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APPROVEDMINUTES <br />CITYOFLINOLAKES <br />PLANNING&ZONINGBOARDMINUTES <br />SPECIALWORKSESSION <br />I.CALLTOORDERANDROLLCALL : <br />Chair Tralle calledtheLinoLakesPlanningandZoningBoard SpecialWorkSession to <br />order at 6 :3 3 p.m.on January4 ,2 00 7 . <br />II.DISCUSSIONITEM: <br />A.MasterPlanningStudy -HodgsonRoadandCountyRoadJ <br />Staffclarifiedthattheworksessionwouldnotincludereviewofanyparticular <br />developmentapplications.Mr.Smy sershowedabriefpowerpointpresentation <br />displayingcriticalpointsofthemasterplanstudyarea.Mr.Smyserexplained the <br />existingsewer&watersystemandcapacities,existingresidentialandcommercialsites, <br />naturalresourceareas ,andcurrentpar celsandownershipwithinthestudyarea.Mr. <br />Smyserexplainedtheneedto determinethe bestpossibleaccesspointsand traffic <br />circulationwithinthestudy area .Hesaidthats taffreceived the latesttrafficstudybased <br />onthemasterplan.Henotedt hata trafficsignalisnecessaryattheintersectionof <br />Hodgson Roadand C oun tyR oa dJ.Heexplainedthattheproposed planwillnotforce <br />existingbusinessesoutandwillprovidepotentialforfuturebusinesses. <br />Mr.Smyser explainedthat staff ha s been workingwiththeAnokaCountyHighway <br />DepartmenttodetermineaccesspointsalongHodgsonRoad.Hestatedthatthe Highway <br />Dept.ha sspacingguidelinesalongcountyroads.Mr.Smysernotedthat theHighway <br />Department recently informedstaffthattheyw o uld nowconsideratrafficsignalifthe <br />accesspointis 180feet northoftheproposed location ,which wouldallowforbetter <br />developmenta ndtrafficflowinthefuture. <br />D ATE :January4 ,200 7 <br />TIMESTARTED :6 :3 3 P.M. <br />TIMEENDED :8 :03 P.M. <br />MEMBERSPRESENT :MichaelHyden,Perry Laden,RobertNe lson ,Brian <br />Pogalz (ViceChair),Rob Raf ferty ,MichaelRoot, <br />PaulTralle(Chair) <br />MEMBERSABSENT :None <br />STAFFPRESENT :JeffSmyser ,MichaelGrochala&JimStudenski