HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-10-2023 Council Special Meeting PacketCLOSED COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
CITY OF LINO LAKES
Monday, April 10, 2023
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
City Council Work Room
Following the Regular City Council Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Land Acquisition Offer, Winter Property, 7473 24th Avenue, Michael Grochala
3. Adjourn
Item 2
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING STAFF REPORT
Item No. 2
Date: April 10, 2023
To: City Council
From: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director
Re: Land Acquisition Offer – Winter Property, 7473 24th Avenue
Background
In 2017 the City completed preparation of the Natural Resources Revolving Fund Plan
(NRRFP). The goals of the NRRFP are:
1. Create a self-funded high-value greenway system in support of the City’s
Comprehensive Plan.
2. Promote economic development
3. Establish a wetland bank
4. Ensure opportunities for replacement of wetland impacts from both private
development and public projects within Lino Lakes
The plan identified six locations within the City for consideration to establish a wetland
bank. The process of wetland banking allows the city to restore and/or create wetland
and sell credits through the state wetland bank. Bank credits would be used to mitigate
wetland impacts for public improvements, assist economic development efforts and fund
the acquisition and protection of high quality open space. The City has previously
established two wetland banks. The first bank is located along Otter Lake Road, east of
Arnt Construction and the second bank is located in Wollan Park.
The plan identified the Winter Property, located at 7473 24th Avenue, as a potential bank
site. This property was also highlighted by the Rice Creek Watershed District’s 2018
wetland banking study. The 138 acre property is guided office/residential in the City’s
2040 Comprehensive Plan and includes portions of the property identified as natural
resource conservation area in the City’s Greenway Plan.
Staff, working with WSB and Associates, completed an initial review of the sites banking
potential in 2020. The scoping document estimated a potential for up to 59 credits. A
credit is equal to one acre. While we anticipate that the actual credit approved will be
lower the potential benefit is worth consideration for development of the banking site.
Development of the bank site would:
• Preserve and improve a high value natural resource
• Provide wetland credits for city improvement projects
• Serve as an Economic Development tool to assist with wetland impacts on local
projects
Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.05, subdivision 3(c)(3), allows for the meeting to be
closed to discuss offers for the purchase, by the City, of the required property. Staff will
present proposed offer information at the closed portion of the meeting.
Requested Council Direction
Staff is requesting City Council direction to prepare an offer letter to property owners.
Attachments
1. Site Location
2. Project Illustration
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Figure 1: Project Boundary
Winter's Wetland Bank
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Figure 3: Project Illustration
Potential Easement Area
Approx. Tile Locations
2019 Delineation
Action
Re-establishment
Rehabilitation
Upland Buffer