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COUNCIL MINUTES April 14, 2014 <br />APPROVED <br />1 CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />2 MINUTES <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 DATE : April 14, 2014 <br />6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. <br />7 TIME ENDED : 7:20 p.m. <br />8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Kusterman, Rafferty, <br />9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert <br />10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none <br />11 <br />12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael <br />13 Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; City Engineer Jason Wedel; and City Clerk Julie Bartell <br />14 <br />15 PUBLIC COMMENT <br />16 <br />17 Robert Huber, 7196 Cinnamon Teal Court, said he heard that the city is planning to allow his <br />18 neighbors to keep bees in their yard; he wants the council to know that he is very allergic to bees, <br />19 worried about harm that could come to children getting stung and is very opposed to allowing <br />20 beekeeping in his neighborhood. <br />21 <br />22 Blake Talley, 7181 Cinnamon Teal Court, said his wife is proposing to keep bees. He pointed out <br />23 that not all bees sting (these are honey bees that mostly do not sting), there are very few deaths <br />24 attributed to bee stings in the whole of North America (none in the Midwest) and people are overall <br />25 more likely to be hit by a bus than stung by bees. He and his wife are well aware of the children in <br />26 the neighborhood, including their own, and would not put them at risk. <br />27 <br />28 Doug Clapp, 7171 Ivy Ridge Court, stated that he doesn't like getting stung by bees and doesn't want <br />29 to put his grandchildren at risk; the bees will be impossible to contain so it impacts everyone. <br />30 <br />31 Mayor Reinert explained that the council discussed the city's regulations on beekeeping at their last <br />32 work session, at the request of a resident. He assured those present that the council does its <br />33 homework on issues and they will drill down on all available information as they continue this <br />34 discussion. He believes in liberty but not by taking away someone else's liberty. He encourages <br />35 interested parties to attend the council's next regular work session on May 5 for more discussion. <br />36 <br />37 SETTING THE AGENDA <br />38 <br />39 The agenda was approved as presented. <br />40 <br />41 CONSENT AGENDA <br />42 <br />43 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1A through 1D as presented. <br />44 Council Member Kusterman seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. <br />45 <br />1 <br />