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Home My WebLink About03-08-2010 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES March 8, 2010 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : March 8, 2010 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:55 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 Attorney Joseph Langel; Community Development Director Michael 13 Grochala; Chief of Police Dave Pecchia; City Planner Jeff Smyser; 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 l 23 CONSENT AGENDA • 24 25 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Council Member Roeser 26 seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 27 28 ITEM ACTION 29 30 Consideration of Expenditures: 31 32 March 8,2010 (Check No. 87792- 33 87870, $241,798.63) Approved 34 35 Centennial Fire District(Check No. 4177- 36 4184, $16,494.04) Approved 37 38 February 22,2010 Council Work Session 39 Minutes Approved 40 41 February 22, 2010 City Council Meeting 42 Minutes Approved 43 44 Resolution No. 10-20, Supporting a federal grant 45 for high speed broadband connectivity within Anoka Co Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES March 8,2010 APPROVED 46 Resolution No. 10-21, Supporting American Fiber 47 Systems application for Broadband Technology Opportunity 48 Program(BTOP) Grant Approved 49 50 Resolution No. 10-25, Approving a peddler permit for 51 Window Concepts of Minnesota Approved 52 53 54 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 55 56 There was no report from the Finance Department. 57 58 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 59 60 3A. Second Reading and Passage of Ordinance No. 03-10, Amending Chapter 701 of the Lino 61 Lake City Code regarding Liquor Licensing—City Clerk Bartell reported that two weeks previous 62 the council approved first reading of Ordinance No. 03-10. This ordinance includes two changes to 63 the city code regarding liquor licensing. The first change eliminates a requirement for a conditional 64 use permit for outdoor serving areas. The second change adds language that clarifies a liquor 65 licensee's responsibility for order and containment in outdoor serving areas. 66 67 Council Member Gallup moved to waive full reading of the ordinance and to approve second reading 1 68 and passage of Ordinance No. 03-10 as presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. `✓69 Motion adopted: Yeas, 5;Nays none. 70 71 3B) Resolution No. 10-19,Approving an On-Sale Liquor License with Sunday Sales for 72 Chomonix Golf Course—City Clerk Bartell reported that an application has been submitted by 73 Anoka County Parks and Recreation for a new on-sale liquor license with Sunday sales for Chomonix 74 Golf Course located at 700 Aqua Lane in the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Park Reserve. The golf 75 course has long held a 3.2 license that allows the sale of malt beverages in their club house and 76 throughout the course from a beverage cart. The new license will allow the sale of strong beer,wine 77 and alcoholic beverages in the same manner. The application process is complete,the related fees 78 have been paid and insurance information has been provided to the City as required. The Lino Lakes 79 Police Department has conducted a background investigation and found no information that would 80 give reason to deny the application. The applicant and golf course manager were present to answer 81 any questions. In accordance with the Lino Lakes Code of Ordinances the application requires 82 approval by the City Council. 83 84 As required by the city code, an opportunity was given to any person wishing to be heard for or 85 against the granting of the license. There were no comments received. 86 87 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 10-19 as presented. Council Member 88 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 89 2 COUNCIL MINUTES March 8, 2010 APPROVED 90 3C) Sergeant Promotion in Police Department—Police Chief Pecchia reported that in order to 1 maintain the appropriate level of five sergeants in the Police Department, a promotional list was 92 developed, Personnel Decisions Inc. brought in to do a promotion process and a top candidate for the 93 position identified. Staff is therefore recommending the promotion of Officer Dale Hager to the 94 position of Police Sergeant effective April 1, 2010. 95 96 A council member noted that the sergeant position was vacated through the city's retirement incentive 97 program and he is concerned about how filling it now will impact the city's budget. 98 99 Chief Pecchia noted that the position is included in the 2010 budget so it was planned to be filled as loo of April 1, 2010. He noted that the individual who left the position served as a senior sergeant and to 1 the salary for new person filling it would be at a lower level so there are savings. 102 103 The mayor noted that he had concern also about filling the position but he has heard from the Police 104 Chief that the department will not be backfilling the position vacated by the individual moving to 105 sergeant. Also the department is receiving a substantial amount of grant funding and that is 106 somewhat tied to personnel levels. 107 108 Chief Pecchia remarked that backfilling the vacant position is a decision that will be made by the 109 council as it looks at the police department budget as a whole. 110 111 The council was informed that the officer recommended for the sergeant position is the city's canine 12 officer. A member asked if the canine functions will change in any way as a result of this change. Nft-113 114 Chief Pecchia noted that due to the age of the dog,the function will stay with Officer Hager. The 115 future canine situation will be a part of future budget discussions also. 116 117 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the sergeant promotion of Officer Dale Hager as 118 presented. Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion adopted on a unanimous voice 119 vote. 120 121 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT,DAVE PECCHIA 122 123 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 124 125 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 126 127 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 128 129 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 130 131 6A. Zoning Ordinance Amendment: i. Consider Second Reading of Ordinance No. 04-10, 132 Amending Zoning Ordinance Regarding Requirements for Outdoor Dining/Seating in Business 133 Zoning Districts and Golf Course Definition and Uses—City Planner Smyser noted that first reading 134 of this ordinance was approved on February 22 and staff is now requesting approval of second reading 3 COUNCIL MINUTES March 8, 2010 APPROVED 135 and adoption. The amendment deals with outdoor seating requirements and adds needed language L.,36 recognizing the presence of golf courses. 137 138 Council Member O'Donnell moved approval of second reading and passage of Ordinance No. 04-10 as 139 presented and to waive the requirement for full reading of the ordinance. Council Member Roeser 140 seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas; 5;Nays none. 141 142 6Aii Consider Resolution No. 10-13, approving a summary of Ordinance No. 04-10 for 143 publication purposes 144 145 Council Member Gallup moved to approve Resolution No. 10-13 as presented. Council Member 146 Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 147 148 6B) I-35W/Lake Drive Interchange Improvements 149 i. Consider Resolution No. 10-22,Approving Change Order No. 19 -Community Development 150 Director Grochala noted that as part of closing on this project, staff is requesting approval of this change 151 order deducting funds due to delay in the project completion. 152 153 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 10-22 as presented. Council Member 154 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 155 156 ii. Consider Resolution No. 10-23,Approving Change Order No. 20—Community l '57 Development Director Grochala noted that as part of closing on this project, staff is requesting approval \,-458 of this change order deducting funds due to concrete degradation. 159 160 Council Member Roeser moved to approve Resolution No. 10-23 as presented. Council Member 161 Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 162 163 iii. C) Consider Resolution No. 10-24,Rice Creek Watershed District LIDAR Products, 164 License Agreement- Community Development Director Grochala explained that staff is requesting 165 approval of an agreement that will allow the city to receive information through the watershed district's 166 light detection system that collects topographic data. There is no cost for the services as long as the city 167 doesn't resell the information. 168 169 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 10-24 as presented. Council Member 170 Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a unanimous voice vote. 171 172 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 173 174 There was no Unfinished Business. 175 176 NEW BUSINESS 177 178 There was no New Business. 79 4 COUNCIL MINUTES March 8, 2010 APPROVED 180 COMMUNITY CALENDAR: `..i 81 182 March 9, 2010 through March 22, 2010 183 184 4 Wednesday, March 10 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning 185 Monday, March 22 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 186 4 Monday,March 22 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting 187 188 189 ADJOURN 190 191 There being no further business,the meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m. 192 193 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting,March 22, 2010. 194 195 196 197 • Ale� 198 Julianne Bart 1, City Cler e nert, ayor 199 5