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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 8, 2009 DRAFT 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 SPECIAL COUNCIL. WORK SESSION 3 MINUTES 4 5 DATE : June 8, 2009 6 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup, O'Donnell, 9 Stoltz, Reinert and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 13 Staff members present Director of Administration, Dan Tesch; Director of Public Safety, 14 Dave Pecchia; Director of Community Development, Michael Grochala; City Planner, 15 Jeff Smyser 16 17 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE 18 19 Community Development Director Grochala reviewed the written report that was 20 received by the council the previous Friday relative to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan 21 Update (the Plan). The information includes a memorandum reflecting the council's 22 direction of June 3 to change the forecast numbers (attachment F to the report). He 23 reviewed the list of revisions. He explained that Bonestroo consultant Ciara Schlicting 24 will go over the revisions at the council meeting. Basically, the city employment 25 forecasts, land use and staging maps will not change and the city will do an educational 26 component to get more information on affordable housing in other cities. The report 27 contains information presented in the past including comments from area jurisdictions 28 and responses, staff comments and recommended changes, city council revisions that 29 were discussed over the last eight months (revisions of growth management policy to a 30 five year review period), five year phasing within the ten year staging, some changes 31 related to Planning & Zoning review, density modifications, and a housing goal language 32 change regarding affordable housing. Staff will work on implementing the changes as 33 quickly as possible into the actual plan, 34 35 A council member expressed some discomfort in voting on the Plan without the actual 36 changes included. Staff assured the council that the changes are fully presented in the 37 report. The Metropolitan Council may or may not request modifications to what the city 38 submits but the Plan will definitely come back to the council for final approval. 39 40 Mme Trehus, 675 Shadow Court, was present. He suggested there are some serious errors 41 in the Plan. 42 43 A council member remarked on the inappropriateness of bringing forward accusations of 44 errors this late in a two year process. 45