11-06-2017 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APPROVED November 6, 2017 46 47 Tim Collins (7784 Arabian Circle) addressed the council and noted 25-30 other people 48 from the airpark. He suggested that the mayor's comments are correct in that the airpark 49 can be something of a square peg in a round hole. He feels that staff has worked hard to 50 make things work and Mr. Grochala has outlined the issues well. 51 52 Tom Schmauzer, President of the airpark board, reviewed some history of how the 53 airpark development came to be whereby people interested in an airpark worked directly 54 with developer Gary Uhde. They admittedly struggled with a lot of different design 55 options, with an ultimate decision to word requirements to be somewhat vague but meet 56 city essentials with the idea that when homeowners arrived they could have more input on 57 access to their hangars. The issues have evolved. 58 59 The council discussed the situation of shared access and Mr. Grochala said that city 60 regulations do include provisions for it but it can be situational. 61 62 The mayor mentioned that the city needs to be creative in looking at this situation. There 63 are regulations that make perfect sense for other areas but not necessarily for this airpark 64 (noting shared access). 65 66 Council Member Manthey said he recognizes the uniqueness and the value of having this 67 in the city. It's fair to think that people should understand the regulations and their 68 impact. 69 70 Mayor Reinert asked if wider driveway access, second hangars or second driveways (if 71 sharing not possible) would solve the problem. Mr. Grochala said there are different 72 situations. Mayor Reinert suggested that each property owner should have the ability for 73 reasonable access. 74 75 On the matter of surface issues, information was received on what is pervious and what is 76 impervious; the city is open to the many types of pervious products available these days. 77 78 Ultimately, Mr. Grochala said, changes will require certain actions of the city —planned 79 unit development amendment, ordinance amendment, etc. and moving forward is based 80 on council's direction. 81 82 Mayor Reinert said he'd like to tackle all the conflicts that have arisen. He sees the 83 airpark group presenting what they'd like to deal with and staff working on that. It will 84 probably take a few discussions, including with the council, but he'd like to see an end 85 result of a fully functioning development. He is willing to sit in on a meeting with the 86 airpark group and staff as the discussion evolves. 87 88 2. Resolution of Support for Anoka County's Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park 89 Reserve Master Plan Amendment — Public Services Director DeGardner introduced 2