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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/09/1987 Council Minutes1 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION MARCH 9, 1987 A Work Session of the Lino Lakes City Council with City Engineer Ron Stahlberg started at 5:00 PM with dinner in the Senior Center. Mayor Benson, Council members Marier, Bisel, Reinert, and Bohjanen were present. Public Works Director, Don Volk and Clerk - Treasurer, Marilyn Anderson were also present. Mr. Stahlberg displayed a map showing all the developable areas in Lino Lakes. He explained the yellow area is the area he is proposing to be included within the MUSA line for services before the year 2000 and the green area is planned for services after the year 2000. Mr Stahlberg noted that the City has been allotted an additional seven hundred acres to be included in the MUSA line and he is determining what areas should be added to the present boundaries. He has been to Metro Council and feels he has a good chance of selling them the map he has outlined but if he has to exclude some areas he is suggesting excluding the West Shadow Lake Drive area and the area east of Pheasant Run. Mr. Stahlberg will do his best to get. Metro Council to accept the map as now drawn. The first overlay on the map shows potential areas of development and the number of residential units that could be built in that area. The second overlay shows a layout of the municipal sewer system. Mr. Stahlberg's question regarding this map is where will the interceptor enter Lino Lakes from Shoreview. Mr. Marier asked Mr. Stahlberg to explain the situation regarding the interceptor on Centerville Road just south of Lino Lakes. Mr. Stahlberg did not know this situation and Mr. Marier asked him to check on this as he heard that it will be brought to the Lino Lakes border. The third overlay on the map shows the municipal water system. Mr. Stahlberg is looking at an area near where Tomahawk Trail meets Birch Street on the Lehman property for a location of the water storage tower. He noted that Mr. Rehbein has offered a site just north of Shenandoah Park for a tower but feels the soils may not be suitable. He is open to suggestions from the Council for a tower location and feels more than one tower may be needed. Computer calculations will determine if more than one is needed and the vicinity where they should be located. There was discussion on the size of the area one tower serves. Factors to be considered are fire protection and land use. Mayor Benson asked if the tower at the prison could be used in the service of the area north of 35W. Mr. Stahlberg said possibly as a backup since it is small. Page 1 oo. 002 COUNCIL WORK SESSION MARCH 9, 1987 Mr. Stahlberg suggested looking at a location within the County Park for a tower location and the County could help pay for the facility instead of installing a new system of their own. Mayor Benson asked that he look at this suggestion with the County. On the matter of financing this facility, Mr. Bisel asked if there were any outside monies available. Mr. Stahlberg said no. Mr. Marier said since interest rates are very favorable this may be the best time to set up service for the entire area since piece meal installations only drive the costs up. Mr. Stahlberg explained the game plan is to do all of the planning now and build off of the plan. On the matter of locating the tower, Mr. Stahlberg said he could feed information into his computer and determine where the weak spots are in his plan and find out what happens when you move the tower locations to different areas. He noted the politics in this matter such as where do you get the land. The Council asked Mr. Stahlberg to look at three possible areas for the tower; 1) County Park (Kelling knoll); 2) Country Lakes Park; 3) area near 12th Avenue and Birch Street. Mayor Benson suggested that we may want to put the tower in the County Park even if the County does not want to share the costs. This location may serve the entire municipal water service area in Lino Lakes and no other tower will be required. Mr. Stahlberg said the computer may say it is cheaper to build two towers. Mr. Stahlberg outlined the new MUSA boundaries and suggested that the Council may want to update the Planning and Zoning Board regarding the changes and the reasoning for them. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FINANCING POLICY - LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 18, 1987 Mr. Stahlberg reviewed his letter of February 18, 1987. He noted that Page Two deals only with developed areas. Page Three deals with new subdivisions or undeveloped areas. He suggested that when new proposals are considered, that adjoining property also be looked at to see what the impact will be on them. He noted that the City Code should be updated to include these additional requirements: grading plan, minimum basement floor elevations and soils investigation. There was discussion of area assessments. Mr. Stahlberg suggested that since the pipes to Mr. Uhde's development will be oversized to accomodate future growth, the surrounding area could receive an area assessment. Mayor Benson said this could be a problem. Mr. Stahlberg explained that in Andover oversized pipes are financed by trunk sewer or water connection fees plus inflation factors. In this manner the surrounding area is not assessed until it develops. Mr. Marier said he could not go along with assessing anyone who has not petitioned for services. He noted that developers come into an area and impose a Page 2 1 1 1 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION MARCH 9, 1987 situation and then leave and this leaves the bill for the surrounding property owners. He felt if the surrounding property develops, then they should share in the costs. Mr. Stahlberg noted that there are undeveloped lots in Shenandoah and Lakes Additions and asked if these lots could be assessed for the proposed tower facility. He explained other communities help finance this facility with water revenue and connection fees. It would be possible to also use connection fees for this situation. Mr. Stahlberg explained Page Seven, Section VI. This would be an establishment of a "sinking fund ". Mr. Stahlberg also explained the ENR cost index. He also suggested adding highway crossings to the first paragraph in Section VI and VII. Mayor Benson asked Mr. Stahlberg to review the items discussed tonight and then present his total package to the Council. Mr. Stahlberg said he will run his proposals nassf?d Pon Lanness. City Fiscal F,,r his suggestions. Mr. Reinert asked that Page Four, Section IV be spelled out in more detail. For instance, what will happen when a developer comes into the City and develops and area on an established street and the street breaks up because of the abuse of the developer. Presently the entire City bears the cost of fixing that street. I Mr. Stahlberg asked that agenda Items 7 through 10 be placed on a future agenda possibly in two weeks. Item 11 will be placed on tonight's regular Council agenda. The Council adjourned at 7:10 PM. These minutes were considered and approved at a regular council meeting on March 23, 1987. MARILYG. ANDERSON Clerk- Treasurer Page 3 BEN '7' G 'NSON Ma or 003