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Home My WebLink About05-23-2011 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES May 23, 2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : May 23, 2011 6 TIME STARTED : 6:35 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:00 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, 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; City Planner Jeff Smyser; Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine; Chief 14 of Police John Swenson; 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 approved as presented. 23 �' 24 CONSENT AGENDA 25 26 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Consent Agenda Items 1A, 1B, 1D and 1F as 27 presented. Council Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 28 29 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Consent Item 1C as presented. Council Member Roeser 30 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member O'Donnell abstained from 31 voting. 32 33 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Consent Item 1E as presented. Council Member Gallup 34 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member O'Donnell and Rafferty 35 abstained from voting. 36 37 ITEM ACTION 38 39 Consideration of Expenditures: 40 41 May 23, 2011 (Check No. 90727- 42 90827, $252,094.40) Approved 43 44 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 4818- 45 4834, $8,280.67) Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES May 23,2011 APPROVED 46 47 May 2, 2011 Council Work Session 48 Minutes Approved 49 50 May 9, 2011 Council Meeting Minutes Approved 51 52 April 25, 2011 Board of Appeal Minutes Approved 53 54 May 9, 2011 Board of Appeal Minutes Approved 55 56 Resolution No. 11-54 approving a special event 57 and temporary liquor permit for benefit event at 58 American Legion Post 566 Approved 59 60 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 61 62 There was no report from the Finance Department. 63 64 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 65 66 There was no report from the Administration Department. 67 68 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT,JOHN SWENSON 69 70 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 71 72 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 73 74 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 75 76 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 77 78 6A) Resolution No. 11-49, Preliminary approval of revised 2030 Comprehensive Plan for 79 submittal to Metropolitan Council—City Planner Smyser reported that the resolution would give 80 preliminary approval to the comprehensive plan document as it has been revised and reviewed by the 81 council. He reviewed the revision process and resulting changes to the document. If the resolution is 82 approved, the document will be submitted to the Metropolitan Council and returned to the city for 83 final adoption in the future. 84 85 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 11-49 as presented. Council Member 86 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 87 88 6B) Resolution No. 11-53, Accepting report of for Redevelopment Task Force—Economic 89 Development Coordinator Divine noted that the council originally requested that the city's Economic 90 Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) act as a redevelopment task force to look at issues 91 surrounding under-utilized properties in the city. A report has been put together outlining identified 2 COUNCIL MINUTES May 23, 2011 APPROVED 92 properties, providing specifics and making recommendations such as ordinance changes. She is 93 requesting that the council accept the report and its recommendations. 94 95 The mayor commended EDAC and staff for the report; it is a terrific piece of work. The group truly 96 met the challenge in putting this helpful information together; identifying problems is the first step in 97 solving them. 98 99 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 11-53 as presented. Council Member 100 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 101 102 6C) Resolution No. 11-52, Ordering a Report on Improvement, Otter Lake Road Extension 103 Project—Community Development Director Grochala explained the proposed improvements to Otter 104 Lake Road. An extension of trunk utilities and 360 feet of roadway would serve a proposed 105 commercial development in that area. A petition has been submitted by the developer for the 106 preparation of a feasibility study and requesting the improvements. It is anticipated that all or a 107 portion of the costs of the proposed improvements would be specially assessed against benefited 108 properties. It is proposed that the study would not only evaluate the improvements for said proposed 109 development area but the entire corridor to Elmcrest Avenue in phases since there are future impacts 110 involved. Staff is recommending that the council proceed with the project as a city initiated project to 111 retain flexibility. The petitioners were present to answer questions. 112 113 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 11-52 as presented. Council Member 114 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 115 116 6D) Resolution No. 11-50, Accepting Quotes and Awarding a Contract for the Otter Lake Road 117 Culvert Replacement Project—City Engineer Studenski reported that a portion of a culvert has 118 failed along Otter Lake Road and replacement is needed. Quotes for the replacement were sought 119 from area contractors and a low quote has been identified. Therefore staff is recommending that the 120 council authorize acceptance of the low quote and execution of a contract for the work. 121 122 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 11-50 as presented. Council Member 123 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 124 125 6E) Resolution No. 11-51, Establishing Lilac Street as a Municipal State Aid Street—City 126 Engineer Studenski explained that Anoka County is in the process of turning back this street to the 127 city. It is a natural next step in the process for the city to add the street to its list of state aid roadways 128 and a resolution doing so is being presented to the council. 129 130 Council Member Gallup moved to approve Resolution No. 10-51 as presented. Council Member 131 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 132 133 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 134 135 There was no Unfinished Business. 136 3 COUNCIL MINUTES May 23,2011 APPROVED 137 NEW BUSINESS 138 139 There was no New Business. 140 141 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 142 143 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 144 May 24, 2011 through June 13 2011 145 Wednesday, May 25 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Environmental Board 146 Thursday, June 2 8:00 am, Community Room EDAC 147 4. Monday,June 6 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 148 . Wednesday, June 8 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning Bd 149 4. Monday, June 13 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 150 151 ADJOURN 152 153 There being no further business, Council Member Rafferty moved to adjourn at 7:00 p.m. Council 154 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 155 156 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, June , 2011. 157 158 / 159 0 .ttlf -C r6� �uli. e Bartell, 1 ity - k Jeff ' -in- , Mayor 162 4