 3, 2025 <br />TIME STARTED: 6:00 P.M. <br />TIME ENDED: 7:57 P.M. <br />LOCATION: Council Chambers <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rafferty Councilmembers Cavegn, Lyden, and Stoesz <br />EXCUSED ABSENT: Councilmembers Ruhland <br />Staff Members Present: Interim City Administrator Dave Pecchia, City Clerk Roberta Colotti, <br />Community Development Director Michael Grochala, City Planner Katie Larson, Environmental <br />Coordinator Thomas Hoffman, HR and Communications Manager Meg Sawyer, Interim Public <br />Safety Director Curt Boehme, Interim Fire Chief Dan L'Allier and members of the Public Safety <br />Department. <br />1. Call to Order and Roll Call <br />Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. <br />2. Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items <br />The agenda topics were adopted as presented. <br />3. Citygate Associates, Mid Project Review <br />The City Council received the mid -project review from Citygate Associates regarding the <br />Public Safety Department. The police and fire division current staffing levels, response <br />times and operations were reviewed. Best practices and future recommendations were <br />outlined. A final report is anticipated to be complete by April. <br />The Interim City Administrator provided a status update on the current staffing <br />structure as it relates to the study. He reviewed key elements of the study as they relate <br />to the organization. <br />4. Sunset Avenue — Anoka County Highway <br />The Community Development Director presented the Sunset Avenue (County Road 53) <br />project from Apollo Avenue to Main Street. He reviewed the existing corridor conditions <br />and the need for the project. He reviewed the proposed corridor improvements <br />including full roadway reconstruction, combination of urban and rural sections of <br />roadway, addition of trail along the east site of the roadway, roundabouts at 1215t <br />Avenue NE and Lilac Street, median north of Lilac Street and storm sewer <br />improvements. He reviewed the project schedule including an Open House planned for <br />February 25, 2025 at the Rookery, preferred layout being established by April 2025, <br />construction limits October 2025, right of way process in 2026, bidding of the project in <br />October of 2026 and construction in 2027. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />