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Home My WebLink About03-22-2010 Council Minutes City Council Meeting APPROVED March 22, 2010 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3 MINUTES 4 5 6 DATE : March 22, 2010 7 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 7:10 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member Gallup, O'Donnell, 10 Roeser, and Mayor Reinert 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Rafferty 12 13 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; City Attorney Joseph Langel; City 14 Planner Paul Bengtson; City Planner Jeff Smyser; Police Captain Kent Strege; and City Clerk Julie 15 Bartell 16 17 The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Lino Lakes City Hall. 18 19 PUBLIC COMMENT 20 21 None. 22 23 SETTING THE AGENDA 24 25 The agenda was approved as presented. 26 27 CONSENT AGENDA 28 29 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items lA through 1E. Council 30 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Rafferty 31 absent. 32 33 ITEM ACTION 34 35 A. Consideration of Expenditures: 36 i) March 22, 2010 (Check No. 87871 through Approved 37 87946) in the amount of$150,719.34; 38 ii) Centennial Fire District(Check No. 4209 through Approved 39 4221) in the amount of$4,646.17 40 41 B. March 1,2010 Council Work Session 42 Minutes Approved 43 44 C. March 8, 2010 City Council Meeting 45 Minutes Approved 1 City Council Meeting APPROVED March 22, 2010 46 '"47 D. Letter of support for Metro Transit Park and Ride 48 Grant Application (35E/Main Street) Approved 49 E. March 1,2010 Closed Session Minutes Approved 50 51 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT,AL ROLEK 52 53 There was no report from the Finance Department. 54 55 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 56 3A) Visitor's Bureau Appointment—Acting Administrator Tesch recalled that the city has 57 chosen to be a member of the new Minnesota Metro North Tourism group and is expected to 58 appoint a member to serve on the group's board of directors. Based on the group's bylaws that 59 require the city representative be a elected official, staff member or appointed board member, he is 60 recommending that city Economic Development Coordinator Mary Alice Divine be the 61 representative. 62 63 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the appointment of Mary Alice Divine as recommended. 64 Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member 65 Rafferty absent. L66 67 3B)Labor Agreement—AFSCME Local 2454—Acting Administrator Tesch reviewed the terms 68 of the proposed 2010 labor agreement,that includes no cost of living adjustment and 80 hours of 69 unpaid voluntary salary saving leave. The city agrees to reimburse any taken furlough time for a 70 member that is laid off during the year. 71 72 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the contract as presented. Council Member Roeser 73 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Rafferty absent. 74 75 3C) Labor Agreement—Local 49—Acting Administrator Tesch reviewed the terms of the 76 proposed 2010 labor agreement, including no cost of living adjustment, 80 hours of unpaid 77 voluntary salary saving leave, an increase in allowed accumulation of comp time,training language 78 and the addition of mediation to the dispute resolution process. The city agrees to reimburse any 79 taken furlough time for a member that is laid off during the year. 80 81 The mayor thanked unions for their consideration during these difficult economic times. 82 83 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the contract as presented. Council Member Roeser 84 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Rafferty absent. 85 86 3D) Lease agreement with North Memorial Ambulance - Acting Administrator Tesch requested 1 87 that the item be postponed; language as been added to the proposed agreement that the city attorney ‘./88 must review it. 2 City Council Meeting APPROVED March 22, 2010 89 Council Member O'Donnell moved to postpone the item to the April 12, 2010 meeting. Council 91 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Rafferty 92 absent. 93 94 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 95 96 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 97 98 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT,RICK DEGARDNER 99 100 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 101 102 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 103 104 6A) Resolution No. 10-26 denying a variance request to the zoning requirements for 105 accessory structure area and the number of accessory structures allowed on a rural property 106 —City Planner Bengtson explained that the applicant, Ms. Sandy Nordstrom,has requested a 107 variance to allow her to build an additional accessory structure (horse training facility) on her rural 108 property at 1288 Main Street. Since the property does not quality for an additional structure,the 109 applicant is asking consideration of the fact that the property includes a parcel of 17 acres of land 110 that is leased. Staff and the Planning and Zoning Board are recommending denial of the variance l l request based on the findings included in the staff report. 112 The council noted that there was considerable discussion at the work session preceding this meeting 113 about this matter. While there is great interest in supporting an area busienss, there is concern about 114 setting a bad precedent if the variance were allowed. 115 Sandy Nordstrom, 1288 Main Street, addressed the council. She explained that she is in the 116 business of training horses and she would like the ability to cover the area she currently uses as a 117 training track so that it can be used year around. The business has become her sole occupation so 118 she needs to be able to operate as much as possible. The structure is portable and she'd be willing 119 to take it down if necessary. 120 The council explained to Ms. Nordstrom that they agonized over the question of denying this 121 variance. While they'd very much like to find a way to allow the structure, it would be very unwise 122 to set a precedent on the question of considering leased land. 123 Council Member O'Donnell moved that the item be postponed to the meeting of April 12, 2010, 124 and that staff be directed to look for a different approach that would allow the requested structure 125 (without a variance). Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice 126 vote; Council Member Rafferty absent. 127 6B) First Reading of Ordinance No. 05-10 amending a Planned Unit Development by 128 amending the Town Center Design & Development Guide Regarding Outdoor Dining/Seating 129 —City Planner Smyser explained that staff is presenting a change to the specific design guidelines 130 for the Town Center area that would mirror recent changes to the zoning regulations relative to 131 outdoor dining/seating requirements. 3 City Council Meeting APPROVED March 22,2010 132 Council Member Roeser moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 05-10 as presented. Council Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member 134 Rafferty absent. 135 136 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 137 138 There was no Unfinished Business. 139 14o NEW BUSINESS 141 142 There was no New Business. 143 144 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 145 146 March 23, 2010 through April 12, 2010 147 148 4. Wednesday,March 31 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Environmental Board 149 %1. Monday,April 5 5:30 pm,Community Room Council Work Session 150 Monday,April 5 6:30 pm,Council Chambers Park Board 151 4. Thursday,April 8 7:00 am, Community Room EDAC 152 4. Thursday,April 8 6:30 pm, Community Room Charter Commission 153 Monday April 12 6:00 pm, Council Chamber Bd of Appeal and Equalization 154 4. Monday,April 12 6:30 pm,Council Chambers City Council Meeting Le55 156 ADJOURN 157 158 There being no further business, Council Member Gallup moved to adjourn at 7:10 p.m. Council 159 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Rafferty 160 absent. 161 162 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting on April 12, 2010. 163 164 165 166 JIM I 167 Julianne Bart 1, City Cler e • : ne , ayor 168 4