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Home My WebLink About06-13-2011 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : June 13, 2011 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 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 .• 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; City Attorney Joseph Langel; Community 13 Development Director Michael Grochala; Finance Director Al Rolek; City Engineer Jim Studenski; 14 City Planner Paul Bengston; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 PUBLIC COMMENT 17 18 Bill Griffith, Attorney, spoke on behalf of his client, Mark Deets, who owns business property at 7301 19 Apollo Court. They have encountered a problem with trusses and lumber that is sometimes stored 20 outside of the building. They can move the lumber but need to have the trusses outside for a staging 21 period, although they are willing to screen the area in question. The mayor recommended that the 22 council review the matter at their next work session. �.► 23 24 SETTING THE AGENDA 25 26 The agenda was approved as presented. 27 28 CONSENT AGENDA 29 30 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1 A through 1 E, as presented. 31 Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 32 33 ITEM ACTION 34 35 Consideration of Expenditures: 36 37 June 13, 2011 (Check No. 90828 - 38 90951, $299,559.62) Approved 39 40 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 4835- 41 4850, $5,193.49) Approved 42 43 May 23, 2011 Council Work Session 44 Minutes Approved ■ ,,. 45 1 • COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2011 APPROVED 46 May 23, 2011 Council Meeting x--47 Minutes Approved 48 49 Resolution No. 11-55, Sale of Consumer 50 Fireworks Permit for Target Approved 51 52 Resolution No. 11-57, Temporary Liquor, Cabaret 53 and Gambling permit for St. Joe's Summer Festival Approved 54 55 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 56 57 2A) Accept 2010 Annual City Audit by LarsonAllen LLP—Finance Director Rolek introduced 58 auditor representative Craig Popenhagen who presented the audit results in an abbreviated form 59 (presentation on file). 60 61 Council Member Roeser moved to accept the audit as presented. Council Member Gallup seconded 62 the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 63 64 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 65 66 3A) Resolution No. 11-56, Renewal of Liquor, Wine, Beer and Dance Licenses—City Clerk 67 Bartell reported that liquor, wine, beer and dance licenses in the City of Lino Lakes are issued 68 annually and will expire on June 30, 2011. The council received a list of the establishments that have 69 submitted renewal applications. Staff has been working with the applicants to put in place all 70 necessary information and documentation to meet state and local requirements for the license they 71 request. The Police Department completes background investigations and compliance checks for the 72 applicants and has indicated no new information that would lead to a recommendation of denial of 73 any licenses. 74 75 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 11-56 as presented. Council Member 76 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 77 78 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, JOHN SWENSON 79 80 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 81 82 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 83 84 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 85 86 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 87 88 6A) 2010 Surface Water Management Program: 89 i. Resolution No. 11-58, Projects Payment Request No. 3 (Final); 90 ii. Resolution No. 11-59, Street Drainage Payment Request No. 3 (Final) 2 COUNCIL MINUTES June 13,2011 APPROVED 91 City Engineer Studenski reported that staff is recommending that a final payment be approved for 92 both these elements of the city's Surface Water Management Program. Both projects are completed 93 satisfactorily. 94 95 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 11-58 and 11-59 as presented. Council 96 Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 97 98 6B) First reading of Ordinance No. 13-11 amending the Zoning Ordinance to include 99 temporary batch plants and similar as an interim use within certain districts—City Planner 100 Bengtson explained that in response to a request by local business Arnt Construction for permission 101 to establish a batch plant to serve the I35E project, staff has prepared an ordinance amendment that 102 would allow temporary batch plants in the zoning code with an interim use permit and under certain 103 conditions. The ordinance was reviewed and approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. 104 105 The mayor thanked staff for presenting an ordinance to address this situation. 106 107 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 13-11 as presented. 108 Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 109 110 6C) First Reading of Ordinance No. 14-11 Adding language to the Section 802 of the Lino 111 Lakes Code of Ordinances regarding On-Street Parking—Community Development Director 112 Grochala noted that the council has discussed the addition of on-street parking restrictions in order to 13 address a concern that has arisen. Currently there are no restrictions on such parking except for the 114 city's overall winter parking restrictions and zoning restrictions relating to parking on property. Staff 115 was directed and is returning to the council with an ordinance that would amend the city code to 116 prohibit parking of trucks exceeding a specified weight as well as trailers and recreational vehicles but 117 excluding boat parking. The restrictions would apply on all city streets, not just residential. A 118 waiver to the restrictions would become available through the Police Department in order to allow 119 parking under special short term circumstances. 120 121 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 14-11 as presented. 122 Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 123 124 Council Member Rafferty thanked staff for coming forward with a solution to the on-street parking 125 situation. 126 127 6D) Resolution No. 11-05, Preparation of Local Surface Water Management Plan - Community 128 Development Director Grochala explained that the city is required to prepare a Plan and has worked 129 with EOR, Inc. to develop a proposal to retain their services for preparation of the Plan. Funding for 130 the Plan would be derived from the city's Surface Water Management Fund. 131 132 The mayor noted that the original cost proposed for these services was higher but thanks to the 133 questioning of one council member, the work was reviewed and the cost lowered. 134 3 COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2011 APPROVED 35 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 11-05 as presented. Council Member 36 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 137 138 6E) Resolution No. 11-61, Preparation of a Professional Services Agreement with WSB and 139 Associates-Community Development Director Grochala recalled that last year the council directed 140 staff to begin a request for proposals process for delivery of city engineering services. An interview 141 process resulted in three firms for final consideration. The council has selected the firm of WSB, Inc. 142 for a contract. Staff is therefore requesting authorization to negotiate and prepare an appropriate 143 agreement for future council consideration. 144 145 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 11-61 as presented. Council Member 146 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. Council Member 147 Rafferty abstained from voting. 148 149 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 150 151 There was no Unfinished Business. 152 153 NEW BUSINESS 154 155 The council recognized City Finance Director Rolek and his staff for the city's receipt of the 156 excellence in financial reporting award. The award has been received for ten years in a row. Mr. 57 Rolek and his staff also guided the city through a successful audit process and to recognition as a 158 financially sound city. 159 160 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 161 Community Calendar-A Look Ahead 162 June 14, 2011 through June 27, 2011 163 Niv. Monday, June 27 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 164 NI, Monday, June 27 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 165 166 167 ADJOURN/CLOSED MEETING 168 169 There being no further business at 7:00 p.m. Council Member Gallup moved to adjourn to a closed 170 session being held to discuss labor negotiations. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. 171 Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 172 173 The council reconvened in the City Hall Council Work Room for the closed meeting. A recording of 174 the meeting was made and will be retained in the Office of the • .Jerk as requir- .y state statute. 175 176 These minutes were considered and approved at the re_ . ar Council -- mg on June 2011. 177 179 Juli e Bartell, City Jerk Jeff 'ein , yor 180 4