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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />COUNCIL MINUTES <br />JUNE 6, 1994 <br />DATE =: June 6, 19 94 <br />TIME STARTED :45-P. <br />TIME ENDED 7:40 P.M. <br />MEMBERS: PRESENT:: Reinert, Neal, Kuether, Elliott, Bergeson <br />MEMBERS:;; :ABSENT ne.. <br />..... <br />Staff members present: City Engineer, Darrell Schneider; City <br />Administrator, Randy Schumacher and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn <br />Anderson. <br />Planning and Zoning Board (P & Z) members present: John Landers, <br />Tom Mesich, Allan Robinson, Fred Gelbmann, Kathleen Nordine, and <br />Edward Schones. <br />The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the direction of growth <br />for the City and come to a consensus as where the City should be <br />in terms of development. <br />Mayor Reinert gave everyone a copy of a presentation showing the <br />number of building permits issued by the City for new home <br />construction starting early in 1970. He explained that a number <br />of years ago, the City Council made a decision to make municipal <br />water and sanitary sewer available to some areas of the City so <br />that housing developments could be started. At that time, the <br />City Council did not have a Comprehensive Land Use Plan or any <br />other guidelines. Economics dictated how many new homes would be <br />constructed in a particular year. A Comprehensive Plan was <br />developed in the later 1970's and there was an economic "slow <br />down" during the early 1980's. About 1989 the "slow down" <br />leveled off and new home construction began to grow. That is <br />when the City started talking about what level of growth was <br />appropriate for Lino Lakes. <br />Mayor Reinert noted that he has never advocated building a <br />certain number of new homes per year. During the meeting with <br />all of the City boards and commissions, the Community Development <br />Director had indicated that it would help him promote commercial <br />and industrial growth if he could say that the City is building <br />PAGE 1 <br />