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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 2003 APPROVED •1 2 Councilmember Reinert asked if the inventory included 147 lots per year plus the 20 percent higher 3 or lower allowed. City Planner Smyser indicated it did not. Councilmember Reinert indicated that 4 would make the numbers self-regulating. City Planner Smyser indicated affirmatively, stating the 5 math works out. 6 7 Councilmember Reinert stated the City will be tested on this, and when they are tested, he wants to be 8 sure they win. 9 10 City Planner Smyser stated the only other change he had was at the end, adding paragraph 18, which 11 is a clause that says if this goes to court and is thrown out, only the piece that was challenged is 12 thrown out, not the entire ordinance. He stated that since Councilmember Rienert and City Attorney 13 Hawkins asked the questions he was going to clarify, he had no additional changes. 14 15 Mayor Bergeson stated that there was previously a public hearing on this ordinance and there would 16 not be one now, however he would take brief comments from the audience if there were any. 17 18 Amy Donlin, 6100 Centerville Road stated she was on the Task Force to develop this ordinance and 19 she regards it as the meat and potatoes of the entire growth management process. She indicated that 20 she asked often during the meetings when growth would be discussed. She stated that as a Task 21 Force member she did not feel part of the process. She indicated the Task Force received a copy of 22 the finished ordinance later in the process, adding that Mr. Smyser did not discuss all the items. She 23 read excerpts from a letter written by her father concerning growth in Lino Lakes, and indicated that •24 under this ordinance the Council would be approving a city one-third larger than intended. Instead of 25 20,500 people there would be 30,000. She stated that if there was a good reason for jumping this far 26 above what had been intended, Staff should let others in on it as Board Members and citizens. She 27 stated it seems as if the City is reaching the levels of the Comprehensive Plan seventeen years 28 prematurely. She stated the City has explaining to do to the citizens. 29 30 Ms. Donlin indicated that what City Planner Smyser did not discuss is the Environmental Board's 31 discussion of paragraph 7A through 7D. She stated that the paragraphs contain so many holes there 32 would be no way to uphold it. She indicated it basically says `if you support the city or provide a 33 service, we'll let you do what you want to do'. Ms. Donlin stated that paragraph 16 also was not 34 discussed, which has huge implications. She feels the ordinance is not ready to pass as it stands and 35 needs to be looked at in depth. 36 37 Mike Trehus, 675 Shadow Court, stated there is a mistake in the ordinance for the second reading. 38 He indicated that Item 16 says This growth management policy shall not apply to the area of "The 39 Village". He stated this is a gross mistake, as the number of dwellings approved could be 547 instead 40 of 147. He mentioned that paragraph 5 says a goal of 147, however as Councilmember Reinert 41 pointed out the Council has the right to go 20 percent over that each year. He feels it needs to be re - 42 worded to say a maximum of 129 per year. He stated that these two errors stand out, and asked the 43 Council if Lino Lakes was going to limit housing or not. He indicated that he had hoped stronger 44 statutes would help limit the runaway development, as the numbers are staggering. He stated that the 45 language City Planner Smyser is proposing be added to paragraph 5 is a contradiction of what has 46 been discussed. He stated the average needs to be retroactive to include what has been done already, S 47 if not back to 1995, at least to 1998. 48 13