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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/09/2002 Council MinutesCITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES JANUARY 9, 2002 : January 9, 2002 . 5:30 p.m. . 8:10 p.m. Council Member Da arlson, Reinert and Mayor Ber : O'Donnell Staff members present: City Administrator, Linda Waite S Powell (part); Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia; Community Michael Grochala; City Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); Publi DeGardner (part); and City Clerk, Ann Blair WEST SHADOW PONDS GRADING, J City Engineer Powell distributed a cop Rick Carlson. Mr. Mattke states that s excavate in the West Shadow Pon question, Staff clearly stated that could not be allowed. Staff wa before grading, or if gravel includes the bituminous, Mr. Mattke c existing grade already there. T eer, John ent Director, irector, Rick Mr. Tedd Mattke, Engineer for "unsure" whether the developer is allowed to to trail completion. When asked this st c • ntradicts the conditions of approval and f the bituminous had to be placed on the trail Staff indicated that the trail construction uld not be acceptable. fill material is needed to bring the area up to the an bring in fill he would like to use the fill that is the ount of truck traffic in the area. City Engineer Powe ated grading is considered excavating and that is not consistent with the conditions of proval Mayor Bergeson stated he feels this is a detail that staff is responsible for and the City needs to follow the staff recommendation. Councilmember Carlson indicated she also supports the staff recommendation. Mr. Mattke stated they can start grading now and will have the permits next week. The cost of the fill material will double the cost of the trail. The fill will be put down but the CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 9, 2002 bituminous plants are not open yet. The trail cannot be completed until those plants are open. He asked if they can proceed with the grading until the bituminous gets down. City Engineer Powell stated that he believes the intent of the condition is the trail has to be complete before grading is done due to safety issues. Mayor Bergeson stated this is another detail that staff is responsible for and the Council would have to take a specific action to change the conditions of approval. Councilmember Dahl stated she specifically asked the developer f the conditions were acceptable and he indicated they were. Safety is a big issue and are stated the way they are. s why the conditions Mayor Bergeson asked if the City has other situations where the is do e in two (2) stages. City Engineer Powell advised the City does have o ike that but this was a very specific requirement relating to this approval. y s tried to get away from trails being done in two (2) stages because some ' t ave " lost. Mayor Bergeson advised the conditions will stand s app moved unless a Councilmember initiates a change. ZONING/SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE VIE ' ROCESS, MICHAEL GROCHALA Community Development Director Groc Zoning/Subdivision Review Proc scope, proposed process, proce schedule. He reviewed the packe based on Council response individuals selected to s distributed a packet regarding the et included an overview of the project aft by-laws for the task force, and project oting any necessary modifications will be ted, the overview will be distributed to the Councilmembe in the language tight but the City necessary. She stat clarification regarding page 5 and suggested changes orce member's vote. She stated the schedule is very ear to finish the project, and meeting dates can be added if t is very exciting that the City will be able to do this in one year. Councilmember Reinert asked about authorization to speak from the task force, as stated in the by-laws. Community Development Director Grochala stated authorization would be a simple majority vote and that refers to official statements by the Task Force. Councilmember Reinert thanked staff for the schedule and -stated there are tools to keep the process on schedule. He asked if staff can prepare for a faster schedule, and also what will happen if the Council does not approve the ordinance changes. Community Development Director Grochala stated some items will go very quickly. Mr. Brixius will be putting together as much of this as possible as soon as possible. The schedule can be 2 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 9, 2002 adjusted to go faster. The Council will have to have special meetings to work out any problems with the ordinance changes. Councilmember Reinert stated he wished the process would have been structured to accomplish the things necessary to protect the City. Once that was done, the moratorium could have been lifted and the Task Force could have continued to work on the new ordinances. Community Development Director Grochala advised the second reading of Ordinance 23 — 01, Moratorium on New Residential Development will be on the regular agenda Monday, January 14, 2002. Mr. Matthew Weiland, developer, came forward and stated he h. een .ing with Mr. Andy Cardinal for over a year on developing his property. A lot s already been done and a preliminary plat will be submitted on Monday. . e'• ants to be able to move forward with the plan even though the moratoria effect. Community Development Director Grochala stated the op '' evelopment needs MUSA and a rezoning would be necessary. The ha .. MUSA at this time to allocate even without the moratorium. Plans will npted or reviewed during the moratorium period because staff will not kno, act design standards. Developers would end up spending a lot of time and mo y on r .sions until the exact standards are known. Even if the plan is submitted on o the ~ is not time for it to go through the process before the effective date o Mayor Bergeson advised the City . . h any MUSA to allocate and cannot allocate any MUSA until the M polit. ouncil approves the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Weiland stated he wo it the plat based on the current ordinances and continue to work with st Community D does not have. Grochala stated the City can not commit to MUSA it e City is trying to avoid. City Administrator ite Smith noted this type of situation may also put the Council in the situation of givineferential treatment to certain developers. Mayor Bergeson stated the City does not have any MUSA and the mechanism to allocate MUSA won't be in place for quite some time. The City needs to formulate an official response to these type of requests. He advised Mr. Weiland to stay in contact with City Staff. Mr. Peter Coyle, attorney for Mr. Gary Uhde, came forward and stated they are concerned because they have a staged development that has been in process since 1992. The lots are already sold based on the old ordinances and a significant investment has already been CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 9, 2002 made in the utilities. The plan is two-thirds done and it is not fair to change the rules on the developer at this point. The concern is the changing standards with which the developer will need to conform. The developer wants the rest of the project to go forward as planned. A portion of the property is zoned correctly but a piece of it is zoned rural. When that piece is rezoned it will be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. A formal application was submitted to Staff today. This plan is a continuation of the whole project and the developer would like to move forward with it. Mr. John Johnson, Engineer for Mr. Uhde, stated the developer was waiting to submit the formal application until the City had MUSA to allocate. The pl . calls for approximately 75-80 acres of additional MUSA. Part of the project is within th SA boundary and does have preliminary plat approval. The plan has 169 units and ° . The developer is selling approximately 30 units per year per the City' Mayor Bergeson asked how many more situations like this p ity. Community Development Director Grochala advised ther • �) similar situations like this within the City. Mayor Bergeson advised the City will need to obt. leg: . dvice from the City Attorney regarding these types of situations. The second reading of Ordinance 23 - 01,on New Residential Development, will be on the regular agenda Monday, Jau•' 4, 21 2. LION'S CLUB LICENSE INQUIRY, Mayor Bergeson advised the Li serve alcohol. There are question YOR BERGESON s some proposed events where they want to g liquor licenses and policies. City Clerk Blair advised City s ha two (2) temporary liquor licenses for single events but they are for 3 R - r on- . le only. They do not allow for hard liquor. She indicated she w ° _ - e *f the C ry . existing code will allow for hard liquor and if a temporary licen `= a . . or the Lion's Club. She stated she will do more research and brin_ - ormation back to the City Council. MARTIN LUTHE " NG INVOCATION, COUNCILMEMBER CARLSON Councilmember Carlson advised there will be a Martin Luther King Invocation that includes a discussion on inclusionary housing. A bus will be leaving from St. Joseph's Church on Sunday, January 13, 2002, 2:00 p.m. PARK BOARD MEETING INQUIRY, COUNCILMEMBER REINERT Councilmember Reinert asked why the Park Board meeting was not televised on Monday night. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 9, 2002 City Clerk Blair advised the Park Board meeting involved only a very brief update and then began a referendum meeting. The Park Board meetings will be televised again when they have their regular meetings. ANNUAL (NON -BOARD) APPOINTMENTS, LINDA WAITE SMITH City Administrator Waite Smith distributed a list of appointments the Council must make for City services and City representatives to other Boards. The list included the appointments that were made in 2001 and the 2002 Staff recommendations. The list also noted the Council prerogative appointments. Council reviewed the list of appointments noting the possible ch ages . . •rrections. A vote will be taken on the appointments on Monday night. This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Mons . 14, 2002. Mayor Bergeson noted the Council needs to discuss th~ yen~ `?" cy regarding Board liaisons at a future work session. SELECT MEETING DATES: ANNUAL CIL AL SETTING; JOINT MEETING WITH HUGO AND CENTE INDA WAITE SMITH City Administrator Waite Smith distrib City of Hugo and Centerville. The mai In addition, Lino Lakes would lik utility extensions that affect both has to be scheduled. garding a joint meeting with the nda item is the CSAH 14/35E interchange. ther cities some advance notice about Annual Council Goal Setting meeting also CSAH 14/8 Reconstructs; Oi o City Administrator Waite Smith also distributed information r m ding t wm CSAHH 14/8 Reconstruction Open House schedule for January 15, a; 4:30 - min. at the City of Hugo Fire Station. Mayor Bergeson 'd Chi f Pecchia attend the joint meeting to address safety concerns regarding AH 14/8. Council directed Staff t schedule a joint meeting with Hugo and Centerville on either January 16 or January 30. The Council Goal Setting Meeting will be held on either February 2 or February 9. Meeting dates will be included in the Friday updates. REGULAR AGENDA, JANUARY 14, 2002 - Item 2A, Oath of Office for Councilmembers, was moved to immediately after the Pledge of Allegiance. Item 4A was changed to Approve Board Appointments. 5 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JANUARY 9, 2002 Item 4B, Oath of Office for Board Members, was added. Item 4A, Annual Appointments, was changed to Item 4C. Item 7C, Consideration of Resolution 01-185, Approving Minor Subdivision, SSR&W Development, LLC — Councilmember Carlson requested a copy of the letter from the attorney of the property owner be included in the Friday update. There were no other changes to the regular Council agenda. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the re Com cil meeting held on February 11, 2002. Ann Blair(ity Clerk n, M.'yor Transcribed by: Kim Points TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, 1 6