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• CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 5, 2005 APPROVED 1 2 3 CITY OF LINO LAKES 4 MINUTES 5 6 7 DATE : January 5, 2005 8 TIME STARTED : 5:37 p.m. 9 TIME ENDED : 8:35 p.m. 10 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert, 11 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 12 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 13 14 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development 15 Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; 16 Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner (part); Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part); 17 and City Clerk, Ann Blair (part) 18 19 20 AUTHORIZING SOIL BORINGS, WELL NO. 5, JIM STUDENSKI 21 22 City Engineer Studenski advised in accordance with the Water System Comprehensive 23 Plan, construction of Well No. 5 identified Birch Park as a proposed location. The 24 proposed site at Outlot F in the D. Erickson 2' Addition (across from the park) doesn't 25 meet the Minnesota Department of Health requirement that the City own the land within 26 50' of the well. The adjacent property owner to the south is unwilling at this time to sell 27 any property to the City. The City still wants to pursue this location as a future well 28 location. 29 30 City Engineer Studenski stated staff has reviewed the Birch Park area and did not find a 31 location that would not impact the aesthetics or function of the park. City staff did 32 identify an alternative location at Captain's Place within the Lakes Addition area. 33 34 City Engineer Studenski advised staff has performed additional review for possible Well 35 No. 5 sites. The only City -owned properties in the area are Birch Park and Captain's 36 Place. Any other possible locations would have to be acquired, which would push back 37 the timeframe of the well and add additional costs. Therefore, it is staff' s 38 recommendation to use the Captain's Place site. He referred to a map of the location 39 noting the front of the building is marked at the site. This site has been reviewed with the 40 Health Department and found to be suitable, while meeting floodplain and utility setback 41 requirements. Also, a raw water line already exists in Black Duck Drive for future 42 treatment of the City's system. Locating Well No. 5 would minimize costs associated 43 with any future treatment of the water system. 44 45 City Engineer Studenski indicated no additional traffic activity would occur on Black 46 Duck Drive because Well No. 1 is located on the same road. City staff would be able to 47 service both wells at the same time. The City's existing wells are located in residential