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Home My WebLink About12/11/2006 Council Minutes (2)COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 APPROVED 1 CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 5 DATE : December 11, 2006 6 TIME STARTED : 6:39 p.m. 7 TIME ENDED : 7:10 p.m. 8 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, O'Donnell, Reinert, 9 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 10 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; City Attorney, Scott Baumgartner; 13 Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia; City Engineer, 14 Jim Studenski; Associate Planner, Paul Bengtson; Finance Director, Al Rolek; and City Clerk, Julie 15 Bartell 16 17 OPEN MIKE 18 19 No one was present for open mike. 20 21 SETTING THE AGENDA • 22 23 The agenda was approved as presented. 24 25 CONSENT AGENDA 26 27 Council Member Reinert moved to approve the Consent Agenda, as presented. Council Member 28 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 29 30 ITEM ACTION 31 32 Consideration of Expenditures: 33 34 December 11, 2006 (Check No. 78398 - 35 78891, $192,075.54) Approved 36 37 Centennial Fire District (Check No. 15405- 38 15414, $12,248.74) Approved 39 40 November 27, 2006 Council Work Session 41 Minutes Approved 42 43 November 27, 2006 City Council Meeting 44 Minutes Approved 45 1 COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 APPROVED • I Resolution No. 06-202, Authorizing the 2 Transfer of Funds from Area and Unit Fund to the 3 2003A G.O. Improvement and Refunding Bond 4 Debt Service Fund Approved 5 6 Resolution No. 06-203, Authorizing the 7 Transfer of Funds from Area and Unit Fund to the 8 Water Operating Fund for Payment of 1996B 9 G.O. Water Revenue Bond Approved 10 11 Resolution No. 06-204, Authorizing the Transfer 12 Of Funds from the Area and Unit Fund to the 1998A 13 G.O. Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund Approved 14 15 Resolution No. 06-205, Authorizing the Transfer 16 Of Funds from the Area and Unit Fund to the 1999A 17 G.O. Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund Approved 18 19 FINANCE DEPARTMENT REPORT, AL ROLEK 20 21 There was no report from the Finance Department. •22 23 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAN TESCH 24 25 2007 Fee Schedule: 26 27 Public Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinance 14-06, Establishing the 2007 Fee Schedule, 28 Julie Bartell — City Clerk Bartell advised the City Council reviewed and approved the first reading of 29 this ordinance on November 27, 2006. The ordinance is now presented for a public hearing, second 30 reading and passage. 31 32 Mayor Bergeson opened the pubic hearing at 6:41 p.m. 33 34 Council Member Stoltz moved to close the public hearing at 6:41 p.m. Council Member Carlson 35 seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 36 37 Council Member O'Donnell moved to approve Second Reading of Ordinance 14-06, as presented. 38 Council Member Stoltz seconded the motion. 39 40 A roll call vote was taken: five yeas and zero nays. Motion carried unanimously. 41 42 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-199, Approving Summary Publication of Ordinance 14-06, 43 Julie Bartell — City Clerk Bartell stated due to the length of Ordinance 14-06, staff is requesting 411144 authorization to publish the ordinance in a summary form. Minnesota Statutes, Section 412.191 45 allow for summary publication when appropriate. 2 COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 APPROVED • 1 2 Council Member Carlson moved to approve Resolution No. 06-199, as presented. Council Member 3 Stoltz seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 4 5 Consider Approval of Resolution No. 06-197, Authorizing a Joint Powers Agreement for 6 Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Management Organization, Gordon Heitke — City Administrator 7 Heitke advised the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO) acts as the 8 Local Government Utility (LGU) in the administration of the Wetland Conservation Act for the six 9 government entities and promotes preservation of natural surface and ground water systems. The 10 current Joint Powers Agreement, which authorizes VLAWMO to act for the member government 11 units, is set to expire on January 1, 2007. 12 13 City Administrator Heitke referred to the new Joint Powers Agreement which would be effective 14 through the year 2011, noting the significant changes. The source of revenue for the operating budget 15 will initially continue to rely on annual payments from the general funds of member units; however, 16 other members have indicated their intention of pursuing levy authorizing for VLAWMO in order for 17 there to be equitable means within their jurisdictions of funding watershed districts and VLAWMO. 18 19 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 06-197, with staff clarification of the 20 dates. Council Member O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 21 •22 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 23 24 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-206, Accepting a Donation of $1,900 and Digital Equipment 25 from Target for Supplies Associated with the Youth in Need Grant, Dave Pecchia — Chief of 26 Police Pecchia advised the Lino Lakes Police Department is requesting Council adopt Resolution No. 27 06-206 and publicly thanking Target for their generous donation to the City of Lino Lakes. 28 29 Ms. Brenda Barr, Target Stores, came forward and also presented the Lino Lakes Police Department 30 with a camcorder for use within the department. She thanked the City and Police Department for a 31 great partnership with Target Stores. 32 33 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve Resolution No. 06-206, as presented. Council Member 34 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 35 36 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT, RICK DEGARDNER 37 38 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 39 40 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT, MICHAEL GROCHALA 41 42 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-198, Approving a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to 43 Change the Designation of Certain Properties from Public/Semi-Public to Low Density Sewered •44 Residential for the St. Paul Regional Water Services, Paul Bengtson — Associate Planner 45 Bengtson advised the St. Paul Regional Water Services previously requested variances for required 3 COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 APPROVED 1 road frontage, minimum lot area, depth and width to allow the division of the subject sites by a future 2 administrative minor subdivision. The intention of the application is to allow the shoreland parcels to 3 be divided in the future and sold to adjacent property owners for combination into existing parcels. 4 5 Associate Planner Bengtson stated this process was complicated by the fact that the Comprehensive 6 Plan designates some of these parcels as Public/Semi-Public because there were held by a 7 governmental agency at the time of the last Comprehensive Plan. Staff has initiated the process of 8 amending the Comprehensive Plan to designate these parcels in a fashion similar to the adjacent 9 properties to which these parcels will eventually be combined with. 10 11 Council Member Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 06-198, as presented. Council Member 12 O'Donnell seconded the motion. 13 14 A roll call vote was taken: five yeas and zero nays. Motion carried unanimously. 15 16 Consideration of Resolution No. 06-200, Authorize Professional Services for Water Emergency 17 and Conservation Plan, Jim Studenski — City Engineer Studenski advised public water suppliers 18 that service more than 1,000 people are required to have a Water Emergency and Conservation Plan 19 approved by the Department of Natural Resources. 20 21 City Engineer Studenski stated the current Water Emergency and Conservation Plan was created by .22 TKDA in 1997 and revised in 2004 to meet the requirements of a federal mandate of the USEPA, 23 under the Homeland Security Act. That federal mandate required the City of Lino Lakes to prepare a 24 Water System Vulnerability Assessment and amend and update the Water Emergency and 25 Conservation Plan with the purpose of evaluating the existing security of the water system. 26 27 Council Member Stoltz moved to approve Resolution No. 06-200, as presented. Council Member 28 Carlson seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 29 30 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 31 32 Consider Approval of October 2, 2006 Council Work Session Minutes — Council Member Reinert 33 moved to approve October 2, 2006 Council Work Session Minutes, as presented. Council Member 34 O'Donnell seconded the motion. Motion carried with Council Member Carlson voting nay. 35 36 NEW BUSINESS 37 38 There was no New Business. 39 40 COMMUNITY CALENDAR NOVEMBER 28 THROUGH DECEMBER 8, 2006 41 42 Planning and Zoning Board Meeting, Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 6:30 p.m. 43 •44 Council Work Session, Monday, December 18, 2006, 5:15 p.m. 45 4 COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 APPROVED • 1 Truth in Taxation Hearing, Monday, December 18, 2006, 6:00 p.m. 2 3 EDA Meeting, Monday, December 18, 2006, 6:15 p.m. 4 5 City Council Meeting, Monday, December 18, 2006, 6:30 p.m. 6 7 Board Appointment Interviews, Tuesday, December 19, 2006, 5:30 p.m. 8 9 Christmas Eve Holiday, City Hall Closed, Friday, December 22, 2006 10 11 Christmas Day Holiday, City Hall Closed, Monday, December 25, 2006 12 13 ADJOURN 14 15 There being no further business, Council Member O'Donnell moved to adjourn at 7:10 p.m. Council 16 Member Reinert seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 17 18 These minutes were considered and approved at the regular Council Meeting, December 18, 2006. 19 20 21 23 a e Bartell, City erk John Bergeson, Mayor 24 25 Transcribed by: 26 Kim Points 27 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 28 • 5