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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/17/2002 Council MinutesCITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 DATE TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES : April 17, 2002 . 5:34 p.m. . 7:10 p.m. : Council Member Dahl, Carlson, Reinert O'Donnell and Mayor Bergeson (5:45) : None Staff members present: Administration Director, Dan Tesch; Studenski; Community Development Director, Mike Grocha Finance Director, Al Rolek (part); Police Sergeant Kent Kurt Rausch (part); and City Clerk, Ann Blair UPDATE ON FIVE-YEAR PLAN AL ROLE Finance Director Rolek distributed a revision consideration the scenario that there will be a may not be any levy limits. The former vio would continue. He reviewed the revisi General Fund Revenue Plan, and Ge Councilmembers had questions notin public hearing on May 13, 2002. Engineer, Jim lanner, Jeff Smyser; Police Sergeant draft Five -Year Plan that takes into it for year 2003. After 2003, there e Plan assumed the levy limitations fng to the General Fund Plan Summary, xpenditures. He asked if any of the ill be one more work session before the Councilmember O'Do revenues. He asked wha Rolek advised the tax rate due to a higher tax capacity. the Plan is estimating a 64.5% increase in 2006 increase is for that same year. Finance Director uld ' of increase. The amount of taxes raised will be higher Finance Director Rolek advised Councilmembers to call him with any questions relating to the Plan. This item will be on the Council Work Session agenda Wednesday, May 6, 2002, 5:30 p.m. REPORT ON HARDWOOD CREEK PROJECT, MARCEY WESTRICK AND BRETT EMMONS OF EMMONS AND OLIVER RESOURCES Ms. Westrick came forward and distributed information and a map regarding the Hardwood Creek. She stated the purpose of her presentation is to give an overview of CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION-" APRIL 17, 2002 what the Rice Creek Watershed District has done in Hardwood Creek and also what the District is proposing to do. Ms. Westrick continued stating the District conducted a study because the Hardwood Creek is a major tributary to Rice Creek and a major contributor to eutrophication of Peltier Lake. Because there are a relatively high phosphorus and sediment loads, the District has explored different treatment options. The District has determined the hybrid pond/wetland system type of treatment would be best at the end of Hardwood Creek. This option would not remove all of the pollutants and more monitoring would have to be done upstream. Mr. Steve Hobbs, District Administrator, stated the District wants to look at the system as a whole and do a major restoration project. The District has applied for a grant to complete this project. The project would also include acqu conservation easements along the creek. The District wants to improve water quality` " creek and hopes the project will allow the creek to behave more naturally. He st d th ® istrict would like the City to be a partner in this project. Councilmember Carlson stated she is surprised that north end of the lake since this is the cleaner sectio; lake will benefit from this project. Ms. Westrick stated there are several sourc probably contributes up to 40% of that so lake long term. Creek enters Peltier on the asked if the south end of the horous in the lake. The creek roving the creek will improve the whole Councilmember O'Donnell inqui. • : t e funding source for this project. Mr. Hobbs stated the Legislative ission allocates money from the lottery every two years to improve water • th ate. The District is committed to doing the restoration project even i `gris not received. Other sources of funding could come from other grants, cities an.a rivate foundations. Councilmember Reinert inquired about what the District would ask from the City if the City did become a partner in the project. Mr. Hobbs stated the District would like support for the project from the City along with any financial support that is available. Cities can also help with acquiring the easements. Councilmember O'Donnell asked if the City has any funds in the budget for this type of project. Finance Director Rolek stated the City does have some funds available but they are usually allocated for local surface water management projects. The City would take this project into consideration during the planning process if a formal request was submitted. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 Mayor Bergeson asked if it would be helpful to have a formal letter of support from the City to include with the grant application. Mr. Webb stated the application has already been submitted but a letter of support from the City would be very helpful. Councilmember Carlson asked if the Comprehensive Plan would apply in any way to this project. Community Development Director Grochala stated he is not sure if the Comprehensive Plan would apply to this project. He stated there is land in the northeast area of the City that was shown on the Plan as greenway. Councilmember Carlson asked if the Environmental Board has reviewed the proposed project. Community Development Director Grochala stated a presentation has not yet been made to the Environmental Board. Councilmember Reinert referred to the 70% phosphorous an - xactly what that means. Ms. Westrick explained the percentages of phosphorus : ~ . ted it refers to the soluble amount in the water. The soluble amount should r to 40%. Mr. Webb added the District wants the creek be e more like a creek. The District hopes that the restoration will help the phosh situation also. Councilmember Reinert asked if the t rior to the recent test show the phosphorous level at 40%. Ms. Westrick stated the data go bac o t '' id 1970's. However, the data collected was collected as the total phosph evel so the District does not know the percentage of the soluble phosphor. to ' - creek back to a more pre -sediment state will help the phosphorous lev Mr. Webb stated the restoratt n project is just one part of fixing the entire problem. Mr. Webb stated that if the District can do the restoration project, the District will continue to monitor the creek to see how this process works. Another issue is to maintain the results over time. Mayor Bergeson inquired about a project that was done on Howard Lake. Manager James Leroux, Washington County, came forward and stated Howard Lake is one of three sources of water that flows to Rice Creek. Howard Lake was identified as a fish kilt. However, legal action was taken to stop the process and the winter took care of the problem temporarily. The District is constantly monitoring all creeks and trying to CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 take the appropriate action. The grant would help take care of a lot of problems but the restoration of the creek is only one part of that. Mayor Bergeson advised the District to work with staff to prepare a formal letter of support for the project. COPS MORE—FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS GRANT, SERGEANT KENT STREGE Officer Kent Strege advised the Council he would like to update them on the COPS MORE grant. He stated the Department applied for the grant last year to be used for patrol cars and software. The Department did not get the entire grant that was requested. The Department has been asked to reapply for the grant. The City's match for the grant would be $4,288. That amount is in the budget if the Dep If the grant is received, the purchase of additional software Department to continue its expansion into the area of makin accessible to officers while they are in their squad cars. T stay out among the public as much as possible during th ent does receive the grant. dware will allow the tion more easily allow the officers to SET DATE FOR SPECIAL MEETING FOR C i SS OF SPECIAL .................. ELECTION, ANN BLAIR City Clerk Blair advised the Council they scheduled on April 27, 2002. The Counc the election. She asked the Council to noting the meeting would be very b ass the special election that is s to canvass the election within one week of meeting time to canvass the election Councilmember O'Donnell state X11„ a available the first part of the week after the special election. He added v co ' fortable with the rest of the Council meeting in his absence. Mayor Bergeson stated he • uld prefer to canvass the election sooner than later because of the interest in the referen City Clerk Blair stated the results of the referendum can be announced before the Council has the meeting. It was the consensus of the Council to schedule the Canvass of Special Election meeting on Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 5:00 p.m. UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TASK FORCE, JEFF SMYSER AND MIKE GROCHALA City Planner Smyser distributed information regarding the Ordinance Revision process. The task force has been working on the subdivision ordinance. The task force has 4 CITY ,COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 approved the premature subdivision criteria (included in the General Provisions section). General agreement has also been reached on the platting requirements, but the task force has not voted on a completed draft of those sections. The information distributed also included meeting dates and the topic that will be discussed. He noted the next meeting will be on April 25, 2002. Councilmember O'Donnell stated the Council is concerned about the completion of the plans. He stated information needs to be provided to the Council regarding where the task force is, where it is going, and what will be done if the task force is behind schedule. He stated he is open to a second meeting every month to get caught up if that is necessary. City Planner Smyser stated that he believes the task force will be caught up after the next meeting. Many of the upcoming meetings refer to technical and legal issues. The majority of the project will be completed in May, which co ies with the proposed schedule. Mayor Bergeson referred to the current sign ordinance ne provided copies to a resident. He stated the ordinance is long and very con g. e suggested that some ordinances are better off being written very simply a . p • g q to being too complicated. Community Development Director Grochala stt- a the t.Lk force has been very good at addressing that issue. The task force is trying 0 ha . the ordinances simply state what the ordinance really means. Councilmember Reinert asked how th Councilmember O'Donnell state e is working together. works very well together. Councilmember Carlson asked e any delays with the project due to the Comprehensive Plan ap .m etropolitan Council. Community Development ochala stated he does not see any issues with the ordinances. The Metropolitan Council m have issues with the proposed land use. City Planner Smyser stated the task force is trying to prepare the ordinances in a way that the Comprehensive Plan will not change them. Councilmember O'Donnell asked if the Council would like to received final drafts after they are approved or all together as one complete package. Councilmember Carlson stated she would like the approved sections as soon as the task force approves them. Mayor Bergeson stated if there are some sections that should be grouped together then they should be distributed all at one time. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 City Planner Smyser noted the sections that will be distributed are for review and information only. No action will be necessary until some point in the future. Mayor Bergeson asked how the approved sections should be distributed to the various City Boards. Community Development Director Grochala stated he believes the approved sections should be distributed in the same manner as it is distributed to the Council. CITY ENGINEER'S UPDATE ON CURRENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, JIM STUDENSKI City Engineer Studenski stated he would like to keep the Council more informed on current projects. He commented on the following projects in the City: • Road restrictions — road restrictions were lifted on M • Lake Drive & Apollo Drive — the project is curre ay. • Holte Pond — a confirmation letter was received ® • the hearing is set for May 8. He noted he spent the day with the Holte'sant.a lained to them what is going to happen. City Engineer Studenski stated he will contin to -p the Council informed on these projects and other projects within the City. Councilmember Carlson asked when Studenski stated Lake Drive will be The opening dates for Target hav (scheduled opening). He stated been attending the meetings eve schedule for Lake Drive. will be completed. City Engineer d at the end of June or beginning of July. or July 17 (soft opening) and July 23 and 24 is4p ad of the opening schedule and Target has ucday. Target is very aware of the construction Councilmember Carlson in:. ired about the McDonalds building. Community Development Director Groc ala stated construction on the building should start either tomorrow or next week. REGULAR AGENDA, APRIL 22, 2002 Item 4A — Consider Resolution No. 02 — 35, Establishing Precinct Boundaries, Polling Places and Adding Two New Precincts and Polling Places Effective September 10, 2002 — Councilmember Carlson requested a more detailed map of the boundaries that includes the names of local streets. Item 7A — Consider Resolution No. 02 — 34, Denying CUP, Bald Eagle Contracting — Councilmember Carlson requested a copy of the minutes regarding this issue from the Planning and Zoning Board meeting. 6 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION APRIL 17, 2002 Item lAiii — VFW Proclamation - Loyalty Day, May 1, 2002, - This item was removed from the consent agenda and moved to Item 4B under Administration Department Report. There were no other changes to the regular agenda. City Planner Smyser advised the City has not received a formal report regarding the investigation of Keiger Enterprises. The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on May 13, 2002. Ann Blair, : ity Clerk Transcribed by: Kim Points TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.