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Home My WebLink About07/09/1997 Council Minutes• COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 9, 1997 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE July 9, 1997 TIME STARTED ▪ 5:00 p.m. TIME ENDED 6:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT • Council Members Bergeson, Kuether, Lyden, Neal and Mayor Landers Staff members present: City Administrator, Randy Schumacher; Assistant to the City Administrator, Dan Tesch; Chief of Police, David Pecchia; Engineering Tech, Michael Krech; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland; Finance Director, Mary Vaske; Building Official, Peter Kluegel; Solid Waste Coordinator, Jackie Constant and Clerk - Treasurer Marilyn Anderson. CONSIDERATION OF AN ON -SALE LIQUOR LICEN ? O AMERICAN LEGION POST #566 MARILYN AND The American Legion Post #566 has made an o + �� e ormer site of B & E Furniture at 7311 Lake Drive. They plan to � - e _' lub currently located in IIIBlaine to this site and will be requestin • an - • . liquor license. Current zoning on this property does not allow clubs •ons. • This item will be placed o` °` ' cil agenda and Ms. Wyland and Mr. Wessel will give this i o �_ o tli' Tanning and Zoning Board. TOWN CENTEF «' ` TE, AN WESSEL Mr. Wessel b ground on the land swap between the City and Anoka County. Metropolit was not receptive to the land swap until Anoka County stepped in and expresse a need to obtain the land south of Ward Lake and Sherman Lake to protect both lakes. The process is now moving forward. The YMCA has expressed interest in locating in the Town Center. Mr. Wessel will be meeting with their representatives on Tuesday. Council discussed the need for a new city hall and Police Department building. Staff noted that a cost savings of $650,000 to $950,000 could be realized by constructing both buildings and the Early Childhood Center all at one time. Staff also noted that a new Police Department building would allow the current Police Department building to be placed back on the tax rolls. Other public uses in the Town Center such as a County library were discussed. PAGE 1 COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 9, 1997 Staff will prepare a written proposal for the Town Center and bring the proposal before the various City boards and committees. DISCUSSION OF EXISTING ADVISORY BOARDS, DAN TESCH Mr. Tesch presented a handout and asked Council to review it and give him their comments. The handout included an explanation of the authority of each board or commission such as the Park Board and the Planning and Zoning Board were created by the City Code. The duties of the Environmental Affairs Committee were discussed and it was noted that the duties of this committee overlap the duties of the Park Board. There will be further discussion to define the duties of each of these two (2) entities. The discussion will include the relationship between the Environmental Affairs Committ Environmental Affairs/Forestry staff person. DIANE TURNER UPDATE, MICHAEL KRECK Ms. Turner lives on Sunset Road north of I35W . e ste as failed and she has asked staff to determine the feasibility of ex •ung utility services to her lot. Ms. Turner was present and told C•• • -a d for utility services. Staff provided maps of the designed to be subdivi of the homes on t difficult. Another at originally the lots in this area were rvices became available. It was noted that many constructed in the middle of the lot making subdivision area is not in the MUSA. Ms. Turner Council allo to the servic '11 continue to "push" for utility service. She noted that if the A for this area, many of the residents would subdivide and connect There was discussion regarding the current proposal to bring utility service west on Marvy Street to Leonard Avenue. At this time, the Council has not made a decision on the proposal. It was noted that Ms. Turner's situation should be considered by a Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA). Council is scheduled to consider implementing a HRA in September. After further discussion, Ms. Turner said that she would wait until the Council enacts a HRA. PAGE 2 • • • • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION JULY 9, 1997 DISCUSSION OF MIKE KENNY'S SPECIAL USE PERMIT, MARY KAY WYLAND Mr. Mike Kenny, 6451 Hodgson Road has a conditional use permit for the operation of a floral shop. Through the years he has expanded his home based business to include landscaping. The neighborhood has changed over the years and the zoning and regulations have also changed. Staff has been made aware that some of his neighbors are concerned about the expansion of Mr. Kenny's business. Council directed Ms. Wyland to send a letter to Mr. Kenny asking him to attend the next Council work session. DISCUSSION OF REHBEIN'S ARENA, MARY KAY WYLAND Mr. Ken Rehbein, 490 Pine Street has a conditional use permit to . ` - • riding arena on his property. Mr. Rehbein will be attending the PI Foard meeting this evening asking that his conditional use perm' :: = d to'` ude a BMX (bike) riding track. The Planning and Zoning Board '11 b el �� "on on this request until their August meeting. Mr. Rehbein was told that some of his n_ e ig noise generated by the BMX track not as noisy as the original system implement other requests The Council will. +°ia this matter. ORGANI mplaining about the traffic and the d a different sound system that is been cooperative and has tried to CTION DIRECTION, JACKIE CONSTANT The City Cp.sed a Solid Waste Collection ordinance on April 28, 1997. This ordinance wi • e on the November election ballot for approval by the Lino Lakes residents. If the ordinance is approved by the voters, implementation of the provisions of the ordinance will begin on January 1, 1998. This does not allow enough time to prepare for the implementation. Ms. Constant was directed to begin the process of implementing the Solid Waste ordinance and periodically update the Council on this process. ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES OF CONDUCT, MAYOR LANDERS Mayor Landers asked that a seminar with Don Salverda be scheduled for either July 21, • 1997, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. or August 4, 1997, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Staff will contact Mr. Salverda and let Council know which date is best for Mr. Salverda. PAGE 3 COUNCIL WORK SESSION REGULAR AGENDA All items on the regular agenda were discussed. There were not outstanding issues. The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m. JULY 9, 1997 These minutes were considered, corrected and a.,; r ved at . r= _ular meeting of the City Council on May 24, 1999. t9i Marlyn G. Anderson, Clerk -Treasurer Ki j+�`1 Sullivan, Mayor PAGE 4