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SPECIAL COUNCIL WORK SESSION NOVEMBER 19, 2002 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />MINUTES <br />DATE : November 19, 2002 <br />TIME STARTED : 6:00 p.m. <br />TIME ENDED : 7:45 p.m. <br />MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Carlson, Dahl, <br />O'Donnell, Reinert and Mayor Bergeson <br />MEMBERS ABSENT : None <br />Staff members present: Community Development Director, Michael Grochala and City <br />Planner, Jeff Smyser <br />City Planner Smyser distributed and reviewed the following draft Growth Management <br />Policy ordinance noting the purpose of the meeting is to discuss the policy. <br />CITY OF LINO L <br />ORDINANCE NO. xx-xxx <br />ORDINANCE CREATING A GROWTH MANAGEMENT POLICY <br />The City Council of Lino Lakes <br />Section 1 Findings <br />The Lino Lakes City Council makes the following findings: <br />1. The City of Lino Lakes adopted a comprehensive plan that includes goals and policies <br />to guide planning and the growth of the city. <br />2. Managing growth through the orderly provision of infrastructure and other means <br />promotes the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan. It is in the best interests <br />of the public to create rational, cost effective means of managing growth so that it will <br />be orderly, efficient, and environmentally sound. <br />3. Unplanned growth does not meet community needs and is injurious to the public <br />health, safety, and welfare. Inadequately planned growth has created and may create <br />or aggravate negative conditions such as: <br />a. overburdened public facilities <br />b. underutilized public facilities resulting in wasteful investment of public resources <br />1 <br />