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Home My WebLink About11-12-2019 Council Meeting MinutesCOUNCIL MINUTES APPROVED i CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE November 12, 2019 5 TIME STARTED 6:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED 7*15 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT Council Member Rafferty, Maher, 8 Stoesz and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT Council Member Maher 10 11 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development Director 12 Michael Grochala; City Planner Katie Larsen; Finance Director Sarah Cotton; City Engineer Diane 13 Hankee; Director of Public Safety John Swenson; and City Clerk Julie Bartell 14 15 PUBLIC COMMENT 16 17 Chuck Wiegmann, 7109 Sunrise Dr, spoke about a stop order that he has received regarding repairs 18 to his well. He prefers well water; doesn't like the chemicals included in the City water. He 19 would like the opportunity to continue with his well project. 20 21 Community Development Director Grochala explained that the City Code requires connection to 22 municipal utilities when well or septic systems fail. Mayor Reinert asked for the definition of 23 "failure". City Engineer Hankee said the city attorney has confirmed the requirement for well 24 replacement. 25 26 Mayor Reinert said he will work with staff to get all the details on the matter and he (the mayor) 27 will personally follow up with Mr. Wiegmann. 28 29 SETTING THE AGENDA 30 31 The agenda was approved as presented. 32 33 CONSENT AGENDA 34 35 Council Member Manthey moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Items I tluough 1D, as 36 presented. Council Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 37 38 ITEM ACTION 39 4o Consideration of Expenditures: 41 42 October 28, 2019 (Check No. 111209 through 111272) 43 in the Amount of $208,807.63 Approved 44 45 October 28, 2019 Council Work Session Minutes Approved 46 47 October 28, 2019, 2019 City Council Meeting Minutes Approved 1 COUNCIL MINUTES APPROVED 49 Consider Approval for Aquinas Roman Catholic Home 50 Education to Conduct Excluded Bingo Approved 51 52 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT 53 54 2A) Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 10-19, Establishing the 2020 City Fee Schedule 55 — Finance Director Cotton noted that the council is being requested to consider the first reading of 56 an ordinance setting the fee schedule for the coming year. She noted staff s review of fees and the 57 resulting changes. Second reading will be requested in December. 58 59 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 10-19 as presented. 60 Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 61 62 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT 63 3A) Consider Resolution No. 19-151, Declaring a City Council Vacancy and Calling for a 64 Special Election to be Held on February 11, 2020 — Administrator Karlson explained the city 65 council vacancy that exists due to the resignation received from Council Member Rafferty (effective 66 December 31, 2019). This resolution proposes that the council set a special election as called for by 67 the City Charter. Anoka County Elections has confirmed that a timeline is possible to conjoin this 68 special election with the special election already scheduled for February 11, 2020. 69 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No. 19-151 as presented. Council Member 70 Manthey seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 71 72 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT 73 There was no report from the Public Safety Department. 74 75 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT 76 77 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 78 79 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT 80 6A) Poehling Addition. i. Consider Resolution No. 19444 Approving Lot Area Variances; 81 n. Consider Resolution No. 19445 Approving Street Setback Variances; iii. Consider 82 Resolution No. 19446 Approving Preliminary Plat — City Planner Larsen reviewed a PowerPoint 83 presentation that included information on the following: 84 - Site location; 85 - Existing conditions/history of site; 86 - Surrounding Zoning and Land Use; 87 - Review of Preliminary Plat; 88 - Public Land Dedication; 89 - Shoreland Management Overlay; 90 - Vegetated Shoreline Buffer; 91 - Variances Required — Lot size, Street setback; 92 - MnDNR Comments — Denial of lot size variance; 93 - Environmental Board and Planning & Zoning Board Recommendations; 94 - Findings of Fact for Variances; 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 COUNCIL MINUTES APPRO V D Council Consideration (three resolutions). Mayor Reinert asked if there is current vegetation on the shoreline and Mr. Poehung said there is an existing buffer on the current lot. Mayor Reinert remarked that he is aware that in the future, rock could be added instead of a buffer (through a permitting process). Ms. Larsen remarked that the Environmental Board and the applicants are both supportive of the vegetation buffer that is proposed. 103 Council Member Rafferty confirmed that the buffer zone location requirement is related to the high 104 water mark. 105 106 Council Member Stoesz asked if the City will have to contend with the DNR objection. 107 Community Development Director Grochala said the DNR would have the option of requesting 108 court action. 109 110 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolutions No. 19-144, No. 19A45 and No. 19-146 as 111 presented. Council Member Manthey seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 112 113 6B) Consider Resolution No. 19447 Approving Preliminary Plat for Stern Addition — City 114 Planner Larsen reviewed the basics of the request noting that the request will require no variance 115 consideration. 116 117 Council Member Rafferty thanked staff for their work moving and looking forward. 118 119 Mayor Reinert remarked that the new roadway is looking great. 120 121 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 19-147 as presented. Council Member 122 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 123 124 6C) Consider Resolution No. 19450 Authorizing Professional Services Contract with WSB, 125 35E Corridor AUAR Five Year Update — Community Development Director Grochala explained 126 that staff is requesting this authorization based on the need to continue updating the document 127 (AUAR). He explained the benefit of maintaining the AUAR; additionally the AUAR is required 128 by state law to be updated every five years. WSB & Associates proposes to provide the necessary 129 services under contract. Funding within the City's existing budget was explained. Mr. Grochala 130 explained that this would be a more robust update. 131 132 Council Member Manthey moved to approve Resolution No. 19-150 as presented. Council 133 Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 134 135 6D) Consider Resolution No. 19-154, Amending Adopted Assessments, 2019 Individual 136 Properties — City Engineer Hankee recalled that the council adopted individual assessments at the 137 last meeting; this is an addition to that list. An additional property owner has requested connection. 138 139 Council Member Rafferty moved to approve Resolution No. 154 as presented. Council Member 140 Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 141 142 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 3 COUNCIL MINUTES APPROVED 143 144 There was no Unfinished Business. 145 146 NEW BUSINESS 147 148 There was no New Business. 149 15o COMMUNITY EVENTS 151 152 MONTHLY RECYCLE DAY will be held at Lino Park (7850 Lake Drive) on Saturday, November 153 16ih from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. See city website for a list of accepted items. 154 155 TURKEY BINGO will be held at St. Joseph's Church on Sunday, November 24th 156 157 COMMUNITY CALENDAR 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 Communit�v Calendar —A Look Ahead November 12, 2018 through November 25, 2019 Wednesday, November 13 6:30 pm, Council Chambers Planning & Zoning Board Monday, November 25 6:00 pm, Community Room Council Work Session Monday, November 25 6:30 pm, Council Chambers City Council Meeting Monday, November-2-5- following council meeting Closed Session - Labor Council Member Manthey offered a special thank you to veterans for their service to the country. There being no further business, Council Member Rafferty moved to adjourn at 7:15 p.m. Council Member Stoesz seconded the motion. Motion carded on a voice vote. These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting on November 25, 2019. n