12-04-2017 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION December 4, 2017 APPROVED 1 CITY ur LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : December 4, 2017 5 TIME STARTED 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED 10*40 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Kusterman, 8 Maher, Manthey and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT None 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 12 Swenson; Community Development Director Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; 13 Public Services Director DeGardner; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Clerk Julie Bartell. 14 15 1. Watermark Architectural Design Standards — City Planner Larsen provided an 16 overview of the discussions that have brought the council to this point of considering 17 design standards for this proposed development. Based on the Lennar submittal, there 18 are over forty types of homes which have been reviewed by staff. 19 20 - Single Family Homes - what meets the city standards and review of what doesn't meet 21 those standards; staff is trying to avoid too much garage out front; recommendation is six 22 foot porch & six foot garage extended as maximum. 23 24 Council Member Maher suggested that the six foot porch is almost too small to use. 25 Mayor Reinert said it's a city standard so maybe that's no longer appropriate; the standard 26 for the lot size is smaller also so that may be impacting the shrinking of the homes. Ms. 27 Larsen noted that if the garage doesn't protrude at all, then a porch wouldn't be required. 28 Council Member Rafferty asked if the homes will generally be without steps. Joe 29 Jablonski, Lennar Homes representative, noted that the one shown is an empty nester 30 model so steps are left out; others will have steps according to grading plans. 31 32 - Townhomes -review of types, all on 32 foot wide lots, 1700 — 1900 square feet. 33 Review of elevations shown, indicating exterior materials. Council Member Rafferty 34 recalled there is a couple of feet relief between units in the rear and he wonders if 35 something alike could be done in the front. Mr. Jablonski pointed out the vertical trim 36 used to separate homes; their buildings are generally not protruded. He added that these 37 units actually back up to Interstate 35 and others to a parking garage. 38 39 Ms. Larsen reviewed how the townhome element proposal meets the city's requirements. 40 The flexibility is being requested in garage sizing and exterior material. She reviewed 41 the garage sizes proposed and staff s analysis of what is provided in the townhomes over 42 city requirements. Council Member Rafferty argued that the smaller garage make 43 one stall unusable. Mayor Reinert asked staff to provide the council with a list of all the 44 areas that are shrinking with this proposal. Mr. Jablonski, regarding the garage, 45 remarked that Lennar builds this type of garage throughout the metro area and they are 1