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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-09-2012 Council Meeting Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES January 9,2012 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : January 9, 2012 5 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:25 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, Rafferty, 8 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael 12 Grochala; Chief of Police John Swenson; City Engineer Jason Wedel; City Planner Paul Bengtson; 13 Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 OATH OF OFFICE 16 17 The Oath of Office was administered to Mayor Reinert and Council Members Roeser and Stoesz. 18 19 PUBLIC COMMENT 20 21 Martha Slater, 7515 Patti Drive, noted her concern about the roadway conditions on Lilac Street. It is 22 very icy and has not been maintained well. Also the current speed limit of 50 mph is too high; she 23 noted that there are more homes in the area of the street now than when that speed limit was first �-' 24 instituted. Community Development Director Grochala remarked that Lilac Street is now under city 25 jurisdiction and so he will inform the Public Services division of Ms. Slater's concern. 26 27 SETTING THE AGENDA 28 29 The agenda was approved as presented. 30 31 CONSENT AGENDA 32 33 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the Consent Agenda 1A, as presented. Council Member 34 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 35 36 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Consent Agenda Item 1B, as presented. Council 37 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Stoesz 38 abstained from voting. 39 40 ITEM ACTION 41 42 Consideration of Expenditures: 43 44 January 3, 2012 (Check No. 92331 — 45 92525, $267,255.56) Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2012 APPROVED 46 ' .. 47 Centennial Fire District(Check No. 5120 - 48 5144, $38,325.93) Approved 49 50 December 12, 2011 City Council Meeting 51 Minutes Approved 52 53 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 54 55 There was no report from the Finance Department. 56 57 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 58 59 3A. Annual Appointments—Administrator Karlson noted that the list of annual appointments that is 60 considered by the City Council each year was reviewed at the January work session and has been 61 updated to reflect the council's directions. 62 63 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the list of appointments as presented. Council Member 64 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 65 66 3B. Resolution No. 12-01, Requesting No Change in Fiscal Disparities—Administrator Karlson 67 explained that Anoka County is requesting the support of its cities in resolving for the continuance of 68 the fiscal disparities program in the state. The council heard from Anoka County Commissioner and 69 Board Chair Rhonda Sivarajah at the January work session about the importance of the program to the 70 county and cities. 71 72 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 12-01 as presented. Council Member 73 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 74 75 3C. 2nd Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 23-11, Amending Title 700, Chapters 701 and 76 702 of the Lino Lakes Code of Ordinances regarding Liquor and Beer, Licensing, adding On- 77 Sale Brewer Taproom License—City Clerk Bartell reported that based on direction from the City 78 Council and with the assistance of the City Attorney, staff brought forward an ordinance that adds a 79 new type of liquor license to the city code. A brewer taproom license would allow a State licensed 80 brewery to serve their product on-sale in a facility adjacent to their brewery. This type of license 81 would only be available to breweries meeting state and local liquor licensing requirements. The fee 82 for this license will be $500 per year. The council approved the first reading of the ordinance on 83 December 12. Staff is recommending that the council now approve the second reading of Ordinance 84 No. 23-11 amending the city code to include an On-Sale Brewer Taproom license. 85 86 The Mayor noted that including this license in the city was an idea that was brought forward by 87 Council Member Roeser in response to brewery development that is popular now. He thanked 88 Council Member Roeser for the initiative. 89 2 COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2012 APPROVED 90 Council Member Rafferty moved to waive the full reading of Ordinance No. 23-11. Council 91 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 92 93 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the 2nd Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 23-11 as 94 presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas; 5; Nays none. 95 96 3D. Appointment of Jesse Clark for Police Department Community Service Officer (CSO) 97 Position—Police Chief Swenson explained that a vacancy in the position of CSO has recently 98 occurred and the Department has interviewed candidates to fill that position. Based on that process, 99 he is recommending the hiring of Jesse Clark for the position. Mr. Clark is a strong candidate with 100 experience in the reserve unit as well as volunteer activity in the community. 101 102 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the hiring of Jesse Clark as presented. Council 103 Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 104 105 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, JOHN SWENSON 106 107 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 108 109 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 110 111 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 112 113 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 114 115 6A. 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 01-12,Amending Sections 1, 7 and 8 of the Zoning Ordinance 116 to include uses such as Beverage Production and Bottling, Brewers Taproom, and Brew Pubs 117 within certain zoning districts—City Planner Bengtson explained that the ordinance would add the 118 noted uses to the Zoning Ordinance. The ordinance is written to allow certain brewery uses within 119 the city in industrial areas; accessory uses would also be allowed. Brew pubs would be allowed 120 within the business zoning district areas with accessory uses also. The Economic Development 121 Advisory Committee and Planning and Zoning Board recommend approval of the changes. 122 123 Council Member Roeser moved to approve First Reading of the Ordinance 01-12 as presented. 124 Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 125 126 6B. Resolution No. 12-04, Accepting an Anoka County Agreement for 2012 Residential 127 Recycling Program—Environmental Coordinator Asleson explained that this is an annual exercise 128 for an agreement with Anoka County to allow the City to receive SCORE funds that assist with the 129 city's recycling program. A council member confirmed that the city will meet its recycling goals for 130 the past year. A council member urged that city businesses be encouraged to participate in recycling; 131 perhaps through provision of a can bin. Environmental Coordinator Asleson noted that the 132 Environmental Board will be dealing with that issue this year. 133 3 COUNCIL MINUTES January 9,2012 APPROVED 134 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 12-04 as presented. Council Member L 135 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 136 137 6C. Resolution No. 12-05,Accepting the Otter Lake Road Extension Feasibility Study- 138 Community Development Director Grochala noted that a copy of the study was distributed and 139 reviewed by the council at the January work session. Action requested is review of the document and 140 to set a public hearing for February 13, 2012. He introduced Engineer Jim Studenski, TKDA, who 141 reviewed the study (on file). A council member requested that he receive the study in electronic 142 form so he can distribute it to interested parties. 143 144 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 12-05 as presented. Council Member 145 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 146 147 6D. 2012 Street Maintenance Projects: 148 149 i. Resolution No. 12-03,Authorizing Preparation of Plans and Specifications for the 2012 Street 150 Sealcoat Project. 151 152 ii. Resolution No. 12-02, authorizing Preparation of Plans and Specifications for the 2012 Street 153 Overlay Project. 154 155 City Engineer Wedel reported that in order to provide timely maintenance for city streets, the city has �.. 156 a Pavement Management Program in place. All streets in the city are reviewed once every four years 157 and rated for their condition. That information is the basis for recommendations for seal coating and 158 overlay. This year's recommendations are included in map provided to the council. He explained the 159 rationale for the process of sealcoating and overlay on the streets. 160 161 Staff answered questions about the time that the pea rock is left on the street after the sealcoating. 162 The council asked staff to work on providing an interactive map on-line to show residents the future 163 plans for their street. 164 165 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 12-03, as presented. Council Member 166 O'Donnel seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 167 168 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No. 12-02, as presented. Council Member 169 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 170 171 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 172 173 There was no Unfinished Business. 174 175 NEW BUSINESS 176 177 There was no New Business. 178 4 COUNCIL MINUTES January 9, 2012 APPROVED 179 COMMUNITY CALENDAR -- 180 181 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 182 January 9,2012 through January 23,2012 183 : Wednesday, January 11 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning 184 . Monday, January 16 CITY HALL CLOSED Martin Luther King 185 Monday, January 23 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 186 1 Monday,January 23 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 187 188 ADJOURN 189 190 There being no further business, Council Member O'Donnell moved to adjourn at 7:25 p.m. Council 191 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 192 193 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meetin! . %u uary 23, 2012. 194 195 196 197 - 1 I rhi soill••■ 198 Ju iann: Bartell, City C rk Jeff ' : ert, ayor 199 5