09-02-2014 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION September 2, 2014 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : September 2, 2014 5 TIME STARTED : 6:05 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 9:15 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, Kusterman, 8 Rafferty, Roeser (arr. @ 6:15 pm) and 9 Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Director Finance Al Rolek; 14 Director of Public Safety John Swenson; City Engineer Diane Hankee; City Planner Katie 15 Larsen; City Clerk Julie Bartell 16 17 la. Noise Complaints during Blue Heron Days- A resident of Lois Lane addressed the 18 council regarding noise from the annual Tavern on Main (foiuierly Miller's on Main) tent 19 event. He lives approximately 1.1 miles from the Tavern and experiences noise 20 problems. He feels there is no reason that he should experience noise problems at 11:00 21 or 12:00 at night. He has discussed the problem before with the city council. Mayor 22 Reinert remarked that it seems like the noise situation with the event varies from year to 23 year. The council has ordered (through the Police Department) noise monitoring in the 24 past and when that was done the measurements showed the noise within legal levels. The 25 mayor suggested that the council talk more about the matter and ensure that the city is 26 doing what it can and that the event stays within regulations. The Lois Lane resident 27 added that his main concern is about the "bass "; he feels that the sound person at the 28 concert is keeping that part of the sound too high. He just wants this to be a reasonable 29 situation. The mayor said that the council will have the matter on a future agenda and 30 will discuss the event and issues. 31 32 1. Sign Ordinance Amendment - City Planner Larsen reviewed the written staff report. 33 The council, city staff and the Planning and Zoning Board have been working on review 34 of the city's sign regulations for two years. Staff put together an ordinance including 35 changes to those regulations and the Planning and Zoning Board has discussed the 36 changes, received public comments through a hearing process and sent forward the 37 changes as drafted for council consideration. Ms. Larsen explained that the staff report 38 lays out the key areas of change. To respond to requests from area businesses for more 39 flexibility on the display of temporary advertising signs, staff proposes allowing display 40 of signs for up to 90 days annually, with a 30 -day limit on days in a row. In reviewing the 41 proposed changes, she noted that governmental flags would no longer be subject to any 42 sign regulation. 43 44 The council discussed possible impacts of the proposed changes. Staff will review the 45 council's comments and bring an ordinance forward for council consideration. 1