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Home My WebLink About12/10/1997 Council Minutes• COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 10, 1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE December 10, 1997 TIME STARTED 5:00 p.m. TIME ENDED 7:55 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Council Members Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden, Neal and Mayor Landers MEMBERS ABSENT None Staff members present: City Engineer, David Ahrens; City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel; Chief of Police, David Pecchia; Building Official, Peter Kluegel; Parks and Recreation Director, Rick DeGardner; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland and Clerk -Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. UPDATE REGARDING SEPTIC ORDINANCE COM ' '' ER KLUEGEL Council received an update of this matter in S - - r. is time approximately 254 residents with septic systems have not res . on to City request for a septic system inspection. Now several of these prop requested that they be able to wait until spring to complete their insp • r"4 are concerned that if they pump their systems at this time, it will fre : e w nter. In addition, there are several residents who live alone . • ave a need to pump their systems. There are also several residents who = i 3 n ing to the sanitary sewer in the spring. Staff was directed esidents know that if their septic system is not failing, they can wait until sprin a • e their systems pumped and inspected. CONSIDERATION OF SERGEANTS PROMOTION, CHIEF PECCHIA PDI has conducted the testing of four (4) candidates for promotion to the Sergeants position. Two (2) of the officers have been given psychological tests. Chief Pecchia is recommending that Officer Kent Strege be promoted to the Sergeants position. This matter will be placed on the December 15, 1997 Council agenda. PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD "REGULAR AGENDA" ITEMS, MARY KAY WYLAND • Ms. Wyland briefly explained agenda Items No. 5A and 5B. Item 5C, C -Store on Southeast Comer of Main Street and 21st Avenue, Conditional Use Permit was discussed PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 10, 1997 in detail. The major question is should 21st Avenue be designated a MSA roadway. Staff will provide additional information at the regular Council meeting. Mr. Wessel explained since this area is zoned General Business, the lots will be smaller. Item 5D, North Suburban Development, 801 Main Street, Minor Subdivision (Scharpen property) - The Scharpens wish to split their home from the balance of the property and sell the home. They wish to keep the balance of the land for future development. Some Council Members expressed concern about septic system failures on the newly created smaller parcels. Item 5E, Telecommunication Ordinance - Ms. Wyland explained that if this item is not considered by Council at the December 15th meeting, the Council should extend the moratorium. SETTING ROAD ALIGNMENT, 21ST STREET, DAVID AHRENS Twenty-first Street is a boundary street between the City of Ce Lino Lakes. This street is proposed to be reconstructed to a commercial/industrial development in the area. he City of Currently, 21st Street is designated as a MSA , if the street is reconstructed in cooperation with the City of e, it cannot be a MSA street. If the street is reconstructed as a joint Lino V ille project, an agreement between the two (2) cities would b e ou me the reconstruction expenses for each city. Mr. Ahrens will be mee t Centerville City Engineer tomorrow to start the process of prepari a ent. Centerville's request for a connection to the Lino Lakes water utility o discussed. Mr. Ahrens was dire d to bring a request for a feasibility report for 21st Street to the Council after the first of the year. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PARK BOARDS DESIRE TO PURSUE A BOND REFERENDUM IN 1998, GEORGE LINDY, PARK BOARD CHAIRMAN The Park Board has been considering suitable sites that could be purchased by the City for the development of an athletic complex. Approximately 60 to 80 acres is needed for this facility. All developable land in Lino Lakes is quickly disappearing. Therefore, if the City is interested in an athletic complex site, the City should purchase the land while some fairly large parcels still remain and before the cost is prohibitive. The Park Board has selected PAGE 2 • • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 10, 1997 several potential sites and would like to work with the owners to determine if they would be willing sellers. Since development has slowed considerably resulting in less developer contributions to the Dedicated Park Fund, the Park Board is looking at a referendum to raise the $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 needed to purchase the land and construct the improvements. Staff explained that the City could also be looking at a bond referendum to fund the City's portion of the YMCA. However, the YMCA project will not be ready for a year or more. Staff expressed concern about how the public would react to such a large bond referendum for these two (2) facilities. After further discussion, Council decided to authorize the Park Board to start the preparation for a bond referendum since it is likely that it would not be on an election ballot before the YMCA referendum. Council also asked to be kept updated on this matter. DISCUSSION OF NOVEMBER 24, 1997 COMMUNITY O ' NT DEPARTMENT DISBURSEMENT AND CONSIDE ' : ` 1 .1 I LICY FOR SUCH DISBURSEMENTS AS REQUESTED BY C 1 I ER LYDEN Council Member Lyden had questioned some ► ' o +nal expenses that have recently appeared on the Disbursement Listin; ssel explained that the current promotion budget is $2,500 per year. • • policy for use of this fund, however, it is spent with the idea t t es s ould benefit the City and be appropriate. After further discussion, '. 1 ber Lyden and Mr. Wessel agreed to meet in Mr. Wessel's office e matter more fully. CONSIDERATIO ONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR PUBLIC FACILIT , BRIAN WESSEL Staff discussed this matter with the Council at the last work session. Proposals for a construction management company had been solicited. Adolphson and Peterson (A & P) submitted the most suitable proposal. Staff has met with the City Attorney and representatives from A & P and have reached a tentative contract. This contract will be brought to the Council for consideration on December 15th. CONSIDERATION OF SIGN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR CAMPAIGN SIGNS, MARILYN ANDERSON PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 10, 1997 This matter was discussed at the last Council work session. Staff was directed to prepare an ordinance incorporating several conditions suggested by the Council. Staff has referred this matter to the City Attorney and he will be drafting an ordinance amendment. Mayor Elect, Kim Sullivan asked Council if they would consider making other changes to the Sign Ordinance at this time. One of the changes would involve the posting of real- estate signs. Recently these signs have become very unsightly. Council directed staff to give the entire matter to the City Attorney so that he could prepare the necessary amendments to the ordinance. CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL REPORTS, MARILYN ANDERSON Ms. Anderson explained campaign reporting is required by the City Code and that each candidate did complete the requirements. Final campaign reports e until January. Ms. Anderson also noted that there was considerable pub i es these reports and she did provide copies of individual reports to those ue the information. DISCUSSION OF GENERAL FUND, UTI D BARK FUND BUDGETS RANDY SCHUMACHER Mr. Schumacher provided a br' 1998 General Fund budget and noted that the Senior Planner was pu , , he b dget. He outlined items that were removed from the budget and of t' were brought back into the budget. He also noted that the contingen nd reduced to $50,000 as requested at the last work session. Mr. Schumacher br �'olined the Utility and Park Fund budgets. The proposal for a Utility Department s erintendent was cut from the Utility Budget and several items were reduced by one-half. The total Utility Budget is $333,000. Mr. Ahrens explained the need for a Utility Department superintendent and noted that he has prepared a job description for the position. Each Council Member gave their suggestions regarding what should be cut from each of the budgets and what should be added. These final budgets will be brought to the December 10th Council meeting for Council approval. A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WAS SET FOR DECEMBER 29, 1999 AT 5:30 P.M. PAGE 4 • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 10, 1997 There being no further business or discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at a regular ncil meeting held on August 23, 1999. Mar lyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer August 2, 1999 (2:30 p.m.) Sept. 9, 1999 (12:30 p.m.) Kimberly PAGE 5