11-02-2020 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION G]"R1]T% W 1 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 4 DATE : November 2, 2020 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 8:35 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, 8 Cavegn and Mayor Rafferty 011111111 uT1213:134MV)3.Y�1►Y_I None 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director Hannah 11 Lynch; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; Community Development Director 12 Michael Grochala; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Planner Katie Larsen 13 The council meeting was held online on the Zoom Meeting platform and as allowed by 14 Minnesota Statutes 13D.021, 15 Introduction of new Finance Director, Hannah Lynch. 16 1. 2040 Comprehensive Plan —Community Development Director Grochala 17 reviewed the City's history on consideration of the comprehensive plan update, going 18 back more than one year. He introduced the City's consultant on the plan update, Kendra 19 Lindahl of Landform. 20 21 Ms. Lindahl reviewed a presentation that included information on the following: 22 - May 2017 began the process of reviewing the comp plan; 23 - robust community involvement process included; 24 - review of cover page, maps; 25 - edits through Metropolitan Council review process were very minor (]owing forecast 26 for population housing and employment); 27 - plan is scheduled for council adoption next week (4/5 vote required); 28 - plan implementation will begin after (zoning changes). 29 30 Questions from the council: 31 - What would happen if population were to rise above expectations; Staff explained 32 that the 2040 number remains the same so there is no expected impact on the small 33 change; 34 - The world can change (COVID 19 for instance) and should something like an 35 epidemic be reflected in a plan; also what is the percentage change for land use; Staff 36 responded that, from a COVID standpoint, the plan itself is generally resilient and can 37 handle changes and on the question of land use change, a map was noted that indicates 38 changes (fig 3-3); staff also provided an overview of zoning classifications and land use 39 designations noting that the comp plan deals with land use. 40 Mayor Rafferty noted the hard work of staff, the Planning and Zoning Board and other 41 advisory groups, the consultant and he offered appreciation.