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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AUGUST 4, 2004
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8 DATE : August 4, 2004
9 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m.
10 TIME ENDED : 7:00 p.m.
11 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert
12 and Mayor Bergeson
13 MEMBERS ABSENT : Stoltz
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15 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Engineer, Jim Studenski
16 (part); City Planner, Jeff Smyser; Public Services Director, Rick DeGardner; Chief of
17 Police, Dave Pecchia (part) and City Clerk, Ann Blair (part)
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20 BLUE HERON PARADE UPDATE SARA DUGINSKI, SUPER TARGET
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22 Schedule of Events Update — Mr. John Kram, SuperTarget, distributed and reviewed an
23 updated schedule of the events scheduled for Blue Heron Days noting the changes from
24 the previous schedule. The event does begin on Friday night with a concert at Miller's on
25 Main. A bike rodeo and safety camp has also been added to the schedule of events.
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27 Invitation to the Council — Mr. Kram distributed an invitation to the Councilmembers
28 noting they have been invited as VIP guests at the parade. Mayor Bergeson has agreed to
29 be the Grand Marshal of the first annual parade.
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31 Chief Pecchia advised staff did distribute packets to the area residents and informed
32 businesses along the parade route. There is an alternative route for those would want to
33 leave the area during the events. Another leaflet will be distributed prior to the event.
34 Volunteers will be taking care of the City roads during the road closings. A sound meter
35 will be utilized during the concert to determine noise volumes.
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37 Mayor Bergeson requested a representative from the parade be present at the next Council
38 work session to discuss any issues that may have come up.
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40 DISCUSS PROPOSED WINTER "NO PARKING" ORDINANCE, RICK
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43 Public Services Director DeGardner advised the Public Services Department's most
44 important and visible task during the winter months is keeping the City streets in a safe,
45 passable condition for vehicles. After a typical snowfall, it currently takes maintenance
46 staff approximately 10 hours to clear the 180+ lane miles of City streets, 159 cul-de-sacs,
47 31 dead ends, and 17 parking lots. The most common and time-consuming problem
48 encountered is when vehicles are parked on the street during snowplowing operations.
49 Not only is a large windrow of snow left on the street when the snowplow operators drive
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1 around the "snowbird" vehicles, but the snowplow operators have to then drive back to
2 where the vehicles were parked to clean up the "snowbird" areas. It is not uncommon for
3 the snowplow operators to travel back to "snowbird" sites the following day to find that
4 the vehicles have not been removed.
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6 To allow City staff to clear the road efficiently, staff is recommending that the City
7 Council consider implementing winter parking restrictions as follows:
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9 No parking is allowed on any city street between 2:00 am — 6: 00 am, November 1-
10 through April 1. In addition, parking is not allowed when 2" or more of snow has
11 fallen until the street has been plowed.
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13 Public Services Director DeGardner referred to sample parking restrictions of other
14 citiesnoting Lino Lakes is one of the few metropolitan cities that does not have winter
15 parking restrictions. He indicated that if the restrictions were approved, staff would
16 inform residents via the City newsletter and placing signage at the entrance of each
17 development. He also noted from a public safety perspective, Chief Pecchia has
18 indicated his support for an overnight parking ban.
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20 Public Services Director DeGardner reviewed the timeline for the proposed ordinance
21 noting the ordinance would go into effect November 5, 2004 if the City Council were
22 comfortable with moving forward.
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24 It was the consensus of the Council to direct staff to move forward with the winter "No
25 Parking" Ordinance.
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27 PHEASANT HILLS 12TH ADDITION EAW, JEFF SMYSER
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29 City Planner Smyser advised an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) prepared
30 for Pheasant Hills Preserve 12th Addition has undergone public review. The City received
31 public comments and staff prepared a draft Record of Decision document in July, which
32 includes responses to the public comments. The Environmental Board considered the
33 draft Record of Decision and recommended a negative declaration on the need for an
34 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The next step is for the City Council to make a
35 declaration on the need for an EIS. For reasons discussed in the Record of Decision
36 document and summarized in the report, staff is recommending a negative declaration,
37 which is a decision that an EIS is not justified.
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39 City Planner Smyser noted the City Council discussed the question at the work session
40 and decided to hold a public hearing.
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42 City Planner Smyser advised the decision on the EAW is not an approval or denial of the
43 development project. The EAW addresses potential environmental impacts. Information
44 in the EAW should inform the decision on the project itself, but action on the project is a
45 different decision. Once the environmental review process is completed, the project
46 application itself will come to the City Council for consideration. Because of information
47 collected for the EAW, revised plans will be needed to bring the project application to the
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2 City Planner Smyser indicated the EAW analyses and the public comments do not
3 illustrate the potential for significant environmental effects. Possible impacts can be
4 addressed through ongoing public regulatory authority of various jurisdictions including
5 the City of Lino Lakes, the Rice Creek Watershed District, the Minnesota Department of
6 Natural Resources and others. Therefore, an EIS is not warranted.
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8 This item will appear on the regular Council agenda Monday, August 9, 2004, 6:30 p.m.
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10 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, LAKE DRIVE (WORK SESSION ITEM
11 REQUESTED BY COUNCILMEMBERS CARLSON, DAHL)
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13 City Administrator Heitke advised Councilmember Carlson and Dahl originally requested
14 this item be placed on the July 21 work session agenda and then removed it from the
15 agenda and placed on the next work session agenda, noting staff may be contacted by a
16 real estate agenda regarding this issue. Staff did receive a call from a real estate agent
17 representing a potential buyer of a property for the intended purpose of constructing a
18 church. He was informed of the CUP requirement and process and understood that it was
19 premature for this issue to be brought to the Council at this time.
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21 City Administrator Heitke advised the item was placed on the work session agenda
22 because it a different realtor, representing the owner of the property, who has been in
23 contact with Councilmember Carlson.
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25 Councilmember Carlson noted this item could be removed from the Council work session
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28 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS, AUGUST 9, 2004
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30 Item 4A, Lions Club Donation to the Public Safety Department, was added to the regular
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33 City Administrator Heitke advised outstanding meeting minutes from March and May
34 2004 will be added to the regular Council agenda.
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36 City Administrator Heitke also advised the Planning and Zoning Board appointee would
37 also be added to the regular Council agenda for possible action Monday night.
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39 City Administrator Heitke reviewed the Council meeting schedule for September. The
40 Council determined the special Council meetings would begin at 5:30 p.m.
41 There were no other changes to the regular agenda.
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43 The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
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45 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on
46 September 13, 2004.
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