11-02-2015 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION November 2, 2015 APPROVED 90 discussed before and the figure $30,000 ($2.00 per square foot) was mentioned. The 91 Legion representatives said their parking need is in the area of 40 to 50 additional spaces. 92 93 Mayor Reinert asked Mr. Grochala for his best case scenario for getting parking. Mr. 94 Grochala said to set up a lease of property for parking with a city option to get the 95 property back if needed such as for development. There would be the question of 96 funding. Council Member Roeser remarked that it may not be the best option for the 97 Legion to have parking that could be taken back at any time by the city. 98 99 The mayor discussed the square footage that would be available minus the setbacks to 100 give the Legion an idea of the possibilities and cost. He sees that the Legion would have 101 the opportunity to grow its business with more parking. He is interested in solving this 102 for the Legion. Staff anticipates that the Legion will approach the city with their 103 proposal. 104 105 4a. Garage Variance at 6262 Otter Lake Road (no report attached) - City Planner 106 Larsen introduced the property owner and noted his contact with staff about construction 107 of a garage on this currently garage -less property. There is a variance on record to build 108 a certain size garage. There is a pad in place also but it was put in without a permit and it 109 does not meet with setback requirements. Historically there is an approval in place for a 110 certain size attached garage. At this time the property owner is interested in a different 111 variance to allow for a garage that would not conform to the approval already issued. 112 The council saw an overhead photo of the property in order to understand the owner's 113 request. The property owner explained that he has a garage ready-made and paid for to 114 install if he can get permission. There was discussion and arrangements for the garage at 115 the closing when he purchased the property, but he eventually found out that the garage 116 isn't permitted. The council discussed the location and condition of the existing pad 117 where the owner would like to place the garage. The owner added that the cost of the 118 garage that was prepaid at closing is non-refundable no matter what the situation. The 119 mayor suggested that there are details that can't be changed now and the question to the 120 council is what to do to move forward. 121 122 Staff is not recommending that the city vary from the setback. The mayor spoke on 123 behalf of the council in saying they really want to help work this out but there is no 124 apparent compromise. Legally the situation calls for the owner to put in a 20 by 20 125 attached garage. The mayor recommended that the owner check out the possibility of 126 working a deal for a different garage that would meet city requirements to understand the 127 costs involved. 128 129 4. Floodplain Ordinance Amendment — City Planner Larsen introduced Katy 130 Thompson of WSB and Associates who has worked on this project to update the city's 131 floodplain ordinance that was last updated in 1982. The updates are required by FEMA 132 to be in place by December 16, 2015. Ms. Thompson indicated the inclusion of new 133 flood plain maps that are updated and more consistent with FEMA standards and across 134 the nation. The ordinance itself gets into three different flood districts: floodway, flood 3