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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/19/1999 Council Minutes• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 1999 CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DATE : May 19, 1999 TIME STARTED : 5:40 p.m. TIME ENDED : 10:10 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Bergeson, Dahl, Lyden, and Mayor Sullivan : Neal MEMBERS ABSENT Staff members present: City Administrator, Linda Waite Smith; Administration Director, Dan Tesch (part); Consulting City Engineer, John Powell; Community Development Director, Brian Wessel; Planning Coordinator, Mary Kay Wyland (part); City Planning Consultant, Alan Brixius (part); Environmental Specialist, Marty Asl ); Public Service Director, Rick DeGardner; City Planner, Jeff Smyser ( of Police, Dave Pecchia (part) LEGION PROJECT UPDATE, BRIAN WE The site plan review has been complet gig project. A landscape plan is still needed. An appraised value for t rmined to be $330,000 for the entire four (4) acre parcel. T or the one -acre parcel (former Police Department location) 101,500. Staff noted the value of the corner lot (corner lake D 'ye et the four (4) acre parcel is not significantly higher than the other lot The next step is f ouncil to determine a sale price for the land. The sale of the land will be formally approved at the June 28, 1999 Council meeting. Council directed staff to determine the amount of money the Legion has already spent on trying to relocate within the City. The Legion will provide a detailed accounting of their relocation costs. Council asked that this information be made available at the next Council work session. Council will then determine a sale price for the former Police Department building site. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, JEFF SMYSER/AL BRIXIUS The Metropolitan Council has agreed to delay their recommendations regarding the Comprehensive Plan until August 23, 1999, with the following conditions: 1. Council will continue to work towards a compromise to obtain a 4/5 vote. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 1999 2. Staff will keep the Metropolitan Council informed regarding the compromise and revised data in the Plan. Council indicated two (2) work sessions might be necessary to review the Plan. An extra Council meeting may be necessary. Staff distributed a memo regarding MUSA needs for the City. Staff reviewed the changes in the MUSA numbers stating it was necessary to go through the GIS System again because a number of areas were included as residential areas but have since been changed. Also, some other land use has changed. Properties that cannot be built on were pulled out of the totals. Staff noted a 2% vacancy rate was used in the formula. The vacancy rate was based on building permit information. Some Council Members expressed concern regarding using a number for density that will not allow for a variety in housing. Council Member Lyden stated the MUSA numbers keep chan of support the new numbers. He asked for time to review the latest n «, .: �. ted he will investigate the GIS System to ensure accuracy. Over eed to be reevaluated. The commitment to 147 new hoe evaluated. Mr. Brixius explained if the Council City originally started the proce number of homes and vac change include: 1. 4,900 2. Adjust its overage factor is now 12.5 unties numbers in the formula, the ation. The forecasting of the ct. The factors that caused the numbers to Council directed Mr. Brixius to put together a one page summary sheet showing the original assumptions and the current assumptions. Mr. Don Dunn, former Vice -Chair of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, stated he felt optimistic about the Plan after the last work session. He still wants to feel good about the Plan. He asked Council Member Dahl to explain how a 75% reduction is a win/win situation for everyone. Council Member Dahl said she does not have her notes and cannot comment on that issue at this time. Mr. Brixius distributed a memo regarding Growth Management Strategy - Implementation Options. He touched briefly on the growth plan, ordinance changes, MUSA reserve and the application of MUSA. 2 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 1999 Council expressed concern regarding the legality of allocating MUSA at final plat. There was also concern regarding the trading of post 2010 MUSA. Council determined they would review the memo and discuss it at the next Council work session. Mayor Sullivan reminded Council Members about the fifteen -minute time limit regarding questions for City Consultants. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN REPORT, BRIAN WESSEL An Environmental Focus Group meeting was held last evening. The draft plan was to be reviewed by the Council on June 2, 1999. However, it has been determined that more information is needed to complete the draft plan. The Environmental Board will review the plan next week. Staff will suggest a schedule be prepared for a joint Environment Board and Council meeting to review the draft Plan. Staff explained that when the draft plan comes before Council on Ju is not required. The Environmental Board has hired consultan The role of the Environmental Board is not to question th information. Their role is to determine if the plan fit learn enough about the plan to apply it within t 9, approval raft plan. r the plan and Mayor Sullivan advised that the Env_ ' • . eel the Council needs a specific outline of their recommendatio, a m al Board also wants to improve the process for the staff checkt. ► 1 ity Boards to have the benefit of their comments. Staff advised Ch c s is working on a form regarding the Environmental Board's process. A proce to be developed for all City boards to receive the Environmental Bo d's recommendations. Mayor Sullivan called for a short break. The meeting was reconvened at 7:33 p.m. PEREGRINE PASS DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, JEFF SMYSER Staff advised this project was reduced to nine (9) lots. All nine (9) lots meet the R -1X minimum requirements. All but four (4) lots meet the R -1X lot width standards. A condition of approval will be minimum house footprint sizes of the R -1X zoning district. It was noted the plan allows for keeping many trees in place. • Council Member Lyden stated he is against shared driveways. Staff explained shared driveways are permitted but not mandated. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 1999 It was noted that the City would not own the buffer between the homes and the pond. Council directed staff to determine how often City representatives should inspect the buffer to insure compliance with the conditions placed on the buffer. Mr. Steve Arndorfer, Developer for the project, advised the existing home would be demolished. He indicated he would try to eliminate any shared driveways. Council Member Dahl advised she would still like to see R -1X frontages. Council directed staff to remove the verbiage in the staff report regarding shared driveways. This item will appear on the agenda at the regular Council meeting Monday, May 24, 1999. LIQUOR ORDINANCE UPDATE, JEFF SMSYER Staff distributed a memo outlining the proposed changes in th discussed the questions Council had at the May 10, 1999, Council to make a determination regarding the optio =, . el It was the consensus of Council to include he Leave the separation at from the definition ce and taff asked ool Definition. n in the Liquor Ordinance: the early childhood learning center Council directed mit' • make sure the new liquor fees are in place before the Town Center is iquor license. This item will app on the agenda at the regular Council meeting Monday, May 24, 1999. DISCUSS VICKY LANE APPRAISALS, JOHN POWELL Staff distributed a letter the City received from a resident on Vicky Lane requesting an appraisal, to be paid by the City, of their property with City sanitary sewer and municipal water. The resident is in the process of selling his home and would like to be honest about the costs of City utilities. Staff indicated support for the request. A feasibility study for Vicky Lane has been initiated. The City will need several appraisals for the area. Council directed staff to order the appraisals for Vicky Lane. 4 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 1999 • DISCUSS DESIGNATION OF EXCESS 1998 REVENUE, LINDA WAITE SMITH Staff distributed a memo regarding the revised excess revenue requests from staff. The amount of the excess revenue has been decreased due to a $100,000 commitment made to reforestation and the purchase of an emergency generator for the new Civic Center. Staff also distributed and reviewed an explanation of expenses due to the storms last year and FEMA reimbursement. Mayor Sullivan advised no formal action committing to the generator was made. However, commitments have been made to residents regarding the excess revenue. The emergency generator was an expenditure that was not approved. Mayor Sullivan expressed concern regarding a mistake of this magnitude. It was noted that any action taken would be the decision of Ms. Waite Smith. A closed meeting regarding this matter is not needed at this time. After considerable discussion, Council decided the excess revenue follows: Civic Center Construction 1 0 Custodian (civic center) 2nd half of 1999 30,000 Technology for City Hall $ 51,000 Voting Machines $ 24,000 Bleacher Replace -i t $ 25,000 Mallard Lane T ion - ity share; Assumes ,y :,01%' g t $ 28,000 Old City ements $ 10,000 Wenzel F - Clearing $ 5,000 The allocations are based on Council agreement that 50% of all new gas franchise fees are committed to a Road Reconstruction Fund. The allocations are also based on the agreement that the Mallard Lane Trail connection will receive the rest of its funding next year. DISCUSS POLICY ON MEETING MINUTES (APRIL 21,1999 MINUTES), MAYOR SULLIVAN This item was moved to the next Council work session. DISCUSSION OF BEAVERS, CHRIS LYDEN • Council Member Lyden stated the beaver and water problem on his property is getting worse. Due to the increased amount of water, there is also a problem with geese. The CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 1999 DNR has indicated many cities have a goose removal program. He indicated he is interested in the City developing that type of program. Council directed staff to explore the possibility of a goose removal program with the DNR and determine a cost to have geese removed from residential yards. DISCUSSION OF MAY 13, 1999, MEMO FROM MAYOR SULLIVAN, CHRIS LYDEN Council Member Lyden referred to the May 13, 1999 memo from Mayor Sullivan. He indicated he was confused regarding Council directing staff to obtain information. He stated the May 16, 1999 memo from Mayor Sullivan includes a list of tasks for staff requested by only one Council Member. Mayor Sullivan advised that every Council Member has the right to request information from staff. Council also has the right to insure that staff provides the requested information. REGULAR AGENDA, MAY 24,1999 All items on the regular agenda were discussed. The meeting was adjourned at 10:10 p.m. These minutes were considered p vee at the re:_lar Council meeting held on June 14, 1999. a M. yn G. Ande Clerk ullivan, Mayor Transcribed by: Kim Points TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 6