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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/10/2003 Council MinutesAPPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES • 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : November 10, 2003 6 TIME STARTED : 6:40 P.M. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:12 P.M. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmembers Carlson, Dahl, O'Donnell, Reinert 9 and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: Acting City Administrator/Director of Administration, Dan Tesch; 13 Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, 14 Jeff Smyser; Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia; City Clerk, Ann Blair; and City Attorney, Bill Hawkins. 15 16 SETTING THE AGENDA 17 18 The agenda was approved as presented. 19 20 CONSENT AGENDA 21 22 Councilmember Dahl moved to approve the Consent Agenda, as submitted. Councilmember Carlson 23 seconded the motion. 24 •25 Motion carried unanimously. 26 27 ITEM ACTION 28 29 A. CONSIDERATION OF EXPENDITURES: 30 31 i) November 10, 2003 (Check No. 69553 - 32 69622, $268,691.76) Approved 33 34 ii) Centennial Fire District (Check No. 13983 - 35 14017, $77,712.08) Approved 36 37 B. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATION FOR EXEMPT 38 PERMIT, ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH Approved 39 40 C. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 03-199, 41 ACCEPTING LINO LAKES LIONS CLUB DONATION 42 FOR FAMILY TURKEY SHOOT Approved 43 44 D. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 03-205, 45 AMENDING POLICE DEPARTMENT PORTION OF 46 FEE SCHEDULE Approved 47 •48 OPEN MIKE COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 10, 2003 APPROVED 49 •50 Police Chief Dave Pecchia advised that the annualTurtleman Triathalon occurs in the south part of the 51 City. He introduced two representatives of the triathalon. 52 53 Diane Soucheray indicated the police department has been extremely valuable in assisting with this 54 event. She presented a donation of $2000. Mark ? agreed the police department has been very 55 helpful. He indicated it is always challenging when you are working across jurisdictions, but the 56 department works hard to make it a successful event. 57 58 Al DeMotts, 7140 Rice Lake Lane stated he was an election judge. He indicated he is disappointed 59 and ashamed of the city voters as to the way the election was held. He advised that over one-third of 60 the votes cast were undervotes. He quoted statistics by Precinct, indicating an average of 32% were 61 undervotes. He commented that if a person cannot pick two out of three to vote for they should not 62 be voting at all. He stated if someone keeps up with what is going on in the city, and wants to vote 63 for the City Council, they should be able to vote for who is best. He hopes the City Council did not 64 encourage any voter to vote for only one candidate. He stated this situation is very disturbing to him. 65 66 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 67 68 There was no report. 69 70 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 71 A. Enter into a contract with American Legal for Codification Services •72 73 74 City Clerk Ann Blair summarized the Staff report, indicating this would give them the opportunity to 75 have an electronic copy of the City Code, which will be very valuable to Staff. 76 77 Councilmember Carlson moved to approve the proposed contract with American Legal Publishing. 78 Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 79 80 Motion carried unanimously. 81 82 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 83 84 There was no report. 85 86 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 87 88 There was no report. 89 90 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 91 92 A. Consideration of Resolution No. 03-204, Authorizing Distribution of Legacy at Woods 93 Edge Environmental Assessment Worksheet, Michael Grochala 94 • 2 COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 10, 2003 APPROVED 95 Community Development Director Grochala summarized the Staff report, indicating the •96 Environmental Board reviewed the draft EAW on November 6, 2003 and recommended approval of 97 the document for distribution and public comment. He added Staff is also recommending approval. 98 99 Councilmember Carlson indicated that related to the Hartford Group and the YMCA, she is aware the 100 YMCA is on property dedicated for public service, however there has been talk about moving that 101 around. She was concerned about the language indicating the Hartford Group has control of the land, 102 except for that parcel. Mr. VanWormer from SEH stated the YMCA will be working with the 103 Hartford Group. 104 105 Mr. VanWormer from SEH indicated in the EAW they provide basic information, and they have 106 attached a memo with more detail. He stated they are also running a computerized model showing 107 the traffic, and have completed an entire model of the development site with information from Target 108 and the complete buildout of the development. He indicated they have found it can work. He stated 109 traffic will get through with approximately the same delays you are seeing now, but it should be a 110 little easier with a traffic light. He stated they will run a few more models and meet with Mn/Dot, but 111 this should provide the answers Mn/Dot needed. 112 113 Mayor Bergeson asked if when Mr. VanWormer says the traffic works, does that mean they stay on 114 the low priority list for the County and Mn/Dot. Mr. VanWormer indicated only for 2005. He does 115 not think the traffic will work for long. He stated they also have some geometries of turn lanes that 116 should get the attention of Mn/Dot and the County. He indicated the traffic will work, but will not be 117 a final design; somebody will have to do something. .18 1.19 Community Development Director Grochala stated they are ready to go forward and get the EAW 120 distributed. He indicated he does believe traffic will be a bigger issue on the project, and is hoping 121 the steps they have taken and steps they continue to take will get the city a positive result. 122 123 Councilmember O'Donnell moved to adopt Resolution No. 03-204 approving distribution of the 124 Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Legacy at Woods Edge (Village) Project. 125 Councilmember Reinert seconded the motion. 126 127 Motion carried unanimously. 128 129 Resolution No. 03-204 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 130 131 B. Public Hearing, Consider lst Reading of Ordinance No. 22-03, Vacating Ingress and 132 Egress Easement, Raven's Hollow Development, Jeff Smyser 133 134 City Planner Smyser summarized the Staff report. 135 136 Mayor Bergeson opened the public hearing at 7:00 p.m. 137 138 Councilmember Carlson moved to close the public hearing at 7:00 p.m. Councilmember O'Donnell 139 seconded the motion. 140 41 Motion carried unanimously. 1.42 3 COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 10, 2003 APPROVED 143 Councilmember Carlson moved to approve the FIRST READING of Ordinance No. 22-03 Vacating 044 an Ingress and Egress Easement within the area of the Raven's Hollow Development. 145 Councilmember O'Donnell seconded the motion. 146 147 Councilmember Carlson voted yea. Councilmember O'Donnell voted yea. Councilmember Dahl 148 voted yea. Councilmember Reinert voted yea. Mayor Bergeson voted yea. 149 150 Ordinance No. 22-03 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 151 152 C. Consideration of Resolution No. 03-201, Adopting Assessments, Individual Utility 153 Connections, Jim Studenski 154 155 City Engineer Studenski summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval of the 156 resolution. 157 158 Councilmember Reinert moved to adopt Resolution No. 03-201 adopting assessment for the 159 improvement of individual properties which requested connection to City utilities. Councilmember 160 Dahl seconded the motion. 161 162 Motion carried unanimously. 163 164 Resolution No. 03-201 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 165 Aii66 D. Consideration of Resolution No. 03-202, Adopting Assessments, Century Farm North, W67 Jim Studenski 168 169 City Engineer Studenski summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval. 170 171 Councilmember O'Donnell moved to adopt Resolution No. 03-202 adopting assessment for the 172 Century Farm North Development Project. Councilmember Reinert seconded the motion. 173 174 Motion carried unanimously. 175 176 Resolution No. 03-202 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 177 178 E. Consideration of Resolution No. 03-203, Adopting Assessments, Stoneybrook, Jim 179 Studenski 180 181 City Engineer Studenski summarized the Staff report, indicating this is for the entire 103 parcels. He 182 stated they have gone through this with the developer and they are in concurrence with adopting the 183 entire assessment. 184 185 Councilmember Dahl moved to adopt Resolution No. 03-203 adopting assessment for the 186 Stoneybrook Development Project. Councilmember O'Donnell seconded the motion. 187 188 Motion carried unanimously. .89 90 Resolution No. 03-203 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 4 COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 10, 2003 APPROVED 191 •92 193 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 194 195 There was none. 196 197 NEW BUSINESS 198 199 A. Approval of the October 13, 2003 City Council Meeting Minutes 200 B. Approval of the October 22, 2003 Council Work Session Minutes 201 C. Approval of the October 27, 2003 City Council Meeting Minutes 202 203 Councilmember Carlson noted changes to the October 13, 2003 minutes. 204 Page 14, line 635 and line 637 should say 'Elm Street'. 205 Page 14, line 650 is missing the last name of a resident speaker. 206 Page 15, line 682 should say `...the price to the residents is reasonable, and they should move 207 ahead.' 208 209 Councilmember Dahl moved to approve the minutes as amended. Councilmember Carlson seconded 210 the motion. 211 212 Motion carried unanimously. 213 .14 COMMUNITY CALENDAR November 11, 2003 THROUGH November 24, 2003: 15 216 A) Tuesday, November 11, 2003, Veteran's Day, City Hall Closed 217 B) Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 6:30 p.m., Planning and Zoning Board Meeting 218 C) Wednesday, November 19, 2003, 5:30 pm., Council Work Session 219 D) Monday, November 24, 2003, 6:30 p.m., City Council Meeting 220 Mayor Bergeson noted also that there is a special City Council work session on November 12, 2003 221 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss City Council guidelines. 222 223 ADJOURN 224 225 There being no further business, Councilmember Carlson moved to adjourn at 7:12 p.m. 226 Councilmember O'Donnell seconded the motion. 227 228 Motion carried unanimously. 229 230 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, November 24, 2003. 231 232 "33 1.34 5 COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 10, 2003 APPROVED 235 4 • •36 Ann Bid City Clerk 237 238 239 Transcribed by: 240 Karen Whaley 241 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 242 1 6 John Ber son, ayo