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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 25, 2010 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : October 25, 2010 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty (arrived at 5:45),Roeser and 9 Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 14 Director Mike Grochala; Director of Public Safety Kent Strege; Director of Finance Al 15 Rolek; City Planner Jeff Smyser; Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; Economic 16 Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine. 17 18 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 19 20 Minnesota Manufacturing Week Proclamation -Regarding the special presentation 21 item, Economic Development Coordinator Divine noted that two or three representatives 22 of manufacturing firms in Lino Lakes will be present to accept the proclamation at the 23 council meeting. 24 25 Item 6A, Public Hearing to consider adoption of reassessments for the Pine Street 26 Paving Improvement Project—Jim Studenski noted that the Pine Street project is 27 completed and since the actual cost of the project came in under the estimate that the 28 proposed assessment was based upon, a new public hearing should be conducted on the 29 reduced assessments. He pointed out that the new unit assessment will be reduced from 30 $9,488.10 to $8,078.44. He reminded the council that the project was a joint effort with 31 the City of Columbus since the street borders both cities. 32 33 Item 6B, Resolution approving five year update of I-35E Corridor Alternative 34 Urban Areawide Review (AUAR)—Planner Smyser explained that the city adopted an 35 AUAR for a study area of 4660 acres within the city(the area was reviewed on a map). 36 Having this AUAR in place allows development within the designated area without 37 additional environmental review. For the city to maintain the validity of the AUAR, it 38 must be updated every five years. 39 40 Mr. Smyser reviewed staff's prepared update and explained the elements included in it. 41 There have been two development projects submitted but neither have proceeded past 42 preliminary stages, and two transportation projects(Main Street improvements and 43 intersection improvement project)were reviewed as part of the original AUAR. The 44 update includes discussion of the Resource Management Plan prepared by the Rice Creek 45 Watershed District. He added that the proposed automobile race track would not be 1