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Home My WebLink About03-23-2009 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES March 23, 2009 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES \-- 2 MINUTES 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 4 MARCH 23, 2009 5 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 6:45 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Stoltz, Gallup, O'Donnell, 9 Reinert, and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 11 12 Staff members present: City Attorney, Joseph Langel; Administration Director, Dan Tesch; Public 13 Safety Director, Dave Pecchia; and City Clerk, Julie Bartell 14 15 PUBLIC COMMENT 16 17 There was no public comment. 18 19 SETTING THE AGENDA 20 21 The agenda was reviewed and approved as presented. 22 23 CONSENT AGENDA —24 25 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Council Member Gallup 26 seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 27 28 ITEM ACTION 29 30 Consideration of Expenditures: 31 i) March 23, 2009 (Check No. 85245 through 85339), 32 $351,510.84; Approved 33 ii) Centennial Fire District (Check No. 3647 through 3660 34 and 3691 through 3702), $32,002.35 Approved 35 36 Approval of Resolution No. 09-18, Amending the 2009 37 General Operating Budget Approved 38 39 Approval of Resolution No. 09-17, Authorizing a one-time 40 cost sharing for enhancement of a city process (DeHaven 41 escrow refund) Approved 42 43 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 44 45 There was no report from the Finance Department. 1 COUNCIL MINUTES March 23, 2009 APPROVED 16 --47 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 48 49 3A. First reading of Ordinance No. 03-09, amending the 2009 Fee Schedule to: 50 1) Increase the fee for a burning permit; and 2) Provide for pro rata fee for 51 rental licensing,Julie Bartell 52 53 City Clerk Bartell reported that the City annually adopts a consolidated fee schedule and 54 occasionally it is necessary to update the schedule during the year. At this time, staff is 55 recommending two changes in fees: a) Regarding burning permits, the Centennial Fire District 56 issues opening burning permits in accordance with the state fire code. An increase from $30 to 57 $50 would bring this fee in line with the fee charged by the other two cities in the fire district; b) 58 regarding rental licensing, the city instituted a rental housing licensing program in 2007. The 59 annual license fee was set at $50. Staff would like to reduce that fee by 50% for licenses issued 60 for less than six months. City fees must be changed by ordinance. Staff is recommending 61 approval of the first reading of Ordinance No. 03-09 making the adjustments. 62 63 Council Member O'Donnell moved to dispense with full reading of the ordinance. Council 64 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 65 66 Council Member Reinert moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 03-09 67 as presented. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. 68 Motion carried as follows: Yeas, 5; Nays none. ' -69 70 3B. Resolution No. 09-19, Opposing expansion of the Anoka County-Blaine Airport, 71 Dan Tesch 72 73 Administration Director Tesch reported that the issue of a possible airport expansion at the 74 Anoka County-Blaine Airport was discussed at the March 2 city council work session. The 75 council instructed staff to prepare a resolution opposing any possible expansion of the airport. 76 Resolution No. 09-19 is before the council. 77 78 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the resolution opposing expansion of any runway 79 beyond the current 5,000 feet. Council Member Reinert seconded the motion. It was clarified 80 that the fourth whereas clause should read as follows: 81 82 "Whereas, expansion of a runway to 6,000 feet would necessitate changes in state law; 83 and" 84 85 In line with that change, the resolving clause would also be amended to remove the reference to 86 "the east-west" runway only. 87 88 The mayor indicated that he would be voting against the resolution and asked to present his 89 reasons. According to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) there is no current 90 proposal to make any changes at that airport. The council would be expressing an opinion on an 2 COUNCIL MINUTES March 23, 2009 APPROVED )1 issue that really isn't out there. He recognizes that there is concern about noise but safety is also ■--92 a concern. He doesn't know that the city has enough information to have an opinion on this. 93 This is more of a county than city issue and there is not clear support at the county level. 94 95 A council member responded that the issue is that the council has received information that a 96 runway expansion may be proposed. The impact of an expansion (to 6,000 foot runway) would 97 be piston engine planes to jet engine planes utilizing the facility and they would be noisier and 98 cause more intrusion to the vicinity. The city should weigh in even though it is a county issue 99 because it could ultimately have an impact on the citizens of Lino Lakes. Although it is reported 100 that there isn't any activity per see on the expansion effort, the company that uses the airport has 101 hired a lobbyist. It doesn't hurt to be up front. 102 103 Motion to approve Resolution No. 09-19 as amended carried on a voice vote. Mayor Bergeson 104 voted nay. 105 106 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 107 108 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 109 110 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 111 112 There was no report from the Public Services Department. ' 13 14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT,MICHAEL GROCHALA 115 116 There was no report from the Community Development Department. 117 118 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 119 120 7A. Approval of February 23, 2009 Council Work Session Minutes. 121 Council Member Reinert absent. 122 123 7B. Approval of February 23, 2009 City Council Meeting Minutes. 124 Council Member Reinert absent. 125 126 Council Member Gallup moved to approve the minutes of February 23, 2009 as presented. 127 Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried; Council Member Reinert 128 abstained from voting. 129 130 NEW BUSINESS 131 132 8A. Approval of March 2, 2009 Closed City Council Meeting Minutes. 133 Council Member Gallup absent. 134 135 8B. Approval of March 2, 2009 Council Work Session Minutes. 3 COUNCIL MINUTES March 23, 2009 APPROVED 16 Council Member Gallup absent. 138 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the minutes of March 2, 2009 as presented. 139 Council Member Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried; Council Member Gallup abstained 140 from voting. 141 142 8C. Approval of March 9, 2009 City Council Meeting Minutes. 143 Council Members O'Donnell and Stoltz absent. 144 145 Council Member Reinert moved to approve the minutes of March 9, 2009 as presented. Council 146 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried; Council Member O'Donnell and Stoltz 147 abstained from voting. 148 149 8D. Approval of March 16, 2009 Special Work Session Minutes. 150 Council Member Reinert absent. 151 152 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve the minutes of March 16, 2009 as presented. Council 153 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried; Council Member Reinert abstained from 154 voting. 155 156 ADJOURN 157 '58 There being no further business, Council Member Reinert moved to adjourn at 6:45 p.m. °L.r59 Council Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried. 160 161 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular City Council Meeting on April 13, 162 2009. 163 164 165 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 166 March 23, 2009 through April 13, 2009 167 168 4 Thursday,April 2 7:00 am, Community Room EDAC 169 4 Monday, April 6 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session 170 Monday, April 6 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Park Board 171 4 Wednesday, April 9 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning&Zoning 172 Thursday, April 9 6:30 pm, Community Room Charter Commission 173 4 Monday, April 13 6:00 pm, Council Chambers Board of Appeal 174 4 Monday, April 13 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Council Meeting 175 176 177 178 179 180 Julianne Bari, City Cler John r/geson '1 ayor 4