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Home My WebLink About10/08/1997 Council Minutes• • COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8,1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE October 8, 1997 TIME STARTED 5:00 p.m. TIME ENDED 7:40 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Council Members Kuether, Lyden and Neal and Mayor Landers MEMBERS ABSENT Council Member Bergeson Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; City Engineer, David Ahrens; Finance Director, Mary Vaske; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland; Consulting Planner, Alan Brixius; Chief of Police, David Pecchia; Building Inspector, Tom Jackson and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE HOUSE AND GARAGE, 1410 CANFIELD ROAD, TOM JACKSON Staff displayed pictures of the home that burned in 1996. up the home and has not done anything with the stru e. "attractive nuisance" attracting local children neighbors. me boarded as become an ints from the The basic inspection forms re. '3 + f a ave been completed and will be sent to the homeowner. T r � •� ,' '��.x e 2 o days to respond to these forms. A letter will be ere` a heowner letting him know that this matter has been scheduled for Co October 13th. CONSIDERATI OF TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE, MARY KAY WYLAND/ALAN BRIXIUS This proposed draft ordinance was introduced at the September 17th Council work session. Council wanted further discussion regarding where antenna towers could be placed. Staff had explained that Council could regulate the placement of antenna towers based on districts. However, Council could not prohibit them entirely. Many suggestions regarding where antenna towers could be placed were presented including Council Member Lyden's suggestion that they be placed on the water towers only. Mr. Brixius explained that this was too restrictive and the City would face a legal challenge. Mr. Wessel explained that the EDA will be unhappy if the Council decides to limit • antenna towers to the commercial and industrial districts. Mr. Brixius noted that towers PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8,1997 would be the least intrusive in these districts. He objected to locating them in residential districts. Further discussion followed with Mr. Brixius noting that if the draft ordinance limited antenna towers to specific sites, it would be open to litigation. He also explained that the draft ordinance does emphasize co -locations on established towers. Council directed staff to discuss this matter with the City Attorney. Mr. Brixius noted that the draft ordinance will be before the Planning and Zoning Board this evening. He will revise the draft ordinance so that it will allow the least number of antenna towers while meeting the intent of the law. This matter will be placed on the next work session agenda. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, BRIAN WESSEL Council was given a handout titled, "Lino Lakes Economic Develop asked Council to commit to the public facilities in the Town C Fairview Health Clinic and the Lino Lakes State Bank pro the Town Center if the civic buildings were not to be s tus". Staff t the e located in Staff explained that a consortium is drafts egional shopping center on approximately 50 acres on the norther of . �'5W/Lake Drive. The next Town Center C This matter did eq -: oun action. PUBLIC FACI PDATE, BRIAN WESSEL cheduled for October 23, 1997. Staff explained that at the November 10, 1997 Council meeting, staff and consultants will be presenting a program and a design for the civic buildings. Issues including quality will be discussed. Council will be updated on this matter at the next work session. FUNKHAUSER LAND PROPOSAL, BRIAN WESSEL Mr. Funkhauser has proposed that the City purchase his land which lies between the land the City purchased from Glenn Rehbein and the land where the civic buildings will be constructed. Mr. Wessel will be meeting with Mr. Funkhauser on Friday and will finalize the terms of the sale. The matter will be brought before Council on Monday evening. Mr. Wessel briefly outlined his proposal for purchase of the land. PAGE 2 • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8,1997 Staff provided a handout for Council titled, "Possible Funding Sources". The handout outlines how the civic buildings could initially be funded. Staff noted that the total project would cost approximately $7,000,000. Discussion followed regarding how the project would be funded. Staff noted that bonds in the approximately amount of $3,500,000 would be needed as well as funds from sources other than tax payers dollars. Several Council Members felt that the cost was to high. Staff explained that they would not sacrifice quality to reduce the cost of the program. Council directed staff to prepare a proposal that details a $7,000,000 program including a schedule for payment of the bonds, a review of the legal issues and a review of the proposal by Springsted, Inc. Staff noted that if the Council does The Village correctly, there will be "spin-off's" in other areas of the I-35W/Lake Drive corridor. HRA ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING RESCHEDULED FOR ER 27, 1997, 6.00 P.M. This matter was informational only. AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT P Ms. Vaske gave each Council a proposed resolution to policy was adopted. T policy. This matter was Y SKE City Investment Policy and a copy of li Sh ` noted that it has been some time since the the amendment is to include recent legislation in the the October 13th Council agenda. CENTENNIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREEMENT, DAVID PECCHIA The Police Department has received a grant to partially fund a Youth Resources Officer who will be providing services at the Centennial School District campus until the first of the year. Starting on January 1st, the Youth Resources Officer will be stationed at the new Centennial Middle School on Elm Street. The Centennial District will pay the entire unfunded portion of the Your Resources Officer's salary and benefits. A Blaine Police Officer will provide services for the Centennial campus. Minnesota Correctional Facility (Prison) - A disturbance occurred at the Prison last week prompted several telephone calls from residents in that area. Chief Pecchia explained that his department was not notified until all was secure at the prison. He noted that the Police Department and the Fire District have conducted drills so that both his PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8, 1997 staff and the Fire District personnel are completely prepared in the event of a fire, escape or a riot in the prison. Mr. Schumacher suggested that the Council get the Lino Lakes representatives in the State Legislature involved so that the City will immediately be made aware of a "situation" at the prison and if any Lino Lakes personnel are needed, the State pay those salaries and benefits. REGULAR AGENDA SECOND READING, Ordinance No. 21- 97, Adopting an Automated Pawn System Ordinance - Chief Pecchia noted that this ordinance had its FIRST READING at the September 22nd. Council meeting. The ordinance is currently under review by the City Attorney. The investigation fee and the license fee has been removed from the ordinance. These fees will be decided by resolution. Providing the ordinance is acceptable to the City Attorney, staff will include the SECOND READING on the October 13th Council agenda. DISCUSSION OF INSURANCE BENEFITS, MARY Ms. Vaske explained that staff was asked to prion the City Council regarding insurance coverage for retired e is el c - has several concerns and asked if this matter could be delayed .i . of the year to allow him time to review a couple of issues and i ! , • . ss ity of a cafeteria plan. Mr. Tesch is also seeking information o' ' esources person at the City of Shoreview. They may have a plan all amount of "tweaking" could be used in this City. Staff was directeCouncil Member Bergeson on this matter and if he has no concerns, the mat i s e placed on the next work session agenda. ANOKA COUNTY HRA MEETING, OCTOBER 15, 1997, 7:00 P.M., SPRING LAKE PARK CITY HALL This matter was placed on the agenda to remind Council Members of the meeting in the event that anyone wishes to attend. Anoka County is considering a new reallocation system. Council will be updated when further information is available. LAKE DRIVE TRUNK UTILITY UPDATE, DAVID AHRENS Mr. Ahrens briefly updated Council on this project. He will be holding a neighborhood meeting with all affected property owners and will be asking Council at their October 27th. meeting to order the project. PAGE 4 • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8,1997 Council directed staff to discuss this improvement with property owners on the side of Lake Drive that will not be affected by the construction. Council should consider providing stubs for those properties. PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, RANDY SCHUMACHER Staff has reviewed applications for this position and have interviewed several candidates. A specific candidate will be determined and a packet of information regarding the candidate and the staff recommendation will be included in the Council packets. This matter was placed on the October 13th Council agenda. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at a r`ular Council meeting held on July 12, 1999. Marilyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer 7/7/99 (3:53 p.m.) 7/13/99 (3:47 p.m.) PAGE 5