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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 3, 2014 DRAFT 90 Ms. Larsen pointed out that there are similar homes built in The Lakes development in 91 Blaine and she will send out location information so the council can take a look. 92 Modifications requested by the council will be included in the resolution that the council 93 sees on Monday. The council concurred. 94 95 4. 7309 Lake Drive (Regular Agenda Item) — Community Development Director 96 Grochala noted that discussions about this property have been ongoing since early 2013 97 and they involve a code enforcement issue. Through discussions with the property 98 owner, staff has worked out a land use agreement that will eventually end the problem use 99 and provide some control in the meantime. He reviewed the terms of the proposed 100 agreement. Mayor Reinert asked what would happen if, in the meantime, other 101 enforcement issues arise? Mr. Grochala replied that staff would then intend to follow 102 through with the necessary legal steps relative to that issue. Mayor Reinert suggested 103 that this agreement appears to be what the city needs to do to get some control and bring 104 this to a manageable situation and the council concurred. 105 106 5. FEMA Map Revision — Community Development Director Grochala explained 107 the flood plain information before the council. It involves a map showing flood plain 108 areas within the city. This information is required in order to qualify for flood insurance. 109 There are designated points where the map indicates structures that are not on the flood 110 plain. He noted changes to some area lakes (water has risen). The city has a 90 day 111 review period and WSB has been asked to calculate impacts to the city. It appears that 112 there is little gain of flood plain — it actually stays pretty even. Eventually the city would 113 adopt its flood plain ordinance to mirror the new map details. The positive of this new 114 map is that it will provide updated information to property owners. 115 116 6. Charter Amendment /Street Reconstruction Plan — Community Development 117 Director Grochala recalled that at the previous work session, the council reviewed options 118 for advancing street reconstruction projects and directed staff to report back on all three 119 options. Staff began by working on a street reconstruction plan that will be reviewed. 120 Regarding the charter amendment process, staff is presenting two options. Option one is 121 basically what went to the voters in 2012 with a few changes that are outlined in the staff 122 report (clarifying language regarding benefiting properties, lowering the percentage of 123 signatures needed to require an election and lengthening the time period to gather a 124 petition). The council discussed the charter amendment process included in statute. 125 Mayor Reinert suggested that a meeting with the Charter Commission is very important 126 and he hopes that will occur. Mr. Grochala then reviewed charter amendment ordinance 127 option two. This ordinance follows existing charter language except for some updating 128 and adds the option of street reconstruction financing under state statute. 129 130 Mr. Grochala noted that the first reading of an ordinance needs to occur at the next 131 council meeting to stay within the schedule for ballot submission. The council discussed 132 which ordinance they'd like to submit to the Charter Commission. Ordinance one would 133 be more familiar to the commission since it was reviewed in 2012. Ordinance two keeps 134 much of the current Charter language for everything except street reconstruction projects. 3