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CITY OF LINO LAKES
ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD
MEETING
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
6:30 p.m.
Meeting to be held electronically
Pursuant to MN Statute 13D.021
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: July 29 , 2020
5. OPEN MIKE
6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Meeting Attendance and Quorum
B. Land Use Application Process
7. ACTION ITEMS
A. Planned Unit Development General Concept Plan Review for Burque Property
8. UPDATES
A. Recycling Updates
B. Other Updates
9. ADJOURN
How to Join the Meeting
Phone: Dial 1-312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 886 5806 0727
Web link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88658060727
DRAFT MINUTES
CITY OF LINO LAKES
ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING
VIA ZOOM
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL:
Mr. Sullivan called the Lino Lakes Environmental Board meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. on
July 29, 2020.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. APROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was approved as presented. Mr. Sullivan introduced Ella McNulty, our new
board member. Ms. McNulty told the board a little about herself and her interests.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
May 27, 2020
Ms. Holmes made a MOTION to approve the May 27, 2020 Meeting Minutes. Mr.
Schwartz seconded the motion. Motion carried 6 - 0.
V. OPEN MIKE
Mr. Sullivan declared Open Mike at 6:33 p.m.
Open Mike declared closed at 6:34 p.m.
DATE : July 29, 2020
TIME STARTED : 6:30 P.M.
TIME ENDED : 7:45 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT : John Sullivan, Paula Andrzejewski, Eric Flower,
Shawn Holmes, Ella McNulty, Alex Schwartz
MEMBERS ABSENT : Wendy Nelson
STAFF PRESENT : Andy Nelson, Connor Kvendru, Janele Waterman
Enivornmental Board
July 29, 2020
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DRAFT MINUTES
VI. ACTION ITEMS
A. Otter Crossing
Otter Crossing is a proposed multi-tenant retail building to be located at the northwest
quadrant of the intersection of Otter Lake Road and Main Street. In addition to the 7800
sq ft building, the plan also includes an access road connecting to Otter Lake Road, a turn
lane and a storm water basin.
Currently, the site is predominantly agricultural fields in corn production and two
wetland areas that total 4.29 acres.
The applicant is proposing to subdivide the property. Lot 1 is 1.4275 acres proposed to
be a new retail building with parking lot and drive through lane. Street A will be
constructed to provide access from Otter Lake Road. A turn lane will be added for right
turns from Otter onto Main. A storm water pond with filtration basin will handle storm
water generated on the site.
Stormwater management plan has been submitted and is being reviewed by the City
Engineer.
The plan for this development is to route storm water from the site to a basin with
connected filtration cell that will outlet to Wetland A.
This project as proposed will involve impacts to Wetland A, the owner will be mitgating
these impacts with the purchase of wetland credits.
The wetlands do not appear to be within the Wetland Management Corridor, so a buffer
of 10 feet would meet City standards.
The site will be connected to City water and sewer.
A few of the disscussion items were;
• It would be better to understand and vote on a Preliminary Plat and Site Plans if
more of the various standards were meet
• Will the board see this plan once or doe it come back to the Environmental Board
again after the plans are more complete
In addition to the staff recommendations
• Add more native plants and less maples
• Have a smart irrigation plan
• Seeding is a better choice instead of sod
• Enclosure for recycling and trash containers
Enivornmental Board
July 29, 2020
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DRAFT MINUTES
Mr. Sullivan made a MOTION to forward Otter Crossing /Preliminary Plat and Site Plan
Review with the Environmental Board’s concerns and staff recommendations. Ms.
Andrzejewski seconded the motion. Motion carried 6 - 0.
VII DISCUSSION ITEMS
A. Mini Storage Update
New trees have replaced and seeded has been done.
Ms. Holmes wanted to know if there was irrigation for the newly planted trees.
Mr. Nelson was unsure but believed that hoses were being used until irrigation was to be
installed.
B. Recycling Update
Mr. Kvendru mentioned that Recycling Saturday was busy – the workers wear gloves and
masks while unloading the vevhicles and have the residents stay in their car
This past Saturday 3800 lbs of paper was shredded
There will be no Annual Recycling Day this year. It is too hard to social distance at such
an event.
Lino Park will be getting an Organics sign installed to better indentified the organics
cans.
The first half of the SCORE Report was turned in. Had 934 lbs of recycling and our total
goal for the year is 2265 lbs, a little under half.
Mr. Kvendru last day is August 31.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Ms. Andrzejewski made a MOTION to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 p.m. Motion was
seconded by Ms. McNulty. Motion carried 6 - 0.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Fogarty
Office Specialist
Memorandum
To: Environmental Board Members
From: Andy Nelson, Environmental Coordinator
Date: August 20, 2020
Re: Meeting Attendance and Quorum
City Code section 217.02 (1) states that the board shall operate in accordance with
Chapter 210. City Code section 210.04 states that 51% of any commission shall
constitute a quorum for conducting business. Generally, the Environmental Board has 7
members so a quorum would be 4. However, quorum consists of appointed positions, so
if only 5 are currently appointed then a quorum would be 3. In practice, given that the
board is advisory, we continued to hold the meeting, even if a quorum is not present.
Approval of board minutes are postponed, but any discussion items are typically
reviewed. Additionally, minutes can be voted on by all present regardless of whether
they attended the meeting in question (Robert's Rules of Order).
600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Phone: 651-982-2400 ∙ Fax: 651-982-2499
600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Phone: 651-982-2400 ∙ Fax: 651-982-2499
Memorandum
To: Environmental Board Members
From: Katie Larsen, City Planner
Date: August 17, 2020
Re: Land Use Application Process
At the July 29, 2020 Environmental Board meeting, board members asked about the
City’s Land Use Application process.
Land use decisions, developments and subdivisions in the City of Lino Lakes require
submittal of a Land Use Application. Examples include comprehensive plan
amendments, rezoning, conditional use permits, site plan review and subdivisions. State
Statute 15.99 requires governmental entities to approve or deny requests within 60 days
(aka the 60-day Rule). State statute allows 120 days for preliminary plat review.
Attached is a copy of the City’s Land Use Application which includes a fee schedule,
calendar of submittal deadlines and meeting dates for the City’s Advisory Boards
(Environmental, Parks, EDAC and Planning & Zoning). When planning staff receives a
Land Use Application, we review it to make sure the required information has been
submitted in order to deem the application complete. A complete application; however,
does not necessarily mean the plans meet all City ordinance requirements. It is now the
role of staff and the Advisory Boards to determine compliance with the City’s
Comprehensive Plan and ordinances.
Planning staff reviews the plans and presents their staff reports to their respective
Advisory Board. Staff and Board comments are summarized and presented to the
Planning & Zoning Board for final recommendation to the City Council. The Planning &
Zoning Board is the advisory board statutorily authorized to review land use applications
and typically hold public hearings. Recommendations often include items the applicant
needs to address or revise in their plans.
600 Town Center Parkway, Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Phone: 651-982-2400 ∙ Fax: 651-982-2499
If approved by the City Council, the applicant addresses the Advisory Board and Council
comments and resubmits a revised plan set for staff review. Projects are not allowed to
start construction until final revised plans have been submitted.
Revised 12/20/2018 1
A Land Use Application shall be considered to be officially submitted when the Community
Development Department has received and examined the application and has determined that the
application is complete. The application is complete if all of the following information properly
submitted.
The following information is required for a complete Land Use Application:
Completed and Signed Land Use Application
Check for Applicable Fee and Escrows
Completed Application Checklist
(Verify with City Planner which Checklist Forms are required)
The Community Development Department shall make a determination of completeness within 15
days and notify the applicant in writing if the application is incomplete. Such notice shall
describe the missing information. If the application is complete, the timeline for approval begins
upon the submittal of a complete application.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Land Use Application
Land Use Application
Revised 11/26/2019 2
Land Use Request:_________________________________________________________________________
Property Address: _________________________________________________________________________
PIN # _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _ Legal Description: Lot ___ Block ___ Subdivision_________________
Land Use: existing __________ proposed ___________ Zoning: existing ___________ proposed __________
Required Fees*: Application Fee $200 + Escrow Deposit $ ____________ = Total Due $ _________
* Required Escrow Deposit can be found on the City of Lino Lakes Fee Schedule and are listed on the back side of this form
Applicant:
Name: Phone:
Address: Cell:
City: State: Zip: Fax:
E-mail:
Owner (if different than applicant):
Name: Phone:
Address: Cell:
City: State: Zip: Fax:
E-mail:
MN Statute 15.99 allows a 60-day review period for final action on an application, once that application is found to be
complete, unless the City extends the review period and so notifies the applicant. Your request will not be scheduled
for public hearing or City review by City advisory bodies until all required information has been reviewed and found to
be adequate by City staff. All City costs incurred for review of this application are the responsibility of the applicant.
Please note: In signing this application, I hereby acknowledge that I have read and fully understand the applicable
provisions of the City Ordinances and current administrative procedures. I further acknowledge the fee explanation and
hereby agree to pay all statements received pertaining to additional application expense and City review.
Signature_______________________________________ Date______________ applicant
Signature_______________________________________ Date______________ owner
City Staff Use Only
NOTE: Permits may also be required from the Watershed District, Anoka County, DNR, Corp of Engineers, and/or Others
Land Use Application
Revised 11/26/2019 3
A non-refundable APPLICATION FEE in the amount of $200 is required to process each application.
An ESCROW DEPOSIT is required for review of this land use request in the amounts established by the City of Lino
Lakes Fee Schedule. The following amount is required at the time of application submittal.*
CHECK APPLICATION TYPE(S): ESCROW DEPOSIT:
Comprehensive Plan Amendment
40 Acres or Less $ 3,000
More than 40 Acres $ 5,000
Conditional Use Permit
Residential $ 1,000
Commercial/Industrial/Institutional $ 7,500
Environmental Assessment Worksheet $ 10,000
Interim Use Permit $ 1,000
Ordinance Amendment:
Map Amendment (Rezone)
40 Acres or Less $ 1,500
More than 40 Acres $ 5,000
Text Amendment $ 1,500
Planned Unit Development:
General Concept Plan $ 3,000
Development Stage Plan $ 12,500
Final Plan $ 7,500
Site Plan Review $ 7,500
Subdivision:
Concept Plan Review $ 1,500
Minor Subdivision / Lot Split $ 3,000
Preliminary Plat
Less than 5 Acres $ 5,000
5-40 Acres $ 7,500
More than 40 Acres $ 12,500
Final Plat
Less than 5 Acres $ 1,500
5-40 Acres $ 5,000
More than 40 Acres $ 7,500
Vacation: Drainage, Street, Utility $ 1,000
Variance or Appeal $ 750
*An escrow account shall be established to cover all expenses incurred by the City as part of the application review. In the case of applications
including multiple requests the highest escrow deposit amount will be the only one initially required. The applicant is responsible for all costs
incurred by the City during plan review. If the escrow account drops below 10% of the original deposit amount, the City will require the
submittal of an additional escrow deposit sufficient to cover any anticipated expenses. Upon the City’s determination that the project is
complete or expired, the City will return any remaining escrow to the applicant.
City of Lino Lakes 2020 APPLICATION DEADLINE & MEETING SCHEDULE
DISCLAIMER: DATES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Application Deadline
(Monday 4 weeks
before P & Z)
Environmental Board
(Last Wednesday)
EDAC
(Economic Dev.
Advisory Comm.)
(1st Thursday)
Park Board
(1st Wednesday)
Planning & Zoning
Board
(2nd Wednesday)
City Council
Work Session
(1st Monday &
before 2nd Council Mtg)
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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD
AGENDA ITEM 7A
STAFF ORIGINATOR: Andy Nelson, Environmental Coordinator
MEETING DATE: August 26th, 2020
REQUEST: Planned Unit Development General Concept Plan
Review for Burque Property
APPLICANT: Melvin-Brown-Moore and Steve Soltau
Builders Lot Group, LLC
8170 Carriage Court North
Shakopee, MN 55379
OWNER: Frances Burque
6518 20th Avenue South
Lino Lakes, MN 55038
Tony Emmerich Construction
9211 227th Street Court North
Forest Lake, MN 55025
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
The applicant, Builders Lot Group, LLC, submitted a land use application for a Planned
Unit Development general concept plan.
Planned Unit Developments provide for the grouping of lots or buildings for development
as an integrated, coordinated unit as opposed to traditional parcel by parcel, piecemeal, or
sporadic approach to development. This is intended to introduce flexibility of site design
and architecture for the conservation of land and open space through clustering of lots,
buildings and activities, which promote the goals outlined in the Comprehensive Plan or
serve another public purpose.
This plan is for the proposed development of four parcels into 102 single family homes
and a 50 unit senior housing building that would be located directly south of the
Northpointe subdivision. These parcels have 23.01 acres of developable land, 34.61
acres of wetlands and buffers, and 6.29 acres of street ROW. This project would involve
rezoning parcels from rural to residential.
This staff report is based on a review of the following documents:
• Concept Layout prepared by Sambatek Inc., dated 7/20/20
• Context Layout prepared by Sambatek Inc., dated 7/20/20
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SITE CHARACTERISTICS
General Site Characteristics
The site is currently composed of four adjacent parcels, three of which are zoned Rural,
one zoned for PUD. There is one home on the site, a large wetland area, mowed fields,
several small ponds, and a private ditch.
The site is bounded by the Northpointe residential subdivision to the north, rural single-
family homes to the south, highway 35E on the east, and agricultural land to the west.
Soils
SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Database from Natural Resource Conservation
Service) soils data indicates the presence of the following soil types:
The wetland area soil is Rifle mucky peat that is hydrologic soil type A/D, very poorly
drained, with a water table varying between a foot below to a foot above ground level.
For dual class soil types, the first letter applies to the drained condition, the second to the
undrained condition. In this case, these soils have a low runoff potential when drained,
and a high runoff potential when poorly drained.
The rest of the site is comprised of Hayden fine sandy loam, Nessel fine sandy loam,
Kingsley fine sandy loam, and Braham loamy fine sand which are moderately well
drained to well drained soils that are in hydrologic soil type B. These soil types have a
moderately low runoff potential and unimpeded water transmission through soil.
Land Cover
Pre-settlement land cover (Marschner) was oak openings and barrens, aspen-oak land,
and wet prairie.
Current land cover is: wet meadow, cropland, oak woodland, spruce/fir trees, floodplain
forest, ponds, seasonally flooded altered/non-native dominated emergent vegetation,
medium-tall grass altered/non-native dominated grassland, and altered/non-native
deciduous forest.
Rare, Unique or Significant Resources
No rare, unique, or significant resources have been identified at this time, but if any
wetland impacts are proposed, a survey for these resources should be performed. Most of
the site appears to have been used for agriculture, so disturbance would be expected to
have altered any native plant communities on the site. There are opportunities for
wetland restoration associated with this project.
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Storm Water Management, Erosion and Sediment Control
Storm water on the site heads south to Amelia Lake through private ditches. Storm water
management plan will have to be submitted. Given the soil types and location in a highly
vulnerable section of the Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA),
infiltration will probably not be feasible.
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
The project will require an NPDES permit and SWPPP.
Flood Plain
Site falls within the flood management zone. Flood zone should not encroach into lots if
feasible.
Wetlands
Per the Sambatek concept layout, there are 34.61 acres of wetlands on site. A wetland
delineation will be required. Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization
(VLAWMO) is the Local Government Unit (LGU) responsible for administering the
Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). VLAWMO will provide decisions regarding any
wetland impacts that are proposed to occur during the course of the development.
The wetlands are considered high priority in the Resource Management Plan. This
project should include wetland buffers of 50 feet on average with a 25 foot minimum.
There may be opportunities to restore hydrology on the site by minimizing runoff to the
private ditch. Restoration of native plant communities could be conducted in conjunction
with restoration of hydrology.
Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) Considerations
The northeast portion of the site containing the senior housing building falls within the
AUAR boundary. This area was planned for residential in all three land use scenarios
described in the 2020 AUAR update.
Drinking Water Protection
The site is within the Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) and is highly
vulnerable. This will impact how storm water is managed on the site, particularly
through limiting infiltration. Also, any existing private wells should be sealed and
abandoned per Department of Health requirements.
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Greenway
The site includes an area shown as part of the City’s Greenway System in the 2040
Comprehensive Plan. The greenway corridor is intended to provide areas for storm water
management, wetland buffer areas, conservation of natural areas, open space, and trails
for people. The recreational trail system within a greenway corridor is intended to
provide a continuous, natural experience for trail users and should connect natural
landscapes, parks, and open space areas with limited interruption by roads and other
development features.
As previously noted, this wetland area should be preserved to the extent practicable, and
should also incorporate buffers and any proposed trails along the periphery. Storm
ponding should be located along the greenway corridor to both protect and enhance the
corridor.
Tree Preservation Plan
A detailed tree inventory and preservation plan will have to be submitted.
Landscape Plan
A detailed landscape plan will need to be submitted.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Burque Property concept plan review be forwarded on to the
Planning and Zoning Board and City Council with the following comments:
1. Greenway corridor should be established through the site.
2. Consider restoring wetland hydrology and vegetation on the site.
3. Wetland buffers should have a minimum width of 25 feet and be 50 feet wide on
average.
4. Storm water pond(s) should be located in close proximity to wetland areas.
5. Storm water pond design should take into account the site’s location in a highly
vulnerable area of the Drinking Water Supply Management Area. This may limit
infiltration possibilities on the site.
6. If any wetland impacts are proposed with this project, a survey for rare, unique,
and significant resources should be performed.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Context Layout
2. Concept Layout
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