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1 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 24, 2006
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1 CITY OF LINO LAKES
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4 DATE : July 24, 2006
5 TIME STARTED : 5:37 p.m.
6 TIME ENDED : 8:50 p.m.
7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell,
8 1 Reinert (5:41), Stoltz (5:40), and Mayor
9 Bergeson
10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None
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12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Engineer, Jim Studenski
13 (part); Economic Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine (part); Finance Director,
14 Al Rolek (part); City Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); Associate Planner, Paul Bengtson
15 (part); Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part); and City Clerk, Julie Bartell
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17 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
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19 Item 3A, Permission for Use of City Property for Blue Heron Days Carnival — the
20 Council requested staff put the event list for Blue Heron Days on the City cable channel.
21 The Council also requested copies of the golf tournament flyer to distribute.
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23 There were no other changes to the regular Council agenda.
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25 Mayor Bergeson recessed the work session at 6:32 p.m.
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27 Mayor Bergeson reconvened the work session at 7:39 p.m.
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29 COMMUNITY VISIONING PROCESS
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31 City Administrator Heitke stated Mr. Carl Neu is present to outline the community
32 visioning process and get concurrence from the Council regarding the process, roles of
33 everyone involved and the timeline.
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35 Mr. Neu, Neu & Company, advised the Community Visioning Process is a three -phased
36 comprehensive community-based, City sponsored, leadership process for defining and
37 shaping Lino Lakes future.
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39 Mr. Neu reviewed the key commitments emphasizing citizen involvement representative
40 of the entire Lino Lakes community is key in each phase of the process. He identified the
41 key players and their roles within the process. He noted the Council sponsors the process
42 but does not participate in the visioning process until the Visioning Report is received
43 and approved.
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1 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 24, 2006
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1 Mr. Neu outlined the proposed process for inviting representatives to participate in the
• 2 Community Visioning Committee. Exclusions are members of the City Council, City
3 staff and City Planning Commission.
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5 Mr. Neu recommended a theme (branding) be approved by the City Council and indicated
6 as much publicity as possible regarding the process would be helpful.
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8 2007 BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS
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10 City Administrator Heitke reviewed a memo outlining requested contributions from the
11 City for 2007. He stated that given the very preliminary data, the City's net tax capacity
12 is estimated to have increased by 10.6% over pay 2006. If the City maintains its current
13 tax rate of 41.362% of tax capacity, it is estimated the City could levy an additional
14 $783,600.
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16 City Administrator Heitke stated any direction from the Council would be helpful going
17 into the 2007 budget process.
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19 The Council directed staff to begin the process with a preliminary budget based on the
20 current tax rate that also includes a plan for some of the long-term issues the Council has
21 discussed. The Council also requested a list of large expenses the City will be incurring
22 within the next five years.
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24 The Council reviewed a proposed calendar of meetings for August and September 2006.
25 The following changes were made to the calendar:
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27 Regular Council Work Session, September 4, 2006 — this meeting was postponed to
28 September 6, 2006 4:30 p.m.
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30 Financial Work Session, August 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
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32 Financial Work Session, August 16, 2006, 6:00 p.m. (if needed)
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34 Budget Work Session, August 21, 2006, 5:30 p.m.
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36 Budget Work Session, September 6, 2006, 5:30 p.m.
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38 The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
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40 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
41 August 14, 2006.
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• 45 Julia e Bartell, Cit Clerk John ergeson, Mayor
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1 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 24, 2006
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