02-01-2016 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT February 1, 2016 223 participate in the process in December because there is a maintenance portion that 224 extends into the city. 225 226 The council concurred with Mr. Grochala's recommendation for informational meetings 227 for the citizens and requests no MnDOT presentation to the council. 228 229 4. Metropolitan Council 2015 System Statement. City Planner Larsen reviewed 230 her written report regarding the statement that the city receives from the Metropolitan 231 Council that explains implications on the city of their policy plans on transportation, 232 water resources, regional parks and housing. All the information ties into the regional 233 process of cities updating their comprehensive plans, which the city will need to do by 234 2018. She explained that this system statement was brought to the Planning & Zoning 235 Board for review and the group had no major comments or concerns. She reviewed the 236 analysis of the elements of the statement included in her staff report. She added that staff 237 doesn't see any significant changes from what is included in the city's plans. 238 239 When Mayor Reinert asked for an explanation of any changes, Community Development 240 Director Grochala explained that the city has been changed in title — to an emerging edge 241 community. Basically that means that the city has moved to a different category due to 242 population forecasts since it is now projected to reach an additional 10,000 in 2040 rather 243 than 2030. Mr. Grochala also reviewed the city's sewer districts and explained the 244 possibility of future changes in staging, noting that development is basically dictated by 245 utility staging. 246 247 5. Local Surface Water Management Plan Update —Community Development 248 Director Grochala reviewed his written staff report outlining a) Lite need to update the 249 city's plan based on an updated watershed district plan; b) how the plan was distributed 250 and reviewed; c) comments received; and d) the implications of further amendments 251 (only expected in the case of the NE Drainage Area project). He said that the plan has 252 received the required sign -off from the Metropolitan Council and Rice Creek Watershed 253 District and is now ready for city council approval. He added that ninety percent of the 254 document is showing what is in the city but there are twelve issue categories and a big 255 one is water quality/impaired lakes as determined by fitness for swimming. The city's 256 lakes are mostly high is phosphorous and low in dissolved oxygen mainly in relation to 257 the depth of the lakes. The city's update of the storm water section of the city code was 258 done as a part of this review and has already been passed by the council. The council 259 discussed the impact of lawn fertilizer on lakes and water. 260 261 The council concurred that this matter will appear for consideration of approval on the 262 next council meeting agenda. 263 264 6. Community Development Project Update — Community Development Director 265 Grochala Staff provided a brief verbal update on the status of various projects currently 266 ongoing within the city, including: 3