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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-27-2009 Council Minutes COUNCIL MINUTES April 27, 2009 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING 4 5 DATE : April 27, 2009 6 TIME STARTED : 6:30 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Gallup, Reinert, O'Donnell, 8 Stoltz, and Mayor Bergeson 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 10 11 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator, Dan Tesch; City Attorney, Joseph Langel; 12 Director of Community Development, Michael Grochala; Public Safety Director,Dave Pecchia; 13 Senior Planner, Jeff Smyser; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; and City Clerk, Julie Bartell 14 15 PUBLIC COMMENT 16 17 There was no one present for public comment. 18 19 SETTING THE AGENDA 20 21 The agenda was approved as presented. 22 23 CONSENT AGENDA " --24 25 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Council Member Reinert 26 seconded the motion. Motion carried. 27 28 ITEM ACTION 29 30 Consideration of Expenditures: 31 i) April 27, 2009 (Check No. 85461 through 85583), 32 $406,149.08; Approved 33 ii) Centennial Fire District (Check No. 3721 through 34 3734), $24,035.95 Approved 35 36 Approval of April 13, 2009 Council Meeting Minutes Approved 37 38 Approval of April 13, 2009 Board of Review Minutes Approved 39 40 Approval of Resolution No. 09-26, Authorizing the Issuance 41 of 2009 Certificates of Indebtedness Approved 42 43 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 44 45 There was no report from the Finance Department. 1 COUNCIL MINUTES April 27, 2009 APPROVED 46 x-47 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT,DAN TESCH 48 49 There was no report from the Administration Department. 50 51 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 52 53 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 54 55 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 56 57 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 58 59 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 60 6A. Approval of Resolution No. 09-23, Preliminary Approval of 2030 Comprehensive 61 Plan for Submittal to Metropolitan Council,Jeff Smyser 62 63 Senior Planner Smyser reviewed his written report noting that the Planning and Zoning Board 64 did hold a second public hearing on the Plan and voted to recommend approval with some 65 revisions outlined in the report. Comments received from other jurisdictions are included in the 66 report and Mr. Smyser suggested there is very little in the way of substantive changes and staff 67 has responded as appropriate. The council has had much discussion about the Plan and has .68 recommended several important revisions since the Plan draft was reviewed in November. There 69 have been five landowner requests since September to revise the future land use map and utility 70 staging map. Staff has analyzed all five requests and is including recommendations in the report. 71 The next step in the process is approval by the city council to submit the Plan to the Metropolitan 72 Council; the deadline for submission is May 29. After review by the Metropolitan Council, the 73 city council will be asked to adopt a final Plan. 74 75 Ciara Schlichting, Bonestroo, consultant to the project, also reported, reviewing the maps 76 included in the Plan. 77 78 Terri O'Connell, addressed the council regarding her property at 1000 Main Street. As Mr. 79 Smyser had explained, she is requesting that the property be included in Stage 1 and is opposing 80 any change to the property abutting on the west. Ms. O'Connell explained that she is concerned 81 that she is the only person who will be staying in her immediate area so the land designation will 82 particularly impact her life. She still wants to enjoy the area as she purchased it and maintain its 83 environmental and social equity. She doesn't want the area to be designated for medium 84 density. 85 86 Amy Donlin, 6100 Centerville Road, addressed the council. She stated that she generally feels 87 that the proposed Plan shouldn't be approved. Although she hasn't read the entire document, she 88 objects strongly to the inclusion of 6,600 new units to the city over the next 20 years. That 89 would abandon the city's previous commitment to slow growth. She recommends that the city 90 council should look at real population now and think about what the possibility of 20,000 2 COUNCIL MINUTES April 27, 2009 APPROVED 'a1 additional people would look like here. She believes that exceeds the citizens' vision for the �2 city. Also low income housing must be examined for its real costs. She suggested that 32% is a 93 ridiculous figure for that type of housing and would put the quality of life and integrity of the 94 community at risk. 95 96 Individual council members commented. When a council member asked what would happen if 97 the Metropolitan Council did not approve the Plan submitted by the city, staff explained that the 98 first concern about that scenario is that staff would be left without guidance, and further 99 explained that a rejection of the plan would normally be based on a problem that would impact 100 the Metropolitan Council's regional systems and that would result in a negotiated solution (and 101 legal consideration if necessary). 102 103 Regarding Ms. O'Connell's concern, a council member noted that her property seems to have 104 been treated differently but staff explained that the treatment was the same but the conclusion 105 was different and was based on analysis of the pipes (sewer) in the area and that called for being 106 conservative since its not certain it could be included in the system. Engineer Studenski 107 explained that Ms. O'Connell's property is right on the edge of the sewer district. When asked 108 if there would be problem with not guiding the property medium density, staff responded that the 109 property owners don't have to sell for development and also there is little development potential 110 right now. Staff wouldn't object to changing it to low density now with the idea that it will be 111 looked at again the future. Regarding surrounding properties, the owner of the property to the 112 east supports medium density and the owner of the property to west has supported the change to 13 medium density throughout the process. X14 115 Council Member Reinert suggested that the Plan needs more work and moved to table to May 11 116 the resolution approving the Plan. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. 117 118 The Mayor ruled that the council will discuss the motion, notwithstanding Roberts Rules of 119 Order. There was unanimous consent to the ruling. 120 121 The council discussed the May 29 deadline for submission. They will continue discussion at the 122 May 4 work session and the May 11 council meeting. 123 124 Motion to table was adopted by a voice vote. 125 126 Community Development Director Grochala asked the council what information they will need 127 for the May 4 work session discussion. A council member suggested that the 32% figure for 128 affordable housing is frightening and it is important to deal with that issue by ordinance as the 129 council has discussed. While staff can't have the specific ordinances ready for the work session, 130 it is requested that the council should be able to see what they would look like. It has been 131 suggested by staff that the planned unit development (PUD)regulations would be an area used 132 for changes so the council would like to see how that element could change. Also a council 133 member suggested that it would be helpful to review city ordinances on quality and standards for 134 high density areas. 135 3 COUNCIL MINUTES April 27, 2009 APPROVED 16 The council concurred that they will focus as much of the May 4 work session as possible on the '�r37 topic of the Plan. 138 139 6B. Approval of Resolution No. 09-27, Authorizing Preparation of Feasibility Study, 140 I-35E/CSAH 14 Interchange Improvements—Community Development Director Grochala 141 reported that Anoka County is nearing completion of the final design plan for these interchange 142 improvements. The preparation of a report on improvements is both a statutory and charter 143 requirement for projects where there are assessments against benefited properties. The city has 144 received a proposal from SRF Consulting Group, the design engineer for the project, to complete 145 such a report at an estimated cost of$23,000. The cost of the report is proposed to be funded 146 through use of state aid dollars previously designated for this project. Staff is recommending 147 approval of the resolution authorizing the preparation of said report. Mr. Grochala noted that 148 the interchange project is moving forward due to the availability of federal stimulus money and 149 although there remains a funding gapk, if the project was not done and that funding is lost, it 150 would be a long time before there would be an opportunity to move on it again. 151 152 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Resolution No. 09-27 as presented. Council 153 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried. 154 155 6C. Approval of Resolution No. 09-24,Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction 156 Contract, 2009 Street Sealcoating Project—Engineer Studenski reported the low bidder for the 157 2009 Street Sealcoating Project is Allied Blacktop with a bid of$135,700. Staff recommends 58 that the council accept the bid and award the construction contract. '-r59 160 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve Resolution No. 09-24 as presented. Council Member 161 Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried. 162 163 6D. Approval of Resolution No. 09-25,Accepting Bids and Awarding a Construction 164 Contract, 2009 Street Overlay Project,James E. Studenski 165 166 Engineer Studenski reported the low bidder for the 2008 Street Sealcoating Project is T.A. 167 Schifsky& Sons, Inc. with a bid of$158,462.. Staff recommends that the council accept the bid 168 and award the construction contract. 169 170 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 09-25 as presented. Council 171 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried. 172 173 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 174 175 There was no unfinished business. 176 4 COUNCIL MINUTES April 27, 2009 APPROVED 77 NEW BUSINESS 179 8A. Approval of April 6, 2009 Council Work Session Minutes. Council Member Stoltz 180 absent. 181 182 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve the April 6, 2009 minutes as presented. Council 183 Member Gallup seconded the motion. Motion carried. Council Member Stoltz abstained from 184 voting. 185 186 ADJOURN 187 188 There being no further business, Council Member Reinert moved to adjourn. Council Member 189 Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried. 190 191 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular City Council Meeting on May 11, 192 2009. 193 194 Community Calendar—A Look Ahead 195 April 28, 2009 through May 11, 2009 196 197 4, Wednesday,April 29 5:30 pm, Council Workroom City Administrator Pos. 198 Ali Wednesday,April 29 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Environmental Board 199 wilw Monday,May 4 5:30 pm, Community Room Council Work Session J04 Monday,May 4 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Park Board 201 4 Thursday,May 14 7:00 am, Community Room EDAC 202 (Moved from May 7 to May 14) 203 204 205 206 7.-,/ 207 _ 'y 1 it- •�_.__ 208 Julianne Ba ell, City Cle John geso ayor 209 5