10-02-2017 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION October 2, 2017 APPROVED 46 Mayor Reinert remarked that the City doesn't have a say in this and it seems as if the City 47 of Columbus is tailoring their rules for the development; he feels the City of Lino Lakes 48 will be negatively impacted based on the plans. He asked how important this issue is to 49 the City Council and how would they like to act. 50 51 Council Member Maher remarked that the council has a duty to advocate for citizens and 52 in this case it seems as if speaking up is about all the council can do. She feels that some 53 of the issue is just change and that it is hard but the pain eases over time. 54 55 Council Member Kusterman suggested that the situation calls for exercising diplomacy; 56 try to show the City of Columbus why this is a bad idea, now and in the future. He 57 suggests that council members attend the upcoming Columbus meeting. Council Member 58 Kusterman also questioned staff about the findings of the Running Aces commissioned 59 study — does it indicate any argument appropriate to this situation? 60 61 Community Development Director Grochala said he recommends, if the council feels 62 strongly, that the City send another letter to the City of Columbus noting the variety of 63 concerns that the City has. 64 65 Council Member Manthey remarked that he is heavily against the proposal and is 66 surprised that the City of Columbus is willing to go against their own established plans 67 and welcome this plant. He'd like to combine efforts with the City of Centerville to 68 bring a unified voice to an opinion that will be sent to Columbus. He sees a huge impact 69 to the property up there and he'd like to see the City do whatever it can. 70 71 Council Member Rafferty said he is stagnant on the idea; this involves a county road that 72 makes things difficult to argue. He wonders if speaking with the Anoka County 73 Commissioner would help. 74 75 Mayor Reinert asked about the possibility of instituting restrictions in this city on such 76 things as truck traffic, mirroring what the City of Columbus is doing. Director Grochala 77 remarked that it could be difficult because that city's conditions are related to issuance of 78 a conditional use permit. 79 80 The council concurred on a staff direction to prepare a letter to the City of Columbus 81 laying out the City's concerns. That letter will be circulated among the council members 82 prior to being sent. 83 84 2. Centerville Road/CR J Intersection Change Evaluation (ICE) — City Engineer 85 Hankee introduced Chuck Rickert, WSB & Associates, who reviewed a presentation on 86 the study of Ash Street. Points made: 87 - Intersection of Ash Street and Centerville Road needs attention; 88 - Coordination among impacted cities and the county is necessary and is used to identify 89 issues and concerns; 90 - The report looked at existing conditions and found turn issues; looked at future 2