07-01-2024 - Council Work Session Minutes

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Lino Lakes City Council Work Session Minutes DATE: July 1, 2024 TIME STARTED: 6:00 P.M. TIME ENDED: 8:45 P.M. LOCATION: City Hall Council Chambers MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Rafferty, Councilmembers Lyden, Stoesz, Cavegn, and Ruhland MEMBERS ABSENT: None Staff Members Present: City Administrator Sarah Cotton, City Clerk Roberta Colotti, Public Safety Director John Swenson, Community Development Director Michael Grochala, and City Planner Katie Larsen. 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Mayor Rafferty called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Setting the Agenda: Addition or Deletion of Agenda Items Motion by Councilmember Lyden and seconded by Councilmember Ruhland to table Item 3 — Madinah Lakes PUD Concept Plan, until a Master Plan is completed. The Community Development Director stated that while we now have a 4-1 vote in favor of a moratorium as part of the first reading of the ordinance, he asked the Council to no presume adoption of the proposed moratorium. He said that the Council has before it an active concept plan and it is requested that the Council provide non -binding comments. The Community Development Director stated that staff is requesting feedback from the City Council on the following: • Thoughts on PUD flexibility for lot widths, lot sizes, setbacks? • Should the applicant hold a neighborhood meeting prior to PUD Preliminary Plan/Preliminary Plat submittal? Councilmember Ruhland asked about the timeline for reviewing the concept plan. The City Planner reported it is 60-days (August 23, 2024). Mayor Rafferty stated that he is not in favor of tabling the matter. Councilmember Cavegn suggested that as the moratorium is not in place, there is no reason for the process not to move forward. Councilmember Stoesz said with the pending adoption of the moratorium he is in favor of tabling this item.