HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-14-2010 Council Minutes (2) SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 14, 2010
APPROVED
CITY OF LINO LAKES
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4 DATE : June 14, 2010
5 TIME STARTED : 7:45 p.m.
6 TIME ENDED : 9:00 p.m.
7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Gallup, O'Donnell,
8 Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert
9 MEMBERS ABSENT : None
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12 Staff members present: Director of Administration Dan Tesch; Community Development
13 Director Michael Grochala; City Planner Jeff Smyser
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15 1. Comprehensive Plan Review - Community Development Director Grochala
16 reviewed the history that has brought the council to this point in the comprehensive plan
17 update process. The council passed a resolution in 2009 giving preliminary approval to
18 the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and authorized it's submittal to the Metropolitan Council.
19 Several amendments, including dropping household forecast figures, were included in
20 that approval. The Metropolitan Council approved it in December of 2009 and the Plan
21 is currently back at the city level for final approval. If any changes are made,the Plan
22 will have to go back to the Metropolitan Council for either administrative or full
23 review/approval. Text changes would be easier for review than something like land use
24 changes.
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26 The purpose of a Plan is a long-range vision for the community and should be used as a
27 guide for city council decisions and the regulations of the city. The four resources
28 monitored by metropolitan government are water,transportation, parks& open space and
29 aviation. Cities are required to review and update their plans every ten years and submit
30 such to the Metro Council. The Plan submitted is required to include a land use plan
31 element(including surface water use),provide requirements for protecting solar, storage
32 sites and aggregate deposits and as well it needs to include a housing element, a public
33 facilities element, and implementation program. Optional is urbanization of
34 redevelopment areas (staging areas). The Metropolitan Council sees Lino Lakes as a
35 development community and certain requirements are attached to that designation. A
36 community wide transportation system is also required. A natural resource element is
37 required. Accommodation of life cycle and affordable housing is required for
38 development communities (and he noted state law). There was a community involvement
39 and advisory board element to development of the Plan, with many community meetings
40 over a two year period. Public hearings were held by the Planning& Zoning Board. The
41 city has met all the state requirements and included them in the Plan.
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43 Mr. Grochala reviewed each chapter in the Plan, including an explanation of the five-year
44 staging plan that has been built in at the council's request.
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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 14,2010
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45 The council decided that they intend to review the Plan and then discuss and decide upon
46 changes before the Plan is considered for final approval. It was verified that the new
47 members of the council have received both the draft Plan and the Plan preliminarily
48 approved by the council. The council intends to spend time on the review and the first
49 step appears to be identifying the issues. A member noted that his concerns have been in
50 the area of pace, quality and density. Director Grochala noted that areas that will be key
51 in addressing those concerns are performance standards and the changes in the zoning
52 code that lay ahead. Director Grochala reminded the council that the numbers are
53 forecasts and they will change and also that there is state law that regulates affordable
54 housing but he feels the city can work within a growth management policy to get where
55 the council wants to be and still get accepted by the Metropolitan Council. He will
56 prepare some of the possible changes he'd heard discussed and share them with the
57 council.
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59 The council heard about the ordinance changes that staff is currently working on. A
60 council member requested that staff specifically explain in what areas (growth
61 management plan) of the Plan or ordinances will the city preserve the right to say"no"to
62 development.
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64 The council will be continuing their review of the Plan beginning at the July 6 work
65 session.
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67 The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
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69 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
70 June 28, 2010.
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75 Julianne B ell, City Cl k .e► 'einert, Mayor
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