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COUNCIL M11 UTES May 11, 2009 DRAFT 178 Mike Trehus, 675 Shadow Court. Mr. Trehus stated that Lino Lakes is not the 600 Town Center 179 Parkway building, it is not a handful of appointees; it is the people who live in the city and the 180 council needs to represent those people. The homes in the city are 90% single - family, the Plan 181 would transform that to 21 %. He is concemed with the number of affordable units proposed by 182 the Plan. Why is the City of North Oaks being asked to add only 51 new units and Lino Lakes is 183 looking at 1,200? The system statement for the Plan calls for approximately 3,000 new homes 184 over twenty years and he wonders how that number has gone up to 6,600? The city isn't about 185 the people who work at city hall. If the council wants to cite what the citizens want, he suggests 186 they look at the recent citizen survey and see just how much the residents value the rural setting 187 of the city, how much they don't want growth and how much they don't want higher taxes. This 188 Plan will bring about the ruin of the city and the fact is that the Metropolitan Council isn't even 189 asking for the numbers being presented in the Plan. 190 191 Christopher Lyden. Mr. Lyden asked the council to heed the facts they have heard. He offered 192 the quote "structure will define function" and noted that reflects the Plan. The blood, sweat and 193 tears that went into establishing the 146 limit will be lost. The city should grow slowly with 194 quality and the 3,000 figure versus the 6,000 number is closer to what people here want. On the 195 issue of affordability, he recognizes that the Metropolitan Council wants to spread it around but 196 ten percent would be a more reasonable figure. 197 198 Rob Rafferty, 1573 Merganser Court. Mr. Rafferty remarked that he was part of the advisory 41) 199 board that worked on the Plan and knows there was a lot of hard work involved among the 200 citizens, staff and even the council. The effort of updating this Plan is a big one. Even as one 201 who worked on the Plan process, however, he has to come forward and question how the large 202 numbers got into the Plan. People who live in the city like the lower density and the Plan would 203 change that and he doesn't know that it's the right direction. The Plan needs further review. 204 205 Council Member Reinert moved that Resolution No. 09 -23 be tabled to the next meeting with 206 direction to staff to work on ordinances to reduce/control the affordable housing element and to 207 look at how to lower the overall forecast number. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the 208 motion but requested that the motion include recognition that the council will need to have a 209 work session prior to a council meeting to allow for more discussion. Council Member Reinert 210 concurred. Motion carried. Council Members Stoltz and Bergeson recorded as voting "no ". 211 212 The mayor announced that one council member will be absent from the May 26 meeting. 213 214 The council took a short recess and reconvened in five minutes with all members present. 215 216 6B. Consideration of Resolution No. 09 -30, Supporting Anoka County Federal Funding 217 Application for CSAH 14 (Main Street) Pedestrian/Bicycle Overpass — Community 218 Development Director Grochala reported that the regional Transportation Advisory Board is 219 seeking proposals for 2013 & 2014 projects to utilize federal transportation funds. Anoka 220 County is interested in submitting an application for funding to construction a pedestrian/bicycle el221 overpass along CSAH 14 over I -35W. Staff sees this as a needed project from a safety and 222 connectivity viewpoint and would like to offer the city's support to the funding application.