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Home My WebLink About10-10-2011 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES October 10,2011 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : October 10, 2011 5 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 7:20 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member O'Donnell, Rafferty, 8 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Gallup 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director Michael 12 Grochala; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 13 14 PUBLIC COMMENT 15 16 No one was present to address the council regarding a matter not on the agenda. 17 18 SETTING THE AGENDA 19 20 The agenda was approved as presented. 21 22 SPECIAL PRESENTATION 23 24 Dr. Keith Dixon, Superintendent of the Centennial School District—Dr. Dixon distributed written 25 information and spoke to the council about the statistics of the school district, the state of the district 26 and the district's partnership with the City of Lino Lakes. He also mentioned the levy question that 27 will appear on the fall ballot and he encouraged people to vote and to get the facts on the question. 28 Dr. Dixon also noted the district's decision to vacate space at city hall that has been used for an early 29 childhood learning facility; the decision to move is based on the district having other owned space 30 available making it inappropriate to lease space. 31 32 CONSENT AGENDA 33 34 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items 1A through 1H with the 35 exception of Item 1 E. Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 36 37 ITEM ACTION 38 39 Consideration of Expenditures: 40 41 October 10, 2011 (Check No. 91702- 42 91926, $203,583.57) Approved 43 44 September 26, 2011 Council Work Session 45 Minutes Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES October 10, 2011 APPROVED 46 47 September 26, 2011 City Council Meeting 48 Minutes Approved 49 50 Resolution No. 11-100, Temporary On-Sale Liquor 51 License for Lino Lakes YMCA Fundraising Event Approved 52 53 Resolution No. 11-103, Election Judges Approved 54 55 September 26, 2011 Closed Council Session Minutes Approved 56 57 Application for Excluded Bingo Event, Aquinas Roman 58 Catholic Home Education Services Approved 59 60 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Consent Agenda Item 1E as presented. Council Member 61 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. Council Member O'Donnell abstained. 62 63 September 22, 2011 Closed Council Session Minutes Approved 64 65 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT,AL ROLEK 66 67 There was no report from the Finance Department. 68 69 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 70 71 There was no report from the Administration Department. 72 73 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT,JOHN SWENSON 74 75 4A,2"d Reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 19-11, Amending Chapter 503 of the Lino 76 Lakes Code of Ordinances regarding Animal Control—Director of Public Safety Swenson 77 explained that this amendment to the City's animal control regulations was approved for first reading 78 on September 26, 2011. The changes stem from a recent enforcement action in the city. The 79 amendments basically remove the term "potential dangerous" and clarify that either an animal is 80 deemed dangerous or not. Also a hearing officer process is established to handle appeals. The 81 council will have the authority to designate the hearing officer. 82 83 Council Member O'Donnell moved to waive full reading of the ordinance. Council Member Roeser 84 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 85 86 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 19- 87 11 as presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas, 4; Nays 88 none; Absent, 1 (Gallup). 89 �.. 90 Resolution No. 11-101, Approving summary publication of Ordinance No. 19-11 2 COUNCIL MINUTES October 10, 2011 APPROVED 91 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 11-101 as presented. Council Member ._ 92 Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 93 94 4B, 2nd Reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 20-11, Amending Chapter 213, Subdivision 7, 95 of the Lino Lakes Code of Ordinances, regarding Unclaimed Property—Public Safety Director 96 Swenson noted that the changes proposed to Section 213.07 of the City Code relate to the disposal of 97 property by the City(such as forfeited property). The change would allow the city to leverage more 98 current technology to get the word out better and potentially increase revenues through more modern 99 sales techniques. Moving property quicker would also help with storage issues. The mayor offered 100 thanks to the new chief for bringing forward this improvement. 101 102 Council Member Roeser moved to waive the full reading of Ordinance No. 20-11. Council Member 103 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 104 105 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the second reading and adoption of Ordinance No. 20- 106 11 as presented. Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried; Yeas, 4;Nays none; 107 Absent, 1 (Gallup). 108 109 Consider Resolution No. 11-102, Approving summary publication of Ordinance No. 20-11. 110 111 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 11-102 as presented. Council Member 112 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 13 ..-'114 4C, Consider Resolution No. 11-103, Authorizing assign one LLPD Officer to Drug 115 Enforcement Agency (DEA) Task Force—Public Safety Director Swenson reported that the 116 resolution seeks to authorize the assignment of one Lino Lakes police officer to the DEA Drug Task 117 Force. He explained the terms under which the officer would be assigned and the benefits to the city 118 (involvement in a regionwide effort and potentially funds captured through investigations). The 119 commitment to the program would be for three years. The Mayor remarked that he is supportive of 120 the program and is aware that the department isn't losing any strength due to the assignment because 121 an officer is returning from military service. 122 123 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 11-103 as presented. Council Member 124 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 125 126 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 127 128 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 129 130 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 131 132 6A, Lake/Main Motor Fuel Station 133 i) Consider Resolution No. 11-95,Amending an existing Conditional Use Permit for a motor fuel '34 station at 7997 Lake Drive—Community Development Director Grochala explained that the resolution -135 approves an amendment to the existing conditional use permit at this site to once again allow a motor 3 COUNCIL MINUTES October 10,2011 APPROVED 136 fuel station (the site has been used as a fueling station back to 1977—the storage tanks were removed in 137 2009). The Planning and Zoning board held a public hearing on the matter and recommended approval 138 with conditions included in the resolution (conditions were reviewed) 139 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 11-95 as presented. Council Member 140 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 141 Consider Resolution No. 11-99, Authorizing execution of a Performance Agreement and 142 Stormwater Maintenance Agreement - Community Development Director Grochala explained the 143 additional agreements related to the fuel station. 144 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 11-99 as presented. Council Member 145 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 146 147 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 148 149 There was no Unfinished Business. 150 151 NEW BUSINESS 152 153 There was no New Business. 154 155 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 156 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 57 October 11, 2011 through October 24, 2011 `"158 4 Wednesday, October 12 6:30 pm,Council Chambers Planning&Zoning Bd 159 ,oit Thursday, October 13 6:30 pm, Community Room Charter Commission 160 d. Monday, October 24 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 161 4 Monday, October 24 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 162 163 ADJOURN 164 165 There being no further business, the council meeting was adjourned by motion at 7:20 p.m. 166 167 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, October 24, 2011. 168 169 170 171-- — A r_ ,. _, , , - = , 172 Julia e Bartell, City lerk Jeff 'ei ert, ayor 173 4