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Home My WebLink About04/23/1997 Council Minutes• COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 23, 1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE April 23, 1997 TIME STARTED 5:30 p.m. TIME ENDED 7:20 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT Council Members Kuether, Lyden, Neal and Mayor Landers MEMBERS ABSENT Council Member Bergeson Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher, City Engineer, David Ahrens; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel; Chief of Police, David Pecchia; Accountant, Paula Schloer and Clerk - Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. CONSIDERATION OF A WELLNESS PLAN, PAULA SCHLOER Ms. Schloer explained that the Wellness Plan was discussed a • 97 work session and staff was directed to provide additional info osing a program with four (4) options: III1. Fitness screening through North F. 2. Free wellness seminars offeree •phi_ >'s employee assistance program. 3. Pre -approved Lino Lake g . s at no cost. 4. Exchange of sick 1 v1 ; : t ub embership cost up to a certain value. Staff noted that t fund area. f • ` he program in the 1997 General Fund undesignated Council discussed a merits of the program. The general consensus was that a wellness program would be beneficial to the employees. This item was added to the agenda for the April 28th Council meeting. 20/20 ADVISORY GROUP UPDATE, MARK LINDBLAD At the last Council work session, Mr. Lindblad gave the Council a copy of the proposed changes to the 20/20 Vision document and asked Council for their input. He noted that by-laws for this group would be completed at their next meeting. Council did not have further comments about the document. • Mr. Lindblad noted that the document would continue to change as membership on the committee changes. He will be meeting with staff to prepare recommendations regarding PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 23,1997 funding of various components of the program. Council asked that those recommendations be brought to the Council no later than October. Council Member Lyden asked how this group "interfaced" with the Comprehensive (Comp) Plan updates. Mr. Lindblad explained that J. P. Houchins is the 20/20 Advisory Group representative and will attend all meetings concerning the revision of the Comp Plan. Mr. Wessel noted concerns about what this group is doing and the need for clarification of the reason for the group. Mr. Lindblad explained that this mystique should go away as more and more people are made aware of the work this group is doing. Mr. Lindblad noted that the name of the group has been changed to the Citizens Advisory Group. CONSIDERATION OF APOLLO DRIVE/COUNTY DITCH #10 CULVERT UPDATE, DAVID AHRENS Mr. Robinson attended the previous work session and explain- and on County Ditch #10 near Apollo Drive is constantly plugge•:� .,�� z ater unto his sod fields. Project Manager, Ben Holm was contacted . • • the situation. He will be reviewing the situation to determine , r =ar• needed. Council directed staff to let Mr. Hol ► • h _ • uncil feels this is a County problem and it should be solveos AUDIT WORK SESDE ° , MONDAY, MAY 12, 1997, 5:30 P.M. The Council was f this meeting. CAPITAL IMP 1997 VEMENT PLAN (CIP) WORK SESSION REMINDER, MAY 7, The Council was reminded of this meeting. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 09 - 97, ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT MAY 71997 WORK SESSION AGENDA AND THE MAY 12, 1997 COUNCIL AGENDA The Council was reminded of these two (2) meetings. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND PAGE 2 • • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 23, 1997 Council Member Neal requested that Lino Lakes send East Grand Forks $5,000 from the Community Development Block Grant funds to aid in their recovery from recent flooding. Staff will contact the City Attorney to determine if the City can legally send this money. YMCA (Y) COMMUNITY INTEREST INTERVIEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1997, BRIAN WESSEL The Y is interested in exploring the possibility of building a new Y in the Lino Lakes area. It would be an extension of the Shoreview Y and could be a joint venture by the St. Paul Y and the Minneapolis Y. A joint venture has never been done before. Staff has been working with the Y and would like to form a group of about 25 people to aid in an attempt to convince the Y that the Village is an ideal location for a new Y. Staff noted that it is important that the Lino Lakes Council express interest in the project. Mr. Lindblad noted that several years ago, a citizens group was loo • outh/teen center and asked if this group could be included in the Y Cent u ► xplained that this could be a joint venture between the Quad cities. Y pt is very exciting. Staff will be conducting interviews for thi , May 15th. REGULAR AGENDA Council directed staff . ; .' sent Agenda Item 1C to the regular agenda. Staff noted the m prior to the regul proposal Council e Economic Development Authority at 6:00 p.m. on Monday meeting. Ms. Karen Cunningham, a resident living near the 11 discuss asked to speak on this issue. Council directed Mr. Wessel and Mr. Ahrens to will meet with Ms. Cunningham tonight. Regular Agenda Item No. 9 - Second Reading, Ordinance No. 07 - 97, Amending Section 203, City Council Compensation - Mr. Hawkins was asked for his opinion on this ordinance. He has indicated that if the Council holds a joint HRA/Council meeting, Council Members can only be paid for one meeting. TAGG PROPERTY Mr. Wessel explained that the City has generated development momentum in the Village and this has caused some concerns for the Taggs who own the property to the north between the Village and I -35W. He has met with the Taggs and explained how their PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 23,1997 property would be impacted by the Village development and that they will have access to their property via a new street that is to be constructed in the Village. Mr. Ahrens noted that the Taggs are interested in selling their business and moving on. However, they would like to continue their business until the property is sold. They are concerned about the access to their property and want their driveway to remain on an easement where it is currently located. Anoka County is concerned about freeway interchange safety and wants the driveway relocated as far away from the interchange as possible. Staff will discuss this matter with the City Attorney. Regular Agenda Item No. 4 - Council Member Lyden noted that he has received some phone calls from residents who feel that the Council has taken away their rights by approving the first reading of Ordinance No. 08 — 97, Organized Solid Waste Collection. These residents feel that they should have an alternate method of getting rid of their garbage. Mr. Schumacher noted that he has received phone calls from re 'dents who feel that this is just another method of getting extra dollars for the City. Council directed Ms. Constance to make it clear to the res re ty is on this issue. She was also directed to call Council Member t e her. Police Petty Cash - Chief Pecchia explai d • lic epartment keeps a petty cash fund of $100 to reimburse Polic z� for some out-of-pocket expenses. This fund is replenished month . ep : ment staff is requesting that the petty cash fund be raised to $25 t • .n Z le ish the fund would then be reduced to every two (2) or three Y;° h he Pe ty Cash Fund is included in his budget. This item was ad th pril 28th agenda. Mayor Landers to Chief Pecchia that he had received a telephone call with nothing but praise for the Police Department. The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at . egular meeting of the City 1 A BLit Marilyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer Kit berl A. uk ivan, Mayor Council on June 14, 1999. PAGE 4