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APPROVED MINUTES
CITY OF LINO LAKES
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD MINUTES
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL :
Chair Tralle called the Lino Lakes Planning and Zoning Board meeting to order at 6 :33
p.m . on March 9, 2011 . Board members Evenson, Laden an d Nelson were not in
attendance.
II. A PROVAL OF AGENDA
T he Agenda was a pproved without changes.
III . APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
February 9, 2011
The a pproval of minutes f rom February 9, 2011 was tabled to the next meeting.
I V . OPEN MIKE
Chair Tralle dec lared O pen M ike at 6 :34 p.m .
There w as no one present for Open Mike.
Mr. Pogalz made a MOTION to close Open Mike at 6 :35 p.m. M otion was supported by
M r . Hyden . Motion carried 3 - 0 .
D ATE : March 9, 2011
TIME STARTED : 6 :33 P.M .
TIME ENDED : 7 :13 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT : Michael Hyden, Brian Pogalz (Vice Chair), Michael
Root , Paul Tralle (Chair)
MEMBERS ABSENT : Neil Ev enson, Perry Laden , Robert Nelson
STAFF PRESENT : Jeff Smyser , Jim Studenski
Planning & Zoning Board
March 9, 2011
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V. ACTION ITEMS
A. P UBLIC HEARING to conside r Amending the Condition al Use Permit for a
motor fuel station to allow for the installation of new gas pumps and canopy,
located at 7997 Lake Drive
City Planner, Jeff Smyser , presented the staff report. Staff recommended that the board
open the public hearing for discussion, b ut table action on the item to the April Meeting,
because staff is anticipating additional submittal materials from the applicant .
Staff addressed questions of the board.
B oard members requested clarification for items such as landscaping, septic tank
lo cation, interior building design and canopy design.
C hair Tralle declared the Public Hearing open at 7 :00 p.m.
Applicant, John Ma g ill, 7105 20 th Ave N, Centerville, addressed the board . He stated
that he and a partner own the building, and that they als o run Corner Express stores in
Centerville and East Bethel . Mr. Magill said that he has worked well with city staff and
he understands the additional requirements. He noted the importance of a full access
from Lake Drive for this business . He added that the engineer suggested that access align
with the access to the bank across the street. He concluded that the County has stated that
this is a city project.
Jim Studenski, city engineer, explained that the intersection improvements will be a city
proj ect, even though both roads are county roads. Intersection improvements will include
additional turn lanes and a repositioning of the turn islands. He added that there are no
plans for raised medians at this time, which would restrict access to the site. Fut ure
improvements may change the design, but no immediate access issues are proposed.
Mr. Magill addressed the site design, noting that he is working on revisions to the plans
to improve circulation and angles that will allow for easier access into the site. The
applicant originally wanted four pumps , but has reduced the plans to three pumps for
purposes of appearance and traffic flow .
Mr . Hyden made a MOTION to table the recommendation for Amend ing the Conditional
Use Permit for a motor fuel stat ion to allow for the installation of new gas pumps and
canopy, located at 7997 Lake Drive.
Motion was supported by Mr. Root . Motion carried 3 - 0 .
VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Planning & Zoning Board
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A. Draft Comprehensive Plan Update
Mr. Smyser provided a status of the Draft 2030 Com prehensive Plan Update.
The Metropolitan Council approved the original draft plan at the end of 2009. Since that
time, the city council suggested some amendments to the plan. Proposed amend ments
include density changes as well as the inclusion of state ments pertaining to annual
allowable building units and affordable housing.
The city is awaiting comments from adjacent jurisdictions. Once all comments have been
received, the city will resubmit the plan to Met Council for review.
VI I . ADJOURNMENT
M r . Pogalz made a MOTION to a djourn the meeting at 7 :13 p .m. Motion was supported
by M r. Hyden . Motion carried 4 - 0 .
Respectfully submitted,
Dawn Bugge
Community Development Ass istant