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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/21/1968 Council MinutesA special meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council was called to order at 9:47 PM on February 21, 1968, following the regular P&Z meeting. All present except Mr. Rosengren. The first order of business concerned the request of Acton Construction Co. to rezone their property near 35E & Main St. from residential-farming to commercial. Mr. Bohjanen moved that the Council waive the requirement of a petition with 2/3 of adjacent property - owners signatures and authorize the calling of a special meeting on March 11, 1968, for a special hearing for rezoning, pending the printing of the legal notices in the Blaine Life and the posting of the notices by the Building Inspector. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. Discussion of the requested rezoning of the Harris brothers property followed. Mr. Ray Harris stated that no definite time for the development could be given as this is dependent upon market studies and progress of the freeway and adjacent developments. The access to this project will be on Main St., with the commercial sites acting as a buffer zone to the residential. Mr. Bohjanen moved that the Council hereby pass a resolution to adopt new Ordinance 6G as published in the Blaine Life and as posted pursuant to the affidavits signed by the Building Inspector. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. Discussion of Mr. Kluglman's requests followed. Mr. Cardinal moved that the Council adopt new Ordinance 6F as published in the Blaine Life and as posted pursuant to the affidavits signed by the Building Inspector. Seconded by Mr. Bohjanen. Carried. Mr. Jaworski moved that the Council pass a resolution to issue a special use permit to Mr. Kluglman to construct, maintain and operate, according to law a saddle club and riding arena and necessary structures on the lands situated in the Village of Lino Lakes and which are described as follows: The Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter (SE 1/4 of SW 1/4) of Section 28, Township 31, Range 22, Anoka County, Minn. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal, Carried. The Clerk was instructed to compute the time required to complete work on rezoning requests and special use permits so that the charges might be more realistic. At present the charge is $40 for rezoning and $25 for special use permits. Discussion of Mrs. Rose LeTourneau's request to move in a house followed, as well as to whether her land should be rezoned to commercial as her horses kept thereon are used for commercial purposes. The P&Z had denied her request as the house does not meet specifications. Mr. Cardinal moved that the Council go according to the Planning and Zoning Board's recommendation and not allow Mrs. LeTourneau to move her house in as the house does not meet the criteria in the building ordinances. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Vote: Mr. Jaworski, Mr. Cardinal and Mr. L'Allier, aye; Mr. Bohjanen, who stated that he felt, along with the Bldg.Inspector, that the house could be brought up to standard's, no. Carried. The Clerk will srite a letter to Mrs. LeTourneau of the decision and give reasons; carbon copies to Dale Movers, attn. Mr. Dale Peterson and Mr. Charles Weaver, her attorney. Copies will also be sent to Mr. Locher and the Council members. There was some discussion on slight changing of the building ordinances. Mr. Locher was asked to obtain copies of model ordinances regarding the minimum parking areas for apartment buildings. 1 1 Mr. Bohjanen moved that the CD Director, Ken Bryant, be authorized to complete the second half of the CD certification test being offered by the U of M, the Dept. of Army and the Minn. CD Dept., the cost of the total 4 -day course approximately to be $53 per day, providing he submits a letter from his employer stating that these would have been his wages for these specified days. Seconded by Mr.L'Allier.Carried. The Clerk was instructed to get a calendar with spaces large enough to write in the various meetings. Mr. Bohjanen announced a meeting of the Rice Creek Association to be held at the County Library on February 29 at 9 P.M. Mr. Jaworski moved to adjourn at 11 P.M. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. Minutes accepted at meeting of February 25, 1968 Clerk The regular meeting of the Lino Lakes Village Council on Feb. 26, 1968, was called to order at 8:11 PM by Mayor L'Allier with all members present. Mr. Bohjanen made a motion, seconded by Mr. Cardinal, to accept the minutes of the Feb. 13th meeting as corrected. Carried. Mr. Cardinal moved to accept the minutes of the special meeting held on Feb. 21 as corrected. Seconded by Mr. Jaworski. Carried. Letters from the State Hwy Dept., the Co. Hwy Dept., B.W: & Leo Harris Co., and the League of Municipalities were read. The Park Board minutes were read. Mr. Jaworski moved that the Council authorize Mr. Rosengren to have the Road Dept. trim the trees in Sunrise Park. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. A motion was made by Mr. Jaworski and seconded by Mr. Rosengren that the size of the Park Board be increased from three to five members, and that the Board will continue to function as an advisory body. Carried. Mr. Jaworski moved that Mr. Dale Tresler and Mrs. Forrest Tagg be named to the Park Board. Seconded by Mr. Cardinal. Carried. The Clerk was instructed to write letters to these new members and also to notify the present Park Board members of the change. Mr. Jaworski reported that he had checked on the yard light at St. Joseph's Church and was told that former mayor Domning had advised them that the Village would take over the light. It was suggested that the light be moved out to the road. Mr. Jaworski will check. Mr. Bohjanen reported that he had talked with Ken Rehbein who will be glad to give us an evaluation of the park properties if we will supply him with the necessary legal and building descriptions. Mr. Jaworski will check on these and relay the information to Mr. Bohjanen. Mr. Bohjanen stated that the brochure committee of the C&BDC had been working on the new business brochure which should be ready in two weeks. They are utilizing infor- mation from similar brochures put out from other towns.