10-07-2019 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APPROVED i CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : October 7, 2019 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:00 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 8 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT :None 10 11 Staff members present: Public Safety Director John Swenson; Community Development 12 Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; Public Services Director Rick 13 DeGardner; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 1. Introduction of Susan Vento, Metropolitan Council Board Member, District 16 11— Item 1 was removed from the agenda by the City Administrator previous to the 17 meeting. 18 19 2. Request for Temporary Speed Bumps on Elbe Street and 81st Street - 20 Finance Director Cotton reviewed Administrator Karlson's written report. 21 22 Mary Schmidt - 8020 Elbe Street — She is not concerned about Waldoch's activities and 23 is not requesting speed bumps. 24 25 Unidentified area resident — concurred that speed bumps are not needed. There has been 26 no problem for the two weeks they have been open. They have lived with the former 27 Hay Days in the area (a much larger event). 28 29 John, area resident, stated that this would mean 400 to 500 additional cars on a residential 30 street on a Saturday in October when residents will be out in their yards. There are no 31 sidewalks on the street so that creates a danger for pedestrians. Any way that the danger 32 could be mitigated would be the way to go. He asks the question, if there are 400 33 additional cars, does that make the street safer? 34 35 Mayor Reinert remarked that the council discussed allowing the use of Elbe Street as a 36 backup exit at the last council meeting. The intent was to see how it goes, learn from the 37 experience and move on from there. Mayor Reinert asked when Waldoch's actually 38 expect to utilize the street. 39 40 Doug Joyer, Waldoch Farms, showed on the monitor a picture of the gate and the safety 41 signs that they have installed. The use of Elbe Street is "as needed" and for a backup 42 situation from the main roadway (Lake Drive). They have not needed to use it yet. They 43 are trying to prevent issues. It could possibly be used one to four times at this point. 44 45 Mayor Reinert remarked that it is basically a safety valve for those times when it is 1