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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-12-2012 Council Meeting Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES March 12, 2012 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : March 12,2012 5 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:35 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: Community Development Director Michael Grochala; Chief of Police John 12 Swenson; City Planner Paul Bengtson; City Engineer Jason Wedel; Environmental Coordinator Marty 13 Asleson; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 PUBLIC COMMENT 16 17 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 18 19 SETTING THE AGENDA 20 21 The agenda was approved as presented. 22 23 CONSENT AGENDA 24 25 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the Consent Agenda,Items 1A through 1F, as presented. 26 Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 27 28 ITEM ACTION 29 30 Consideration of Expenditures: 31 32 March 12, 2012 (Check No. 92871 - 33 92940, $152,451.76) Approved 34 35 Centennial Fire District(Check No. 5226 - 36 5236, $3,956.89) Approved 37 38 February 27, 2012 Council Work Session 39 Minutes Approved 40 41 February 27, 2012 City Council Meeting 42 Minutes Approved 43 44 Resolution No. 12-23, Reestablishing Precincts 45 and Polling Places Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES March 12,2012 APPROVED 46 47 February 27,2012 Special Work Session Minutes Approved 48 49 Resolution No. 12-26, Authorizing New Tobacco 50 License for Corner Express, 7997 Lake Drive Approved 51 52 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 53 54 There was no report from the Finance Department. 55 56 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 57 58 3A) Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 04-12,Amending Title 700, Chapters 701 59 and 702 of the Lino Lakes Code of Ordinances, regarding Liquor and Beer, adding Off-Sale 60 Growler License- City Clerk Bartell reported that based on direction from the City Council and with 61 the assistance of the City Attorney, staff prepared an ordinance that adds a new type of liquor license 62 to the city code. An Off-Sale Growler license would allow either a State licensed brewery 63 or a facility with an on-sale liquor license to sell their brewed product. The product may only be 64 packaged as "growlers", as defined by state statute, and sales are governed under regular off-sale 65 regulations. The fee for this license will be $200 per year. The council approved first reading of the 66 ordinance on February 27. Staff is now recommending that the council approve the second reading 67 and adoption of Ordinance No. 04-12 amending the city code to include an Off-Sale Growler license. L68 69 Council Member Roeser moved to waive full reading of the ordinance. Council Member O'Donnell 70 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 71 72 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the 2nd Reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 04-12 as 73 presented. Council Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried; Yeas, 5;Nays none. 74 75 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, 76 77 4A) Authorize Police Department to convert certain seized property for use by the Department 78 -Public Safety Director Swenson noted that city ordinance authorizes the city council to move 79 property from seizure status for use by the city. All statutory requirements for this type of conversion 80 including notification have been fulfilled. Staff requests authorization to utilize this computer 81 equipment within the department. 82 83 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the conversion of property as requested. Council 84 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 85 86 4B) Resolution No. 12-25 Authorizing city participation in the Anoka County All Hazard 87 Mitigation Plan—Public Safety Director Swenson explained that this Plan was actually approved by 88 the council in 2003 but it should be reviewed and adopted regularly by involved cities. The staff 89 report includes the portions of the Plan that relate to the city of Lino Lakes. He is comfortable 90 continuing with this Plan. A council member asked if this requires a city commitment of any type and 2 COUNCIL MINUTES March 12,2012 APPROVED 91 the Chief explained that one element is the requirement to have this in place in order to receive 92 FEMA funds in case those are ever needed. 93 94 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 12-25 as presented. Council Member 95 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 96 97 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT 98 99 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 100 101 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT 102 103 6A) Resolution No. 12-24 Approving Wollens Park Wetland Banking Application- 104 Environmental Coordinator Asleson explained that the resolution would approve an application for 105 wetland banking, a process included in the city's Environmental Board goals. Wetland banking is a 106 convenient way to replace wetlands drained or filled for development, allowing the purchase of 107 credits for that replacement. This was first proposed (Wollens Park) in 2009 and was approved by the 108 Rice Lake Watershed District in turn. This would be a Part B application and is recommended by the 109 Environmental Board with some directions. He explained the amount of land available and that could . 110 be offered for sale. A council member noted costs to the city involved and received assurance from 111 staff that those costs would not overcome the value of the credits. Mr. Asleson assured the council 112 that the city shouldn't have any difficulty selling the credits. He added that an additional 13 consideration is that the area in question has many varieties of rare plants that will be protected. 114 115 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 12-24 as presented. Council Member 116 Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 117 118 6B) 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 05-12,Amending Chapter 8 of the Lino Lakes City Charter 119 regarding Public Improvements and Special Assessments) for referral to the Lino Lakes 120 Charter Commission—Community Development Director Grochala noted that this ordinance 121 represents a proposed charter amendment and the process for such is laid out by state law. The 122 ordinance would be referred to the Charter Commission if first reading is approved by the council. 123 The amendment itself relates to public improvements, a subject under discussion for a number of 124 years in the city. This ordinance stems from a citizens task force recommendation in 2007 that didn't 125 go the ballot because of a citizen petition that was submitted. The citizen task force recommendation 126 has been tweaked somewhat in this ordinance to add a reverse referendum. He put up for review a 127 flow chart indicating how public improvements would be proposed and considered under the 128 ordinance. The steps of the chart were reviewed, especially noting the several areas of citizen 129 involvement and input. Staff is recommending that the council approve the 1St reading of the 130 ordinance for referral to the Charter Commission. 131 132 A council member asked for information about the feasibility study portion of the process and if that 133 is a time when changes in the elements of a project can be considered. Mr. Grochala concurred that 134 the feasibility study would include all elements but the council may consider components to be L35 removed during the process after that study is presented and based on citizen input. The mayor also 3 COUNCIL MINUTES March 12, 2012 APPROVED 136 offered an explanation of the ability to change components and how that benefits the process. He *37 added how this proposal lays out a clearer path to get roads improved in the city. 138 139 Mr. Grochala added that he had the opportunity to speak with the Chair of the Charter Commission to 140 review this ordinance and he offered the services of staff to provide information about the proposal to 141 the commission at their request. 142 143 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the 1St Reading and referral of Ordinance No. 05-12 as 144 presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice 145 vote. 146 147 6C) This item had been removed from the agenda. 148 149 6D) Zoning Amendment—Section 6—Residential Zoning Districts: 150 i. Consider 2"d Reading of Ordinance No. 03-12, Amending Section 6, Residential Districts 151 of the city's Zoning Ordinance 152 ii. Resolution No. 12-16, Summarizing Ordinance No. 03-12 for publication purposes. 153 154 City Planner Bengtson explained that this ordinance is before the council for consideration of 2nd 155 reading. At a recent work session the council reviewed this ordinance and requested clarification of 156 several points. The mobile home park changes have been clarified; the information removed will be 157 further explained when Section 3 is reviewed. Another change was going back to the current 58 standards for the certain building sizes; staff has made the change requested by the council, leaving x'159 the footprint size as originally presented. He also reviewed the additional clarification on the floor 160 area for additions. The other changes in the ordinance were also briefly reviewed. 161 162 Council Member Roeser moved to waive the full reading of the ordinance. Council Member Stoesz 163 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 164 165 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the 2nd Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 03-12 166 as presented. Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas, 5;Nays none. 167 168 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 12-16 authorizing summary publication. 169 Council Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 170 171 6E) Resolution No. 12-27, Authorize Plans and Specifications for Otter Lake Road Extension 172 Improvement Project—Community Development Director Grochala explained the improvements 173 proposed to a section of Otter Lake Road to facilitate development in the area. Discussion of the 174 improvements goes back to 2011 and most recently the council held a public hearing on the 175 improvements. He presented a map indicating the area and type of the improvements. The plans and 176 specifications are proposed to be prepared by WSB the city's engineer. The cost of that work would 177 be rolled into the total projects cost as it moves forward. A council member asked about the 178 schedule for receiving the special appraisal data and heard that it would be mid-May when that 179 information comes forward. The mayor added his explanation of the benefit of proceeding with the 80 improvements and explained clearly the location of the roadway. 4 COUNCIL MINUTES March 12,2012 APPROVED 181 82 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 12-27 as presented. Council Member 183 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 184 185 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 186 187 There was no Unfinished Business. 188 189 NEW BUSINESS 190 191 There was no New Business. 192 193 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 194 195 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 196 March 12,2012 through March 26,2012 197 Wednesday,March 14 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning 198 k. Monday,March 26 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 199 - Monday,March 26 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 200 201 ADJOURN 202 703 There being no further business, Council Member Rafferty moved to adjourn at 7:35 p.m. Council %1104 Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 205 206 These minutes were considered and approved at the regul. 'ouncil M- ing, March 26, 2012. 207 208 A 210 u i e Bartell, Ci Clerr Jeff 'ei e , Mayor 211 5