01-02-2018 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 2, 2018 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 4 DATE : January 2, 2018 5 TIME STARTED : 6:10 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9:40 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 8 Manthey, Stoesz 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 Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie 13 Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City 14 Clerk Julie Bartell. 15 16 Oath of Office — Jeff Reinert, Rob Rafferty, Dale Stoesz 17 18 1. Comprehensive Plan Update, Michael Grochala, Diane Hankee 19 a. Winters Property Land Use Change — Community Development Director 20 Grochala reviewed the location of the Winter's property. He noted that the property 21 owner, Les Winter, is requesting that the land use be redirected from industrial to mixed 22 use. He reviewed, on a map, land surrounding the Winter property and implications for 23 future development and infrastructure. The matter has been discussed with the Planning 24 and Zoning Board, including the fact that the area surrounding the property is all guided 25 industrial (it was pointed out that there is residential nearby in Hugo). Ultimately the 26 Planning and Zoning Board recommended converting the Winter property to mixed use 27 (residential 20% and 80% business mix) and property to the south would become 28 business mix. He reviewed the residential density concept that is being recommended. 29 He noted that there is a domino impact within the plan if a change occurs. The council 30 discussed the 8 —15 units per acre that is seen nearby in Hugo. The council reviewed the 31 ratio of wetland to buildable land within Mr. Winter's approximately 140 acres. 32 33 The mayor said he's not hearing council concern about the change to mixed use but he'd 34 like to see the plans for development; he pointed out that the Comp Plan update currently 35 under consideration doesn't have to be approved for a couple years. Mr. Grochala 36 explained that the land use guiding would occur through the Comp Plan Update process 37 while a rezoning would be considered as part of a development proposal. With the 38 mayor requesting a "ghost plat" for the development, Mr. Grochala explained that it 39 wouldn't necessarily be a part of this process; he fears that, timing wise, the owner's 40 needs and the city's needs may not mesh. 41 42 Les Winter introduced Mr. Pratt, his developer representative. Mr. Winter explained that 43 his property doesn't lend itself to an industrial use so that's why it's seen as more