01-22-2018 Council Meeting Packet

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 2, 2018 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 1 MINUTES 2 3 DATE : January 2, 2018 4 TIME STARTED : 6:10 p.m. 5 TIME ENDED : 9:40 p.m. 6 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 7 Manthey, Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 8 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 9 10 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Public Safety Director John 11 Swenson; Community Development Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie 12 Larsen; City Engineer Diane Hankee; Public Services Director Rick DeGardner; City 13 Clerk Julie Bartell. 14 15 Oath of Office – Jeff Reinert, Rob Rafferty, Dale Stoesz 16 17 1. Comprehensive Plan Update, Michael Grochala, Diane Hankee 18 a. Winters Property Land Use Change – Community Development Director 19 Grochala reviewed the location of the Winter’s property. He noted that the property 20 owner, Les Winter, is requesting that the land use be redirected from industrial to mixed 21 use. He reviewed, on a map, land surrounding the Winter property and implications for 22 future development and infrastructure. The matter has been discussed with the Planning 23 and Zoning Board, including the fact that the area surrounding the property is all guided 24 industrial (it was pointed out that there is residential nearby in Hugo). Ultimately the 25 Planning and Zoning Board recommended converting the Winter property to mixed use 26 (residential 20% and 80% business mix) and property to the south would become 27 business mix. He reviewed the residential density concept that is being recommended. 28 He noted that there is a domino impact within the plan if a change occurs. The council 29 discussed the 8 – 15 units per acre that is seen nearby in Hugo. The council reviewed 30 the ratio of wetland to buildable land within Mr. Winter’s approximately 140 acres. 31 32 The mayor said he’s not hearing council concern about the change to mixed use but he’d 33 like to see the plans for development; he pointed out that the Comp Plan update currently 34 under consideration doesn’t have to be approved for a couple years. Mr. Grochala 35 explained that the land use guiding would occur through the Comp Plan Update process 36 while a rezoning would be considered as part of a development proposal. With the 37 mayor requesting a “ghost plat” for the development, Mr. Grochala explained that it 38 wouldn’t necessarily be a part of this process; he fears that, timing wise, the owner’s 39 needs and the city’s needs may not mesh. 40 41 Les Winter introduced Mr. Pratt, his developer representative. Mr. Winter explained that 42 his property doesn’t lend itself to an industrial use so that’s why it’s seen as more 43