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Home My WebLink About02-13-2012 Council Meeting Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES February 13, 2012 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : February 13, 2012 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:35 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; City Engineer Jason Wedel; City Planner Paul Bengtson; 14 and City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 PUBLIC COMMENT 17 18 Kevin Ryan, 23110 West Martin, Linwood, noted his concern about being asked to get a city permit 19 to go door to door in the city. He believes that he is exempted under state law and also because he is 20 running for an elective office. The council directed staff to provide an update on the city's peddler 21 regulations at the next work session. 22 23 SETTING THE AGENDA 24 25 The agenda was amended to include an announcement of the Lino Lakes Community Emergency 26 Response Team (CERT) Blood Drive on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Lino Lakes City Hall. 27 28 Officer Chad Schirmers was recognized by the Council for being named the Lino Lakes Police 29 Department Officer of the Year. 30 31 CONSENT AGENDA 32 33 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items lA through H. Council 34 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 35 36 ITEM ACTION 37 38 Consideration of Expenditures: 39 40 February 13, 2012 (Check No. 92637- 41 92758, $208,040.04) Approved 42 43 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 5171- 44 6201, $45,328.84) Approved 45 1 COUNCIL MINUTES February 13,2012 APPROVED 46 January 23, 2012 Council Work Session 47 Minutes Approved 48 49 January 23, 2012 City Council Meeting 50 Minutes Approved 51 52 Application for Exempt Permit from Lawful 53 Gambling License (Raffle) for Chain of Lakes Rotary Approved 54 55 Resolution No. 12-10, Application for Exempt 56 Charitable Gambling and Temporary On-Sale Liquor 57 License for Lino Lakes Lions Club Approved 58 59 January 30, 2012 Special Session Minutes Approved 60 61 Resolution No. 12-12, Authorizing Issuance of 2012 62 Certificates of Indebtedness Approved 63 64 Resolution No. 12-17, Authorizing Special Event 65 Permit for Snow Golf Event, Trappers Bar& Grill Approved 66 67 Resolution No. 12-18, Approving Temporary On-Sale 68 Liquor License for Chain of Lakes Rotary Club Approved 69 70 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 71 72 There was no report from the Finance Department. 73 74 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 75 76 3A. Advisory Board Appointments—Administrator Karlson reviewed the results of the advisory 77 board appointment process. The mayor recognized the quality of all the candidates that applied and 78 offered thanks to all; he encourages those who were not selected for appointment to apply again in the 79 future. 80 81 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the appointments as presented. Council Member Stoesz 82 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 83 84 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT 85 86 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 87 88 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT 89 90 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 2 COUNCIL MINUTES February 13, 2012 APPROVED 91 -- 92 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT 93 94 6A. Public Hearing, Otter Lake Road Extension Improvement Project—Community 95 Development Director Grochala explained that the purpose of the hearing this evening is for the city 96 to receive public testimony on the proposed improvements to Otter Lake Road. No action of the 97 council is required other than to open and close the hearing. Staff anticipates that the council may 98 want to have a discussion about the project at a future work session. Mr. Grochala introduced Jim 99 Studenski, TKDA, who briefly reviewed the project feasibility study. 100 101 Mayor Reinert opened the public hearing at 6:58 p.m. 102 103 Daniel Beeson, Levander, Gillen & Miller, P.A., noted that he is representing Richard Shreier and 104 related owners. He is present to voice objection to the project as proposed. They believe the project 105 is premature and ill timed for the current market. They believe that, as proposed, the costs should be 106 born differently, with public contribution for the benefit. There are many vacant properties in the area 107 and rather than focus development wider with these improvements, the area under development(Main 108 Street Village) should be the key. Since the roadway is designed to move people as a minor arterial, it 109 would seem to be properly paid for by the greater community and not just adjacent property owners. 110 Also they believe the project as proposed represents overbuilding. 111 112 Bruce Miller, MFC Properties, owner of the northeast quadrant property. They believe the plans for 113 improvements have been in place for a long time, they have invested in the area and plan for 114 development and they await the improvement of Otter Lake Road. They see that this is the natural 115 next step after the recent bridge improvements and support the council moving forward with the plans 116 and specifications at this time. 117 118 Property owner at 7473 24th Av N, spoke in favor of the project moving forward. 119 120 Community Development Director Grochala also noted that the council received an email from Dale 121 Properties/Stonehenge USA, an area property owner, also in favor of moving forward on the project. 122 123 A council member noted that it is no secret that the road will be moving north and while he 124 understands that they have also faced costs relative to the bridge replacement, he believes that getting 125 development going with improvements in the area will help the property owners recoup some of their 126 costs. The landowners will have some time (2-3 years) to find tenants before having to pay 127 assessments on this project. 128 129 There being no further speakers, the public hearing was closed at 7:12 p.m. 130 131 A council member asked staff to respond to the suggestion that the road is oversized and Mr. 132 Grochala explained that it is planned as an arterial street. It is planned to be commercial and certain 133 lane use is necessary. He believes this is a fairly standard layout for what is anticipated in the area. 134 135 The council concurred that they will discuss the project at their next work session. 3 COUNCIL MINUTES February 13,2012 APPROVED 136 137 6B. Resolution No. 12-11, Authorizing execution of an amendment to the development 138 contracts for Pine Glen and Pine Glen 2"d Addition - City Engineer Wedel explained that the 139 resolution would authorize certain amendments to the development agreements for the projects noted. 140 The amendments would include language relating to cash escrow and letters of credit. Much of the 141 work on these projects has been completed however the agreement as it is would require that the 142 letters of credit be renewed, at a cost to the developer. Mr. Wedel said that staff is suggesting that the 143 existing escrow funds be used as security against remaining work. The council commended staff for 144 their willingness to work with the developer on this situation. 145 146 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 12-11 as presented. Council Member 147 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 148 149 6C. 2"d Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 02-12,Amending the Town Center Planned 150 Unit Development to add certain office uses to the civil district—City Planner Bengtson noted that 151 the ordinance would add certain office uses to the civic district in order to recognize that the Early 152 Childhood Learning Center will soon be vacating space. Other uses for that space may be viable and 153 should be allowed. 154 155 Council Member Rafferty moved to waive the full reading of the ordinance. Council Member Stoesz 156 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 157 158 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the 2nd Reading and passage of Ordinance No. 02-12, as 159 presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas, 5; Nays none. 160 161 6D. 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 03-12, Amending Section 6, Residential Districts, of the 162 Zoning Ordinance—City Planner Bengtson explained that staff is in the process of updating the 163 city's zoning ordinances to reflect the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and is now presenting the 164 Residential Zoning section to the council for review. The changes have been reviewed by the 165 Planning and Zoning Board with some changes added by that group. The nine major changes to this 166 section were noted and read by Mr. Bengtson. He added that there are other minor changes 167 throughout the ordinance that are indicated by strikeout or underline. A council member noted 168 concern about lot minimums and set backs for accessory buildings; he will support the ordinance 169 amendments with some reservations for that reason. 170 171 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the lst Reading of Ordinance No. 03-12 as presented. 172 Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 173 174 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 175 176 There was no Unfinished Business. 177 178 NEW BUSINESS 179 �-_ 180 There was no New Business. 4 COUNCIL MINUTES February 13, 2012 APPROVED 181 182 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 183 184 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 185 February 13,2012 through February 27,2012 186 187 + Monday, February 20 CITY HALL CLOSED President's Day 188 Monday, February 27 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 189 414,- Monday,February 27 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 190 191 ADJOURN 192 193 There being no further business, Council Member Rafferty moved to adjourn at 7:35 p.m. Council 194 Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 195 196 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meetin. - . s ary 27, 2012. 197 /198 199 200 _ 201 Julianne l artell, City Clerk Jeff ' -i , 'ayor 202 5