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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 23, 2011 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : May 23,2011 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member O'Donnell, Gallup 8 Rafferty,Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 10 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Director of Community 13 Development Mike Grochala; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; 14 City Engineer Jim Studenski; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Clerk Julie 15 Bartell 16 17 A) Arnt Construction Permit Application—Community Development Director 18 Grochala reminded the council that Mr. Arnt is interested in getting permission from the 19 city to operate a concrete facility in the vicinity of and in connection with the 35E 20 interchange project. The operation would not be allowed under the city's current zoning 21 regulations but, at the council direction, staff has looked at options such as an interim use 22 permit while a zoning change is considered. 23 24 There were no concerns voiced by the council regarding staff's proposed approach. 25 26 B) Zoning Complaint—80th St- Community Development Director Grochala 27 reported on the concern that was voiced at the most recent council meeting open mike 28 relative to a trucking operation at a residence on 80th Street. Mr. Grochala suggested that 29 the matter is an enforcement issue and the city attorney will be sending correspondence in 30 that regard. Staff will contact the complaint to inform him of that action. 31 32 Council concurred with staff's approach and directed the Police Department to keep an 33 eye on the situation. 34 35 C) Engineering RFP's—Community Development Director Grochala noted that the 36 council interviewed three finalists firms for the engineering contract and requested more 37 information including a direct comparison between fees. He is providing supplemental 38 fee information at this point including a comparison document. Some of the information 39 is confidential under data practice law. 40 41 The council had some discussion about the city's past experience with on-staff 42 engineering services. When asked if there would be any economy possible in sharing 43 staff with neighboring cities, staff explained that there can be some benefit when working 44 on specific projects (such as Pine Street)but not too much economy as far as everyday L 45 work.