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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 27, 2009 <br /> APPROVED <br /> 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 <br /> 4 DATE : April 27, 2009 <br /> 5 TIME STARTED : 5:32 p.m. <br /> 6 TIME ENDED : 6:20 p.m. <br /> 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup, O'Donnell, <br /> 8 Stoltz, Reinert and Mayor Bergeson <br /> 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : none <br /> 10 <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Staff members present: Director of Administration, Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety, <br /> 13 Dave Pecchia; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; Director of Community Development, <br /> 14 Michael Grochala; Senior Planner, Jeff Smyser; City Clerk, Julie Bartell. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 SWINE FLU UPDATE <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Public Safety Director Pecchia noted that he is staying in touch with public health <br /> 19 resources in following the swine flu outbreak. He has provided information to city <br /> 20 employees through e-mail. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Item 6A (Comprehensive Plan submittal to the Metropolitan Council)—Senior Planner <br /> 25 Smyser reviewed the written report, noting that the Planning and Zoning Board did hold a <br /> 26 second public hearing on the Plan and voted to recommend approval with some revisions <br /> 27 outlined in the report. Comments received from other jurisdictions are included in the <br /> 28 report and Mr. Smyser suggested there is very little in the way of substantive changes and <br /> 29 staff has responded as appropriate. The council has had much discussion about the Plan <br /> 30 and has recommended several important revisions since the Plan draft was reviewed in <br /> 31 November. There have been five landowner requests since September to revise the future <br /> 32 land use map and utility staging map. Staff has analyzed all five requests and is including <br /> 33 recommendations in the report. The next step in the process is approval by the city <br /> 34 council to submit the Plan to the Metropolitan Council; the deadline for submission is <br /> 35 May 29. After review by the Metropolitan Council, the city council will be asked to <br /> 36 adopt a final Plan. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 When staff was asked to comment on the 32% affordable housing component of the Plan, <br /> 39 Mr. Smyser explained that the Plan does identify the number of affordable housing units <br /> 40 assigned by the Metropolitan Council as a goal but reminded the council that the number <br /> 41 is not a mandate. Enough land has been identified in the Plan to accommodate that <br /> 42 number. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 There were no changes to the regular council agenda. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 <br /> 1 <br />