04-03-2023 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION LINO LAKES CITY COUNCIL 2 WORK SESSION 3 MINUTES 4 5 DATE : April 3, 2023 6 TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 8:44 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmembers Stoesz, Lyden, Ruhland, Cavegn, 9 Mayor Rafferty 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None. 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton; Finance Director Hannah Lynch; 12 Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Rookery Building Maintenance Mike 13 Rowe; City Planner Katie Larsen; Environmental Coordinator Andrew Nelson; Public Services 14 Director Rick DeGardner; City Clerk Jolleen Chaika; Deputy Director of Fire Dan L'Allier; 15 Public Works Superintendent Justin Williams. 16 17 1. Sale of Grass #1 18 Deputy Director of Fire L'Allier gave a summary of the written staff report noting this is in 19 regards to a 1994 Chevy S 10 received in 2015 or 2016. The truck has served the City well, has 20 low miles, and has lasted 30 years. He noted with the addition of the Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) 21 received through donation, there is not a lot of need for the Chevy S 10 truck. He suggested 22 leaving the equipment on the truck and selling to another municipality or fire department. 23 24 Administrator Cotton clarified that, statutorily, the City must sell the truck at public auction 25 rather than private sale. The Councilmembers discussed the value of the truck in 2015 versus the 26 value today and the logistics of stripping the equipment off the truck or leaving the equipment 27 as-is. Mayor Rafferty is open to the idea of selling the vehicle but would like to start at a higher 28 range of$15,000 or so and then come down from there. Council directed Public Safety to move 29 forward with the sale of Grass #1 with a starting sale price of$15,000. 30 31 2. Watermark PUD Concept Plan-Amendment#4 32 City Planner Larsen reviewed a PowerPoint presentation, noting that Lennar is proposing 33 amendment#4 to the overall land-use plan for Watermark; that the Planning and Zoning Board 34 reviewed this proposed amendment in March and indicated support for Concept A as presented 35 in the staff report and that Lennar is generally in favor of the same. She introduced Lennar 36 representative Josh Metzer and shared that Lennar is looking at changes due to the housing 37 market demand such as different housing products and lot sizes and that there will not be 38 changes to architectural design standards or total housing units. Lennar is currently requesting 39 the City Council's feedback. 40 41 Council discussed concerns related to townhomes versus single family homes as well as a noted 42 preference for the original concept which is currently in place. 43 44 Mr. Metzer clarified for Council that the market is not supporting villas right now and that if the 45 original plan is maintained with 161 villas, there could be issues with selling the properties. Mr. 1