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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT t CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : December 5, 2022 5 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:45 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, 8 Cavegn 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Mayor Rafferty 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director Hannah 11 Lynch; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Engineer Diane 12 Hankee; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; Public Services Director Rick 13 DeGardner; City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 Mayor Rafferty was absent; Acting Mayor Stoesz was in the chair. 15 1. Otter Lake Road Master Plan — Lori Johnson, Senior Planner with WSB & 16 Associates, reviewed a PowerPoint presentation that included information on the 17 following: 18 - Study Area — 400 Acres; 19 - Background — Zoning and Land Use; 20 - Site Constraints; 21 - Natural Resources/Drainage; 22 - Pros and Cons of Regional System; 23 - Wetlands; 24 - Transportation; 25 - Considerations for Alignment Alternatives; 26 - Alignment Alternatives; 27 - No Build Alternative; 28 - Road Design; 29 - Land Use Considerations; 30 - Final Road Alignment & Recommended Future Land Use; 31 - Utilities; 32 - Wetlands and Wetland Bank; 33 - Road Construction; 34 - Economic Development. 35 Acting Mayor Stoesz noted that it's difficult to know how the area will develop in the 36 years or decades ahead and he wonders if utility easements in advance would prevent 37 future digging. Community Development Director Grochala explained how the process 38 usually occurs, including installing conduits for future users. 39 40 Councilmember Lyden asked if there is any outside funding possible to assist. Director 41 Grochala said the road will be a Minnesota State Aid roadway (designated already) and 42 staff is seeking other funding involvement. 1