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COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 28, 2003 APPROVED 670 Mayor Bergeson clarified that the motion was to table the Resolution to the first City Council 1,71 meeting in May and the May 7 work session. 672 673 Motion carried. Vote: 3 Ayes, 2 Nays. Councilmember Carlson voted yea. Councilmember Reinert 674 voted yea. Councilmember Dahl voted yea. Councilmember O'Donnell voted nay. Mayor Bergeson 675 voted nay. 676 677 C. Consideration of Second Reading of Ordinance No. 09-03, Transfer of Easement for 678 Right -of -Way Purposes to Anoka County, Jeff Smyser 679 680 City Planner Smyser summarized the staff report, indicating this was a housekeeping issue, and staff 681 recommends approval. 682 683 Councilmember Carlson moved to approve SECOND READING of Ordinance No. 09-03, Transfer 684 of Easement for right-of-way purposes to Anoka County. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 685 686 Motion carried. Vote: Councilmember Carlson voted yea. Councilmember Dahl voted yea. 687 Councilmember O'Donnell voted yea. Councilmember Reinert voted yea. Mayor Bergeson voted 688 yea. 689 690 Ordinance No. 09-03 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 691 692 D. Consideration of Resolution No. 03-59 authorizing Economic Development Funds for 693 Site Plan and Market Analysis of properties on 35E, Mary Divine W94 695 Mary Divine presented the staff report, indicating staff recommends approval. 696 697 Councilmember Carlson indicated the staff report talks mostly about stadium development on one of 698 the four sites, but asked if this study would not give them other information on the I -35E corridor as 699 well. Ms. Divine agreed, stating it will give them an idea of the commercial and industrial uses the 700 City should be promoting, whether or not a stadium comes to fruition, and will give the City good 701 traffic information as well. 702 703 Amy Donlin read a letter from Art Hawkins, which opposes the feasibility study as being in 704 contradiction with the approved Comprehensive Plan. He stated that page 47 of the plan states 705 "Through various public participation efforts including the 20/20 visioning, the 1997 citizen survey 706 and a series of Comprehensive Plan neighborhood meetings, a majority opinion was expressed that 707 the community's natural environment areas and open rural character are of prime importance to the 708 city and its residents". Furthermore, on page 29 the plan says: "The active farms in Lino Lakes 709 represent a valuable land use within the City. As such, the protection of the existing active farms will 710 be a priority within the city's rural areas." It further stated that in his opinion, authorizing $7,000 for 711 a site study is tantamount to saying the city wants the stadium and is offering earnest money. He 712 feels this project would negatively impact many areas of the city, and feels the promoters are trying to 713 stimulate competition. He indicated the stadium issue has been a tenuous matter, and does not know 714 why the City would want to get involved. He asked that the Council consider what road they are 715 leading the city on as they make their vote. •716 15