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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/08/1982 Council Minutes1 Council Meeting January 25; 1982 141 These minutes were considered, corrected and adopted at a regular meeting held on February 8, 1982. Edna L. arner, Clerk - Treasurer Council Meeting February 8, 1982 The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes City Council was called to order at 7:00 P.M., February 8, 1982, by Mayor Benson with Council members Elsenpeter Marier, and Reinert present with Kulasewicz absent. Mr. Locher, Mr. Winner Mr. Gotwald and Mr. Schumacher also present. MINUTES - JANUARY 25, 1982 Mr. Schumacher corrected paragraph 3, page 8, second line, to read 'very positive reactions', and after the word 'arrangements'. in the last line delete the remainder of the sentence and insert 'and there was general support of the idea, at that time'. Mr. Marier asked if the minutes were proofread before they are sent to the Council - he had found typo errors and misspelled words and he would like perfect minutes to be sent to him. I Mr. Marier moved that the minutes be proof read and be letter perfect before they go to the Council. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Reinert moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Motion carried unanimously. DISBURSEMENTS - FEBRUARY 8, 1982 Mr. Marier moved to approve the disbursements as presented. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Motion carried unanimously. OPEN MIKE Mrs. Margaret Landeld, Council Woman from the City of Blaine appeared be- fore the Council to speak on the work of the Alexandra House, a shelter for battered wormen and to request this City Council to ear mark a portion of the Community Development Block Grant Funds for this work. The Council thanked her for her time and information and will consider her request at a later date. ADMINISTRATOR's REPORT Mr. Schumacher reported on the Ordinances concerned with the zoning as set forth in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and the Shoreland Management Act. He would like to set a time line for the completion of thses new Ordinances. Mr. Schumacher outlined the setps necessary for this work to be ccomplished and felt it would take 60/90 days. CABLE TV STATUS REPORT 142 Council Meeting Februarry 8, 1982 Mrs. Elsenpeter reported on the status of this work and noted that she had provided a copy of the original Resolution on Lobbying that had been passed by the City Council. She will compare this Resolution with the latest one just passed by the Commission and will present her recommend- ations to the Council at the next meeting. MUNICIPAL CONSULTANTS. Mr. Marier felt that all members should be present when a decision such as this is made. Mr. Marier moved to table consideration of consultants until the February 22, 1982 agenda. Seconded by Mrs. Elsenpeter. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Elsenpeter asked if there were to be interviews with the Engineers and could this be arranged at this time. Mayor Benson said there are several things pending that must be dealt with; 1) Block Grant Funds; 2) Consultants; 3) Charter requirements; he asked if there isn't some tentative date when this can be done. Mr. Marier asked if consideration of the bddget could be included - he suggested these matters be split in two separate meetings. After some consideration, Saturday, February 20th was decided upon - meeting to begin at 9:00 A.M. Mr. Schumacher will check with the Charter Commission and Mrs. Elsenpeter will see if she is able to get time off. The Council will be notified by mail. AMENDED SPECIAL USE PERMIT - GLENN REHBEIN Action on this request had been tabled pending negotiations between the two interested parties. 1 Mr. Reinert reported that he had contacted both parties and had delayed setting a meeting date and time at Mrs. Reinhold's request. She wanted time to put her objections on paper. She had forwarded the letter to all Council members. He then tried to set up a meeting - Mr. Karth was agree- able to the time and date but Mrs. Reinhold's Attorney had called and told Mr. Reinert that he had advised Mrs. Reinhold not to attend the meeting since there is pending legal action. Mr. Reinert pointed out that there had never been a special use permit issued for this operation. He noted his concern with this point. Mr. Schumacher reported that this request had been reviewed by the Planner, the Engineer, the Planning and Zoning Board and the Council and had been approved. There was discussion of this item with Mr. Reinert moving that Mr. Short be asked for his opinion on the proper use of the land and Mr. Locher be asked to write his interpretation as it now exists. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Mrs. Elsenpeter suggested contacting Mr. Lee Starr, Planner at that time, and Mr. George Gotwald, Engineer, for their imput. 1 Council Meeting 14° February 8, 1982 Mr. Reinert asked if this was the parctice in 1975 to allow construction without the issuance of a special use Permit? IIIMr. Marier asked tor.have the minutes read. The Clerk read the minutes from both the Planning and Zoning Board action and the Council approval of this construction. There was no indication in either minutes that a special permit was requested. Mayer BensOR aske4.that copies of all minutes pertaining to this issue be copied and put in the file. Mayor Benson asked that all documentation on this matter be part of the next Council packet. On voting, the motion carried unanimously. LAKES ADD #7 - CONSIDERATION OF BIDS AND ASSESSMENTS Mayor Benson op•e.ed this hearing at 9;04 P.M. Mr. Winner was asked to review the action to date, Mr.. Winner restated the bids and noted the low bidder had made a clerical error and had asked to either adjust his total_ or to withdraw his bid. Mr. Winner presented the Options open to the Council at this point, noting that these bids are good through March 9th, 1982. Mr. Winner presented some options in the area of establishing the assessment policy. I Council discussed this matter, noting that the trial for the quads is set for Tuesday, March 2, 1982. Mr. Marier moved to table consideration of this matter until there is a Court decision. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Mayor Benson asked what happens if the bid is not awarded by the 9th of March? Mr. Winner said the bids lapse and the bid bonds are returned. The motion carried with Mrs. Elsenpeter voting, No. Mr. Marier moved to close the hearing at 9:38 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Motion carried unanimously. A five minutes recess was called at this point in the meeting. The meeting was reconvened. Mr. Winner reported on the status of the Letters of Credit provided by Mr. Jack Menkveld in conjunction with Carole's Estates I E II and Forest Glen. The Letter of Credit for Forest Glen had been renewed. Mr. Winner noted the status of these developments explaining the remaining construction to be completed in these plats. Mr. Marier moved to require these three plats of Mr. Menkveld's be completed by the end of June, 1982 and if a hardship occurs, the Council would reassess. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Motion carried unanimously. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUNDS Mr. Schumacher reported that the application must be filed by March 1, 1982. Mr. Reinert noted the items that had been presented to the Council for 144 Council Meeting February 8, 1982 consideration - the home for battered women, a senior citizens building, housing rehabilitation - he felt he needed more facts in order to consider these funds. Mr. Reinert suggested appointing a committee of interested citizens to research this and report back to the Council. Mayor Benson felt that the time is too short for this procedure to be followed and he felt that if the citizens are aware of what is needed, the proposals should be presented for Council consideration. Mr. Schumacher reported on a meeting he had attended at Lexington to hear a proposal from Lexington and Circle Pines for the purchase of Lovell School. Those two communities have some plans and had suggested that perhaps Lino Lakes would be interested in the Cafetorium portion of the building to be used for the Senior Citizens. The general feeling of the Council was there could be problems in getting financially involved_ in a building outside the City limits. There was a question of the legal problems that could evolve. Mr. Handy, of the Senior Citizens, presented his reasons for his group not being interested in the proposed Senior Citizens building. Mr. Schumacher pointed out this is a good example of some of the misinfor- mation that has been given to the Senior Citizens. Mr. Schumacher pointed out that the current organization has few members from Lino Lakes and he noted this building was'being considered for the Citizens of Lino Lakes. Mr. Reinert wondered how many of the people of his organization were actual residents of Lino Lakes and Mr. Handy said he would get a list to the City offices by the first of the week. A list of some of the proposals by the citizens was presented - they pro- posed to use the money for housing rehab, the Alexandra House, storm shelter for the trailer court. Some facts and figures on these proposals was presented for Council consideration. The general consensus of the Council was that, if someone has a project they should put the proposal in writing to include the dollar amount and what can be constructed for those dollars. This information to be in the next Council packet. ATTORNEY's EEPORT Mr. Locher reported that he had received notice from the Courts that a prehearing conference is set for Feb 19, 1982 at 1:00 P.M. at the State Capitol Building. The Judge will make a recommendation from that confer- ence as to h-ow this should be resolved. This is in relationship to the Supreme Court hearing on the proposed sewer project. OLD BUSINESS Mr. Reinert asked that the Engineer check with surrounding communities as to how they handle request for bonding by private developers. Mr. Reinert so moved. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Mr. Gotwald said they could put in writing what policy other communities in the Northern suburbs are following. Council Meeting February 8, 1982 Motion carried unanimously. 14E IIIMayor Benson reminded the Council members of the packet that must be re- turned to Mr. Loren Law. There was a question from the audience as to why this Council is goint to the prehearing conference on the Supreme Court Case - Mr. Locher said this was what the Council had decided. There was also a question as to when this case could be dropped - Mr. Locher said it could be dropped at any time. There was discussion on how this issue could effect the City's bond rating with Mayor Benson asking that an independent opinion be obtained on this issue. Mr. Reinert introduced the problem of the Sruface Water Management Legislation that is pending and the costs that could be accrued by this City. Mr. Marier agreed with the concept of the independent opinion on the bonding and felt that this Council should meet on this. Mr. Marier moved to meet on Thurday, February 18, 1982. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Motion carried unanimously. NEW BUSINESS Mr. Schumacher presented the Surface Water Management proposal and read the first two paragraphs of the statement noting the millions of dollars that this project will cost. I Mr. Reinert noted the numner of the bills and the sponsors and explained them briefly. Mr. Reinert moved to instruct Mr. Schumacher to write a letter to the sponsors of these bills, also to Duke Addicks of the League of Minnnesota Cities, and him to lobby against these bills. Mr. Reinert suggested that perhaps a telephone call should preceed the letters. Seconded by Mr. Marier. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor Benson had reeived a letter from E,R, Henricksen with some problems that he would ask that Mr. Locher take and formulate an answer for the next Council meeting. A letter of Thanks should be sent to the Boy Scouts for their presentation at the last Council meeting. Also, the letters to the retiring members of the Planning and Zoning Board and Park Board members should be sent. Mr. Marier moved to adjourn. Seconded by Mr. Reinert. Aye. 11:10 P.M. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at a regular Council meeting held on February 22, 1982. ViteLyzell) Edna L Sarner, Clerk- Treasurer