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Home My WebLink About01-23-2012 Council Meeting Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES January 23, 2012 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : January 23, 2012 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:53 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Stoesz, O'Donnell, Rafferty, 9 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael 13 Grochala; Chief of Police John Swenson; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; 14 City Planner Paul Bengtson; City Engineer Jason Wedel; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 PUBLIC COMMENT 17 18 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 19 20 SETTING THE AGENDA 21 22 The agenda was amended to include an announcement of the Lino Lakes Community Emergency 23 Response Team (CERT) Blood Drive on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Lino Lakes City Hall. 24 25 SPECIAL PRESENTATION 26 27 Dr. Jami Rassmussen representing the Quad Area Chamber of Commerce, introduced himself as a 28 local business person (Health Path Chiropractic and Wellness Center). He spoke to the council about 29 the chamber of commerce activities and purpose; they are a smaller chamber with under fifty business 30 members with the purpose of promoting business in the area. The group sponsors the annual 31 business expo that is a part of the city's Blue Heron Days festival. He announced that there will be a 32 health expo from 9:00 a.m. to noon on March 10, 2012 at the YMCA in Lino Lakes. The mayor 33 thanked Dr. Rassmussen for attending and for the work of the chamber. 34 35 CONSENT AGENDA 36 37 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1 A through 1 E as presented. 38 Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 39 40 ITEM ACTION 41 42 Consideration of Expenditures: 43 44 January 23, 2012, 2012 (Check No. 92526- .. 45 92636, $453,839.34) Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES January 23, 2012 APPROVED 46 47 Centennial Fire District (Check No.5145- 48 5163, $18,270.74) Approved 49 50 January 3, 2012 Council Work Session 51 Minutes Approved 52 53 January 9, 2012 City Council Meeting 54 Minutes Approved 55 56 Application for Excluded Raffle Event, Lino 57 Lakes Elementary School Approved 58 59 Resolution No. 12-06, New Tobacco License for 60 Chomonix Golf Course, 700 Aqua Lane Approved 61 62 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 63 64 There was no report from the Finance Department. 65 66 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 67 �.. 68 There was no report from the Administration Department. 69 70 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, JOHN SWENSON 71 72 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 73 74 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 75 76 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 77 78 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 79 80 6A. Beverage Bottling and Production: 81 i. 2' Reading of Ordinance No. 01-12,Amending Sections 1, 7, and 8 of the Zoning 82 Ordinance to included uses such as Beverage Production and Bottling, Brewers Taproom, and 83 Brew Pubs within certain zoning districts; 84 ii. Resolution No. 12-09, authorizing summary publication of Ordinance No. 01-12. 85 86 City Planner Bengtson explained that staff is recommending that the council approval the second 87 reading and adoption of this ordinance that adds brewery functions to certain areas of the zoning 88 ordinance. He explained that breweries would be allowed, with accessory uses, within industrial 89 areas while brew pubs would be allowed in limited business and general business zoned areas. The 2 COUNCIL MINUTES January 23,2012 APPROVED 90 Planning and Zoning Board as well as the Economic Development Advisory Committee have - 91 recommended approval of the changes. 92 93 The mayor noted that the city has been working in the area of regulations to be ready to welcome the 94 popular brewery industry as it grows. It's become an attractive industry for cities and it takes some 95 effort on the part of government to open the door and be ready. The city is already hearing some 96 interest from the industry. 97 98 Council Member O'Donnell moved to waive full reading of the ordinance. Council Member Roeser 99 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 100 101 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 01-02 102 as presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas; 5;Nays none. 103 104 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 12-09 as presented. Council Member 105 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 106 107 6B. 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 02-12, Amending the Town Center Planned Unit 108 Development to add certain office uses to the civic district—City Planner Bengtson explained that 109 staff is recommending this amendment that will allow additional uses within the PUD section of the 110 City Hall complex. A portion of the City Hall complex will be vacated soon with the loss of the 111 ECFE and staff is attempting to lease that space; it is an appropriate time to look at allowing 112 additional office uses such as professional services like financial, insurance and real estate services. 113 He noted that the Planning and Zoning Board did approve this amendment with one negative vote. 114 115 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the 1St Reading of Ordinance No. 02-12 as presented. 116 Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 117 118 6C. Local Road Improvement Program Grant Applications 119 i. Resolution No. 12-07, Supporting Local Road Improvement Program funding 120 application submittal for Lake and Main Intersection Improvements; 121 ii. Resolution No. 12-08, Supporting Local Road Improvement Program funding 122 application for Birch and Ware Intersection Improvements. 123 124 Economic Development Coordinator Divine reviewed her request that the council authorize the 125 submission of grant requests to the State of Minnesota for funding to assist with two intersection 126 improvement projects. 127 128 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 12-07 as presented. Council Member 129 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 130 131 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No. 12-08 as presented. Council Member 132 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 133 . 134 3 COUNCIL MINUTES January 23, 2012 APPROVED 135 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 136 137 There was no Unfinished Business. 138 139 NEW BUSINESS 140 141 There was no New Business. 142 143 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 144 145 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 146 January 23,2012 through February 12,2012 147 148 Wednesday, January 25 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Environmental Board 149 - Monday, February 6 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Park Board 150 4, Monday, February 6 5:30 pm, Community Room Work Session 151 Wednesday, February 8 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning 152 Wednesday, February 8 4:30-6:30 pm, Community Rm Open House on Signal Projects 153 154 ADJOURN 155 156 There being no further business, Council Member Rafferty moved to adjourn at 6:53 p.m. Council 157 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. ■ .158 159 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Cou s ►4 eeting, Feb' - - 13, 2012. 160 161 162 164 Juli. e Bartell, City Clerk J- "f ' -;nert, Mayor 165 4