05/24/2004 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Search

COUNCIL MINUTES MAY 24, 2004 APPROVED • 2 Councilmember Stoltz amended the motion to include closing the bids at noon on Thursday and to 3 have a special meeting to review and award the bid on Thursday at 6:30 at a special meeting. 4 Councilmember Reinert seconded the amendment. 5 6 Public Services Director DeGardner stated it would be a very informal bid process, and certainly if 7 anybody else was interested in farming the land, they should give him a call. 8 9 Motion passed unanimously. 10 11 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MIKE GROCHALA 12 13 A. Consider SECOND READING of Ordinance No. 16-04 Amending Ordinance No. 03-02 14 related to the "No Wake Zone" on Peltier Lake, Marty Asleson 15 16 Environmental Coordinator Asleson stated the Ordinance would require a 3/5ths vote. He gave 17 background information on Ordinance 03-02, which was passed by the City Council on March 25, 18 2002. He stated the purpose of Ordinance 16-04 was to repeal the Sunset Clause in Section 8 of 19 Ordinance 03-02. He stated the purpose of the Sunset Clause had been to allow time for professional 20 evaluation of the ordinance, and for the City of Lino Lakes to review changes to the status of biologic 21 concerns that were presented in the reasons for passing Ordinance 03-02. 22 23 Environmental Coordinator Asleson stated that since the passage of Ordinance 03-02, monitoring of 24 the northern portion of Peltier Lake had seen the return of Great Blue Herons to successful nesting in 25 2003 and 2004. He stated there were over 300 pairs of Great Blue Herons and at least 12 pairs of 26 Great Egrets returned to the island to nest in 2003, and an estimated 350 pairs of nesting birds in 27 2004. 28 29 Environmental Coordinator Asleson stated desirable aquatic vegetation, especially in the northern 30 shallow section of the lake, has returned, and improved water quality had been documented since the 31 establishment of the slow no -wake zone ordinance. 32 33 Environmental Coordinator Asleson stated Staff was recommending the City Council adopt 34 Ordinance No. 16-04. 35 36 Acting Mayor Carlson opened the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. 37 38 Shelly Farmerie, 7425 Altero Drive, stated she enjoys watching the herons and the waterskiers, so she 39 was neutral. She stated she was opposed to the location of the no -wake zone. She gave the Council a 40 handout she had prepared on data collected showing that the no -wake zone did not bring the herons 41 back. 42 43 Rod Kukonen, Chairperson of the Lino Lakes Environmental Board, stated one of their goals for the 44 environment was to have the Sunset Clause removed. 45 46 Henry Farmerie, 17425 Peltier Lake Drive, pointed out coontail is a free-floating plant, so to describe 47 it as uprooted doesn't seem accurate. He stated the Peltier Lake Association had reached a consensus 48 to have the no -wake zone be north of the bog poles. 5