07-23-2012 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 23, 2012 APPROVED 46 public hearing on the matter be held at the City Council rather than the Planning& 47 Zoning Board. The council received a performance agreement that would fall into place 48 if the grading request is allowed. Mr. Bengtson also distributed a site plan indicating the 49 proposed work to be done and noted that it doesn't include any expansion at this time. A 50 conditional use permit is required for the proposed grading work because of the size of 51 the project. He explained the plans for hauling away from the site, work that will be 52 required to the roadway, and general requirements attached to the permit. He noted the 53 addition of a condition requiring the posting of"truck hauling" signs on Holly Drive. 54 The council is requested to approve the conditional use permit as well as the site 55 performance agreement and terms. 56 57 The mayor asked how much land is owned by the company and the applicant replied 58 approximately 101 acres most of which is not developable beyond its current utilization. 59 The council discussed road weight maximums and heard that the trucks will not be able 60 to exceed them. The applicant indicated that work will start immediately upon receiving 61 city permission and restoration is required by September 1. Area residents have been 62 informed and staff has not heard any negative comments. The applicant discussed some 63 tentative future plans for the site. 64 65 Item 6D, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 07-12, Industrial Zoning District Text 66 Amendment—City Planner Bengtson noted that this is second reading so the council has 67 previously reviewed these changes to the city's industrial zoning regulations. 68 - 69 Item 6E, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 08-12,Landscaping Standards Text 70 Amendment—City Planner Bengtson noted that this also is a second reading so the 71 council has previously reviewed these changes to the city's landscaping standards. 72 73 Item 6F,Intersection Signal Improvements—Community Development Director 74 Grochala noted that all five items included under Item 6F relate to the Main Street/Lake 75 Drive and Birch Street/Ware Road signal projects. Staff is looking to get the plans and 76 specifications for the projects approved so that bids can be sought. The projects should 77 commence this fall, with construction over the winter and the project finished in the 78 spring of 2013. The council has been briefed on the projects recently and the plans 79 remain much the same. One change is to pull back the median from Hokah Drive to 80 allow more movement. He explained the plans for underground utilities that will occur as 81 part of the project. He noted the one house that is being acquired. Regarding the Lake 82 Drive/Main Street project, Mr. Grochala explained that some neighborhood commentary 83 has resulted in the addition of sidewalk in the area of Marketplace Drive(Lake Drive is 84 receiving some improvement work by Anoka County). Regarding parking at Miller's on 85 Main,there will be some on-street spaces removed and some adjustments to the lot. Staff 86 is prepared to recommend approval of the plans so as to move onto the bidding process. 87 88 The actions also include three No Parking authorizations required by MnDOT. 89 2