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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/03/1996 Council Minutes• COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 3, 1996 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE April 3, 1996 TIME STARTED 5:00 p.m. TIME ENDED 8:10 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Council Members Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden and Neal and Mayor Landers MEMBERS ABSENT None Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; City Engineer, David Ahrens; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland; Parks and Recreation Director, Marty Asleson; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. NOISE ORDINANCE The Police Department has not had a chance to review th Ordinance. The public hearing scheduled for Mond continued to the next regular Council meeting 1996 for Council action. MATERIAL FROM THE CITI AN ENVIRONMENTAL B WORK SESSION AGE ision to the Noise e opened and then d to the agenda on April 22, Y GROUP (CAG) CONCERNING E ISCUSSED AT THE APRIL 17TH D CHUMACHER Staff presented th- +'tte terial prepared by the CAG as requested by the City Council. This matt •e aced on the next Council work session. DISCUSSION OF DERGROUND STORAGE TANKS, RANDY SCHUMACHER Recently, a business located on Lake Drive in Columbus Township was cited for possible contamination of soils at their business location because of leaking underground fuel storage tanks. This business has resolved their contamination problems. This matter has lead Mayor Landers to wonder about underground storage tanks buried in residential areas of this City. He asked staff to research and determine if their are any grants available to assist the City in locating all underground storage tanks in residential areas and if they are not in use, have them removed. Staff has determined that MPCA grants are available for cleanup of contaminated soils, • however, grants are not available for removal of the fuel tanks. PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 3,1996 Mayor Landers proposed that the City document where all underground fuel tanks are located so that they can be monitored. Council discussed this matter and determined that there was no way to positively identify all of the underground tanks. Council did feel that a "good faith" effort should be made to do this and directed staff to place an announcement in the next City newsletter asking residents to let staff know if they have an underground fuel storage tank. JOINT COOPERATIVE PROGRAMMING, MARTY ASLESON A Joint Cooperative Programming Agreement with the City of Circle Pines has been prepared and sent to the City Attorney for his review and comment. The Park Board did review and approve the Agreement. If the Agreement is legally acceptable, it will be brought to the City Council for their approval. Mr. Asleson gave each Council Member a copy of the Earth Day oted that all four (4) participating cities are funding the event and the activi TRAILS COMMITTEE, MARTY ASLESON The City recently adopted a resolution establis (5) members. The Committee will report dire to Committee members were solicite responded and a list of possibl members be appointed to 1 r ommittee consisting of five t Par s and Recreation Board. 1 y newsletter. A number of citizens s been compiled. Council suggested that This Committee w ee M either a quarterly basis or on an "as needed" basis. They will review the pro ' trails, suggest trail alignments and review proposed new subdivisions to m. ire at the trails will be compatible with the City trail system. A proposed membership list will be brought to the City Council for their consideration. ARBITRATION UPDATE, RANDY SCHUMACHER Union Local No. 320 represents the Police Department. Negotiations have been ongoing for some time. Issues still unresolved have been submitted to arbitration. Staff indicated that they hope to present a contract to the City Council at the May 20th work session. 1996 PARK BOARD GOALS FOR CONSIDERATION ON MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, PARK BOARD CHAIRMAN, GEORGE LINDY A list of Park Board goals and priorities, prepared by the Park Board, was given to the Council. One of the priorities is the access to the Chain of Lakes Regional Park trail PAGE 2 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 3,1996 • system. It appears that one of the access points may be from the Pheasant Hills Preserve area. It was noted that there are connection points in the Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan. • The elimination of dead end trails is another Park Board goal. Other goals include upgrading Country Lakes Park and establishing a fund for an athletic complex. Mr. Lindy mentioned that many park efforts in other communities happen because communities and other entities work together in a cooperative effort such as the construction of the pedestrian bridge over I-694 in Shoreview. Currently, the Park Board is working with the Centennial School District in a cooperative effort to establish quality recreation opportunities at that site. The Park Board has also considered looking into a cooperative effort for the Centennial School District property on Birch Street. The Council thanked Mr. Lindy for his presentation. DISCUSS DESIGNATING INTEREST INCOME FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, RANDY SCHUMACHER Staff presented a proposal to use some interest income to . > .i ad reconstruction fund. Council discussed this matter and di t. of ask the City Attorney for a legal opinion on this proposal includi t pry al would be in conflict with the City Charter provisions. Staff o ted to determine if the proposal would impact the 1997 budget since a Cit epends on interest income to balance the budget. Council also asked for a defini• This matter will be disc . ` } : th 97 budget meeting. DISCUSSION SCHUMACHER ec • nstruction versus road maintenance. ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS, RANDY This year, an evaluation form was prepared to rate candidates for appointment to the boards and committees. Although each Council Member used this form to assign points to each candidate, not all Council Members used the evaluation form as the basis for their selection of candidates. In addition, the tabulation of the votes was incorrect. Staff offered three (3) courses of action: 1. Leave the action as it was done. 2. Correct the error. 3. Redo the entire process. Mayor Landers indicated that he felt no one person should be appointed to more than one board or committee. Council Member Bergeson felt there was an honest tabulation error. His concern regarded the use of the evaluation process. Some Council Members used that PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 3, 1996 process and some did not. He suggested that the Council go through this process again with all Council Members using the form. Council Member Kuether agreed. Council Member Elliott felt that if the process was not going to be followed, then those Council Members who did not use the form should have said that they were using a different method of selection and not have made all the candidates come for an interview. Mr. Don Dunn, 6885 Black Duck Drive, a candidate for the Planning and Zoning Board agreed with Council Member Elliott. He felt that some Council Members were using the candidate selection process to thank the people who supported them in the election last fall. Council Member Lyden explained that he was not excited by the vehicle used to select board and committee members. After the interviews, he felt that all candidates had something to offer, some more than others. He explained that he decided to vote for good people and not against anyone. Kim Sullivan, 7132 Whippoorwill Lane asked that the process r. ' h all Council Members using the same method of selection. Mr. Gene Lane, 77th Street said he felt that the proc we ne. Mr. Mike Trehus, Shadow Lake Drive agreed . election of candidates but did have some concern about how other C = = : , voted. J. P Houchins, Black Duck D Council determine a diffe Council. ree with the selection process. He asked that at residents will have confidence in the City Council Member " t the selection process should be redone. If this discord on the City Council co e no resident will apply for positions on these boards. Council decided to vote on the same candidates on Monday evening. SENIOR COTTAGES, ELM STREET Council Member Neal explained that he has been receiving telephone calls from residents complaining about the debris from the construction site. The debris is spreading onto adjoining properties. Council Member Neal also explained that he is moving into this new complex but has been unable to find out when the cottages will be ready for occupancy. Mr. Schumacher will call the owners of Avon Lumber Company in St. Cloud and find out what is happening with the project. PAGE 4 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 3,1996 • Council asked that staff research how the City can build more "teeth" into the ordinances • or developers agreements. REGULAR AGENDA 4A. SECOND READING, Ordinance No. 02 - 96, Rezone Parcels of Land Purchased for Centennial Middle School, Elm Street - Council Member Bergeson noted that a rezone requires a 4/5th vote of the Council. Mayor Landers will be out of town on Monday and Council Member Lyden has expressed his opposition to the project. He asked that this item be delayed until the April 22nd Council meeting. Council Member Bergeson asked that all information regarding this issue be given to Council prior that meeting. He asked that there be additional discussion on the issue so that the Council is very clear about the options available to the Council. Mayor Landers requested that cost estimates be prepared for each 4B. FIRST READING, Amending the Animal Ordinan provided background on this item noting that one provision allows o o. residential areas. Another provision requires that cats be licensed. Council decided that they would like more di ' ssio n this proposal and asked that the item be placed on the May 13th agend, There being no further busine a was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. These minutes were co Council on Septe cted and approved at aar meeting of the City M . lyn G. • nderson, Clerk -Treasurer Sep. 3, 1999, 10:20 a.m. PAGE 5 , Mayor