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1 <br />COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 11, 1995 <br />referred to the Recreation Department report earlier in the meeting where Mr. Bernstein <br />said that the Recreation Department borrows from the Centennial School District and <br />other school districts when putting together some of the parks and recreation programs. <br />Many things that the citizens participate in, in this community, involve shared facilities or <br />programs. Ms. Sullivan suggested that when staff prepares the plan and sets the goals for <br />the Livable Communities Act, the staff should also consider how the surrounding <br />communities impact the City. <br />When the Met Council planner met with the Growth Group, the group talked about <br />increasing some of the upper end housing. They also talked about neighboring <br />communities where there is substantial housing available for $50,000.00 to $60,000.00 <br />and that it was not necessary for Lino Lakes to have homes available ranging in price <br />from $50,000.00 and up all within the community of Lino Lakes as long as there were <br />homes that were close enough so that the people could participate in our community with <br />us and be considered part of our community. The citizens felt it was more important to <br />rehabilitate the existing homes rather than bringing in more multi -family or lower income <br />housing to keep this a "nice" community. <br />Ms. Sullivan said her biggest concern was multi -family housing. This issue was <br />specifically addressed by the Growth Group. The recommendation from the Growth <br />Group was six (6) units per acre not the 10 units per acre suggested by the Met Council. <br />She noted that the current development in the Wenzel Farms Townhomes Addition is <br />slightly lower than the six (6) units. The Growth Group felt that Lino Lakes has a very <br />special character and the citizens wanted to keep the rural appearance and make sure that <br />there will not be too many homes put together in blocks or rows of apartments. <br />Ms. Sullivan said that another issue pointed out by the Growth Group is that Lino Lakes <br />does not have the daily commercial conveniences that many communities have. At this <br />point, all residents must leave Lino Lakes to do any shopping. Although, the Community <br />Development Department is working to enlarge the commercial conveniences base for the <br />residents, the physical terrain dictates that commercial conveniences will never really be <br />"convenient". Public transportation may never really be accessible to people who have <br />low incomes. It does not do anybody any good to strand somebody in Lino Lakes just so <br />the City can have affordable housing. <br />Ms. Sullivan said that the single family goals are good as long as the City is flexible <br />enough to do some "cluster housing" and other types of single family housing. The <br />Growth Group suggested that the City familiarize Met Council with the citizens vision of <br />Lino Lakes. Met Council does not know what the citizens want. Although the citizens <br />want to fit into Met Councils picture, the citizens live here and want to familiarize Met <br />Council with what we are looking for. <br />Mayor Reinert said that that he was not prepared to set goals this evening and suggested <br />that the City wait until the City is "nudged" into moving on this matter. Mr. Brixius <br />PAGE 11 <br />