HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-22-2010 Council Minutes (2) CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 22,2010
APPROVED
CITY OF LINO LAKES
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4 DATE : March 22, 2010
5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m.
6 TIME ENDED : 6:20 p.m.
7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup,O'Donnell,Roeser
8 and Mayor Reinert
9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Rafferty
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12 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Police Captain Kent
13 Strege; City Planner Jeff Smyser; City Planner Paul Bengtson; City Clerk Julie Bartell
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15 REVIEW REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
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17 Item 3A), Convention & Visitors Bureau Appointment—Acting Administrator Tesch
18 explained that the city has been informed that the appointment to the bureau must be either
19 a council member or city staff person. The city's economic development coordinator,
20 Mary Alice Divine, has been attending the meetings to this point and he is recommending
21 that she be appointed.
22 Item 3D),Lease with North Memorial Ambulance—Acting Administrator Tesch asked
23 that this item be postponed at the council meeting. There is some new language proposed
24 that should be reviewed by the city attorney.
25 Item 6A), Resolution denying a variance request to the Zoning Ordinance
26 requirements for accessory structure area and the number of accessory structures
27 allowed on a rural property—City Planner Bengston reported that a variance request to
28 allow for an additional accessory structure (horse training facility) at 1288 Main Street is
29 being recommended for denial by staff and the Planning&Zoning Board. Findings are
30 presented in the staff report supporting that recommendation. Should the council wish to
31 approve the variance request, there are conditions recommended and those as well are laid
32 out in the staff report. It was confirmed that denying the variance request would not halt
33 the activities (horse training) already occurring at the property. Discussion of the
34 possibility of erecting the structure on leased state owned land merited no clear ability to
35 solve the issue other than the understanding that if the applicants owned that property, they
36 would have enough acreage to legally build the additional structure proposed. A council
37 member noted some possible benefits to allowing the structure—longer season, less horse
38 related run-off. The council recognized that it would be a dangerous precedent to allow
39 leased land to be counted for the purpose of land use regulations.
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41 Item 6B), First Reading of ordinance amending the Planned Unit Development for
42 the Town Center Design & Development Guide Regarding Outdoor Dining/Seating-
43 City Planner Smyser noted this amendment relates to the design standards for the Town
L 44 Center area. This mirrors what was approved for the rest of the city.
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 22,2010
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45 Two council members noted that they had received calls questioning the impact of recently
L 46 approved changes to the outdoor seating/dining requirements. City Planner Smyser
47 clarified that the changes would not unfairly restrict certain establishments from obtaining
48 permission for outdoor dining/drinking areas.
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50 Community Calendar—City Clerk Bartell asked Mayor Reinert to add the Board of
51 Appeals meeting to the calendar. The meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m.,prior to the
52 regular city council meeting on April 12, 2010. The council requested that the County
53 Assessor be invited to attend the April work session to review the board process as well as
54 any valuation information that is available.
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56 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
57 April 12, 2010.
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62 Julianne Ba ell, City Cler e einert. Mayor
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