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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/12/2001 Council MinutesCITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES DECEMBER 12, 2001 : December 12, 2001 . 5:30 p.m. . 7:10 p.m. : Council Member Ca , Dahl, O'Donnell, Reinert, an s or Bergeson : None Staff members present: City Administrator, Linda Waite S eer, John Powell, Finance Director, Al Rolek; Economic Develop s -• t, Mary Alice Divine (part); Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner; ; KK a Development Director, Mike Grochala; and City Clerk, Ann Blair CSAH 49 RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE, M ROCHALA Community Development Director advised but the process is moving forward. Staff last week and a preliminary sketch has b right of way, 52 feet of roadway that in need to be discussed with the Co will be held on December 21, 200 put together a list of issues baso progress made in the past fe Community Developmen allow extra time,to resolve anticipated that ready to make a recommendation committee made up of residents . The sketch includes 74 feet of es an -foot bike path. There are issues that the sketch. Another small group meeting etc is going to be sent to TKDA and they will ty's requirements. There has been a lot of e subcommittee. rocha a stated staff is recommending the Council s before taking the sketch to the County. It is esented to the County in January. Councilmember C. on inquired about the number of people at the meeting last week. Community Develop ent Director Grochala advised there were nine (9) people present at the meeting. Councilmember Carlson stated she had asked for the information regarding the County's requirements several weeks ago. The process would have been easier if the City and the residents had known the County's and State's bottom line in the beginning. Community Development Director Grochala stated staff wanted a sketch laid out to be able to compare it to the County's requirements. The group is looking at a 45 -mph speed limit along the whole roadway. Information regarding the requirements for 45 mph will be put together. 1 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 12, 2001 Councilmember Carlson stated she hopes the County is willing to compromise from the plans they presented last year. Community Development Director Grochala stated staff definitely feels the City has the opportunity to get a plan more consistent with the residents' needs. Councilmember Carlson stated she is very concerned that the County is not negotiating with the residents. Community Development Director Grochala stated the group is deciding what to negotiate and more information is needed before a plan is presented to the County. City Engineer Powell stated the City and residents need to be real' - e indicated he does not necessarily believe the County will compromise their st dards sponse to the residents' plan. He stated the County has to be consistent wi y need to design the road and he is not particularly optimistic. Mr. Arnie Enztel, resident of Lino Lakes, stated that wjat disappointing. What the City Engineer just said make wasting their time. The proposed design is a major omp originally wanted. Now it has been indicated that planned. The County should have told the re Mayor Bergeson stated he has not heard the process should continue. There is and residents. The design has not been p wait and see how the County reac d is very el like they have been ise from what the residents wants what they originally e beginning. has been good progress made and pr design that is supported by staff sed to the County yet so the City needs to Ms. Lynn Heaser, resident of Lin indicated nothing has bee preys working on that and need, tra City Adrninistr City and residers realistic because t ated that at the last meeting Mr. Olson Lits less than 100 feet. The residents are now do at so a proposal can be made to the County. ated she believe Mr. Powell is trying to say that the tae'' a t the County has to do. Mr. Powell is just being has to work with the County. Councilmember Rein stated it is not over yet. The major factors have always been the number of cars travele and the speed limit on a roadway. The City may have to look at a 40 -mph speed limit and the design standards for that. Councilmember Carlson stated Mr. Olson has consistently indicated they need 100 feet. There has been confusion related to that because it was not -said in the beginning of the process. Mr. Olson also indicated he would take another plan to the County. She stated she wants to see a plan go through and does not want the City or residents to lose the opportunity for input. Staff is doing a good job working with the residents. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 12, 2001 Mr. Tyler Howard, resident of Lino Lakes, stated it would be helpful if the City could put in underground utilities. He said he believed that the City might have to pay for that expense. He requested the City explore that option. Community Development Director Grochala stated that is an option and it will be addressed along with the other issues. SOFTWARE LICENSING EXPENSES, AL ROLEK Finance Director Rolek advised that in May 2000, the City Council approved Resolution No. 00 — 66 designating antenna lease revenue for a number of p + + es. One of the designations was for computer software licensing in the amount o time, staff has completed a comprehensive software inventory fo result of the inventory shows that the City's software licensing n originally anticipated. The total costs to upgrade existing 1 number of licenses needed at this time is about $36,000. shortfall in funding for this purpose. Other items identified in Resolution No. 00 — 66 h savings. Still other items that had been funded are balance from these savings is $20,995. This funding for the City's computer software lic 00. Since that ents. The ater than cquire the total a significant completed at significant necessary. The resulting icient to cover the shortfall in The licensing issue is an important on w d ne e addressed to bring the City into compliance with licensing requirements ° ough the cost is relatively high, it is necessary for the City to complete i `;compliance. Therefore, staff recommends tha q sav'.s realized from other items designated in Resolution No. 00 — 66 be m signa oward computer software licensing. The total designation, including t - ount sign. -d for this purpose previously, would be $36,000. Councilmember Finance Director for all the computer There are approximately 30 workstations. That does not include the laptops. e of the site licenses can be obtained by upgrading. advised the cost includes the upgrading and software and licenses Councilmember O'Donnell asked if staff has looked at concurrent licensing for some of the software. Finance Director Rolek advised staff has looked at that but there are very few products that are not Microsoft. Staff wants to have this taken care of before the end of the year. This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, December 17, 2001, 6:30 p.m. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 12, 2001 ZONING/SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UPDATE, MICHAEL GROCHALA Community Development Director Grochala advised the Planning and Zoning Board is preparing to have a public hearing regarding this issue tonight. Staff has had a few phone calls and once the issue was explained the reception was good. City Planner Smyser has met with Al Brixius and discussed the process for the ordinance review that was decided on by Council last Monday night. The GTS workshop will be held on January 26 or February 2, 2002. Staff needs to confirm which date by tomorrow. The results from the public hearing will be provided in the Friday updates. The first reading of the interim ordinance will be on Monday night. Councilmember Reinert suggested the group have meetings eve the process to 6-9 months. He indicated he wants the ordinances possible. s to shorten on as Mayor Bergeson suggested the group start with their meet ary. Community Development Director Grochala stated there will be tw'�..) gs in February. Staff wants the group to attend the workshop before st. o e ordinances. Also, the Boards do not have their new members until Januelieves the full year will be needed to complete this project. Staff does n• _ e process to break down because the group is given too much information to • "ast. St. feels one year for the process is already very aggressive. Staff would prey oep t interim ordinance in place for one year and try to compress the schedule to et eve g done before the year is up. Councilmember O'Donnell state is counting on NAC providing Grochala stated the process will to see a more aggressive schedule and he tes. Community Development Director ng from scratch. Councilmember O'Do state• wou alook better for the City if it plans for a year and finishes the process s'• • -r. TO Council needs to hold the group to task. If the goals cannot be reac c ® ding to µ schedule the number of meetings will have to be increased. The • up s ut ogether a nine -(9) month meeting plan and bring it to the Council for ap • v. He stated he would like to be able to come to the Council to make recommendat s to change the group if a the team isnot working well together. Community Development Director Grochala stated a resolution to formalize the group will be presented to the Council in January. This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, December 17, 2001, 6:30 p.m. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 12, 2001 CONSIDER OFF -SALE LIQUOR LICENSE REGULATIONS, ANN BLAIR City Clerk Blair distributed information regarding off -sale liquor licenses including a survey of other cities and questions the Council needs to answer in regard to regulating off -sale liquor licenses. The information also included a copy of the Blaine Code and a League of Minnesota matrix of licenses. She asked for direction from the Council regarding the regulation of liquor licenses. She stated there are currently seven (7) off - sale liquor licenses within the City noting the name of the establishment and type of license. Councilmember Reinert stated this issue needs to be addressed b regulate something that may not need to be regulated? He added look at who makes a living from the licenses. Councilmember O'Donnell asked if all the establishments on -sale licenses. Chief Pecchia stated the off -sale license scrutiny as the on -sale license holders. The establis are planning to have a retail store at some point in the compliance checks on all license holders. Councilmember Carlson stated the City is lik more development and the City should be p she would like to see some staff reco d ould the City City needs to ame scrutiny as under the same an off -sale license epartment is doing some restaurants come in with have a plan in place. She stated Mayor Bergeson stated there are man ' if p nt types of establishments and he is in favor of some type of regulation in the ®u * f rtor stores. Councilmember O'Donnell aske license if the City has a li license holders do not ne. City has a rational basis f ting license holders have a right to their of licenses. City Clerk Blair advised existing titlement to a renewal license, so long as the action it takes to deny a license. City Administra recommendation sed staff will do more research and bring a the Council. Councilmember O'Dell inquired about the type of zoning required for a liquor license. City Clerk Blair indicated she believes a liquor license can only be obtained in commercial zoning areas. She stated she would provide that information with the staff recommendation. REGULAR AGENDA, DECEMBER 17, 2001 There were no changes to the regular agenda. The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 p.m. 5 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DECEMBER 12, 2001 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on January 14, 2002. Ann BlaCity Clerk Transcribed by: Kim Points TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. erg on, ayor