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COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 8, 2004 APPROVED 380 Councilmember Carlson asked if `Operations and Maintenance' includes licensing of rental units, 81 since licensing of rental units is mentioned in the Comprehensive Plan. She believes they should be 382 working on that in conjunction with this development. Community Development Director Grochala 383 stated the Comprehensive Plan does call for development of a licensing of rental units, and Staff 384 needs to look at it. He indicated it is somewhat labor intensive in regard to inspections and other 385 aspects, so they need to have a solid plan when they proceed. He stated it is definitely something they 386 are keeping in mind. 387 388 Mayor Bergeson stated their goal when they talked about rental licensing was not to make it another 389 ominous requirement for developers, but a long-term goal to ensure the quality of rental units in Lino 390 Lakes for the future. 391 392 Councilmember Dahl stated she was one of the City Council members also concerned about senior 393 housing, and noted former City Councilmember Andy Neal was a stout supporter of senior housing. 394 She added she also was a supporter of assisted living units since she was in that position a few years 395 ago with her parents. She stated she is also concerned about park dedication, since she was a 396 supporter along with Councilmember Carlson and Councilmember Reinert in getting the current park 397 dedication requirements through the City Council. She asked how many units were in this 398 development. Community Development Director Grochala responded there are 450. 399 400 Councilmember Dahl stated she realizes the developer will get a one acre credit, but she verified the 401 city would still get $1,665 per unit minus the one acre credit. Community Development Director 402 Grochala added they would also subtract the 10% green space in the town home area. He stated Staff 403 would like to have those park dedication dollars put back into this development. Councilmember .04 Dahl indicated she has no problem with that approach. 405 406 Councilmember Stoltz applauded Community Development Director Grochala and his staff. He 407 acknowledged this has taken a lot of work, and thanked them for bringing him up to speed. He 408 clarified the Council is approving the footprint so the Hartford Group can do a feasibility study. He 409 offered a word of caution that while they all want a nice mix of commercial, retail and residential, 410 they will have to be flexible as they move along. He verified the Development Agreement provides 411 the overall control of what they will get. Community Development Director Grochala stated that was 412 correct. 413 414 Mayor Bergeson asked that assuming the Hartford Group receives timely approvals, what the time 415 table is to move forward. Ms. Kautz stated they will start as soon as the City gets the streets down so 416 the Hartford Group can get equipment into the site. She noted they did have one use that is anxious 417 to be open by Thanksgiving; however Community Development Director Grochala had informed 418 them that may be unrealistic. She stressed they would get product on site as soon as possible. 419 420 Community Development Director Grochala stated they talked about some site plan review necessary 421 in conjunction with the plans and specifications, and indicated they could potentially see plans in 422 August. 423 424 Councilmember Carlson moved to approve the FIRST READING of Ordinance No. 04-04, amending 425 the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Lino Lakes by rezoning certain real estate from LB, Limited 426 Business District to PUD, Planned Unit Development. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 027 9