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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION April 1, 2013 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : April 1, 2013 4 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 6:30 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council M ember Stoesz , O’Donnell, 7 Rafferty , Roeser and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : No ne 9 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 11 Swenson; Finance Director Al Rolek; Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; Public 12 Ser vices Director Rick DeGardner; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice 13 Divine; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 1. Anoka County Assessor – Board of Appeals process – Peggy Nordrum and Randy 16 DeJong, Anoka County appraisers, reviewed the process for the upcom i ng Board of 17 Appeals. Longtime County Assessor Linda Wiener, who handled the Lino Lakes area, 18 has retired so other staff will be handling the process. The council will act as the Board 19 of Review and follow a review process that gives property owners the o pportunity to 20 appeal their current valuation or classification. This year’s board reviews assessments 21 payable in 2014. The board may correct erroneous valuations if they so determine. The 22 county assessor’s staff will provide a review of the assessment pr ocess, definition of 23 market value and how mass appraisals are conducted. Ms. Nordrum answered questions 24 about housing market trends in the area. The mayor suggested that it appears that values 25 are bottoming out. 26 27 3. 401 Birch Street Property – Admini strator Karlson updated the council on this 28 property; neighbors had appeared at the last work session to express their concern that the 29 property is blighted. There is a purchase agreement on the property so that pretty much 30 ends the discussion about city or neighborhood purchase. Mayor Reinert indicated that he 31 spoke with the neighbor who attended the last work session (Mr. Stimson) and there is an 32 understanding that it’s a wait and see situation now. He recommends that the city keep an 33 eye on the proper ty. 34 35 4. Off -Sale Liquor Licensing – City Clerk Bartell noted previous council discussions 36 about the possibility of instituting regulations on off -sale licenses within the city. The 37 council has received information on what other cities are doing in that a rea – generally 38 restrictions are related to either proximity of licenses or by population. The council 39 recently directed staff to prepare an ordinance reflecting a regulation limiting licenses t o 40 within one -half mile radius . Mayor Reinert recalled that t he coun c il’s most recent 41 discussion seems to have landed on the half -mile restriction but he recalls that there was 42 still conce rn about certain areas losing developmen t due to restrictions . 43 44