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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION September 6,2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : September 6,2011 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9:00 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Rafferty 10 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson, City Engineer JasonWedel, 13 Director of Finance Al Rolek, City Attorney Joseph Langel, Community Development 14 Director Michael Grochala, Public Services Director Rick DeGardner, Public Safety 15 Director John Swenson, City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 1. Fence at 1205 Buckthorn Lane—City Engineer Wedel explained that the owners of 18 the property at this address, Michael and Tracey Jansen, are interested in putting up a 19 fence around their property. They applied for a fence permit and a standard 20 encroachment agreement with that. When the application was reviewed by staff it was 21 determined that the property has certain easements that were included when the lot was 22 platted. The city has certain criteria related to the granting of encroachments and the 23 Jansen's request for a fence permit was administratively denied based on those criteria, 24 specifically the presence of underground utilities. Since the Jansen's are still interested in 25 pursuing a fence, staff did investigate the possibility of flexibility on placement however 26 that was not fruitful. They are currently requesting permission to construct a fence that 27 could be taken down at city request- a fence of a temporary nature. Staff is 28 recommending that a fence be installed only if it can meet city criteria. 29 30 Mr. Jensen told the council that he is considering not using cement posts but rather fence 31 post spikes instead; he has used them successfully in the past. They would be of a 32 temporary nature. He confirmed that there is not a homeowner covenant issue with the 33 fence. 34 35 When the mayor asked staff about the possibility of allowing a temporary structure, the 36 City engineer explained that it would be a deviation of what the city has required for 37 decades (encroachment criteria). Mr. Wedel also pointed out that there could be a 38 different owner down the line that wouldn't be in tune with a"special" agreement. 39 Community Development Director Grochala added that one concern in using the spikes is 40 that the underground pipes could actually be at different depths. When the mayor asked if 41 there are other cities allowing such temporary spikes, staff replied that they are not aware 42 of any. 43 44 The council discussed the issue of the corner of the property and the bike paths that meet 45 there; there is a visibility question also. 1