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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 22,2010 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : March 22, 2010 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:20 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup,O'Donnell,Roeser 8 and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Rafferty 10 11 12 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Police Captain Kent 13 Strege; City Planner Jeff Smyser; City Planner Paul Bengtson; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 16 17 Item 3A), Convention & Visitors Bureau Appointment—Acting Administrator Tesch 18 explained that the city has been informed that the appointment to the bureau must be either 19 a council member or city staff person. The city's economic development coordinator, 20 Mary Alice Divine, has been attending the meetings to this point and he is recommending 21 that she be appointed. 22 Item 3D),Lease with North Memorial Ambulance—Acting Administrator Tesch asked 23 that this item be postponed at the council meeting. There is some new language proposed 24 that should be reviewed by the city attorney. 25 Item 6A), Resolution denying a variance request to the Zoning Ordinance 26 requirements for accessory structure area and the number of accessory structures 27 allowed on a rural property—City Planner Bengston reported that a variance request to 28 allow for an additional accessory structure (horse training facility) at 1288 Main Street is 29 being recommended for denial by staff and the Planning&Zoning Board. Findings are 30 presented in the staff report supporting that recommendation. Should the council wish to 31 approve the variance request, there are conditions recommended and those as well are laid 32 out in the staff report. It was confirmed that denying the variance request would not halt 33 the activities (horse training) already occurring at the property. Discussion of the 34 possibility of erecting the structure on leased state owned land merited no clear ability to 35 solve the issue other than the understanding that if the applicants owned that property, they 36 would have enough acreage to legally build the additional structure proposed. A council 37 member noted some possible benefits to allowing the structure—longer season, less horse 38 related run-off. The council recognized that it would be a dangerous precedent to allow 39 leased land to be counted for the purpose of land use regulations. 40 41 Item 6B), First Reading of ordinance amending the Planned Unit Development for 42 the Town Center Design & Development Guide Regarding Outdoor Dining/Seating- 43 City Planner Smyser noted this amendment relates to the design standards for the Town L 44 Center area. This mirrors what was approved for the rest of the city.